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The Blue Hair Job by Comfortably Red (Leverage)
Gen; PG-13; team-centric; Genre: casefic; 24,238 words
Summary: The Leverage team is called in to help an elderly woman and her friends, but there may be more to the job than they realize. What happens when the marks have plans of their own?
A solid team-y casefic, well-written and fleshed out with a good feeling for detail and interesting original characters!

found this in my inbox this morning and had to rec right away:
Girl Stuff by wontquitmydayjob (Leverage)
Nate/Sophie; characters: Nate (POV), Sophie, team in the background; genre: humor; 1216 words
Summary: Nathan Ford faces every man's worst nightmare: his ex and his girlfriend becoming friends.

"I don't want the two of you…you know…talking about me…"
She picks up her purse, rolling her eyes. "Well, fascinating though you are," she says, with heavy sarcasm, "Maggie and I are both intelligent, educated people with a wide range of interests. I'm sure we can find something to talk about other than Nathan Ford."

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The Zombie Apocalypse Job by monkeytwin (Leverage)
team with some Nate/Sophie; minor crossover with SPN; PG-13; 6,973 words
Summary: Pretty much exactly as advertized.
reccer's note: Due to the format of this fic some of the chapters are very short; to get the entire story in one file go to the fanfic downloader at FLAG, enter the story ID (6566093) into the top field that says 'Source URL / ID' and pick your format of choice.

Nicely creepy and action-filled. The story covers a longer time frame, showing snapshots of events here and there, and it brings things to a satisfying end. I'd love to read an epic 100,000 words version of this apocafic but these glimpses are already very entertaining.

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Bonus rec: Leverage - Season 1 Official Recap


Because I'm all filled with show-love and the sudden desire to pimp my show. If you've been interested in checking out Leverage, this trailer gives an idea what it's about. (Almost no major spoilers) The current season just finished, what better time to catch up. :o)

I was gonna collect some more links before resuming the recs, but last night I read this really cool paranormal apocafic AU, so:
Always Darkest Before Dawn by unavoidedcrisis (Leverage)
~30,000 words; Gen; Parker & team, OCs; written for apocabigbang 2010

Summary: One of the mysteries of the universe is why Parker, of all people, gets the ability to see a soul after it departs the body of the recently deceased. They're glittery and she's Parker, so of course she starts picking them up, not knowing what they really are. Of course, she could just look in the instruction manual... but oh, no, Hardison's taken it.

Then the hellhound shows up and starts eating the doors off her cupboards, and Eliot is breaking into people's homes to threaten them with tape and knives. It's been a very stressful couple of weeks and all Parker wants is a vacation, or a nice, relaxing art theft, but now the forces of darkness (whatever that means) are bent on destroying the world. And then, if she somehow ever gets that mess sorted out, Hardison's been complaining that all his Hot Pockets taste like doom...

Pursuit by wontquitmydayjob (Leverage)
gen with Sophie/Nate UST; Rated PG; 3977 words
Summary: He didn't want to admit he wasn't chasing her just because it was his job. She didn't want to admit she wasn't trying very hard to get away.
From the author's note: Yeah, it's been done by others, probably others with more writing skill, but who doesn't love Europe and stealing stuff and unresolved sexual tension?

I sure do. *g* Yeah, there are already quite a few good Nate&Sophie backstory fics out there but there's never too much of a good thing, ey? I really love the writing style here, atmospheric and vivid, with lots of attention to detail and great characterization.

This is strictly speaking a WIP and I hope the writer will continue this series, but these first two encounters in Prague and Damascus work well on their own, inspired by their conversation in The Mile High Job. (It's a new ffn account; lets bribe her with feedback so she'll write more in this fandom...)

This Word is Not Enough by foreverwriting9 (Leverage)
1,069 words; Nate/Sophie; PG; Spoilers: For the end of The Boiler Room Job
Summary: In which Nate and Sophie eat dinner, have a breakthrough in their relationship, and then get slightly drunk.

Just... aww. Totally adorable, pitch-perfect, and a nice followup to that ep.

Safety Dance: Equal Opportunities by eekz (Leverage)
500 words; Gen; Season 1, a team squabble
Sophie reached over to set a placating hand on Parker's arm. "No one is questioning your ability to strip, Parker. You'd make a fine stripper."

he has the only sophie there is by v-volatile (Leverage)
3,914 words; Sophie/Nate and team; Warnings: violence, rape attempt
Summary: A mark misjudged is a dangerous thing.

A con goes wrong... This story has a more serious tinge (not ultra-dark but definitely not as lighthearted as the show). The characters feel real.

Who Am I Tonight by v-volatile (Leverage)
1,799 words; Sophie/Nate, Romance/Angst
"Not being able to have children, not being able to tell people your real name, having to leave paper trails that are fake, not even being able to share your great successes with family members—it's like we don't exist. It's like we're invisible. Transient," Sophie remarks.

(rec snagged from Sholio)
Yang by therienne (Leverage & White Collar)
6013 words; gen; Parker, Hardison & Eliot; heist/humor
Summary: "Just don't get into trouble while we're gone," Nate said.

to be read in tandem with
Yin
6009 words; Gen, Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Clinton Jones, Lauren Cruz

in which the White Collar team stake out the same shady art auction that Parker, Hardison, and Eliot happen to have picked for a little side job.
Each fic can be read separately but when read together all the little pieces fall into place.