On growth and change. [Daredevil S2 spoilers][x-posted to d_p]

[havent_the_foggiest]

Okay, don't look at me like that. I know what you're thinking and... okay! I'm a little terrified! I'm WAY in over my head with this, but dammit, I deserve something nice for a change, don't I? I've earned this.

Nevermind that Hogarth is a very, very scary woman whose smile is about as real as the silk in my tie, but this is a huge opportunity! Obviously Matt's got his focus on his thing and Karen's got her new gig, why shouldn't I be allowed to succeed, too?

Okay, so yeah, maybe I wanted him to convince me to stay, but can you blame me? He's always managed to convince me. He's always made me feel like I was worth convincing. But now... I didn't even get that. He'd given up and I'd moved on.

Truth is, I probably woulda stayed, too. He's my best friend. I can't just... abandon him.

Then again, I'll get to work with Marci again. That'll be nice. And maybe I can meet this Jones lady she's been talking up so much.

Comments

[inlimine]

[Oh, Foggy. It's not that you're not worth convincing anymore. It's just that Matt's getting tired of always dragging you down when you amount to so much more without him.]

You'll do good there, Foggy.

[If his smile looks a little bittersweet, it's because he's going to miss sharing an office with his best friend.]

Besides, this is your chance to work in an office with state of the art computers and Google Fiber.

[havent_the_foggiest]

I won't lie, it's nice to not have to worry about how many coats to bring to the office if it decides to snow, but..

I also won't get to work with my best friend anymore.

[inlimine]

We'll still have Josie's. I know you closed out the tab, but we can open a new one.

[Maybe he's being presumptuous, but he prefers optimistic. Their partnership's over, but it doesn't mean their friendship has to be.]

If you want to.

[havent_the_foggiest]

I dunno, Matt. It'd be weird. Face it man, we've both changed. I dunno if we can just.. you know, go back to how it was.

[inlimine]

Yeah, I know.

Oh, and Foggy? Try to stay out of trouble.

[He doesn't like all that he's heard buzzing around about Hogarth.]

[havent_the_foggiest]

Haven't I done a good job of it so far, even being friends with you?

[ He smiles a little. ]

Everyone knows you're the biggest troublemaker of all.

[inlimine]

You mean other than getting caught in an explosion and being shot?

[Which weren't directly his fault, but he still blames himself for.]

You've done a passable job of it.

[havent_the_foggiest]

Well, you know. I just wanted to know what it was like to be you for a change. Turns out: It sucks. A lot. And I didn't even have to do a kick flip off some ninja's face.

[ He preens a little. ]

Thank you.

[inlimine]

It's not so bad once you get used to it.

[Well, no. It's still pretty bad, but he's not going to complain about it. One of his points of pride is being able to take a beating and then keep walking.]

[havent_the_foggiest]

Yeah, well that's the thing, isn't it? No one really wants to get 'used to' getting blown up and shot. Guess not everyone's cut out for being a superhero.

[inlimine]

To be honest, I try to avoid it when I can. Sometimes it works out better than others.