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1. Build a Better Enemy by Mysticmilktea

   Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Defenders (Marvel TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Matt Murdock/Original Female Character(s)
   • Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson & Karen Page
   • Frank Castle & Matt Murdock
   • Frank Castle/Karen Page
   • Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Marci Stahl
   • Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
   • Matt Murdock & Karen Page
   • Frank Castle & Original Female Character(s)
   • Frank Castle/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
   • Matt Murdock
   • Original Female Character(s) of Color
   • Karen Page
   • Foggy Nelson
   • Brett Mahoney
   • Frank Castle
   • Marci Stahl
   • POV Matt Murdock
   • Post-Daredevil (TV) Season 02
   • Serial Killers
   • Murder Mystery
   • Matt Murdock Needs a Hug
   • Matt Murdock & Foggy Nelson Friendship
   • Foggy Nelson Knows Matt Murdock is Daredevil
   • Karen Page Knows Matt Murdock is Daredevil
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Eventual Romance
   • Eventual Relationships
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Blood and Violence
   • Hurt Matt Murdock
   • Protective Matt Murdock
   • Matt Murdock Angst
   • more tags and characters to be added later as they appear in the story so nothing spoils the plot points :)
   • Gothic Romance
   • gothic noir
   • Horror Elements
   • Body Horror
   • Eventual Sex
   • Drama & Romance

   Summary

   When a string of impossible murders draws Matt Murdock back into the streets, he uncovers a ghost from his past—an inventor twisted by his own creation, and a woman whose touch can read the dead. As the city sinks into fog and blood, love and guilt become the same crime.

   Series

   • Part 1 of BABE Canon (Read alone or together!)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,222

   Chapters:

   5/25

   Comments:

   17

   Kudos:

   25

   Bookmarks:

   6

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