forever we try

Lately, I've gotten into the not-exactly-bad habit of forgetting to sign up for exchanges (or convincing myself not to sign up because I won't have time to write anything) and then seeing somebody's prompts and writing a treat for them anyway.

Look After You (The Punisher): Leo knows only two people who got their wisdom teeth out before her, and Mom said no way did it hurt as much as everyone tells you it will, and Dad said no, it really didn’t, but, uh, he wasn’t chewing anything harder than mashed potatoes for almost three weeks afterward.

...really should have been my last fic of 2018, but since I was absolutely unable to get a story to gel for the LONGEST time (I had something like three false starts, one of them over 1,000 words), I ended up having to ask for an extension and finally got my Kastle Christmas fic posted on AO3 yesterday. At this point, I'm mostly just grateful that it's done and that my recipient and the exchange mod were both so understanding and patient. Like all my fics (shippy fics especially, for some reason) I'm not completely sure that I nailed it, but writing these two always takes me to some interesting places, and I love their dynamic so very much.

took my crown of thorns (Daredevil, The Punisher): He crops up in her dreams like he’s been doing almost since the first time they met in the hospital room, behind the line of tape—the murky, slow-moving dreams that always leave an ache stuck deep in the pit of Karen’s gut.

Also! We've finally got a release date for s2 of The Punisher (and it's coming up fast)! As much as I love all the Netflix Marvel shows, The Punisher is probably the one most tailored to my interests--found family! A complicated, tense, not-quite romance! Ridiculous amounts of hurt/comfort! Jon Bernthal! I'm really, really excited and at least somewhat hopeful that it might get picked up for a third series, since it's really way too dark to pop on Disney's new streaming service...emphasis on somewhat hopeful, but who knows?