12 Works by straphanger
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you're the poison i drink (i drink you twice to be sure) by straphanger
Fandoms: The Punisher (TV 2017), Daredevil (TV)
12 May 2026
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And maybe it’s the hush of the pre-dawn air, the moments where New York doesn’t quite stop so much as pause, that tiny crystalline moment between the inhale of the day and the exhale of the night. Maybe it’s the stillness of Frank’s gaze, the surety and solidity of his presence, how she never feels alone when she’s with him.
Maybe it’s the sudden certainty that hits her down to her very bones that Frank knows who she is, and accepts her, jagged edges and all.
And maybe she’s just so, so tired of being the Karen that Matt needs.
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Frank and Karen engage in a little no-touching sexual activity so Matt won't smell him on her.
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Bloom and Bone by straphanger
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017), Marvel Cinematic Universe
04 May 2026
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Karen Page thought death would end Wilson Fisk.
But now, when she sleeps, he’s there--whispering from the dark corners of her dreams. Each night he finds new ways to break her mind, twisting her memories into nightmares so vivid she wakes screaming.
Frank Castle is being haunted too. Their shared peril pulls them together again as they desperately search for a way to free themselves... But to stop Fisk, they’ll have to accept the truth about what they are to each other, or what waits in the dark between sleep and death will take them both.
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the hounds of love are hunting (and i don't know what's good for me) by straphanger
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017)
25 Mar 2026
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Frank sees Karen flirting with her date at a law society gala.
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**Completed!**
“What are you really asking me, Matt?” Karen asks, looking up at him. Matt doesn’t answer immediately, taking a sip from his own glass and considering it, running his fingers over the smooth surfaces as he delicately chooses his next words.
“What’s going on with you and Frank?” he finally asks bluntly.
Screw delicacy.
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Post DD:BA 1x09, Matt confronts Karen about her relationship with Frank.
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That’s the Way of the World by straphanger
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017)
19 May 2025
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The day before she leaves for San Francisco, Karen receives a package from a ghost.
Aka how did Karen get Frank’s phone number?
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It must have been Karen who’s summoned him, Matt thinks, although how she’s gotten in touch with Frank and convinced him to help, he’s got no idea. Frank did always have a soft spot for her — she was the only one he’d talk to, during the trial, and he’d saved her from those thugs shooting up her apartment (although Matt’s still not entirely sure what happened after that— Karen had always been a bit vague about Frank “kidnapping” her from police custody).
He knows Karen and Frank were in touch while Matt was recuperating after Midland Circle— but Karen had also been light on the details of Frank’s involvement when she’d been used as a human shield by that suicide bomber..
Now that Matt thinks about it, there’s a lot of stuff Karen’s been vague about when it comes to Frank.
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The Kastle scenes in "Straight to Hell" from Matt's POV. -
There She Goes, My Beautiful World by straphanger
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017)
16 Apr 2025
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Spoilers for DD:BA through the finale!
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Canon divergence during episode 9- Instead of going to round up their "army", Karen and Matt rescue Frank from the warehouse. He also gets to yell at the corrupt cops more. -
After the Fire, Before the Flood by straphanger
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017)
20 Jan 2025
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Missing scene set between Daredevil S2E12 "The Dark at the End of the Tunnel" and S2E13 "A Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen" - how did Karen and Frank get back to the city from Schoonover's place?
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She didn’t know where he’d gotten the spotless sedan he picked her up in. Her car was totaled, his truck also on its last legs, and she’d been stumbling down the road in bare feet, carrying her heels and looking for cell phone signal when he’d pulled up beside her.“Look, ma’am, are you gonna get in, or am I gonna have to follow you all the way back?”
He’d driven alongside her for five minutes, neither of them saying a word, before she huffed in annoyance and got in the car.
They’d ridden in silence, not looking at one another.
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Written for Kastle Christmas 2024
Prompt: Baby It’s Cold Outside- getting it on under the tree etc, smutty Sundays with a festive twist…we know this fandom
Frank comes to apologize to Karen after the hospital. There's a fire escape and some magic mistletoe (but not in the way you think).
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Was Too Afraid to Love You by straphanger
Fandoms: The Punisher (TV 2017), Daredevil (TV)
25 Dec 2024
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Tue Dec 24th prompt: surprise reunions, winter festivities in the Daredevil Born Again world, pining for each other
Aka brussels sprouts act as a surprising wingman.
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A look at what Karen and Frank are thinking and feeling during their first real meeting, and during their subsequent interactions in the Daredevil episode "Regrets Only". Each chapter covers a scene from one point of view.
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“You want answers?” She hisses at Frank. “So do we! But none of us will get them if you’re dead!”The woman (Karen, the blind man keeps saying her name urgently) lets Murdock drag her back a bit so she’s no longer in Frank’s personal space, but she’s still standing within the red line around his hospital bed. Murdock has his arm around her waist, protective, but she’s ignoring him. She’s glaring at Frank, eyes boring into him with a level of steel he hadn’t expected. She’s got the bluest eyes he’s ever seen, and Frank feels something thump in his ribs when their eyes meet, like the single beat of a drum.
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Calling Long Distance (Don't Worry About the Cost) by straphanger
Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Punisher (TV 2017), Daredevil (TV)
30 Sep 2024
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Set two years post S2 of the Punisher. Frank has been fighting to stay away from Karen. When a misunderstanding causes him to reach out, he finds it's just as hard to let go of her as he thought it would be.
Aka Frank and Karen start kind-of dating over the phone while he watches her through a scope from nearby. She's cool with it.