Comments | themonkeytwin: Do you know how many fics are named "tea and sympathy"? Me neither.

themonkeytwin

Do you know how many fics are named "tea and sympathy"? Me neither.

Jan 15, 2011 22:43

Title: tea and sympathy
Ficverse: Leverage
Series: Understanding Among Thieves
Rating: Gen, PG
Length: 1400 ish
Characters: Sophie, Eliot
Teaser: "Sophie, he made me a mute!"
Notes: More conversations. Actually, I was already on to the next one between these two, when I realised I needed another beat before that. And then I realised I could just have a ( Read more... )

fanfic, fic series: understanding among thieves, leverage, fic: one shots, conversation!kink

Comments 14

trillianastra January 16 2011, 17:42:34 UTC

Oh, Eliot...

(I've got to say, Sophie and Eliot just being friends is something I really like about this. It feels very true to character.)

themonkeytwin January 17 2011, 02:13:23 UTC

Ah, yes. Eliot. (...)

Thanks! I love their friendship, and while a romance between them might be very interesting, it's just not something I can see developing what with everything else they've got going on. So. :)

daria234 January 16 2011, 18:52:43 UTC

Hey, I really liked this!!! I love the characterizations here, their friendship, the dialogue - all really realistic. I like that she thinks Eliot would be simpler to fall for but knows that's not how it works. And that conversation about 'yourself' -great job

themonkeytwin January 17 2011, 02:18:22 UTC

Thanks! There's something about Sophie and Eliot's interactions that really intrigues me, which I guess is why it's become a series. They bring things out in one another, and see things in each other, that doesn't happen with any of the others. It's like they SEE each other, but maybe for that reason aren't fascinated by each other. Or something. *shrug* Anyway, it's fun to write :)

emmiere January 16 2011, 19:13:31 UTC

I love it. There's so many touches here that are just them and you write great conversation.

themonkeytwin January 17 2011, 02:19:57 UTC

Thanks! Sometimes I'm tempted to just do pure dialogue and see if I can still catch them. Maybe one day, with the right idea....

deepbluemermaid January 16 2011, 20:44:28 UTC

I really like the unspoken communication between them here; it's hard to portray that in a phone call, but you do it well. Also, I love the little bit about tea :)

themonkeytwin January 17 2011, 02:23:20 UTC

Thanks. There's so much they communicate without words, because they know the other one already gets it. Which is fun, but also excessive to describe sometimes. Gah!

And the tea thing ... I think all expats get that one. :D

devylish January 16 2011, 20:53:49 UTC

although... i do see the possibility of more than friendship between these two.

of course ... i've been seeing that possibility from day one because i just love em both!

really nice job!

themonkeytwin January 17 2011, 02:26:23 UTC

Oh believe me, I see the possibility! I just can't make it work in the context of show canon, and since I'm trying to keep these little conversations canon-compliant, that ain't happening. Then again, between S2 and S3, I've got six months to play with without Nate. Which might not won't get them together, but may well stir things up some! *evil chuckle*