Rec of the day

Deck the Tree with False Blossoms by ishie (Leverage)
gen; team; 2674 words
Plotty, funny, teamy fic with great voices... (plus, Hardison gets to do his Ice Man accent again. :)

The thing about cons, especially ones that were supposed to be simple in-and-out jobs, was that they never turned out that way. Even when you thought everything was going according to plan, there was always some massive clusterfuck skimming along below the surface, just waiting to rear up and snatch victory from your hands.

Nate knew this, but he sometimes couldn't help himself, which is why he ended up saying stupid shit like "we've got this one sewn up" before they'd even finished setting the bait.