𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⟼ 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘬

the tradegies & tribulations of m.m. + j.a.

"but i knew you." t.s.

"i knew i'd curse you for
the longest time." t.s.

"we were something,
don't you think so?" t.s.

   " in my defense
i have none,
for never leaving
well enough alone." t.s.

"this is me,
swallowing my pride,
saying i'm sorry
for that night." t.s.

"I knew you'd miss me
when the thrill expired." t.s.

"i knew you'd haunt
all of my what-ifs." t.s.

"gave me no compasses,
gave me no signs." t.s.

"if you asked me
if I loved her,
i'd lie." t.s.

"hell was the journey, but it brought me heaven." t.s.

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𝐣𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫

"𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘺? 𝘪 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥."

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐱 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 "𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐲" 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤

"𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘫𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘦. 𝘪'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺. 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵."

𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞

"𝘕𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘦 — 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵? 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮."

𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧 "𝐟𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐲" 𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧

"𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘺. 𝘸𝘩𝘺? 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦. 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺."

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JOSIE LOVED MATT MURDOCK.

she tells herself that, all the time. Loved him. past tense.

maybe it was some harmless-turned-devastating schoolgirl crush, but josie really, truly cared about matthew murdock. she'd give anything for him.

but that's long gone. buried in the past and below boxes and boxes of takeout, because josie is completely over it. infact, josie alister had not spoken to matt murdock in approximately 1 year and 237 days. she is living her life in hell's kitchen  — nurse on the weekdays, church volunteer on the weekends — independently. josie is paying her dues.

but the universe wants an advance. instead of buying her sins off in scheduled payments, josie is thrown into a whirlwind of guilt, remorse, and the worst all, aching memories.

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"God, I hope this means you've forgiven me for the time I put a worm in sister maggie's bed. in my defense, she was so mean that day. plus, matty told me to."

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a/n: okay guys i literally can't hold back from this one sorry not sorry!

by the way, my key marker (icon?) in this book will be a plus/addition sign (+). it's to reference the relationship that matt and josie had as kids — it was basic. foundational. it sets up this entire story. (not a cross, just wanna clear it up.)

anyways!! few disclaimers

1) the beautiful, gorgeous, aesthetic cover is made by none other than lxntsov  !! all credits to her she's amazing !!!

2) i don't own any gifs. all off google.

3) dark themes. abuse. death. suicide.

4) decided to try to follow season 3 plot!! if you know me, this is a big change, lol! but i'm not any good at it so we'll see how it works

5) I have no medical knowledge. No legal knowledge. Limited religious knowledge. If I am way off on something, please let me know!