what is or your favorite thing about the leverage ot3? also, do u have a favorite ot3 moment(s)???
How accepting they are of each other, and actually I lied, the rest of these aren’t in any particular order but this one is for sure number one, top dog, most important thing. These are damaged people (I mean, all people are damaged people, but still), with strange quirks and hard limits and rough histories, and within this little family they’ve built it’s finally okay for them to just be themselves. They give each other shit, they push each other to expand their horizons, they snipe and snap and roll their eyes at each other, but at the end of the day there is nothing beneath that but acceptance. No judgement, no harbored resentment for the people they’re not, no expectations, no trying to change or mold them into somebody different: just acceptance. It’s okay that Parker prefers to have the option of climbing into the ceilings! It’s okay that Eliot sometimes needs to hit some bad guys! It’s okay that Hardison would rather fish inside than outside! IT’S ALL OKAY. THEY JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITH OR AROUND EACH OTHER’S NEEDS, and at the end of the day, that’s what love is. Nothing frilly or fancy, just people who accept each other as they are, warts and all, and do the best they can for them and by them.
LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW HARDISON 100000% BOUGHT THAT BREWPUB FOR ELIOT, I bet he spent like a whole afternoon (which is a long damn time for a brain like Hardison’s) researching what type of restaurant has the hardest menu to plan because he knows Eliot likes a challenge and something he can really heartily bitch about. And probably at some point Parker leaned over his shoulder and was like, “Oooh, are we building an Eliot trap?” and Hardison was like, “Yeah, but don’t tell him,” and Parker was like, “Obviously, he’d never get trapped in it if he knew it was a trap, duh.” And like seven years later, when the brewpub has a Michelin star and Eliot can’t even pretend he doesn’t totally love everything about it most days, Parker and Hardison are like, “MUWAHAHAHA YOU FELL INTO OUR ELIOT TRAP,” and Eliot is like, “Damn it, Hardison! You two are idiots.” (But secretly he guessed years ago, and very secretly he is touched to have been right, because part of him was always like, “Don’t be stupid, Eliot, people don’t do things like that for other people,” and it’s nice to know he was wrong.)
Ha ha ha ha I was just telling febricant yesterday that I bet that Eliot takes Parker fishing (Hardison is never going fishing outdoors again) and they just sit there in silence for a while, enjoying that there is no talking in fishing, until fish start floating to the surface because Parker electrocuted the lake. (“What? Why are you mad? I thought the point was to kill as many fish as possible! Look at all these dead fish, Eliot!”)
GROUP CAMPING TRIPS, where Eliot has to set up the tent and Hardison’s always brought at least one thing he ordered from Skymall and Parker hides in the trees and makes zombie noises because it’s fun to watch her boys jump and then swear up at the canopy.
I bet Hardison has HORRIBLE BURIED ALIVE NIGHTMARES (Alec my bb I’m so sorry that happened to you, I know you’re fictional but I’M SO SORRY), and when it was just him and Parker he would just wake up with Parker staring at him in the darkness, and they’d just breathe quietly together, maybe with their fingertips pressed together, until he calmed down. But then Eliot starts sleeping in the bed with them, and the first time Hardison wakes up screaming “Let me out!” Parker’s the one next to him, and Eliot’s on the other side of her, but he just gets out of the bed and walks around to Hardison’s side and slides back into bed and wraps Alec up in his huge arms, hand behind his neck, like the horizontal version of exactly what he did when Hardison got out of the coffin. and it SHOULDN’T help, because really it should just make Alec feel trapped again, but it helps so much that it’s almost pathetic, that he can’t even bring himself to talk to Eliot about it, and so he never finds out that Eliot did it (and continues to do it) on pure instinct, and was terrified that first time that Hardison was going to make fun of him for it.
Relatedly: I bet both Parker and Eliot also have horrible nightmares but neither one of them wants to be touched after (which is why Parker never touched Alec after his, though after Eliot starts doing it sometimes they like, sandwich cuddle him, whatever I know my id is showing and I DON’T CARE). And Alec’s the hardest sleeper by far, so usually just Parker will wake up for Eliot’s nightmares, and just Eliot will wake up for Parker’s, and they’ll go and sit out on the front steps together and wait for the sun to come up, or for Hardison to wake up alone in the bed, realize what’s happening, and come herd them back into the house. And they always have the same conversation, which is that the person who didn’t have the nightmare says, “You wanna talk about it?” in a very sarcastic tone and the person who DID have the nightmare gives them an exhausted sort of look, and then maybe threads their fingers together, and holds on a little too tight.
This is not even remotely the post it set out to be at the beginning is it, it has turned into a headcanons post, WHAT A SHAME that I am entirely out of fucks to give
Another recent conversation with febricant has lead us to the conclusion that Hardison probably makes them all like, really elaborate costumes for the kinky roleplaying sex they must have so much of. And also that they must have had to make a rule, after the first few times it happened, about Eliot not being allowed to rip any clothes Hardison actually made off of anyone, because Alec gets sO MAD and it ruins the mood.
ELIOT AND HARDISON HAVE A LITTLE TWO-PERSON BAND FOR WHOM PARKER IS THE ONLY AUDIENCE IN WHICH ELIOT PLAYS THE GUITAR AND HARDISON PLAYS THE VIOLIN. They play a lot of Kansas and Nickel Creek, and they’re actually pretty good. If asked, Alec’d say he only does it because Eliot needs the practice, and Eliot’d say he only does it because it’s literally the only way to shut Hardison up, but Parker has a video of the two of them playing Carry On My Wayward Son and grinning like giant assholes, so she knows they’re both full of shit.
REMEMBER THAT EPISODE WHERE ELIOT BUYS PARKER AND SOPHIE PERFECT PRESENTS AND PRETENDS THEY WERE FROM HARDISON AND NATE, well I bet once the OT3 are together Eliot totally does that shit all the time, like, buys Parker a present and is like “This is from Hardison” or buys Hardison a present and is like “This is from Parker” and they’re totally wise to him but they let him get away with it because they have secretly agreed it’s pretty adorable.
Hardison totally goes out of his way to make friends with a doctor - maybe Chicken Parm from that one episode - so that when Parker and Eliot get hurt he can just ~casually invite his buddy over~, no big, don’t even worry about. Because honestly, between the two of them he’s going to have a heart attack before he turns thirty, which’ll be better than them, who are probably going to die of GANGRENE or some shit because they won’t go to the hospital. (In fairness, it’s really only Eliot who won’t go to the hospital; Parker’ll happily go once you get her to admit she’s sick or injured, but good fucking luck with that one.)
PARKER IS THE NUMBER ONE COMMENTER ON SEX SWINGS ON AMAZON. After a while she makes Hardison make her some dummy handles because she’s getting a reputation and people are sending her creepy messages; then she’s numbers one, two, three, four, and seven.
Oh here’s a thing that isn’t a headcanon but is an actual canonical favorite thing about them, aka what you actually asked for: that episode where that creepy film director is obsessed with Parker, and Eliot and Hardison both notice it, and both work to get him the hell away from her (even as she steals his credit card, lol). GOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I love that they all protect each other and take care of each other and give each other space when they need it and teach each other things and sdjkfhsdkfhjdsfhsd
MAN, I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE BEAUTIFUL WEIRDOS. That’s it. That’s the truth. They’re beautiful weirdos, and I love everything about them.
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LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW HARDISON 100000% BOUGHT THAT BREWPUB FOR ELIOT, I bet he spent like a whole afternoon (which is a long damn time for a brain like Hardison’s) researching what type of restaurant has the hardest menu to plan because he knows Eliot likes a challenge and something he can really heartily bitch about. And probably at some point Parker leaned over his shoulder and was like, “Oooh, are we building an Eliot trap?” and Hardison was like, “Yeah, but don’t tell him,” and Parker was like, “Obviously, he’d never get trapped in it if he knew it was a trap, duh.” And like seven years later, when the brewpub has a Michelin star and Eliot can’t even pretend he doesn’t totally love everything about it most days, Parker and Hardison are like, “MUWAHAHAHA YOU FELL INTO OUR ELIOT TRAP,” and Eliot is like, “Damn it, Hardison! You two are idiots.” (But secretly he guessed years ago, and very secretly he is touched to have been right, because part of him was always like, “Don’t be stupid, Eliot, people don’t do things like that for other people,” and it’s nice to know he was wrong.)
Ha ha ha ha I was just telling febricant yesterday that I bet that Eliot takes Parker fishing (Hardison is never going fishing outdoors again) and they just sit there in silence for a while, enjoying that there is no talking in fishing, until fish start floating to the surface because Parker electrocuted the lake. (“What? Why are you mad? I thought the point was to kill as many fish as possible! Look at all these dead fish, Eliot!”)
GROUP CAMPING TRIPS, where Eliot has to set up the tent and Hardison’s always brought at least one thing he ordered from Skymall and Parker hides in the trees and makes zombie noises because it’s fun to watch her boys jump and then swear up at the canopy.
I bet Hardison has HORRIBLE BURIED ALIVE NIGHTMARES (Alec my bb I’m so sorry that happened to you, I know you’re fictional but I’M SO SORRY), and when it was just him and Parker he would just wake up with Parker staring at him in the darkness, and they’d just breathe quietly together, maybe with their fingertips pressed together, until he calmed down. But then Eliot starts sleeping in the bed with them, and the first time Hardison wakes up screaming “Let me out!” Parker’s the one next to him, and Eliot’s on the other side of her, but he just gets out of the bed and walks around to Hardison’s side and slides back into bed and wraps Alec up in his huge arms, hand behind his neck, like the horizontal version of exactly what he did when Hardison got out of the coffin. and it SHOULDN’T help, because really it should just make Alec feel trapped again, but it helps so much that it’s almost pathetic, that he can’t even bring himself to talk to Eliot about it, and so he never finds out that Eliot did it (and continues to do it) on pure instinct, and was terrified that first time that Hardison was going to make fun of him for it.
Relatedly: I bet both Parker and Eliot also have horrible nightmares but neither one of them wants to be touched after (which is why Parker never touched Alec after his, though after Eliot starts doing it sometimes they like, sandwich cuddle him, whatever I know my id is showing and I DON’T CARE). And Alec’s the hardest sleeper by far, so usually just Parker will wake up for Eliot’s nightmares, and just Eliot will wake up for Parker’s, and they’ll go and sit out on the front steps together and wait for the sun to come up, or for Hardison to wake up alone in the bed, realize what’s happening, and come herd them back into the house. And they always have the same conversation, which is that the person who didn’t have the nightmare says, “You wanna talk about it?” in a very sarcastic tone and the person who DID have the nightmare gives them an exhausted sort of look, and then maybe threads their fingers together, and holds on a little too tight.
This is not even remotely the post it set out to be at the beginning is it, it has turned into a headcanons post, WHAT A SHAME that I am entirely out of fucks to give
Another recent conversation with febricant has lead us to the conclusion that Hardison probably makes them all like, really elaborate costumes for the kinky roleplaying sex they must have so much of. And also that they must have had to make a rule, after the first few times it happened, about Eliot not being allowed to rip any clothes Hardison actually made off of anyone, because Alec gets sO MAD and it ruins the mood.
ELIOT AND HARDISON HAVE A LITTLE TWO-PERSON BAND FOR WHOM PARKER IS THE ONLY AUDIENCE IN WHICH ELIOT PLAYS THE GUITAR AND HARDISON PLAYS THE VIOLIN. They play a lot of Kansas and Nickel Creek, and they’re actually pretty good. If asked, Alec’d say he only does it because Eliot needs the practice, and Eliot’d say he only does it because it’s literally the only way to shut Hardison up, but Parker has a video of the two of them playing Carry On My Wayward Son and grinning like giant assholes, so she knows they’re both full of shit.
REMEMBER THAT EPISODE WHERE ELIOT BUYS PARKER AND SOPHIE PERFECT PRESENTS AND PRETENDS THEY WERE FROM HARDISON AND NATE, well I bet once the OT3 are together Eliot totally does that shit all the time, like, buys Parker a present and is like “This is from Hardison” or buys Hardison a present and is like “This is from Parker” and they’re totally wise to him but they let him get away with it because they have secretly agreed it’s pretty adorable.
Hardison totally goes out of his way to make friends with a doctor - maybe Chicken Parm from that one episode - so that when Parker and Eliot get hurt he can just ~casually invite his buddy over~, no big, don’t even worry about. Because honestly, between the two of them he’s going to have a heart attack before he turns thirty, which’ll be better than them, who are probably going to die of GANGRENE or some shit because they won’t go to the hospital. (In fairness, it’s really only Eliot who won’t go to the hospital; Parker’ll happily go once you get her to admit she’s sick or injured, but good fucking luck with that one.)
PARKER IS THE NUMBER ONE COMMENTER ON SEX SWINGS ON AMAZON. After a while she makes Hardison make her some dummy handles because she’s getting a reputation and people are sending her creepy messages; then she’s numbers one, two, three, four, and seven.
Oh here’s a thing that isn’t a headcanon but is an actual canonical favorite thing about them, aka what you actually asked for: that episode where that creepy film director is obsessed with Parker, and Eliot and Hardison both notice it, and both work to get him the hell away from her (even as she steals his credit card, lol). GOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I love that they all protect each other and take care of each other and give each other space when they need it and teach each other things and sdjkfhsdkfhjdsfhsd
MAN, I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE BEAUTIFUL WEIRDOS. That’s it. That’s the truth. They’re beautiful weirdos, and I love everything about them.
Posted in full at: http://eemilyvr1.tumblr.com/post/117048720628