#leslie Higgins mvp

[jamietarttsnorthernattitude]

roses be upon ye 🌹🌺🌹🌼🌹

Thank you thank you :)

Here is a rough bit I’ve just written from the 5+1 of Higgins giving good advice and the one time he didn’t, tentatively titled Dear Leslie:

The match was a disaster. The team was no doubt devastated. And things seem to be going from bad to worse as Leslie approached the changing room to see Beard forcibly remove a swearing, unkempt man from the facility. Leslie watched the retreating figure with more than a little apprehension. The glimpse of sky blue told him the man was a City supporter, but how the man slipped past security, Leslie’s unsure.

“Fuck off you prick, let me finish things with my son. Boy needs to be reminded where the fuck he came from you Yankee fuck,” the man yelled as Beard dragged him out of sight.

Before Higgins had a chance to ponder what the stranger’s words meant, Ted rushed by him, looking like he had another bad fish pie. But Leslie knew better now, he knew it wasn’t food poisoning causing his friend to scurry away.

“Ted–”

“I’m good, go check on the team,” Ted called over to his shoulder and Leslie’s torn between his duty to the club and his duty to a friend.

The changing room was quiet. Too quiet. And if there was anything a father of five knew it was that silence was suspicious. The only thing worse than the eerie quiet was the choked sob that ripped through the space like a grenade. His shoes filled with lead as he took the final few steps into the room.

In the middle of the room, Jamie Tartt stood openly sobbing in Roy Kent’s arms. More than crying, he’s cracked open and the only thing holding him together is Roy Kent duct tape. Arms Leslie’s witnessed push the younger man plenty of times, now held him like a lifeline. Higgins could hardly believe this is the same Jamie Tartt who approached him for tickets two days earlier.

He’s just a dick. Every situation, he does exactly what a dick would do. Not much you can do with that.

Regret slammed into Higgins like a bus.

[jamiesfootball]

‘Ted should meet Jamie’s mum’ maybe ‘Ted should meet Jamie’s mum’s Simon’ maybe -

But truly it’s HIGGINS that should get to meet Jamie’s mum and Simon so he can finally right the guilt that’s been happening since he gave Jamie shit advice and tickets for his dad. Don’t tell me that man wouldn’t break out the VIP ropes for Round Two: Tartt Family Boogaloo

[existential-labrador]

Me squeezing every possible bit of Tedbecca theory out of anything and everything

[sweaterkittensahoy]

This is why I stand by Leslie Higgins being the goal of Ted Lasso. Not perfection. Improvement. Happiness. A better understanding of one's self. The ability to ask for help and give help in return.

There are perfect films, perfect foods, perfect works of art. Perfection is all around us, everywhere we look. But I was talking about perfection in people.

TED LASSO (2020–2023) S03E12: So Long, Farewell

[sushigrade]

Leslie Higgins, MVP

[jamietarttsnorthernattitude]

Leslie Higgins Advice Hotline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you my dear friend!

So it’s just vibes at the moment but will be a 5+1 with 5 times Higgins gave great advice and 1 time he did not.

The 1 being his advice to Jamie. I like to think Higgins would be MORTIFIED once he found out about Wembley after the advice he gave Jamie. But also, Higgins’ Dad is a dick (“Richmond eat more arse than your Mum”), so maybe Jamie helps him realize he doesn’t need to accept that either.

[jamiesfootball]

Well I can’t not reblog this wonderful piece of literature by the dearly beloved @altschmerzes

One thing that I was not able to add into this beast of a fic was any Higgins & Jamie bonding and I am honestly so sad about it. Jamie literally can not have enough good replacement dads in his life

[buginateacup]

Reblogging this again because how much better would Ted's fairytale dream sequence be if it had shown Jamie and his mum instead?

‘Ted should meet Jamie’s mum’ maybe ‘Ted should meet Jamie’s mum’s Simon’ maybe -

But truly it’s HIGGINS that should get to meet Jamie’s mum and Simon so he can finally right the guilt that’s been happening since he gave Jamie shit advice and tickets for his dad. Don’t tell me that man wouldn’t break out the VIP ropes for Round Two: Tartt Family Boogaloo