#leverage s4

bitten lips and broken hands by thunder_and_stars - Rated T

Nate leads them easily to Daria’s car, where she is pounding at the window and screaming bloody murder at Nate, while Hardison easily steals the chip from her passenger seat. Someone is saying something, probably something important, but the world falls away into muted radio static when they settle their gazes on Eliot. Eliot, who has been bloody and battered before, and will never ask any of them for support. Eliot, who always throws himself into danger. Eliot, who suddenly drops, crumpling to the pavement like a puppet with its strings cut. or, eliot doesn't walk off the concussion he definitely has like it's nothing

make a place for it to happen by Canon_Is_Relative - Rated T

Parker spots them first, coming around the corner of the house of mirrors. Before he’s close enough that she can make out the blood on his face and the limp in his step, she can see that Eliot is leaning on Molly and that’s enough to make her feet start running before her brain tells them to. Hardison’s shoes slap the pavement behind her.

Do your worst, Nate had said by Misses_B - Rated T

He had done his worst, and now he needed some help. Or: Nurse Gaile only existed on TV

Smoke and Mirrors by eringiles - Rated T

When he confronts himself in the mirror of Nate’s bathroom he understands a little bit more why Sophie keeps checking in on him. He looks a state. Blood has crusted beneath his nose and in his hair. His eyes are half lidded, trying to keep the light away from where the concussion is beating out a merry drum against the inside of his skull.

A Hitter's Job by idkimoutofideas - Rated G

Eliot kept insisting that he was fine, that he didn’t need a hospital, but Sophie knew better. After a fight like that at the carnival today… well, Sophie wasn’t an expert on injuries, but even she knew he shouldn’t be alone.

Post Job Celebration by AppalachianApologies - Rated T

Yet another tag to The Carnival Job, because Eliot needs some comfort. No slash. ONE-SHOT.

Being Worthy by Telaryn - Rated T

Nobody is happy about Eliot's decision to crawl off by himself and let his injuries be taken care of by a private nurse. Unlike Parker and Hardison, however, Nate is in a position to do something about it. He's also made a few decisions about the nature of his and Eliot's relationship, and how things are going to be for them from now on.

Lovingly Crafted by WriteItSmall (scribblemyname) - Rated G

"Are you calling this beautiful, lovingly crafted, personalized safe cracker storebought?" Hardison glared.

It's What Friends Do by akblake - Rated T

What actually happened after the end of The Carnival Job... Parker shows what she's learned about friendship. Not really shippy but could be read as such if you want :)

Roll Away Your Stone by hannasus - Rated G

Parker knows things about Eliot. Secret things. Things the others don’t know.

Texts From This Morning by hannasus - Rated T

A series of texts between Eliot and the team on the morning after "The Carnival Job."

The Muse's Carnival by storywriter8 - Rated T

Eliot has to babysit their mark's kid, a young muse, until she gets kidnapped by Russians and he gets his ass handed to him. But Parker and Hardison refuse to let Eliot sulk off and lick his wounds alone so the werewolf explains why sometimes he has to be alone. But maybe not entirely alone anymore, after all, he has Quinn now.

Nurses Call the Shots by beggar_always - Rated G

Episode Tag for 4x06 - The Carnival Job. In which Nurse Gail is an old friend and Eliot should really listen to her.

What He Knows About Sacrifice by Distracted - Rated T

Set after the Carnival Job. Eliot was pretty banged up. Here's my take on what might have happened. Much comfort, because lord knows he deserves it and it's not really shown on screen. Or Eliot collapses after the job with a concussion and punctured lung. Parker and Hardison are there for him as he recovers.

somewhere deep within you a beast shouting by Vorpal_Sword - Not Rated

Molly Connell and her daemon were kidnapped by their own housekeeper, held ransom for their father's crime. This is the aftermath.

Do Your Worst by schrijverr - Rated M

For example, he goes in to hug her but she either doesn’t notice, doesn’t compute what he’s trying to do, or isn’t up for that level of physical affection at the current moment. She high-fives him instead

[significance of eliot 'don't touch me bro' spencer not only giving hardison a hug but INITIATING IT because parker didn't take his open arms as an invitation. talk about how much lighter he looks after the events of the san lorenzo job- it's almost like a literal weight has been lifted off his chest]

It’s easy to see the Parker-Hardison dynamics in this episode, but don’t miss how there is also significant development in the relationship between Parker and Eliot. Parker and Eliot are paired off for most of this episode climbing the mountain to try to recover the incriminating notebook from the dead mountaineer. They work efficiently in tandem, literally keeping even pace with one another.

[talk about heart-wrenching cave scenes here]

And when they’re free, this closeness and ability to be on the same wavelength is displayed when they are confronted by the gunman looking to destroy the evidence. He grabs Parker and points a gun to her head, demanding that Eliot hand over the notebook. She yells at him to not hand it over, but in actuality, she is distracting the gunman from noticing her sliding the dead man’s cellphone with an incriminating video into his pocket. Eliot plays along and into the bit, throwing the notebook over to get Parker back.