Leverage Fic Rec:

Leverage Fic Rec:

The Principle of Least Action by newt426 on AO3

Summary (from the author):

After having a meltdown in front of the team, Parker is worried that she is "too much" for them. Hardison and Eliot make sure she knows that this isn't true.

Why I recommend it: I adored the portrayal of Parker’s POV and found the story very tender and comforting. I love when fics explicitly portray her autism and her experience of being autistic, as this fic does.

I'm sorry I keep posting my tiktok comments but please. What does this mean. What do people THINK shipping is for anymore???

*Poll options based on less common relationship tags that co-occur with the Leverage fandom tag on Ao3. Just for fun, please no yelling over preferences Haha!

Hi Hedgi! I've never submitted a prompt before but here goes:

For DHD: OG Leverage, Elliot angst in 1x03 "The Two Horse Job". Something regarding him coming home?

(Hi! Yay, your first prompt!!)

"You don't get some kind of homecoming parade," Aimee  snapped, storming off.

Homecoming.Eliot takes a step back, like he's reeling from a slap. He wants to stop her, to talk to her. He doesn't move.  Homecoming.  Somehow that's the word that throws him, not the thought of a parade. A parade is the last thing he wants, so many people looking at him. It's the last thing he deserves, too. 

But even if it was something he wanted, even if it was something he'd somehow earned...

He hasn't come home. 

This place isn't home, not really. He didn't grow up here. Close enough, sure.  And he spent enough time in stables like these, with horses like these, with Aimee. But that's still not right. This isn't where his Dad is. It's not where his Mom's buried.

It hits him like a horse's kick to the chest, the kind that breaks ribs, the kind that makes widows. Grief. He can't afford grief, not in the field. It still gets him, now and again, in those quiet moments like now. It's selfish and pointless and stupid. He's done so much he should regret, so much he does regret, that greets him every morning and stays with him 'til he sleeps, but this is the thing that pricks at him at random.

He should have gone back. For the funeral. He'd have caught hell for it, and a court martial, too. But maybe that would have been worth it, to be here--or close enough-- instead of there when everything went sideways, and sideways again. 

He shakes his hair out of his eyes, blinks back the sun. He did come back, once, twice. Too late for it to matter.

Home is where the people who love you are, and Eliot’s not sure he’s really got any of those.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26554135/chapters/64731784

On AO3

Author: MrsMovie (me)

Title: The Hitter’s Girl

I recommend this story as I feel it’s a different take on a Eliot x female oc story. Kaira is a unique character who goes through her own arc and I feel has a good relationship with Eliot.

Content warnings: Individual chapters are marked with seperate warnings based on the chapters but there are mentions of DV, assault, and PTSD flashbacks.

Summary: This story follows Kaira Lynn Newton, ex army turned merc, and her partner Eliot Spencer as they join forces with Nate Ford, Sophie Deveraux, Alec Hardison, and Parker as they take down the rich and powerful while navigating their relationship and learning to change.

Things to note: I based the character of Kaira off of me. Also this is a part 1 and follows all episodes of Leverage.

thank you for the submission!

*Polls options based on common fandom tags that co-occur with Leverage on Ao3. Not asking for any particular reason, but posting for fun and fandom discussions!