A How-To Manual for Bonding

[chasingtides]

Title: A How-To Manual for Bonding
Author: chasingtides
Fandom: Leverage
Characters: Parker/Hardison, Eliot, Sophie
Rating: G
Prompt: 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.

Comments

[samueljames]

Lovely fic. Loved how understanding Eliot was and Parker opening up to him. Hopefully Sophie will understand.

[chasingtides]

Thank you. I have a minor addiction to Parker and Eliot bonding, so this just seemed natural.

[tinypinkmouse]

This was beautiful. Thank you.

[daria234]

This was really interesting. I love the way you convey Parker's pain and her desire to be understood and seen. And Hardison's imperfect reactions, and Eliot's astuteness. And also the humor -- this line was the funniest I thought:

“He tells his imaginary friends about his boyfriend.” Parker paused. “He also tells them he thinks you’re cute.”

“I didn’t want to know that.”

Anyway, love this fic.

[chasingtides]

Thanks for the awesome review - but Parker's definitely a guy in this fic.

[daria234]

Apoogies - you're very right, I should have said his desires. I'm just used to talking about Parker the way I write the character, but that's no excuse.

Anyway, great fic.

[deepbluemermaid]

Oh, this is so powerful - hurty, but beautiful.

Nate and Sophie's disbelief and incomprehension are sadly believeable. I hope Sophie can come to grips with how Parker feels - she may enjoy dressing up and pretending to be someone she's not, but he clearly doesn't (even in canon). On a more positive note, the other guys' reactions feel true too: both Hardison's loving support (despite the incessant questions) and Eliot's quiet understanding. I'm so glad Parker has someone he can talk to, now.

[firefly124]

I love how well Eliot responded, not entirely getting it but asking the right questions to try to understand. Really well captured.