leverage fic recs by yellow_craion
Crossposting from tumblr bc shit happens and I want this saved. Here is the original.
You will notice a lot of these focus on Eliot x Alec dynamic (bc i ship them hard) and lots are also whumpy. Heed the warnings and possible spoilers - some are ok to read anywhen, some are episode-related.
disclaimer 1: some of these fics I’ve read long, long ago and only remember that I enjoyed them + whatever summary / comment I saved it with; others (majority) I have read and re-read multiple times.
disclaimer 2: this is in no way exhaustive, it is however very subjective. You can safely assume the stories are all complete unless stated otherwise. Tried to avoid stories heavy on sex stuff, not really my thing :P
let me know if I forgot a link somewhere!
Classifieds by Chaylay23
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, Hardison’s Nana :3
Summary: Eliot doesn’t say much but when he does it’s a mouthful. This contains one or two spoilers for season 4 but if you’ve seen “The Grave Danger Job”, you’ll be fine.
My notes: Hardison gets a new place and Eliot wants in. They cohabit and it’s fantastic. Eliot has long conversations over the phone with Hardison’s Nana and she even comes to visit. Angst and protectiveness.
Sitting Left of the Dealer by BlackEyedGirl
Ships / Characters: whole team, some OCs
Summary: Mostly they only talk about race when Hardison’s using it as a distraction. It’s a method that doesn’t work all of the time, even though Hardison’s more careful than anyone thinks about choosing when to use it. He definitely wouldn’t have tried it here.
My notes: For the Racebending Revenge challenge, rewriting Nate as black. IT IS GLORIOUS, go read it now! Seriously, if I ever managed to come up with top 3 Leverage fics, this one would definitely make the list.
All About Trust by Brinchen86
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Oneshot after the Lonely Hearts Job. With a kiss.
Magic Hands by carinascott
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Alec’s been working too hard.
My notes: Eliot decides a sensual massage with candle light is in order!
Just once by Amancham-EN (Amancham)
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: A concussion can be pretty severe, but of course Eliot says he’s fine. He hates to be taken care of. This time, however, he can’t shake Hardison off.
My notes: Alec is cute when he’s taking charge and not letting unwilling Eliot go, despite a healthy level of fear that Eliot can still beat him up if he wants to.
Gummy Frog Red by 2cbetter2
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec and team
Summary: Hardison’s love of Orange Squeeze and gummy frogs cost him dearly.
To Be Brave by Jevvica
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec and team
Summary: Sometime after the events of The Rundown Job, Eliot and Hardison confront what it means to trust, to be brave and what it costs.
My notes: Eliot angst, Alec gets hurt, more Eliot angst.
Thursday’s Child by jendavis
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec and team
Summary: Hardison starts acting strange after a job.
My notes: I love de-aged trope in fics but they’re hard to pull of without magic or aliens. This is one of them and I love it. Also has established Eliot / Alec as a couple, living together.
The Not Your Teaching Tool Job by BlackEyedGirl
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: Parker doesn’t understand why it has to be more complicated than: “I want to be with you, I just don’t want to sleep with you.” It’s everyone else who has the problem. (Parker as a biromantic asexual)
My notes: My precious ace Parker.
A How-To Manual for Bonding by chasingtides
Ships / Characters: Parker x Hardison, Eliot, Sophie
Summary: Parker’s cool with his body as it is; besides, sometimes it’s handy in his line of work. He just wishes Sophie’d give up the girl bonding crap.
My notes: Trans Parker, obviously.
Scarlet Fury by NevarDevereaux
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, the team
Summary: You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s (almost) gone.
My notes: Shmoop, whump and gay Parker. Alec gets shot, Eliot is brokenhearted.
Even Stone Can Crumble by nevardevereaux
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, the team
Summary: Hardison wakes up to bloody and beaten Eliot at his stoop.
My notes: Shmoop, whump and feels. Great stuff.
Five Things Nobody Tells You About Loving Eliot Spencer by SaffieDarling
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, Parker
Summary: Eliot looked at Hardison the way he always does when Hardison says something Eliot finds appalling, like ‘why can’t I drink orange soda with my filet mignon’ or ‘yeah, I had to borrow your paring knife to strip a cable’ and shifted slightly.
My notes: Hardison comes to a conclusion that somehow Eliot already figured out. Parker snoops. Non-explicit sex and fluff, lots of fluff.
The Right to Love by liggytheauthoress
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: None of them have ever been very tactile people. Hardison will hug, but that’s about it; Parker’s never really been exposed to a touchy-feely environment; and Eliot is, well, Eliot. But somehow, that changes when they’re together.
My notes: Fluff and cuddles. A bit of injury too.
Leverage Red Riding Hood AU by yellow_craion
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, Hardison’s Nana
Summary: Is Alec afraid of the big bad wolf? *evil laugh*
My notes: Shameless self promotion :3
For Morale by sheryden
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, Nate
Summary: Eliot struggles to regain Hardison’s trust after the events of The Big Bang Job.
Lockdown by ladyjax
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Prison protection turns into a prison romance.
My notes: Prison AU.
Might As Well Jump by dodger_sister
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Hardison doesn’t like getting shot at anymore than the next guy, but Eliot’s reaction to Hardison being in danger takes them both by surprise.
Darkness by Brinchen86
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Set after the Grave Danger Job.
My notes: Cuddles and fluff. And angst.
Wish I Could Burn With It by monsterq
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: Eliot can take down ten armed and trained bodyguards in less than a minute with his bare hands, but he can’t beat his own fucking head.
My notes: Warning for depression and self-harm, including a scene of somebody being (accidentally) discovered in the act of self-harm.
Broken by meils121
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: No sane person would ever reach out and touch Eliot’s arm just then, so maybe it’s a good thing that Parker isn’t sane.
My notes: Parker and Hardison witness one of Eliot’s flashbacks.
Night by jendavis
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: After the experment’s over, Eliot’s head is nowhere near where he wants it to be.
My notes: Set after the Experimental Job. Angst, protectiveness and fluff.
Waking up to ash and dust by glorious_spoon
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: Eliot doesn’t like hospitals. There are a few reasons for that.
My notes: (SPOILER!) One of my favorite things - Eliot takes a bullet for Hardison :3 obviously whump and feels. Seriously, it’s great!
Children’s Hour by moonchildfic
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: How they got caught didn’t matter. How they got out of that room, together, was all that mattered.
My notes: Eliot whump, torture.
Warm Cookies by moonchildfic
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker, Sophie, Nate
Summary: In which Eliot can’t remember what happened but it doesn’t really matter.
My notes: Post whump comfort. Follows Children’s Hour and Bedtime Stories
The Hitter’s Vulnerability by carinascott
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: first time Eliot has willingly let a man top him and he contemplates it - he realizes he trusts Hardison and loves him, and feels loved.
Lines Can Separate or They Can Connect by storiesfortravellers
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, team
Summary: How Eliot and Alec balance love, art, morality, and violence.
My notes: Angst, protectiveness.
Bad Habits and Dumb Luck by laceymcbain
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, team
Summary: Kidnapped by Russians who think they’re a couple. Turns out they’re right.
My notes: Torture, whump, protectiveness and angst.
Closed by serenelystrange
Ships / Characters: Parker x Alec
Summary: Hardison knows the world outside can never be as good as his dreams. Or can it?
My notes: Cuddly fluff.
Better With You by serenelystrange
Ships / Characters: Parker x Alec, Eliot
Summary: Hardison and Parker head home after their D.C. adventure, feelings and cuddles happen.
My notes: Set after the Rundown Job.
You will notice a lot of these focus on Eliot x Alec dynamic (bc i ship them hard) and lots are also whumpy. Heed the warnings and possible spoilers - some are ok to read anywhen, some are episode-related.
disclaimer 1: some of these fics I’ve read long, long ago and only remember that I enjoyed them + whatever summary / comment I saved it with; others (majority) I have read and re-read multiple times.
disclaimer 2: this is in no way exhaustive, it is however very subjective. You can safely assume the stories are all complete unless stated otherwise. Tried to avoid stories heavy on sex stuff, not really my thing :P
let me know if I forgot a link somewhere!
Classifieds by Chaylay23
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, Hardison’s Nana :3
Summary: Eliot doesn’t say much but when he does it’s a mouthful. This contains one or two spoilers for season 4 but if you’ve seen “The Grave Danger Job”, you’ll be fine.
My notes: Hardison gets a new place and Eliot wants in. They cohabit and it’s fantastic. Eliot has long conversations over the phone with Hardison’s Nana and she even comes to visit. Angst and protectiveness.
Sitting Left of the Dealer by BlackEyedGirl
Ships / Characters: whole team, some OCs
Summary: Mostly they only talk about race when Hardison’s using it as a distraction. It’s a method that doesn’t work all of the time, even though Hardison’s more careful than anyone thinks about choosing when to use it. He definitely wouldn’t have tried it here.
My notes: For the Racebending Revenge challenge, rewriting Nate as black. IT IS GLORIOUS, go read it now! Seriously, if I ever managed to come up with top 3 Leverage fics, this one would definitely make the list.
All About Trust by Brinchen86
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Oneshot after the Lonely Hearts Job. With a kiss.
Magic Hands by carinascott
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Alec’s been working too hard.
My notes: Eliot decides a sensual massage with candle light is in order!
Just once by Amancham-EN (Amancham)
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: A concussion can be pretty severe, but of course Eliot says he’s fine. He hates to be taken care of. This time, however, he can’t shake Hardison off.
My notes: Alec is cute when he’s taking charge and not letting unwilling Eliot go, despite a healthy level of fear that Eliot can still beat him up if he wants to.
Gummy Frog Red by 2cbetter2
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec and team
Summary: Hardison’s love of Orange Squeeze and gummy frogs cost him dearly.
To Be Brave by Jevvica
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec and team
Summary: Sometime after the events of The Rundown Job, Eliot and Hardison confront what it means to trust, to be brave and what it costs.
My notes: Eliot angst, Alec gets hurt, more Eliot angst.
Thursday’s Child by jendavis
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec and team
Summary: Hardison starts acting strange after a job.
My notes: I love de-aged trope in fics but they’re hard to pull of without magic or aliens. This is one of them and I love it. Also has established Eliot / Alec as a couple, living together.
The Not Your Teaching Tool Job by BlackEyedGirl
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: Parker doesn’t understand why it has to be more complicated than: “I want to be with you, I just don’t want to sleep with you.” It’s everyone else who has the problem. (Parker as a biromantic asexual)
My notes: My precious ace Parker.
A How-To Manual for Bonding by chasingtides
Ships / Characters: Parker x Hardison, Eliot, Sophie
Summary: Parker’s cool with his body as it is; besides, sometimes it’s handy in his line of work. He just wishes Sophie’d give up the girl bonding crap.
My notes: Trans Parker, obviously.
Scarlet Fury by NevarDevereaux
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, the team
Summary: You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s (almost) gone.
My notes: Shmoop, whump and gay Parker. Alec gets shot, Eliot is brokenhearted.
Even Stone Can Crumble by nevardevereaux
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, the team
Summary: Hardison wakes up to bloody and beaten Eliot at his stoop.
My notes: Shmoop, whump and feels. Great stuff.
Five Things Nobody Tells You About Loving Eliot Spencer by SaffieDarling
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, Parker
Summary: Eliot looked at Hardison the way he always does when Hardison says something Eliot finds appalling, like ‘why can’t I drink orange soda with my filet mignon’ or ‘yeah, I had to borrow your paring knife to strip a cable’ and shifted slightly.
My notes: Hardison comes to a conclusion that somehow Eliot already figured out. Parker snoops. Non-explicit sex and fluff, lots of fluff.
The Right to Love by liggytheauthoress
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: None of them have ever been very tactile people. Hardison will hug, but that’s about it; Parker’s never really been exposed to a touchy-feely environment; and Eliot is, well, Eliot. But somehow, that changes when they’re together.
My notes: Fluff and cuddles. A bit of injury too.
Leverage Red Riding Hood AU by yellow_craion
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, Hardison’s Nana
Summary: Is Alec afraid of the big bad wolf? *evil laugh*
My notes: Shameless self promotion :3
For Morale by sheryden
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, Nate
Summary: Eliot struggles to regain Hardison’s trust after the events of The Big Bang Job.
Lockdown by ladyjax
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Prison protection turns into a prison romance.
My notes: Prison AU.
Might As Well Jump by dodger_sister
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Hardison doesn’t like getting shot at anymore than the next guy, but Eliot’s reaction to Hardison being in danger takes them both by surprise.
Darkness by Brinchen86
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: Set after the Grave Danger Job.
My notes: Cuddles and fluff. And angst.
Wish I Could Burn With It by monsterq
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: Eliot can take down ten armed and trained bodyguards in less than a minute with his bare hands, but he can’t beat his own fucking head.
My notes: Warning for depression and self-harm, including a scene of somebody being (accidentally) discovered in the act of self-harm.
Broken by meils121
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: No sane person would ever reach out and touch Eliot’s arm just then, so maybe it’s a good thing that Parker isn’t sane.
My notes: Parker and Hardison witness one of Eliot’s flashbacks.
Night by jendavis
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: After the experment’s over, Eliot’s head is nowhere near where he wants it to be.
My notes: Set after the Experimental Job. Angst, protectiveness and fluff.
Waking up to ash and dust by glorious_spoon
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: Eliot doesn’t like hospitals. There are a few reasons for that.
My notes: (SPOILER!) One of my favorite things - Eliot takes a bullet for Hardison :3 obviously whump and feels. Seriously, it’s great!
Children’s Hour by moonchildfic
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker
Summary: How they got caught didn’t matter. How they got out of that room, together, was all that mattered.
My notes: Eliot whump, torture.
Warm Cookies by moonchildfic
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec x Parker, Sophie, Nate
Summary: In which Eliot can’t remember what happened but it doesn’t really matter.
My notes: Post whump comfort. Follows Children’s Hour and Bedtime Stories
The Hitter’s Vulnerability by carinascott
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec
Summary: first time Eliot has willingly let a man top him and he contemplates it - he realizes he trusts Hardison and loves him, and feels loved.
Lines Can Separate or They Can Connect by storiesfortravellers
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, team
Summary: How Eliot and Alec balance love, art, morality, and violence.
My notes: Angst, protectiveness.
Bad Habits and Dumb Luck by laceymcbain
Ships / Characters: Eliot x Alec, team
Summary: Kidnapped by Russians who think they’re a couple. Turns out they’re right.
My notes: Torture, whump, protectiveness and angst.
Closed by serenelystrange
Ships / Characters: Parker x Alec
Summary: Hardison knows the world outside can never be as good as his dreams. Or can it?
My notes: Cuddly fluff.
Better With You by serenelystrange
Ships / Characters: Parker x Alec, Eliot
Summary: Hardison and Parker head home after their D.C. adventure, feelings and cuddles happen.
My notes: Set after the Rundown Job.