sixth week of podficiversary (day seven)
Title: Truth and Consequences
Author: Sorrel
Reader:
reena_jenkins
Coverartist:
reena_jenkins
Rating: PG-13
Fandoms: Iron Man (movie'verse)
Pairings: Toni Stark/James "Bucky" Barnes
Warnings: Alternate Universe - Gender Changes, Rule 63, Character Study, Post-Iron Man 2, guns don't kill people; people with guns kill people, Pre-Relationship, VERY pre-relationship
Music: Ex's & Oh's, as performed by Ellie King
Length: 00:48:00
Author's Summary: The Stark Expo has just gone down in flames and Nick Fury has a bargain for the most famous woman in the world: stay on with SHIELD as a civilian contractor, and accept oversight in the form of an assigned SHIELD bodyguard. The bait: James Buchanan Barnes, SHIELD agent very much not at large. There's just one slight snag: two very good reasons why the former Winter Solider is the last person Toni Stark would ever accept as a bodyguard. The result: one very long day in an interrogation room, way too many questions, and the knowledge that even when you're more than eighty years old, people can still surprise you..
Download Link: You can download this podfic as an mp3 right over here (thank you,
paraka, for hosting me).
Why I Love It: Oh, shit. Shiiiiit. Remember that time I spent seven hours rolling around in Tasha Stark's head as she defrosted the Winter Popsicle? Well, this fic threw me right back to that mindset and then PUNCHED ME IN THE FEELS. Every possible thought I ever had about what makes a weapon and what makes a warrior, every musing on Toni's anger and Toni's rage and Toni's flippant attitude to cover the depth of grief and violent sorrow, every permuation of these two abrasive assholes with chips on their shoulders - it's all here. This fic is so great. It's an explosive and wonderful AU that makes me happy on so many levels. Please, share the Lady Toni feels with me. (Also share the SIX YEARS OF PODFIC feels with mel. Holy freaking cow, friends. Holy cow.)