“It is reminding you that you are no longer a Stormtrooper.”
Title: in the dark (i can hear your heartbeat)
Author: amosanguis
Reader: kalakirya & reena_jenkins
Coverartist: reena_jenkins
Rating: PG-13
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Pairings: Poe Dameron/Finn
Warnings: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, POV Alternating, Body Horror, Past Torture, Aftermath of Torture, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Understanding, Falling In Love, otp: it suits you, Stormpilot, Nonconsensual Body Modification
Length: 00:11:10
Author's Summary: He hears: “turn here” and “listen carefully” and Poe nearly trips as a Stormtrooper says the words that wrap around Poe’s right thigh.
Download Link: You can download this podfic as an mp3 right over here (thank you, paraka, for hosting us).
Why I Love It: kalakirya and I saw TFA exactly 24 hours ago, and we've spent the ENTIRE intervening day talking about the movie. So OBVIOUSLY we were going to record something, to commemorate our feelings - and what better to podfic than a POV-switching SOULMARKS AU WITH MISSED CONNECTIONS AND HAPPY ENDINGS? Just... yeah. It's so good for me. It makes sense, too - the Force does STUFF. Why not give you a mark to find the best possible person to fit you? And then there's the added HEARTWRENCHING ANGSTMUFFINS of the First Order's approach to unity and conformity - if anyone deserved a happy ending, and a beloved partner, and all the shiny that the Force can give, it's these two. Plus, we've got a little post-podfic freetalk here, to commemorate Leia and Han's relationship. Happy listening!
(Also, re: coverart - I showed kalakirya the draft for this before posting. Her reaction? "It's saying BONDAGE, but I like it.")