Podfic rec: Inception

"Ach, des Knaben Augen" by toomuchplor, read by penny | AU | Arthur/Eames | Being a freshman piano performance major at a prestigious New England conservatory is difficult enough without landing the school's star baritone as your singer, and inevitably, your hopeless crush. | 2hr. 36min.

Arthur, freed from the need for a score, or even from the need to picture it hanging in from of him, is able for the first time to focus utterly on Eames. Arthur feels like he's the one singing in a weird way, feels Eames making choices on tone and timbre and diction exactly as Arthur would if he had a voice like Eames'. It occurs to Arthur, distantly, near the end of the piece, that they've been locking gazes continuously for some time now, and it's weird because it's not the least bit weird, it's necessary and it's compelling and Arthur -- Arthur aches with the music, he's swelling with it. It hurts and it's too good all at once.

What an amazing podfic! Fantastic story, great music, great reading... and then I found out that it was just the first story in a LONG series - seriously, 150k words! - and my day was made! I know what I'll be reading the next few - many! - days :)

Just one warning: the music is MUCH louder than the reading, so be ready to dial down the sound whenever a song pops up or your neighbors/ears won't be happy with you!