Fic: Pulsepoint (1/1)

[hitlikehammers]

Title: Pulsepoint
Rating: R
Pairing: Tony/Rhodey
Word Count: 765
Summary: He is still Tony Stark, only not quite. A little post-Afghanistan ficlet for gottalovev, on her birthday. Spoilers for Iron Man (2008).
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.
Author’s Notes: For the absolutely marvelous gottalovev on her birthday: bonne fête, my dear, and wishes for a

Comments

[hitlikehammers]

Thank you so much; I'm so pleased you enjoyed this.

[cards_slash]

wow. that was heartbreakingly wonderful.

[hitlikehammers]

Thank you :)

[gottalovev]

wow, I am totally speechless. why do you do this to me every time? I WANT to have the words to thank you properly and tell you all the way you are fantastic and beyond unbelievable with words.

The mood throughout, how Tony's half disconnected, a bit lost, but still hangs on... it's beautiful and heartbreaking. The emotional and physical dissonance works so well. And how he finds some warm place, somewhere in between, with Jim makes me clutch my heart.

he reminds them both that he won’t break, can’t break; s’already broken.

(...)

Rhodey spreads out next to him, his skin catching moonlight where Tony sits in shadows, and he’d kill for a fucking smoke if his lungs didn’t burn so bad; he hasn’t smoked since college. He feels winded, reborn, and he’s half new and half old; half light and half dark -- half strong and half shattered. Half here, safe. Found.

And half still lost somewhere, stumbling around with everything and nothing held tight in both hands, ready for the fall.

seriously. how do you do that! *flails

[hitlikehammers]

Ooo, doll, thank you; I am so glad that you enjoyed this :D

The last time I wrote this pairing at your wonderful request, I had this little idea pop into my head half-way through what I was writing, and I knew I wanted to write it for you eventually -- so I figured your birthday was the perfect time :)

[hitlikehammers]

Thank you so much, doll :)

[southpaw526]

This is so fantastic.

and the dichotomy, maybe, isn’t such a burden, and then for all of him that walks away, there's just as much that stays ... Wow.

*is in awe*

[hitlikehammers]

Thank you so much; I am so glad you enjoyed this.