The Interlude Job (Leverage, Maggie Collins/Sophie Devereaux) [PG]

[havocthecat]

Title: The Interlude Job
Author: havocthecat
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: PG
Pairing: Maggie Collins/Sophie Devereaux, with a side of Maggie/Nate and Sophie/Nate
Characters: Maggie Collins, Sophie Devereaux
Spoilers: Set between 2.14, The Three Strikes Job, and 2.15, The Maltese Falcon Job, and has mild spoilers for The Maltese Falcon Job.
Summary: It won't last

Comments

[havocthecat]

Thank you! :) I think that Parker and Sophie are close enough friends that they still talk a lot (and we've seen that demonstrated on the show, where Parker knows something about Sophie before anyone else does), and, really, venting about Nate after 2.14? Necessity.

Yes, Sophie definitely is a criminal mastermind! Even if her plans go a bit astray, but she's very, very good at the long con or long-term planning and waiting anyway. And I love Maggie's thoughts about getting involved with Sophie.

And the thing is, all their plans end up going a bit astray (even Nate's); they're just a very adaptable group. So I think Sophie definitely still is up there. The scary thing is that this is a group that has three people who have demonstrably stepped up and taken the lead now, even if two of them don't normally choose to (Eliot and Sophie), and I think it gives them a huge advantage.

Plus Sophie's ability to do long-term planning is astounding. We've seen it in each season, and it's just wonderful to think about what Sophie's

[asimaiyat]

:D !

Awesome dialogue. And what a pretty, pretty pairing.

[havocthecat]

Thank you! Clearly, Maggie and Sophie commiserate with each other like only women who have known-and-been-involved-with Nathan Ford for so long can.

(And then they ignore the involvement with Nathan Ford and have lots and lots of sex.)

[lyssie]

*gleeful squeeing*

I love that they both agree not to tell anyone. And the wine and Sophie with her head pillowed, and, and. *flails* This is totally awesome. *bounces gleefully*

[havocthecat]

Hee! Yay, I'm glad you liked it! And the Sophie with her head pillowed on her arms is classic, yet awesome.

As to telling anyone, if Sophie told Parker, then Parker would forget she's not supposed to say (or just not realize it) and accidentally tell someone. I'm not even going to imagine what Nate, Eliot, and Hardison would say.

[kattahj]

Very nice; I particularly liked the phone call.

[havocthecat]

Thank you! Phone calls are so tricky to write when it's only one end of the conversation. I'm glad that worked out okay.

[ijemanja]

EEEEEEE! SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS! I love the response to the idea of Nate finding out, and that they are in complete agreement as in 'oh hell no', hee. And Maggie's voice is so perfect and they are both so adorable here, and oddly sweet together, in a casual, low key sort of way, if that makes sense. *hearts*

[havocthecat]

It makes sense! It was supposed to be low-key, really, just a slice of everyday life. You know, the everyday life of an art appraiser and a criminal mastermind, but still everyday life. ;)