( open — august catchall )

[catholica]

Who: matt murdock + ota
When: august
Where: cadens
What: catch all

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[catholica]

You're right, it does amuse me. But it also tends to throw other people off because they don't know whether to start immediately pitying me or to laugh along or to laugh and then worry that I'm testing them.

( so really, it was all amusing for him. he shrugs. )

Does that make me a big dork?

( matt laughs because who else would call the devil of hell's kitchen a dork? only her. )

[carmesi]

[that's a pretty solid answer, she thinks, bemused by the thought he's put into it. that's one way to cope—but perhaps also a solid way of gauging the people around him.

it says a lot of a person if they make fun of a blind guy, doesn't it?]

I think so. According to the Maximoff standard.

[there's no such thing—

wanda leans in closer, a hand pressed to his thigh, the other on the floor beside him.]

I think I might actually have to leave soon. [she mutters, but she smiles up at him.] Gotta go be a greeter and scare the new people about losing their arms, you know.

[catholica]

You do have a very important job and I wouldn't want to hold you back from it.

( not that he wants her to leave either. he reaches up and brushes her hair back behind her ears, holding to her cheeks and returning her smile. )

You can come back later, if you want to. Or tomorrow. Or whenever. I'm not going anywhere.

( they couldn't see each other in person but they could do this and he'd do this just as often as they could. )

[carmesi]

[there it is, that smile of his. wanda's smile grows bigger—especially at the easy, amusing way he shows his understanding to her having to leave. it still sucks that she has to, that he can't come with her, but it helps a little—

knowing it doesn't have to be weird or abrupt or awkward.]

I'll see how tired I'm feeling.

[craning up to meet him halfway, she kisses him for a moment.

and—] So, very productive meeting today. Thank you for your consultation on [uh, what was it] maritime law and walking on planks. [she kisses him again, slowly picking herself up to stand, taking his hands along to help him up.]I learned a lot about my options.

[catholica]

Well, I am an expert on maritime law.

( not even close.

he murmurs the words against her lips as she kisses him, feeling a smile there even after her lips leave him. he's still smiling when she helps him to his feet.

matt reaches out and curls an arm around her shoulders to pull her into a hug. )

I liked seeing you today.

[carmesi]

[she—really like this, being pulled into a hug with all the certainty of allowance to such an action. it eases some of the bruises in her heart, being like this, and so she hugs him in return, craning her neck to look up at him.]

You find it funny, don't you? [the seeing jokes— but, she rubs her hand up and down his back for a moment, smoothly] Me too.

[as she pulls away, she reminds him,]

Don't forget you promised to write me a letter, okay?

[catholica]

I promise, I will write you a letter.

( he pats his heart as she pulls away from him, making sure she knows that he'll definitely do it. it'll be one of the first letters he's written in, he's sure, a decade but he'll write it for her. )

Have fun being a greeter. Don't forget to wave as people come up to you.

( he can't help but laugh at the thought, just picturing her waving and smiling and wishing people well as they show up. )

[carmesi]

Yeah, I'll wave at them.

[that's definitely not going to happen, but the suggestion and him laughing about it is enough to amuse wanda in return. she grabs at the paper where he wrote down the braille alphabet, lets it disappear in a plume of scarlet magic.

she turns, smiling at him—]

Bye, Matt.

[—and, as much as she hates the instantaneity of it, the next second she is waking up again in solvunn.]