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[glassbox]

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[notdaredevil]

[ He wishes he could say this to her face. ]

Believable.

[glassbox]

[ It should be a relief. And it is, in a small way. She should take that with grace, take this opportunity to mend things between them -- but it's hard, when talking on the phone just makes her more aware of the physical distance between them, and the imbalance... How much he gleans just from talking to her like this, when she's sitting there, trying to guess from his tone.

Finally, a bit distantly and a bit tiredly: ]

'Least y'don't really have t'trust me when y'can always sense if I'm tellin' the straight truth.

[notdaredevil]

[ Good job, Murdock. Just step in it a bit more, why don't you? This is why it's better to keep some things a secret, maybe...but isn't that how they got here in the first place? Isn't that what all their fights have been about? Secrets? ]

That's not how trust works, Lil.

[glassbox]

I know that.

[ Her words come plainly, honest if a bit weary. ]

An' I know I ain't the most trustworthy person either.

[notdaredevil]

That's not what I think.

[ Of course he loves her. He trusts her, to some extent. She loves him too. That's something he can put his faith in. ]

But I think we both have a problem with secrets.

[glassbox]

There's jus' things I ain't ready t'talk about.

[notdaredevil]

I know. [ And he never wanted to force her hand. ] But I don't think we can avoid talking about some things anymore.

[glassbox]

Which things?

[notdaredevil]

Greece. [ A long pause. ] Daredevil.

[glassbox]

[ She hesitates too. Without meaning to, she tenses up a little, just thinking about it. ]

Not now. Not over the phone.

[ But maybe that's just a ploy on her part, however unconscious -- to avoid it. To put it off longer. ]

[notdaredevil]

No. You're at work.

[ And he can't do that to her, because he knows, one way or another, that the conversation would either make her lose her temper or leave her in tears. ]

Not even tonight. We need to...be okay, first.

[glassbox]

[ A little relief, then. ]

Okay. [ That, she can live with. She'll confront this when she has to. ] Guess I'll... See y'at home then.

[notdaredevil]

[ It won't last forever. He's got at least some guarantee, now, and he's not going to let this go.

But he feels too guilty about how he'd hurt her to bring it all up now. ]

I love you, Lil. And I do trust you.

[glassbox]

[ That should be comforting. And it is. But there's also this tiny twinge of guilt. ]

Love you too, Matty.

[notdaredevil]

We're going to figure this out.