Paul said to Peter . . . by
livia_penn.
This will no doubt be all over your f-list in recs by tonight, and I can't think of anybody in Iron Man fandom who's slash-friendly, let alone a slasher, who won't see this without my inflation-valued three cents, but oh my God, oh my god, oh my god. I need to rec this for my own sanity or something because it's a little early in the fandom life cycle to start handing out ne plus ultra designations, but man, it's hard to imagine right now any found-in-the-desert through press-conference Tony/Jim that could top this.
Perfect characterization, beyond-perfect dialogue, unflinching working-out from first premises, gorgeously clear, simple writing that executes, well. You know. Perfectly. It's totally controlled. I mean, I'm even fine with ellipses. Ellipses! And thanks to a link from
dafnapl I woke up and read it at 7:50 AM while still being like WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY GLASSES I CANNOT LOOK AWAY FROM THE SCREEN LONG ENOUGH TO FIND MY FUCKING GLASSES.