#you wrote this wonderfully but unfortunately i am too busy being facedown on floor abt it to build on this in any meaningful way

[darkfinch]

okay. I had a thought the other day (it sustained me during chores so thank you) and feel morally obligated to share it. you don't have to do a single thing with it I just hope it brings you joy.

the thought was: eliot having to go find rabbit, or rabbit having to find eliot, to help rescue quinn from a job gone bad. I pictured them both totally and utterly focused on just Getting Him Back (no room for friction or awkwardness, they're Professionals, though it could be a very different vibe if it's pre-basic-trust) until quinn's back to safety. patched up. finally asleep, not just unconscious. and rabbit and eliot can maybe sneak the odd glance at each other like "huh," with all the complexity and recognition that "huh" encompasses.

(and quinn gets to wake up, maybe hazy still, halfway to alarm before he realises where he is, to BOTH his favourite people - maybe a little more at ease with each other than they were before.)

hi i've just been staring @ this lovingly in my inbox for a bit (SUSTAINING IS THE RIGHT WORD FOR WHAT THIS THOUGHT DOES) but i want to post it....soft kind warms the heart,

it's just so good. it's SO good. eliot opens the door to his apartment to find a panicked cabin gremlin looking to recruit him for the very important mission of Get Quinn Back....eliot & rabbit being gruff terrified professionals who say like 3 words to each other for the entirety of the time they're working together but who, like, Work Together, with single-minded focus, animosity is on pause they are going to get their little bastard back :3

quinn snoring on the couch (head in eliot's lap, feet in rabbit's) and they're like. hm. huh. hm. he wakes up a couple times to two very grumbly grumpy punch dudes being like "go to sleep you're Fine" and he's like :'3 safest room on earth safest couch on planet earth they're GETTING ALONG, WOLVES I'M. HEAD IN HANDS