ObscuredAffliction



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  1. Rec 31

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    On his quest to forgive Benjamin Poindexter, Matt seeks to humanize him through the simple act of conversation.

    Originally apprehensive, Dex allows this.

    Neither of them know what they're stepping into.

    Wires get crossed.

    Or, on the anniversary of their first conversation as human beings, Dex visits the only man who's ever bothered to know him.

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    16 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 26

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    His thumbs found the ridge of the brow bones — pronounced, heavier than average, the architecture of a face built for bluntness. He moved carefully along the brow line, feeling the place on the left where something had struck in the recent past, a bruise barely formed, the skin faintly tender. He found the narrow scar above the left eyebrow — old, thin as a thread, almost unnoticeable, the raised seam of something that had been deep once and handled badly.
    He traced it without thinking.

    "That one's old," Dex said.

    "I know."

     

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    Dex breaks into Matt's apartment, Matt begrudgingly helps him. I tried to stay pretty in character for this, however not totally sure I succeeded lol. Also I have no idea if this is a good summary, either! :’^D
    (Changed Title to “Man of War” Radiohead reference lol, I feel like the song is more fitting for the dex pov of their dynamic in a strange way…)

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    03 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 29

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    To be an alpha was to be of service.

    On the run from Fisk and the AVTF, Matt inadvertently triggers Dex’s heat in the tunnels below Hell’s Kitchen. He feels obligated to finish what he started.

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    02 Jun 2026

  4. Rec 26

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    “You caught me. I consulted my priest, and he advised me that Jesus needed a new advocate for the downtrodden and poor after all the good work JFK did for putting Catholics into the public consciousness in the ‘60s. So here I am, saving Hell’s Kitchen one Cy Young winner at a time.”

     

    Or: In another life, Dex never stopped playing baseball, and applied his talents to other disciplines rather than sniping people with paperclips from 100 feet away. Somehow, he ends up arrested and finds himself held in a police interrogation room asking a certain legal team to represent him anyways.

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    25 May 2026

  5. Rec 10

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    I'm housing my fratt one-shots here. You don't need to read them in order, each fic is a stand-alone.

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    22 May 2026