(no subject)

I'm not calling this an official rec, okay, because it's a WIP and I don't wanna jinx it. But this fic is really well written and hits my fanfic buttons like whoa, so I figure I'd share, WIP or not.
In a Winter Month... which has Natasha and Clint hiding out in a safe house in wintery Lithuania after Clint got shot: enter the Avengers (well, Tony, so far). Really fantastic Natasha and Tony POVs, among other things. Two chapters in (9,732 so far) and the first thing I do when I turn on my computer in the morning is look for an update. Fic can be such a drug. *twitches*

Rec of the day

Art Theft for Beginners by wontquitmydayjob (Leverage)
Gen; Sophie&Nate; pre-series; heist/friendship/UST; 5025 words
Summary: In the summer of 2002, Sophie Devereaux was on a roll.

“Why do people steal art, Nathan?”
“You tell me.”
She rolled her eyes. “Come on, this is catching criminals 101. Why?”
He shrugged. “Ransom. Or to finance something else- paintings can act like untraceable cash, good for collateral. Or to sell on the black market.”
“Very good. So if you’re going to sell a painting on the black market, how do you let interested parties know it’s available?”
He understood then what she meant. “By stealing it in the most headline-grabbing way possible.”
She smiled. “But mostly, people steal art because it’s ridiculously easy. It’s a wonder there’s anything left to hang in museums.”