Floundering Around in the Dark

Fandom: Leverage
Title: Phoenix
Characters/Pairings: Eliot, Nate, Sophie, Parker, Hardison
Word Count: 5779
Rating: PG-13, for violence and language
Summary: When a mark scares Eliot Spencer, it's a good bet that the team should be afraid.

A/Ns & Warnings: This began as just the opening paragraph, something I thought of in passing...but then it fermented and bubbled and percolated until I couldn't let it go. This is not the most linear story telling. It's a bit disjointed. I think it fits the story though.

( There are them that say he died that day. Betrayed. Alone. Bleeding into the sand. Others will tell you he was born anew. And god help any who stood against him. )

Fandom: Leverage (Vamp!Nate verse)
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Twenty-Four (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Nate/Eliot,
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 564
Summary: The morning after...as they try to settle back into what passes for normal, Eliot finds himself questioning his ability to be a father.

A/Ns & Warning: Twenty Fourth chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my angst_bingo card, found here. For the prompt "Marriage".


( She was kidnapped, nearly frozen, subjected to a bad attempt at brainwashing, saw you feed from a dead body, watched you feed blood to Hardison and was more worried about whether or not Merlin was okay than the dead bodies she saw. I'd say she's okay. )

Fandom: Leverage (Vamp!Nate verse)
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Twenty-Two (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Eliot, Hardison, Nate, Chaos, Ryna
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 570
Summary: Without the antidote, Nate's blood is the only thing that might save Chaos and Hardison.

A/Ns & Warning: Twenty-Second chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my angst_bingo card, found here. For the prompt "asphyxiation".


( Chaos was gasping, his hands at his throat now. He was going to asphyxiate and die if they didn't do something fast. Eliot helped Nate down beside him and watched as Nate lifted his still bleeding wrist to the hacker's face. )

Fandom: Leverage (Vamp!Nate verse)
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Eighteen (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Nate, Ryna (OFC)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 763
Summary: Nate finds Ryna, but getting away might not be as easy as he'd hoped.

A/Ns & Warning: Eighteenth chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my angst_bingo card, found here. For the prompt "Aphrodisiacs".


( Nate slipped into another corridor that looked just like the one he had come from. He was still moving slowly from the cold. What he really needed was blood. Hot and fresh preferably. )

Fandom: Leverage (Vamp!Nate verse)
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Eight (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Nate/Eliot/Hardison
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 780
Summary: Nate and Eliot talk about how they got to where they are, and what Hardison needs.

A/Ns & Summary: Eight chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my angst_bingo card, found here. For the prompt "Bullying".


( I’m the one who nearly killed you. I’m the one who fed you so much of my blood trying to save you that I nearly turned you…and that led to me needing to feed on the only person nearby. I bullied Hardison into it because I didn’t want to leave you. )

Fandom: Leverage (Vamp!Nate verse)
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Six (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Nate/Eliot/Hardison
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 780
Summary: Hardison comes home to the calm after the storm.

A/Ns & Summary: Sixth chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my angst_bingo card, found here. For the prompt "bruises".


( Hardison listened for a long minute before he took the bags to the kitchen. He unloaded the blood first, two bags he’d gotten from a connection at the blood bank, plus a large container of pigs blood from the butcher.  )

Fandom: Leverage (Vamp!Nate verse)
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Four (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Nate/Eliot/Hardison, Ryna (OFC)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 778
Summary: Ryna questions Nate and Eliot about what's going on.

A/Ns & Summary: Fourth chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my angst_bingo card, found here. For the prompt "secret identity".


( She looked him in the eye and for a moment looked so much like Eliot he had to blink. She was smarter than he sometimes gave her credit for, also so much like Eliot it was freaky. )

Fandom: Leverage (Vamp!Nate verse)
Title: The Truth or Dare Job, Part Two (Index to Vamp!Nate: Index)
Pairings/Characters: Nate/Eliot/Hardison, Ryna (OFC)
Rating: Rish
Word Count: 823
Summary: Eliot, Nate and Hardison are still adjusting to the changes in their lives since Eliot was changed.

A/Ns & Summary: Third chapter of a 25 chapter arc, for my angst_bingo card, found here. Angsty, killing. For the prompt "physical imperfections".


( It was just further proof that he was no longer what Nate needed…that his body was no longer adequate, and he would never have the self-control that Nate somehow possessed. )

Fandom: Leverage
Title: the double exposure job
Characters/Pairings: Nate/Eliot, Sophie, mentions of Hardison and Parker
Rating: R
Word Count 1073
Summary: Sophie's untimely discovery of the relationship between Nate and Eliot, threatens to blow the entire con.

A/Ns & warnings: Written for jesco123, who won me in the latest dollars4dreams auction. I hope this serves.


( Nate, are you sleeping with Eliot? )

Fandom: Supernatural/Leverage
Title: Six Ways to Sunday (Part 3...Part One is here, Part Two is here)
Characters/Pairings: Dean Winchester/Eliot Spencer, Nate, Sophie, Hardison, Castiel, mentions of Sam, demon!Meg
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~6000
Summary: Continuing on directly from Part Two. Dean should have known Castiel was not going to be put off just by telling him to leave, and when he returns with news that Sam Winchester is alive, it changes everything.

A/Ns & Warnings: Written for ladywinchester This is not the part 3 I originally planned. And it re-routed a couple of times along the way. However, it does leave the door open for at least a part four.

( Yeah. Well. Thing is, it's hard to kill a Winchester. We just…keep coming back. )