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so then it’s game time and the first inning starts and eliot’s up to bat, and all of a sudden there them two go, hootin and hollerin and yelling YEAH THATS MY BASEBALL BABYYYYYY LOOK AT ’IM GOOOOOO, GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR THANG BIG SEXY SPORTS STAR 🫵, and eliot’s blushing to high heaven and he probably shouts something like “shut the hell up you’re gonna ruin my concentration!! 🙄🤦‍♂️” but he shouts it with a biiiiiig goofy grin on his face bc those are his sweeeeeeties and they came to his gaaaaaaaame and he’s so happyyyyyyy ;_____; and of course the two of them don’t lower their volume the whole game lol. and afterward he jogs off the field and right into hardison’s arms and hardison picks him up and spins him around, and then when he’s set down parker plants one on him all big and showy with tongue and everything, and eliot’s just about to fall over with how giddy he is. later when they’re all gathered around eating the orange slices and fruit snacks that parker and hardison brought for everybody, the team teases him about being such a loverboy and bein all moony over his babes, but eliot couldn’t give less of a rat’s ass—he’s got parker and hardison on either side of him each with an arm around his waist, and parker keeps feeding him fruit snacks while hardison keeps kissing his still slightly sweaty temple, and he’s just so thrilled he got to show off for them and that they came for support. hell maybe nate and soph and even tara were up in the stands with p&h too with their own jerseys on, waving their own pom-poms and making a ruckus with their kazoos or whatever, and now they’re standing off to the side with the team’s pitcher, chatting idly and enjoying some orange slices of their own. it just feels so good to have his loves and his family cheering him on, and even though his team did indeed win the game he barely even cares about it, because all this??? this is a hundred times better<3

Been thinking a lot about how Eliot regulates his strength. When he wants something from anyone on the team, he pushes and pulls, but no more than they can equally fight back. (At least initially)

This clip of the hug with Hardison has been clipped for ages, but the whole scene is so cutie and also demonstrates how Eliot could immediately push Hardison away with ease, but he chooses not to. He chooses to fight and give up ground to Hardison, so he kind of still lets him in.

When they bonk heads Hardison immediately adjusts while Eliot pulls away because Hardison is not actually trying to make him uncomfortable, and he knows as well as anyone that if Eliot really wanted him off, he would be off.

Eliot still saved Hardison because of course he did. It's a physical retelling of how they do care about each other, and the almost smile when Eliot threatens to break Hardison's arm is the cherry on top.

That could be interpreted as a real threat, it's a very possible thing for him to do, but it's truly beautiful how everyone, Haridson Parker Sophie Nate, they all aren't afraid of him. They trust him because they know the threats are empty.

also Parker's indignant "No i didn't" god, I love her. Parker analysis coming soon.

GAH okay ill shut up.

<3,

Excellent. Here she is, being super brave:

ich bin immer ein falsches wort davon entfernt von all den leuten erschossen zu werden die mich erträglich finden

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