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Leverage/White Collar xover ficlet:
In Low Places by Erisette
Gen; Nate Ford & Peter Burke; G; 586 words
Summary: so these two honest men walk into a prison cell....

and two Shield ficlets:
The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship by psocoptera
Gen; Amador, Fury; 1x04 tag; 176 words
Summary: Akela Amador, after.

Watch and Learn by ferggirl
mostly Gen; Ward & FitzSimmons (bit of W/S); teen; 1281 words
Summary: The first time Grant Ward is given “lab duty” he whines.
He’s not ashamed to admit it. He’s a highly trained specialist, capable of executing complex missions, eliminating those in his way.
He is not a babysitter.

Avengers/Thor rec:
Cut To Fit by kellifer_fic
Darcy/Clint (bg Steve/Tony, Jane/Thor); rated G; 3211 words
Summary: When Jane moves into the mansion, she takes Darcy with her.

„Do you really need this?“ Captain America is asking her, hefting her ancient television set. „Tony’s got a widescreen in every room, sometimes two.“ Darcy just stares at him because Captain America is carrying her television.

Leverage rec:
you and me, we are meeting for the first time by sashimitales
Nate/Sophie, romance/humor; PG-13; ficlet&gifset combo
Summary: It's late at night and Nate and Sophie are exceptionally tipsy.

I particularly like the play with format in this one: the gifsets embedded in the story create an interesting mix of word and visual.

Leverage fic rec:
Eye Contact by kshar
Gen; Sopie, Parker and team; genre: post-ep/con/team; 10460 words
Summary: Set post-The Bank Shot Job. Sophie takes some things to heart. Not all things, of course.

A superb character piece, and a perfect follow-up to TBSJ. I like kshar's writing style a lot. Interestingly it feels like an episode complete with con plot, even though the actual con goes on in the background and we see only glimpses of it.

if ever two were one by kuhori_rei
Clint/Natasha; Rating: T; team/humor/romance; 5150 words
Summary: Five ways the Avengers found out Clint and Natasha were married, and one way they didn’t. Featuring domesticity, scrambled documents, Tony and Pepper getting their snoop on, and of course some general badassery.

I thought I'm not into marriage tropes, but apparently I love them when they're done in a certain way. I like how the team find out one by one... through these entirely mundane, unspectacular (well, mostly) occasions. Just a pair of master assassins, doing their taxes.

WIP update: The Father's Son Job by YeahLev (Leverage) is now complete. Don't miss this one if you like teamy, plotty casefic - one of the best I've found in this fandom.
Summary: Nate goes to Ireland on family business and runs into trouble. Good thing the rest of the gang followed him.

Five Times Eliot Surprised Quinn by scout_lover (Leverage)
characters: Quinn and team; Eliot/Quinn; PG-15; 3,533 words
Summary: Eliot’s not at all what Quinn expected

Quinn provides a nice outsider POV of Eliot and his team, and I enjoy the chemistry between the two hitters.

tell of a lesson that failed by summerstorm (Leverage)
Maggie/Nate pre-canon; PG-13; 7314 words
Summary: There's no need for her to be out of bed yet. Not for another hour. She runs a hand through her hair, rubs her fingers over her eyes. They feel like craters, the skin underneath soft and inconsistent and sunken. She sips her coffee, which is still scalding hot, and takes a look around the room. It looks the way it's always looked. She's doing what she's always done.
Maybe that's the problem.

I love this story for the subtle and sensitive way it deals with the painful breakup of their marriage from Maggie's POV; one can entirely emphasize with her, and yet the the story isn't about taking sides... there are no bad guys here. The story feels very real.

The Crowley Job by epeeblade (Leverage/SPN)
Gen; PG-13; team; 850 words
Summary: Nate gathers his team together for a briefing in a universe very different from our own.

Fusion fic: the Leverage gang in the world of Supernatural... and the result is pretty cool. I'd wanna read more about this version of the team!

♥? by zvi (Leverage)
Parker/Hardison; humor/romance; 417 words
Summary: Parker gave up on normal human relations a long time ago. But maybe all is not lost.

Written in 2009, so set around season 1 or 2. Oftentimes when I'm reading those older fic it becomes striking how far they've all come (albeit in subtle ways, as it should be :)

Leveraging the Odds by LadyArin (Leverage/Hunger Games)
8108 words; Gen; characters: Nate, Sophie, Eliot, Hardison, Parker

I was sceptical (though naturally intrigued) when I read the premise - the Leverage characters transplanted into the Hunger Games world - but I really like the result. Interesting crossover which makes good use of the specific character traits.

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During the last two days I got no work done. Zero. But I went outdoor bouldering yesterday and then I met an English native speaker at a friend's place; it was fun to chat in English again. So I consider that day seized, if not exactly productive. And today... well, I just now mastered the art of frying eggplant slices. Yes: I've achieved that elusive stage between raw and burnt. They were tasty.
But not much to show for my day. It's 11pm... still time to get started on the next page, I guess.
At least I finished another page of sketches on Thursday, and more importantly I'm finally getting a feeling for the book. So I'm making slow but steady progress.
[eta: 23:44 now... yeah, not looking good on the productivity front]

all that might come to be by alinaandalion (Leverage)
Gen; Hardison & Nate; Genre: friendship/post-ep for The Nigerian Job; 770 words
Summary: Nate and Hardison make arrangements for setting up the offices and start to establish their future working relationship.

Nice Hardison&Nate moment, before the team become a team. (Though 'nice' is maybe not the best descriptor, seeing as we're talking about Nate Ford...)