"So, how many brothers do I have exactly?"
Title: Bird by Bird
Author: laceymcbain
Reader:
reena_jenkins
Coverartist:
reena_jenkins
Rating: PG-13
Fandoms: DCU, Batman, Under The Red Hood, Nightwing
Pairings: gen
Warnings: Hurt/Comfort, Action/Adventure, Angst and Humor, Family Feels, Brothers, Friendship, Rescue, Protectiveness, Injury, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Protective Siblings, Literary References & Allusions, Bat Family
Music: The Mother We Share, as performed by Chvrches
Length: 02:24:49
Author's Summary: Bullets, knives, a three story fall, even a fucking crowbar hadn't managed to keep Jason down permanently, but Dick Grayson (and the rest of his "family") was going to kill him with kindness.
Download Link: You can download this podfic as a zipped mp3 file right over here (thank you,
paraka, for hosting me).
ETA - I can't believe myself. I wrote up this podfic post for the very last minute of Amplificathon 2016.... and then I left it as a draft for the LAST THREE WEEKS. *headdesk* I guess Amplificathon really does take it out of you, huh? I love this story so much, from the hurt/comfort to the attempted reconciliation-by-way-of-sitting-on-your-actual-legs to the way that the ENTIRE BATCLAN has varying degrees of emotional constipation to the way that (even broken and bandaged) Jason and Co are so completely competent. SO MUCH FAMILY FEELS. IT WILL PUNCH YOU RIGHT IN THE HEART AND MAKE YOU ASK FOR MORE. IT WILL DROPKICK YOUR EMOTIONS OFF THE EDGE OF A FIFTEEN-STORY BUILDING AND THEN YOU'LL SAY THANK YOU. THIS FIC HAS BROTHERLY BONDING COMING OUT THE SEAMS, AND THEN THERE'S SOME ADDED EMOTIONAL VULNERABILITY ON TOP. PLUS, ASS-KICKINGS. ASS-KICKING APLENTY. EVERYTHING HURTS BECAUSE HEALING IS PAINFUL AND WONDERFUL. Special thanks to yue_ix for helpful podfic coverart concrit, when I couldn't decide how to make Jason Todd's Sad Face look even sadder.