#hardison is travis eliot is justin nate is griffin parker is the spider guy sophie is the mayor

[alittleleverage]

Leverage vs spiders

Nate has always been indifferent towards spiders. If it was somewhere easily reachable he would kill it and then not give it a second thought. Sam, however, was terrified of them and would run to his dad on the verge of tears when there was one in his room. The first time he kills a spider after Sams death he drinks an entire bottle of whiskey (not that it's much more than he was already drinking).

Sophie is disgusted by spiders, yes, but not scared of them. She'll flail a bit if one lands on her (gracefully, of course, she is Sophie after all), and if it's in her room she'll kill it, but other than that as long as she's not playing someone that's afraid of spiders she's fine. She's conned men who had pet tarantulas before and has played it both ways, interested or revolted, and both worked out for her getting what she wanted from the mark.

Eliot knows every breed of spider that he sees (they're very distinctive) and isn't necessarily scared of them, but if he's alone and a freaky looking one catches him off guard he will flinch. He respects what they do for the ecosystem but he doesn't like them in his space. He moves them to his garden to help control the pests, but he does it with a cup so he doesn't have to touch them.

Hardison hates spiders. One crawled across his monitor while they were working a job and he yelped and almost spilled orange soda all over Lucille 3. The entire team froze in the middle of the con, unable to ask if he was okay in front of the mark, but after killing it with an empty soda bottle (and then throwing the bottle as far away from the van as he can, littering be damned) he goes back to talking and hacking. Later, when asked, he says 'there was a giant spider, man!' and snarks back when they get on his case, but he does feel a little bad about scaring everyone.

Parker likes spiders; they're good at sneaking and going in to small spaces. She's used them to freak out security guards while stealing things, and she always tries to not squish them if she sees one in the vents. If she needs one moved she will pick it up and move it (and talk to it as she does). She ends up being the designated spider getter for Eliot and Hardison, and they won't let her touch them again until she's washed her hands.