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1. Empty Hands, A Man Laid Bare by BurdenedWithPointlessPurpose

   Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), Daredevil (Comics), The Punisher (TV 2017), Punisher (Marvel Comics), Marvel  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Frank Castle/Matt Murdock
   • Frank Castle
   • Matt Murdock
   • Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
   • Marci Stahl
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • POV Frank Castle
   • POV Matt Murdock
   • Frank Castle Has Issues
   • Frank Castle Has PTSD
   • Frank Castle Needs a Hug
   • Frank Castle Knows Matt Murdock is Daredevil
   • Human Disaster Frank Castle
   • Depressed Frank Castle
   • Frank Castle is a Mess
   • Bisexual Frank Castle
   • Sex Club
   • Poor Life Choices
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • frienemies to lovers
   • Angst and Feels
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Anonymous Sex
   • Bottom Frank Castle
   • Top Matt Murdock
   • Gay Matt Murdock
   • Catholic Matt Murdock
   • Catholic Guilt
   • Gay Catholic Guilt
   • Protective Matt Murdock
   • Doubt
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Matt Murdock Tries
   • Matt Murdock To The Rescue
   • Understanding
   • Falling In Love
   • Frank Castle as Pete Castiglione
   • Character Study
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Emotionally Repressed
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Light Dom/sub
   • BDSM Switch Frank Castle
   • BDSM Switch Matt Murdock
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Happy Ending

   Summary

   Believe it or not, even the Punisher gets tired. Matt has a hard time really accepting that, because he can’t imagine Frank Castle willingly visits a gay sex club for his own enjoyment. It has to be something more, deeper, than common desire. Maybe, just maybe, he has to accept he doesn’t know the man all that well and as someone intimately familiar with self-penteince himself… it makes him want to find out.

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   English

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