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1. Track Marks by sixstepsaway

   Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   22 Feb 2019

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Frank Castle/Karen Page
   • not DD season 3 compliant
   • matt murdock is really dead (sort of)
   • Drug Use
   • Drugs
   • Drug Addiction
   • basically karen falls off the wagon when she finally stops being able to pay matt's rent
   • and frank's around
   • set between the end of punisher S1 and DD S3
   • Slow Burn
   • Domesticity
   • frank is bad at this but he's trying
   • karen has been told she's a fuck up so many times she believes it now
   • david is tired of being called at 3am
   • Drug Withdrawal
   • caretaker!frank
   • canon typical violence and gross matter
   • rating will PROBABLY rise to E in later chapters
   • but right now neither of them are exactly thinking sexy thoughts
   • some talk of suicidal thoughts/ideations
   • karen's in a pretty dark place and frank like... always has been
   • who better to understand?
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • Brain Damage
   • Canonical Brain Damage
   • for the record i've loved matt murdock since season 1
   • i also have a bit of a crush on charlie cox
   • because a lot of the plot was dumb
   • im sorry it was
   • i'm trying to also be faithful to karen's love of matt because she DOES love him
   • but you can love someone while knowing it's not going to work out
   • and you can love someone while loving someone else more
   • most people do "mutual pining" i do "mutual not having a clue they're in love"
   • obviously this isn't punisher s2 compliant
   • but there might be a reference or two to any established past canon in that
   • but i doubt it because there wasnt anything important to this
   • i'm heartbroken btw
   • frank (LOL) talk of triggers
   • both for addiction and ptsd
   • both things of which are applied to both of them

   Summary

   Karen's finally has to give up on Matt's apartment, unable to keep paying his rent while he's dead, and it takes a toll on her. She goes back to drugs and Frank's around to help drag her back out of the dark.

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   She folded her arms, head slightly down, and he realised he'd never been around Karen when she had walls up before, when she was the one putting distance between them. He'd only ever been around the Karen who stepped over the line, who thrust herself into his face and demanded he trust her.

   He had no idea what was going on.

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