#nates recs

[dino-boyo-agere]

I bought an amazing LCD writing tablet on wish and I can only recommend it.

It's fun and a great tool, especially for nvc!!

As a person that goes semi-verbal, not only when regressed, this has helped me greatly!!

I bought the smallest size for 4€ the biggest costs 12,50€

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[n4tek]

Doodles based on coming home (but not to you) I’d die for professor viktor its so good

[drea-drawn]

Here are a couple of illustrations I did for my fic Extajudicial a while back :) Please check it out if these drawings intrigue you ;o

Also, shout out to hr_dan on twitter for inspiring the angle of the second drawing with their termina fanart :3

[dracodormiensnunquamamplectare]

Does anyone know of a leverage fic where Eliot does kill Moreau during season 3 before the team can get too close?

Like, in Big Bang Job, he says he was trying "to figure out a way around this, all right, maybe take my shot before--"

So he definitely considered it, even if it didn't work out that way. Does anyone know of a fic where they explore what would have happened if he had succeeded?

Cause like, Nate is not just gonna leave things lie if the big mark mysteriously dies before they can take him down. He's going to obsess about what happened.

And how would Eliot even explain his absence to the team anyways? Not just his alibi after the fact, but where does he tell them he's going when he first leaves town? How does he come back and act like everything is normal? Does he get back before the news and have to pretend nothing happened in front of Nate and Sophie, notoriously good people readers? Or does someone call him on his way home to tell him that Moreau is dead and he needs to come in to help figure things out?

How hard does Nate push them to solve this case? Are they worried a rival who might be even worse ordered it?

Do Parker and Hardison start noticing he's acting weird while Nate is distracted with the case and Sophie is distracted with Nate? Does Hardison find anything suspicious in his hacking about Eliot's movements that day? Does Parker, who tracks the rate people blink per hour and knows what they're all supposed to smell like and catalogs every tiny mannerism even if she has trouble contextualizing them, does she notice any changes in Eliot recently?

How does Eliot feel about it? He did it. He protected the team. He finally escaped Moreau for good. But he broke his oath, he killed again, he technically killed in cold blood no matter how dangerous and willing to kill them the victim may have been. And he can't tell his team, because they may know he killed in the past, but they don't want a hitter who is going to spend his weekends committing murder and making them complicit by not stopping him. And he can't tell them because they would demand an explanation, which would lead to how much danger they really had been in so very far above their league, which would lead to how he knows this so surely and intimately, which would lead to working for Moreau, and the Worst Thing.

Like, there's just so much potential there, so does anyone know of any fics that explore this premise?

[onomatopoetic101999]

Regrets

Eliot Spencer x reader

Set during and after The Studio Job (S:3, E:6)

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The men Kirkwood hired to intimidate Nate had noticed you were with him and brought you along by force. They were tall - taller than Nate, and definitely taller than you. At first, you aren’t worried. Eliot would come to save you both in just a few seconds. But then, a minute passes of Nate quietly calling him with no answer. You whisper your own plea of his name, but nothing comes back. You aren’t worried about him being hurt - nobody had a reason to hurt him. No, if he wasn’t answering, it was because he had taken his earpiece out. But why…?

As the men tie you and Nate to the chairs they (forcefully) sat you in, you try to fight the sinking feeling in your stomach. That singer, your client. Kaye… something? She had been eyeing up Eliot since you had first met her. Surely he wouldn’t… not on a job…

Your thoughts are interrupted by a pained wheeze on your left, brought on by a powerful punch to Nate’s stomach. You cry out at them to stop, barely remembering to keep your southern accent intact, but the men just laugh at you. One even goes so far as to backhand you for talking too loudly. He has a ring on, and the power of the blow and the sting of the cut it slices through your cheek makes you gasp as your head is whipped to the side. The man then grabs your chin, turning it so you have to look him in the eyes. 

“I said ‘keep quiet’ Sweetheart.”

Where Eliot’s “Sweetheart” always gives you a sort of warm, fuzzy feeling, this man saying it chills your blood. You glare up at him with watering eyes. Distantly, you hear Eliot’s urgent voice in your ear saying, “hang on!” but it barely registers.

Before you can fire back, probably just to receive more punishment, Nate pipes up.

“C’mon, y’all. That’s no way to treat a lady,” he lets out a wheezing laugh, “it’s me you’re trying to ‘convince’ ain’t it?”

When they shift their attention back on him, he smiles easily, playing up his confidence.

“Besides, which one of y’all would be getting the most money out of this anyway? Kirkwood doesn’t pay well from what I hear.”

The men pause and look at each other and, amazingly, begin to argue. The argument turns to blows, and before long, they both are knocked out. 

You turn to Nate, amazed. 

“How did you know that would work?” 

Nate winks. 

“I didn’t.”

Just then, the door bursts open, revealing Hardison, Parker, Sophie, and Eliot. The others run straight for Nate, and Eliot beelines it for you. He skips untying you by cutting the rope with a pocket knife before sinking to his knees in front of you. He hovers his hands around your face, eyes locked on the angry, red line that you can feel dripping blood down your cheek. You narrow your eyes when they meet his, and don’t bother to hide the tears leaving them. 

He opens his mouth to say something, but you cut him off. 

“Where were you? Actually, you know what?” You stand abruptly and turn to help the others with Nate. 

“I don’t even want to know.”

“Sweetheart, I…” 

You ignore him, straightening your clothes and swiftly walking out the door. 

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The rest of the job is tense. Eliot clearly feels some kind of responsibility to this woman (Kaye Lynn, you learn she is called). He is furious when he finds out about Kirkwood stealing the song to perform, and he is determined to fix it for her. 

He tries multiple times throughout to talk to you, to apologize, but you give him the cold shoulder. How dare he. How dare he! After flirting with you for months. You knew he was a player, you knew he got around, but this? Sleeping with a client on the job? Letting Nate and you get hurt?

…

 Honestly, you should have seen it coming. Kaye Lynn was perfect; she was petite, talented, cute - everything you weren’t. Where Kaye Lynn had to look up to meet Eliot’s eyes, you could meet them head on. Where picking Kaye Lynn up would be a breeze, picking you up would take effort. You weren’t ashamed of your height, quite the opposite, but you hated when men saw it as a hindrance to your looks. You’d thought that Eliot was… well, it doesn’t matter what you’d thought. You had been wrong, clearly. 

It isn’t until after the con that you speak to him again. In truth, it’s Hardison who convinces you, though you know he would take that to his grave. 

You’re in the kitchen of the office/apartment, cleaning and reapplying a bandage to your cut, when he and Eliot walk in. They’re laughing and talking as they enter, but Eliot’s smile dies when he sees what you’re doing. He comes around the island to your side, sitting down next to you heavily. 

“Sweetheart, I’m so-” 

You stand and grab your mirror before collecting your excess bandages and heading out the door. 

You hear Eliot sigh as you leave, but you don’t turn around. You don’t even realize Hardison has followed you until you’re sitting in the poker room, and he takes a seat next to you.

“He really is sorry, you know.”

At this, you frown. 

“Is he? He seemed pretty content while Kaye Lynn was still around. Honestly, sleeping with a client in the middle of a job?” 

Hardison nods in agreement. 

“I know, he was completely in the wrong. He let you get hurt, and worse,” He puts a hand on yours to stop what you’re doing and make you focus on him, “He hurt you. In more ways than one.” 

At your narrowed eyes, he smiles wryly. 

“C’mon. You really thought nobody would notice? You’ve been head over heels since you joined, Girlie.”

You sigh in defeat and nod, tears coming to your eyes now that it’s been said out loud. You love him. You’re in love with him, and he let you get hurt because he was distracted with screwing another woman. 

You lay your head in your crossed arms and let out your anguish in a long sigh. Hardison places a comforting hand on your back, rubbing back and forth until you’re all cried out. You sit back up, and Hardison hands you a tissue. 

“I get it, Girlie, really I do. You think it doesn’t hurt every time Parker doesn’t…” he sighs. “These kinds of things take time.” 

You look at him and nod in consolation. 

“He shouldn’t have done what he did, and I am not saying you should give him a free pass. I guess,” he rubs a hand over his head, “I guess I’m just saying give him a chance to explain himself. If his excuses are crap, by all means, keep ignoring him, but girl.” He shakes his head this time, frowning at you. “He is miserable. Absolutely miserable. Like, ‘I don’t think I’ll ever be happy again’ miserable.”

Somehow, you don’t doubt that. You’ve never doubted that Eliot cares for you; he cares about the whole team, despite how he tries to hide it. No, you just know he doesn’t care enough. Not enough to go further than just flirting, and not enough to think of you when another woman was in front of him. 

You sigh. It’s not his fault he doesn’t like you the same way. He could have paid better attention, sure, but you can’t keep hating him forever. If you’re honest with yourself, you never did hate him. 

“Fine.” 

Hardison gives the air a fist bump before standing up. Before he leaves, he leans down to you. 

“Don’t tell him I said any of that, okay? I don’t want his head to get bigger than it already is.”

You offer a soft laugh. 

“Don’t worry, your secret is safe with me.”

—------

The next time you see Eliot, you’re thankful you’re alone. You’re doing research on the next con when he comes into the office. You take a deep breath when you see him, and you try to look past the immediate anger you feel. He looks… tired. And exactly as Hardison said: miserable. There are dark circles under his eyes, and when he sees you his eyes light up momentarily before growing dim again. He takes a hesitant step towards you when he, too, notices you’re alone. 

“Sw-” he stops, and begins again, this time with your name. 

The change makes your heart ache. 

“I’m sorry.” he pauses, and when you stay put, just looking at him, he stumbles the rest of the way forward to take your hand in his. 

“I am so sorry I let that happen to you. I don’t know what I was thinking. I was exhilarated from performing and I needed to get y-” he cuts himself off again, “you don’t need my excuses. ” he raises a hand to gently run a finger along your cut and he winces as if he can feel it himself. 

“Would,” he pauses, as if hesitant to ask, “would you tell me what happened?”

You nod, and tell him the whole story. When you mention the man called you “Sweetheart” after slapping you, his eyes grow dark, as if he’s planning every way he could go back and murder him.

He rubs his thumb along the back of your hand, and lets the hand on your face turn to cup your cheek. 

“I will never, ever stop apologizing for what I let them do.”

You shake your head. 

“You’ve been apologizing for weeks, El.”

“It’s not enough.”

You sigh, deciding now is as good a time as any to tell him how you felt. Maybe, if he’s still in the throes of guilt, he’ll let you down gently, though in the back of your mind you know he’ll do that anyway. 

“That wasn’t… that wasn’t the only reason I was upset.”

Eliot’s frown deepens. 

“I was upset because you were sleeping with her while I was getting hurt.”

He sighs, ”I didn’t know you were-”

“I was upset that you were sleeping with her at all.”

At that he stops and looks at you for a moment. Really looks at you. He takes in your tired eyes, your flushed face, your frowning mouth, your tensed posture… He looks, realizes, and frowns deeply. Your heart sinks. 

“I know, I know I have no right to be upset about that.” You raise your hands in surrender and stand to take a step back, “and I know you don’t feel the same way, I just-” 

He stands up immediately at that, and follows you step for step until you’re backed against the wall. He shakes his head, still frowning, and reaches forward to place a hand beside your head. 

“‘You know I don’t feel the same way’?” he groans your name to the ceiling before looking back into your eyes, “I cannot believe how royally I screwed all of this up…”

You shake your head in confusion. 

“I don’t…” 

He leans in, then, presses the smallest of kisses against the side of your mouth. 

“Sweetheart, I slept with her to get over you.”

At your shocked face, he sighs again. 

“I know that’s a terrible reason, but it's the truth. The entire time I was up there singing, I was thinking of you. Of your voice and your smile and your beautiful mind. Of how if and when we all go our separate ways, you will be who I miss the most. Who I’ll be thinking of for the rest of my life.”

“You’ve- this whole-” You push on his shoulders a bit, but he doesn’t budge. 

“This whole time?!” You shove again, but it’s like shoving a brick wall. In fact, it seems to urge him closer, leaning in to press a hesitant kiss to the side of your neck. 

“I know,” he whispers and presses kisses beneath your ear when you don’t stop him, “I know, I’m sorry, Sweetheart.”

“I can’t believe you would…” your voice trails off when his arms wrap around your back to pull you closer, still mouthing along your neck and shoulder. 

“Honey, I can’t tell you how sorry I am.” His voice is still soft, you feel the vibrations of it against your skin, and it sends shivers down your body that you know he can feel in return. 

He leans back, then, and waits until your eyes open before continuing. 

“She meant nothing to me. I know men say that a lot, but it's true. I lo- well.” he pulls you closer again to bury his head against your neck, this time out of embarrassment. You give a small laugh, and reach up to run a hand through his hair. 

“You…?” you’re half teasing him now, but you need to hear him say it.

You feel more than hear him take a deep breath then lean back again to look you in the eyes. 

“I love you, Sweetheart.”

You beam. 

“I love you too, Eliot.” 

[milescrypt]

Monthly Recommendations

may 2025 s-series, o-one shot

EUPHORIA

Whiplash : Nate Jacobs x Reader, GAH the plot is mwah, and slow burn thats morbidly cool, I absolutely loved this. s @etherealily

Conscience : Nate Jacobs x Reader, love triangle, and a dark nate mmm @etherealily

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON / GAME OF THRONES

A King’s Tale : Aegon ii Targaryen x Reader

HARRY POTTER

Snitches and Potions : Severus Snape x reader, It’s so cute I love it, I think about this at least once every month, It makes my heart so warm. o @loving-daisy

Blackened Obsession : Regulus Black x Reader, I requested this so, Can’t give an opinion, but me personally I LOVED it. o @godricgryffinsnore

MARVEL

Basic Training : Peter Parker x Reader, Stop it a dark household + a dark man who has the biggest soft spot for you. s @cherienymphe

HUNGER GAMES

Officer : Coriolanus Snow x Reader, he gets what he wants. s @hidden-poet

Poison : Coriolanus Snow x Reader, GAHH semi love triangle with Sejanus and Coryo. s @hidden-poet

Three Times : Haymitch Abernaty x Reader dont talk to me. o @sweeterthanfictiom

A Pawn Once More : Haymitch Abernaty x Reader, He’d do absolutely anything to protect, only if that was what you wanted. s @ama3003

Bittersweet Symphony : Haymitch Abernaty x Reader, Mentor to friend, or foe? s @maysileeewrites

MISC.

Vulnerable : Dwight TWD x Reader, short but so warm. o @kaayyyys

A World with You : Ethan Hunt x Reader , don’t come after me. o @lokiified

Sweet On You : Erik Campbell x Reader, gahhh. o @lucydixon

[pyrafics]

My favourite Death Note fics! (Masterlist)

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Sketching by sstwins. 0.2k words, complete. Naomi x Rem (F/F). Quite lighthearted, Rem felt very in character too! No warnings.

Metronome by sstwins. 0.1k words, complete. A little bit of L's dread. No warnings.

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This Is How I Disappear by TzviaAriella. 26k words, complete. Light Yagami's execution. Absolutely AMAZING, I am fully convinced this is the best Death Note fanfiction there is. Major Character Death.

Ghosts In The Fog by avaricelyrie. 67k words, incomplete. Meronia (M/M) casefic, canon compliant for most of the main series except Mello lived! Very compelling. No Warnings

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Twisted Fate by TwilightMaster15. 114k words, incomplete. Minor Lawlight (M/M). Shuichi Aizawa as Kira! Major Character Death and domestic abuse.

Imperfections by emopressofthewind. 0.8k words, complete. Matt x Light (M/M). No warnings, also there's no Kira or Wammy's House.

something stronger than the drinks in the bar by neallo. 2.3k words, complete. Matt x Halle (M/F). Very cute! No warnings.

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one and the same by neallo. 3.5k words, complete. Some domestic Mello x Near (M/M) PWP, I also really found the idea of Mello being Eraldo Coil interesting. No Warnings.

Cicatrix. 0.8k words, complete. Some Mello x Matt (M/M) PWP, and a little bit of hurt/comfort in there too.

obedience training by neallo. 0.9k words, complete. Mello x Near (M/F), very cute! No warnings.

Dandelion Milk by etorphine. 9k words, complete. Mello x Matt. Honestly really got me in my feels! Hopeful ending (unusual for Mellodramattic).

[neallo]

YURI, that means GIRL X GIRL, don't like don't read!!!!!

a quick list of death note yuri fic recs. please note this is an off-the-cuff list & features genderswapped yaoi ships fairly heavily. this is because i write for and read for mello x near first and foremost. i DO have a few remisa and kiyomisa recs, PLUS canon x reader recs... so we are going for a good wide variety here <3

important: i am not listing content warnings of any kind on any of these. most of them fall under the AO3 category "No Archive Warnings Apply," but you alone are responsible for reading the tags and summary for yourself after clicking through and before reading!

encouraging everyone to leave kudos & comments on these! show authors your love! <3

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Misa Amane / Rem

gracefully strung by your hand rated E | 1,862 words

Rem often wondered if Misa’s pleasure was art; Rem certainly thought of it as an act of creation. She was convinced that no other human could create with their body in this way.

Made You Smile rated G | 816 words

“Hey, Rem?” Misa screws on the lid of the nail polish bottle she was fidgeting with, leaning back against her pillows to get a good look up at her friend’s face. “I have a question, is that okay?” “Of course.” Rem turns to her, as permissive as ever. “I will do my best to answer.” She always does. Misa smiles slightly, then beckons her closer. “Actually, I have two. Can I paint your nails?” Rem studies her like she doesn’t quite understand, but when Misa doesn’t clarify or take it back, she hesitantly extends one of her long arms. Her hands are entirely bone, with long thin fingers, and slightly cool to the touch. Misa approximates where Rem’s nails would be if she had any and unscrews the lid again, beginning to apply the red polish in a neat, round oval. “Okay, and my other question…” Misa looks up at Rem, then down again. “What makes you happy?” --- Amane Misa is endlessly endeared towards and endlessly curious about her new shinigami companion.

Misa Amane / Kiyomi Takada

Ruby rated E | 8,307 words

Sometimes she really hates herself. She'd invited Misa to dinner with the intention of maintaining a composed and calculated demeanor throughout, sitting tall with her head held high as always, cementing her position above her. Certain nothing could cause her to lose her footing. But as Misa smiles like a devil across the table, her lips painted like a berry, shining like a ruby in the low light, Kiyomi can feel the control slipping through her fingers. Misa chips away at her, strips the presentable image she so carefully crafted and reveals a side of her she'd kept under lock and key. Not like herself at all. ...Or maybe exactly like herself.

folie à deux rated E | 1,768 words

If Misa were truly devoted, like the sinner that she is, she would have confessed that night while writing her name in pink ink that, in the low light, would of course look red, bloody and terrible and real. Misa did none of these things; instead, this time she took the initiative to ask Kiyomi to dinner.

Canon / Reader

turndown service (misa amane x reader) rated E | 1,571 words

Misa wants a goodnight kiss from Y/N, and who is Y/N to deny her?

cloud (kiyomi takada x reader) rated E | 1,467 words

After a tryst with Misa, Y/N steps outside for some fresh air. Who do you find, Miss To-Oh herself, having a smoke and a midnight snack.

Mello / Near

(see here the neallo-only version of this list)

polar night rated M | 8,119 words

Mello still remembers the time when the collar in Near’s shirt had been twisted, and, without thinking, she reached to fix it, her fingertips grazing the warm skin of her neck. Mello had felt Near’s eyes on her the whole day, and her own hand burned until the next.    But Near's hair is something out of her reach; there’s almost no excuse for her to touch it, and the request is weird itself. Her pride works as a break, a halt in her intent of embarrassing herself by even asking in the first place. Because Mello knows very well that if she ever starts, she may never stop.  Sometimes, she really doesn’t trust herself. But Near does.   Maybe Mello isn’t the stupid one out of the two.  -- [the one where Mello's body is made out of nothing but a sadistic brain and a masochist heart]

Lay Odds rated M | 3,505 words

Nat River, a strange orphan girl adopted and brought to London by the Great Gentleman Detective 'L', is following the footsteps of her adopted father as the Lady Detective 'Near'. When L's case brings him to America, he insists on bringing Near with him to New York. There, the sensitive, shut-in Near is drawn into the wild parties and terrible violence of mafiosi, bootleggers, and drug dens. When a gangster's case practically lands in her lap, she must work to prove that old-world deduction can prevail among new money murderers.

Coast-to-Coast rated E | 796 words

"I miss you." "You do?" asked Near. "Fuck off," snapped Mello. "Get on a plane." "It's the middle of the night," said Near. "So? Airports don't close."

Powder Keg rated E | 2,014 words

Mello stops by Near's room for a late night visit after getting her photo back earlier that day. Near has a certain... fixation.

Steeplechase rated T | 1,025 words

Mello wakes up before dawn and finds the horses in the stables. The groom is already up. There's mist on the track. The barn is alive, and it's cool out. or; Horse Girl Near & eternally undone Mello.

Blur rated E | 2,765 words

Near calls Mello back to the SPK's HQ, but she doesn't want to talk.

L / Light

Lavender Haze [with podfic] rated E | 9,017

Freshly back in Japan, L lets Matt take her to their favourite lesbian bar, where she lays eyes on Light Yagami — a strange, petulant butch girl who may or may not have attempted to murder her own husband. L would very much like for Light to take her home. or L is unhinged levels of horny for a girl she met zero seconds ago.

Hear No Evil rated E | 4,497 words

Misa presses the elevator button and heads up, up, up, all the way to Light's room on the sixteenth floor. She gets halfway down the hall before she realizes that something is off. "Please," someone who sounds very much like Light is saying, from behind Light’s bedroom door. Misa pays her girlfriend a surprise visit after-hours at the Kira Task Force headquarters, and overhears what she believes to be a brutal interrogation. After a tense bout of worried eavesdropping, she intervenes to save her. Light puts the "light" in "gaslight." L is also there.

[rawrlight]

College Party AU Time!

if you're interested in a sweet and cute and happy (the opposite of canon) lawlight college party au where the two of them are equally unhappy with the people around them, as they often are, then you might wanna check out my fic! also our beloved matt mello and near make a cameo in it so :} it's titled 'glass half full, i'd probably just drink that too!'. more info below :] :

Rating:

General Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

M/M

Fandom:

Death Note (Anime & Manga)

Summary:

He exhaled, going into the bathroom and locking the door behind him. Finally, finally, some peace and quiet— “Hello,” a voice said from behind the shower curtain. Light screamed, flinging himself away from the shower curtain. “Don’t scream.” The voice sounded mildly annoyed, and a pale hand reached out and tugged the shower curtain open. “I don’t look that horrendous, I'm sure. And I'm definitely not as terrible as those people partying down there.” Light stared at the person before him. He was curled up in the bathtub and looking quite content with the life choices he had made thus far, except he also looked like an anthropomorphic version of a raccoon whose main diet was derived from rummaging through countless dumpsters. The way this unknown person was hunched up in the bathtub was also reminiscent of a shrimp, and the sight made Light vaguely uncomfortable. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I didn’t mean to scream, I was just…startled, I suppose. I wasn’t expecting someone to be up here…”   --- or: Light meets L at a college party that both of them regret going to.

[razielim]

Mmmm..... readers who want more transgender characters in their fantasy, would Lynn Flewelling's Tamír Triad work for you? I've never read it, but it does come up every time I think about the Nightrunner series, and maybe people who haven't heard of it would enjoy it?

It's a completely magical transition, where a young royal girl is disguised as a boy so thoroughly that no one would know she's a girl until much later in life, to save her life from someone going around killing all the female heirs. (It's set in the same world as Nightrunner, where only the female heirs can claim the throne, and someone's trying to disrupt that.) She does have trouble adjusting, though, so it's not all roses and happiness at her new body when the disguise is lifted. Like, social complications and being afraid of pregnancy? Presumably the story is mostly focused on politics and adventure, and this is just the personal conflict that is going on simultaneously, if the format of her other series is anything to go by.

So idk if that's like, what someone would want as "representation" necessarily, and this is a series from the early 2000s so I'm almost certain it's a product of its time, but it's got that gender fuckery that's missing from (most?) other high fantasy that people might be looking for!

Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the Tamír Triad to say if there are any major content warnings readers should be aware of.

(A rec/content warning for the Nightrunner series under the cut.)

Nightrunner is also very fun of course, and I recommend that!

With the warnings that one of the male MCs is kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a woman and all the characters who know about it seem to say "Meh, what's wrong with him?" for like the next six months as he tries to recover. Also, and idk if this perhaps doesn't bother readers who are bi, but being gay it was very uncomfortable to me that the character who isn't into women is assaulted and then later also pressured to sleep with a random woman before he's narratively allowed to settle down with a man.

I have trouble recommending it without mentioning these two, "Yes, the main romantic pairing is between two men, which is awesome, but this was clearly written in the 1990s and some of the sex/rape/sexuality tropes that were standard then can be pretty upsetting now," instances.

(Also, note - Flewelling basically had to split the first adventure into two volumes for publishing, so the first book ends with major loose ends. I was glad I had both books on hand to immediately continue the story.)

Otherwise, it's a fun, funny, dark, creepy, gory page-turner fantasy adventure series with all the usual trappings of swords, wizards, sneaking, war, political intrigue, etc.

[louierecs]

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main recs masterlist

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Lip Gallagher | masterlist

⤷ #lip gallagher

Dean Winchester | masterlist

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Sam Winchester | masterlist

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John Winchester | masterlist

⤷ #john winchester

Oscar 'Spooky' Diaz | masterlist

⤷ #oscar 'spooky' diaz

Cesar Diaz | masterlist

⤷ #cesar diaz

Nick Amaro | masterlist

⤷ #nick amaro

Sonny Carisi | masterlist

⤷ #sonny carisi

Scud | masterlist

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Griff | masterlist

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Sam Rossi | masterlist

⤷ #sam rossi

Nate Archibald | masterlist

⤷ #nate archibald

Diego Hargreeves | masterlist

⤷ #diego hargreeves

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[n4tek]

@tlonista ur jayvik has taken over life. Specifically blood and blue diamonds.. 1930s art is my favourite thing in the world and it was so beautifully written I loved every part of it and I think everyone should read it as required reading for jayvik. Here’s some fanart to show my appreciation <33333 :D

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Leverage S4e06: The Carnival Job Fic Recs

This list will include all ratings and tags, so read at your own discretion! :)

bitten lips and broken hands by thunder_and_stars - Rated T

Nate leads them easily to Daria’s car, where she is pounding at the window and screaming bloody murder at Nate, while Hardison easily steals the chip from her passenger seat. Someone is saying something, probably something important, but the world falls away into muted radio static when they settle their gazes on Eliot. Eliot, who has been bloody and battered before, and will never ask any of them for support. Eliot, who always throws himself into danger. Eliot, who suddenly drops, crumpling to the pavement like a puppet with its strings cut. or, eliot doesn't walk off the concussion he definitely has like it's nothing

make a place for it to happen by Canon_Is_Relative - Rated T

Parker spots them first, coming around the corner of the house of mirrors. Before he’s close enough that she can make out the blood on his face and the limp in his step, she can see that Eliot is leaning on Molly and that’s enough to make her feet start running before her brain tells them to. Hardison’s shoes slap the pavement behind her.

Do your worst, Nate had said by Misses_B - Rated T

He had done his worst, and now he needed some help. Or: Nurse Gaile only existed on TV

Smoke and Mirrors by eringiles - Rated T

When he confronts himself in the mirror of Nate’s bathroom he understands a little bit more why Sophie keeps checking in on him. He looks a state. Blood has crusted beneath his nose and in his hair. His eyes are half lidded, trying to keep the light away from where the concussion is beating out a merry drum against the inside of his skull.

A Hitter's Job by idkimoutofideas - Rated G

Eliot kept insisting that he was fine, that he didn’t need a hospital, but Sophie knew better. After a fight like that at the carnival today… well, Sophie wasn’t an expert on injuries, but even she knew he shouldn’t be alone.

Post Job Celebration by AppalachianApologies - Rated T

Yet another tag to The Carnival Job, because Eliot needs some comfort. No slash. ONE-SHOT.

Being Worthy by Telaryn - Rated T

Nobody is happy about Eliot's decision to crawl off by himself and let his injuries be taken care of by a private nurse. Unlike Parker and Hardison, however, Nate is in a position to do something about it. He's also made a few decisions about the nature of his and Eliot's relationship, and how things are going to be for them from now on.

Lovingly Crafted by WriteItSmall (scribblemyname) - Rated G

"Are you calling this beautiful, lovingly crafted, personalized safe cracker storebought?" Hardison glared.

It's What Friends Do by akblake - Rated T

What actually happened after the end of The Carnival Job... Parker shows what she's learned about friendship. Not really shippy but could be read as such if you want :)

Roll Away Your Stone by hannasus - Rated G

Parker knows things about Eliot. Secret things. Things the others don’t know.

Texts From This Morning by hannasus - Rated T

A series of texts between Eliot and the team on the morning after "The Carnival Job."

The Muse's Carnival by storywriter8 - Rated T

Eliot has to babysit their mark's kid, a young muse, until she gets kidnapped by Russians and he gets his ass handed to him. But Parker and Hardison refuse to let Eliot sulk off and lick his wounds alone so the werewolf explains why sometimes he has to be alone. But maybe not entirely alone anymore, after all, he has Quinn now.

Nurses Call the Shots by beggar_always - Rated G

Episode Tag for 4x06 - The Carnival Job. In which Nurse Gail is an old friend and Eliot should really listen to her.

What He Knows About Sacrifice by Distracted - Rated T

Set after the Carnival Job. Eliot was pretty banged up. Here's my take on what might have happened. Much comfort, because lord knows he deserves it and it's not really shown on screen. Or Eliot collapses after the job with a concussion and punctured lung. Parker and Hardison are there for him as he recovers.

somewhere deep within you a beast shouting by Vorpal_Sword - Not Rated

Molly Connell and her daemon were kidnapped by their own housekeeper, held ransom for their father's crime. This is the aftermath.

Do Your Worst by schrijverr - Rated M

What if Eliot’s worst in The Carnival Job was a little worse than in the show? What if he killed some of those Russians?

[dyinggirldied]

Reading Children of The Holy Emperor and someone commented that this is a book where everyone is a main character in their own rights (and power) and they are so right 🤣

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The Belgian Recon Job

Stats: Teen and Up; No Archive Warnings Apply; Gen; Leverage (US TV 2008); Words: 4,546; Chapters: 1/1

Synopsis:

Toby Heath enjoys his life as a top chef for prestigious restaurants. But when a late-night chance encounter brings him face to face with his own mortality, he has a choice: Fight for his life against an assassin Or Try something else entirely.

Review: Eliot Spencer. What a man. One of the things I love most about him is his dimensionality and that includes his love for cooking. This fic is a lovely look at what sparked that interest and put some softness in the Hitter.

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WHAT is the local politics nate x suri infidelity au. pray tell 👀

Thank you for asking, dear Rowan!

This was a little idea baked in DMs with my bestie and it was a fun one to think about. Bobby would be running as incumbent to a relatively local office (county/state representative, so stakes are not that high), and he’s married to Suri who is his campaign manager. It’s not a happy (or exclusive, on his end) marriage, not anymore, but she is brilliant and he needs her to win. Knowing that, he ties his winning to giving her the out that she wants (carefully timed, it’s politics after all)

Enter his opponent for this race. New, charismatic, handsome Nate Sewell. Electric, exciting. What was supposed to be an easy win for Bobby is now going to be the election to watch.

So, in an attempt to feel their opponent out, Surina will meet with Nate’s campaign manager and Nate himself and … oh. Oh no. Oh no. And she’s not the only one instantly struck with attraction, it’s mutual and it’s not a temporary feeling, not as things heat up and both sides get to know each other

There will be a lot to navigate with going through with what she wants and what she needs and how is she going to get both? How will THEY get both? What happens to Bobby?