Coffee?
Reader POV
“Where the hell is Matt today?” Foggy exclaims as he paces across the office for what was probably the hundredth time today. It had been over an hour since you guys had all arrived in the office- all except for Matt that is. You were all worried for the man.
After around thirty more minutes, you pause your work hearing the door open. Looking up, you question “Holy shit man, are you okay?” seeing Matt walk into the office with a black eye well visible over his signature red glasses and a split lip.
“I’m okay, just uh, fell down the stairs,” Matt responds. You don’t quite believe him but decide to let it go. At least for now, anyway.
“Ah, okay. I hope your injuries get better.” You reply, and Matt smiles politely in response before going into his office.
You, Foggy, and Karen all stare at each other for a second in disbelief at his behavior, and then Foggy and Karen rush to follow Matt into his office. You shrug, if they needed you, someone would ask for you. They were all good friends and knew each other long before you came in, so it wasn’t your place to intrude on them or their conversations. You were sorting files, anyway.
After you finish the files, you decide to make Matt some coffee. That man looked like he needed some. You walk over to the coffee maker and brew some coffee before pouring some into a cup for Matt.
Karen and Foggy were not in Matt’s office anymore, so you feel better that you don’t have to intrude on what was probably an interesting conversation. You decide to knock on the office door and after you hear a “Come in” You walk over to set down some coffee on Matt’s desk.
“I uh, made you some coffee. You seem like you need some” you comment.
“Thanks,” Matt responds, grabbing the cup and taking a sip.
You take this as your cue to go and walk out the door with a quick “Let me know if you need anything else, Matt”
You had brewed enough coffee for the rest of them, so you decided to pour two more cups for Karen and Foggy.
Walking over to Foggy’s office, you see Karen and Foggy talking with each other. You knock gently at the door awkwardly due to holding two cups of coffee with one of your hands and trying not to spill the whole thing. You hear a “Come in” from one of them and walk inside. “Sorry to interrupt. I made some coffee for you guys.”
“My man!” Foggy exclaims excitedly and Karen smiles at you as you hand the coffee off. “I’ll be back to work. Let me know if you need anything.” they both nod and you walk back to your desk after making yourself a cup of coffee as well.
As you sip on your coffee, you think of Matt. He was an incredibly kind man but for all the time you had known him, you thought he was a bit odd. He would show up and leave at odd parts of the day and would have injuries quite a bit more than an average person probably would. But hey; this was New York so nothing was normal. He was odd but you were too, so what did you know? The group of them had been kinder to you than most the people were to you before in your life- although you could tell there was something that everyone else knew that you didn’t. But you weren’t paid to know all their secrets, and they all had tons of history with each other so you didn’t mind it.