that's telekinesis, kyle!
So, recently, Renee and I were discussing Leverage, and I off-handedly mentioned something I'd read in a fanfic. In response, she expressed her surprise that there was good Leverage fanfic out there, which. You know. Fair point. And since I'm in the process of re-organizing my bookmarks anyway (Oh, me, why so many tags? It only encourages the OCD.), I figured I'd post a list of my favorite gen-ish fics:
Title: Biblioclasm
Author: steeleblue
Length: ~1900
Characters: Eliot, Parker, Hardison, Nate
Pairing: none
Summary: Stuff like this never happened with Eliot worked alone.
Notes: Nate should know better than to leave the kids alone in his apartment.
Title: There's No Place Like Home
Author: chaletian
Length: 403
Characters: Team
Pairing: Nate/Sophie
Summary: Nate realizes he's been lying to himself
Notes: Episode tag to The Beantown Bail-out.
Title: The Underwire Job
Author: bettybrown and emeraldwoman
Length: 4687
Characters: Eliot, Parker, Team
Pairing: Parker/Hardison
Summary: Parker recruits Eliot for a side job. Comedy and horror ensue.
Notes: This is the first story in a series, but the rest of the series goes off-canon. If you're looking for a gateway drug into Eliot/Parker/Hardison OT3, I'd suggest the sequels. Otherwise, just stop at the first story.
Title: Eventualities
Author: lithiumdoll
Length: 2100
Characters: Hardison, Nate, Team
Pairing: none
Summary: Hardison gives some consideration to turning to the Dark Side.
Title: Your head's a dead tomato splot with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch
Author: smercy
Length: 2992
Characters: Hardison, Eliot, Parker
Pairing: none
Summary: The Leverage team's Christmas party. Includes a Firefly TV marathon (courtesy of Hardison).
Title: Handful of Bad Luck
Author: kenzimone
Length: 6400
Characters: Eliot, Hardison
Pairing: none
Summary: "To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his right and left hand. He uses both." - St. Catherine of Siena. Eliot backstory.
Notes: This fic has an Eliot voice that is almost exactly what I imagine he was like during his early retrieval days.
Title: The Joy of Cooking
Author: ijemanja
Length: 3000
Characters: Eliot, Team
Pairing: none
Summary: Eliot cooks. The rest of the team 'help'.
Notes: D'awww. Domestic teamfic.
Title: Samson Ain't Got Nothing on Eliot
Author: snookscribbles
Length: 353
Characters: Eliot, Team
Pairing: none
Summary: The hair. Stand in awe.
Notes: I love Eliot's hair. But making fun of it will never not be funny.
Title: An Exercise in Exasperation
Author: lears_daughter
Length: 1916
Characters: Team
Pairing: none
Summary: The Leverage crew goes to the movies. This is more difficult than it sounds.
Notes: lolol.
Title: Be Yourself
Author: lmx_v3point3
Length: 201
Characters: Parker, Sophie, Eliot, Hardison
Pairing: Parker/Hardison
Summary: "'Be yourself!' is about the worst advice you can give to some people." -Tom Masson
Notes: Cute.
Title: Thicker Than Blood
Author: scoutlover
Length: 1963
Characters: Parker, Eliot
Pairing: none
Summary: Eliot already has a sister.
Notes: I'm a sucker for fics about Eliot and Parker's sibling-ness.
Title: It Could Have Been Worse
Author: kaitlia777
Length: 1299
Characters: Team
Pairing: none
Summary: Sophie organizes a Shopping trip like it's a job.
Notes: The team goes shopping on Black Friday.
Title: Five Times Sophie went Shopping
Author: ijemanja
Length: 1580
Characters: Sophie, Team
Pairing: none
Summary: What it says on the tin.
Notes: Funny and adorable.
Title: Juliette's Folly
Author: zvi
Length: 442
Characters: Sophie
Pairing: none
Summary: She never liked her own name. To tell the truth - admittedly, not her best thing - but to tell the truth, that's where it started. Her parents had chosen poorly when it came time for the christening, and she'd never liked her own name.
Notes: Nice Sophie introspective piece.
Title: Different From Conscience's Way
Author: mara
Length: 948
Characters: Sophie, Eliot
Pairing: none
Summary: Sophie's footsteps didn't usually sound so hesitant.
Notes: Tie-in between The Twelve-Step Job and The First David Job. Can't really pin down why I like this, but I do.
Title: Yin / Yang
Author: thrienne
Length: 6000 / 6000
Characters: Peter, Neal, Cruz (White Collar) / Eliot, Parker, Hardison (Leverage)
Pairing: none
Summary: When the FBI White Collar Division, Leverage Inc, a group of militant curators, and terrorists collide at an illegal auction, sparks fly and no-one knows what's going on. A story from two perspectives.
Notes: This fic is kind of amazingly done. I started at Yang because the Leverage characters are the ones I'm familiar with, but Yin is fun to read too. Of course, once you read Yin, you'll want to go back to Yang, and once you re-read Yang...
Title: The family you fell into
Author: fleurlb
Length: 500
Characters: Parker
Pairing: none
Summary: Parker's musings on her family history.
Notes: I like the tone.
Title: May, December
Author: pprfaith
Length: 1488
Characters: Eliot, Hardison, Parker, Nate
Pairing: none
Summary: Eliot hates Sophie. This is all her fault. She’s the one who left them without a grifter. She’s the one that is forcing them to try and fill her spot, to do her job.
Notes: Kind of crack-y, but. You know. Hilarious.
Title: Did you write the book of love?
Author: ignipes
Length: 1400
Characters: Eliot, Team
Pairing: Parker/Hardison
Summary: "Nate told me to talk to you," she says. Eliot perks up immediately. "We got a job?" "No," says Parker. "He told me to ask you about the birds and the bees."
Notes: Hilarious. A little crack-y.