Arthur/Merlin podfic: Before and After

[sophinisba]

Title: Before and After
Author: anonymous
Reader: sophinisba
Fandom: Merlin
Characters/Ships: Arthur/Merlin (mentions Merlin/Nimueh, Arthur/OMC)
Rating: NC-17
Contains: modern AU, BDSM, pain/impact play (off screen), rimming, seizures/epilepsy
Author's summary: "After pining for longer than he'd care to admit, Arthur asks Merlin out and gets more than he expected."
Reader's notes: idk I had a cold last week and I had this idea that it would make my voice sound extra sexy, but when I came back to edit I found out it just sounds like I have a cold. :/ Oh well, it takes place during the winter so that's something.
Even so, I love this fic a lot and encourage you to read or listen if you are interested in stories about kinky people and feelings. Like many Merlin AUs, it's easy to understand even if you don't watch the show.
This is a third pass at the "subspace/headspace" square on my second kink_bingo card, and the start of a characters with disabilities bingo that I hope to finish during the amnesty period.
Length: 41 minutes
Links:
mp3 at MediaFire (18.9 MB)
m4b Mediafire (38.3 MB)
mp3 at Audiofic
m4b at Audiofic

Edit April 19, 2012. The author has chosen to take the text of this fic offline but we agreed to keep an edited (anonymous) version of the podfic available. As a courtesy, we'd appreciate it if you too would avoid connecting the author's name with this fic/podfic in public spaces. Thanks!

Comments

[heard_the_owl]

Man, podfics really make me a fandom whore.
I'M SORRY SPN FANDOM. I CAN'T RESIST THE CALL OF NEW PODFIC!

Downloading the audiobook with thanks!

[cantarina]

If they make you branch out, imagine what they do to those of us who are already multifannish? (The sprawl is uncontrollable. UNCONTROLLABLE.)

[heard_the_owl]

BUT THE RESULTS OF YOUR MULTIFANNISHNESS ARE WONDERFUL!

[sophinisba]

This reminds me that I meant to say in the reader's notes that this story is totally easy to get even if you don't know the fandom (though to be honest I didn't do the best job distinguishing between their voices on the recording). I will add that now. Thanks, and enjoy!

[heard_the_owl]

Thank you but it was actually Astolat's Merlin fics that got me into SPN in a roundabout way. Her fic was so good, I wanted to read more, so started marathoning SPN so I could. The end.

I used to watch Merlin until Morgana got all overacty eeeeviiiilll. BUT. I STILL HAVE THIS RANDOM MERLIN ICON! \0/

[sophinisba]

Fayjay's recordings of Astolat's Merlin fics had a lot to do with me getting into podfic in the first place, so I can see where you're coming from there!

I watched I think about three and a half seasons of Supernatural but I've never been much of a horror fan, and all the killing off of women and black people was making me sad. And then I discovered Merlin and decided I didn't need to watch shows I didn't like anymore! (I quit watching Heroes around the same time.) Of course that was back when there was a lot of cheerful interaction between women on Merlin, but now I'm hooked and trapped by my deep and abiding love for the characters so I can't leave. What are ya gonna do. :)

[cantarina]

:D

Downloading!

[sophinisba]

This is the one we were talking about last month! Hope you like it.

[sophinisba]

Thanks a lot! Yearning and wantonness are my favorites and I found this fic so moving. I am really happy that you liked my version!

[meri]

Oh, wow. I don't know how I missed that story before. You know my kink for bottom!Arthur. But add on to that bottom!Merlin and I'm kind of rolling around in heaven. I can't wait to download and listen to this.

[sophinisba]

I love smitten!Arthur also. I love this story a lot. Hope you enjoy this version!

[meri]

Listened and loved.

[itachitachi]

Haha! I juuuust got around to reading this last night and immediately put it on my TO PODFIC list, and now I see that you have just done it. So instead I will listen to yours! :D *snags* ♥

[sophinisba]

Ha ha yeah it does not surprise me at all that I wouldn't be the only one to want to read this. Feel free to go for it! I just got a PM last night (or maybe this morning?) about someone repodding an Arthur/Merlin fic I did a long time ago and I'm super excited about it.

[dodificus]

This was iiiiinteresting, I enjoyed it:)

[sophinisba]

Yay thank you for listening!!!

[brunettepet]

I hadn't read this one before so thanks for pushing me in the story's direction. It's fantastic. I'm looking forward to listening to it.

[sophinisba]

Thanks! I think a lot of people missed this one and even I didn't read it for something like a month after it came out, but I really love it a lot. :)

[brunettepet]

Thanks for another terrific listen while I was on my walk this afternoon. You captured the intensity of Arthur's feelings and the stutter stop of trying not to push too hard or cross too many lines. The morning after freak out was very well done.

[sophinisba]

Thanks very much! The part with the seizure made me very anxious and I'm glad to hear it worked for you!

[fish_echo]

http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/before-and-after
http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/before-and-after-audiobook

Give it maybe an hour before the zip files are up

:)