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When Matt came home, he was always covered in copious amounts of new wounds all over his body. He stumbled down the hallway to the couch where he fell down face first into the cushions. His lips trembled as he rolled over onto his back, wincing in pain. His arm reached across to the table in the middle of the room. His fingers searched around the table to find his phone.

He took in a deep, trembling breath while tears ran down his face. He could feel the wound on his side bleed out as he shifted on the couch. He sucked in his lips and wiped his eyes while the dial tone rang, waiting for Foggy to answer the phone.

"Hey, Matt! You're calling pretty late, what's up?" Foggy's voice calmed Matt down a little bit. "F-foggy... can you please come over? I," Matt let out a cry and bit his lip, shaking his head gently, "P-please, I need you here right now." …show more content…

He took in a couple more breaths to calm himself down.

Fifteen minutes passed by. Matt was woken up by the sound of Foggy bursting through the door into the living room. He quickly used his arms to push himself up off the couch. "Hey, hey, stay still. You're hurt pretty bad, just stay still." Foggy held Matt's shoulders softly, placing him back down onto the couch.

Foggy lifted up Matt's black shirt, revealing a bloody scar that he knew would need stitches. "Jesus christ, Matt. You gotta be more careful, man." Matt gave a quiet chuckle that was followed by a quick wince. "I know, I know." Matt groaned, slowly sitting himself up on the

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