fic!

[themonkeytwin]

So life has been kind of weird and busy lately. But here's something that's been hanging around in my head ever since I first thought of writing Leverage fic, and has taken this long to find its shape.

Title: to reach an understanding
Ficverse: Leverage
Series: Understanding Among Thieves
Rating: Gen / PG-13
Length: 2800 ish
Characters: Sophie, Eliot

Comments

[elzed]

Oh, I rather liked this! Sophie plumbing Eliot's secret depths (and really apologising to him, too); the glimpses of his past; and I especially like the voice you gave him, that thoughtful, articulate, patient Eliot that lies beneath and that the others often fail to see. Nice one.

[themonkeytwin]

Thanks. I decided it was about time Sophie got around to apologising. And who doesn't want to play around in Eliot's psyche a bit? He really felt in a contemplative mood to me after Tap-Out, and to me, he and Sophie interact as peers; they both "get it" a lot more than the two kids, and both deal with Nate's crap more, too. So this just seemed like a natural conversation. Glad you liked. :)

[elzed]

to me, he and Sophie interact as peers

Yes, I agree, and that's what made flow naturally...

[zortified]

This was really cool. I love seeing Sophie's perceptions and observations of both herself and Eliot. I hadn't ever thought about her reaction to realising Eliot can become someone else but never stop being himself.

I really like this, it's given me some really neat insights into the characters and I always enjoy that. :->

[themonkeytwin]

Thanks! As far as I'm concerned, insights into character is what fanfic is for. Well, and fun :)

Sophie is such a delightfully complex and perceptive character, and it makes sense to me that she'd be assessing the guys on the team as much as their marks. (Although sometimes I think she gets distracted just trying to keep on top of Nate's crazy, and doesn't pay as much attention as she sometimes should to the others.) And I realised, as I wrote it, that everyone has different styles of playing their parts, and it reflects something about them. But mostly I wanted to focus on her, and Eliot. Because, well ... Eliot.

[deepbluemermaid]

I am so in awe of your writing talent! There's so much depth to this - it goes beyond character study, because it's the characters studying each other. I especially like Sophie being in awe of Eliot's self-knowledge...it perfectly foreshadows her arc later in Season 2.

If you'll forgive the pun, I'm really glad you wrestled this story into submission ;-)

Just a couple of things you might want to fix:

- converstation in the gym
- Nevada (should be Nebraska)

[themonkeytwin]

Eep - thanks! Shall fix. This is why I need to self-edit better, or just get a beta. Maybe I'm just off because of that wretched world cup game against Germany. Still - Germany. I'm up extra early to watch NZ v Slovakia right now, let's hope you guys do a little better!

You know, I just couldn't justify those character observations without making them come out in conversation. When we have the gift of two such insightful characters, why not use them? Especially Sophie. And as you said, I like it especially because she's just beginning to search for this stuff. I think at this point there's a lot going on in her head that she isn't quite aware of yet.

And thank you. Puns are welcome around here. :)

[deepbluemermaid]

I'm listening to the Slovakia vs. New Zealand game right now, on the radio. Fingers crossed! I was at the sold-out game against Bahrain, back in November, when we qualified for South Africa. It's hard to believe that the World Cup's finally here :)

[themonkeytwin]

Heh, I'm at two friends' place on the west coast of the US right now, and they have HD cable something, on like a 23" screen. Which is a new one for me. But they don't seem to get that waking up at ridiculous times in the early morning and huddling blearily on the couch around a cup of coffee is an integral part of the WC watching experience. Have they no soul? So I'm here on my onesies. But it's fun. I feel very ANZAC-y at the moment. :)

[themonkeytwin]

Thanks - I love these kinds conversations, and the show is usually moving too quickly to take a breath and spend time on them. On the other hand, it does give us all those subtle micro-expressions that we can analyse endlessly. :)

And I do my very best to never woobify Eliot, but it does sometimes just sneak in there. I think he just likes having a friend to talk to sometimes. *wibble*

[fleurlb]

This was so subtle and beautiful. I really enjoyed it. The idea of Sophie apologizing and the lovely insights she had about Eliot - really nice.

[themonkeytwin]

Thank you! It took a while to tease apart and weave together, but sometimes I just want to be there when these characters take a breath, in the middle of their insane lives. Or at least the insane pace which is the only thing the show has time to show us. I'm glad you liked. :)