#spenhawk

I am DYING at how hilariously divorced Spenser and Hawk are in the pilot

Like, if you're watching this without knowledge of the rest of series (or the books), the pilot makes Hawk out to be this very dangerous man with a dark and troubled past, and Spenser to have known him for, essentially, crime reasons

But if you're watching knowing the characters it's just like. Okay. Spenser and Hawk were friends and worked together for years before the series but Hawk has been away for a while and clearly something has happened between them because like...

THE TERSE GREETING. THE SUNGLASSES. THE ZOOM. THE GUY WHO HIRED SPENSER LOOKING AT BOTH OF THEM LIKE 'UHHHH'

And then the first thing Hawk says to Spenser, possibly for the first time in a few years, is basically just: AND YOUR CAR SUCKS

The all time most divorced men

Near the end of the episode, there's a sudden shift where we realize that that whatever has happened between them, ultimately Spenser and Hawk still value each other despite it as well as over whatever the mission is, and immediately after this moment, they start joking with each other again. The crime boss Hawk had been working for says something racist, and Hawk and Spenser go full comedy duo despite being in potential mortal danger:

And then Spenser beats the crap out of the crime boss, and we see the exact moment Susan goes from "who is this fucker" to "oh I like this fucker" about Hawk

As they're leaving to bring the knocked-out crime boss back to Boston, Susan pries a little and points out that Hawk was clearly going to save Spenser regardless of any quid pro quo, and Hawk admits, yes, because there's not many people like him and Spenser in the world, and that he'd miss Spenser if he died.

Out of Hawk's earshot, Susan asks Spenser what he thinks of Hawk's confession:

So like. Hawk/Spenser/Susan is just about my all time favorite OT3, and yet somehow I fully missed this the first time I watched the episode. They're just out there stating it outright that these two relationships are on an equal footing (and frankly that he *would* but *won't* marry either of them.) It's a really nice mirror to the end of the finale of the third (and final) season, as well??

I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS

....also can we talk about the....... white... silk... cape?? That Hawk wears to an arms deal???

Year of the OTP January/Month 1: Prompt - Snow

Hawk kissed him. Rough and sudden, warm against his skin as the snow fell soft and cold onto their shoulders. Spenser closed his eyes and just let him, Hawk’s hand on the back of his neck as fireworks shot off in his chest. Surely someone in some house on this road was looking out their window feeling scandalized, but it was difficult to muster much concern. Hawk tasted like coffee and second chances.

He pulled away and slipped his sunglasses back on, as if he could possibly need them through snowfall.  “I don’t need your doctoral thesis, babe, it was a yes or no question.” 

Spenser found himself very much at a loss for words, chewing on his lower lip. 

Taking another bite of his donut, Hawk’s eyebrows shot up above the rims of his glasses. “Will Suzie-Q be leaving you if she finds out?” 

Spenser shook his head. He glanced for a second at his coffee. His mouth was a little dry, but he didn’t want any taste on his lips but Hawk. 

“No,” he swallowed. “She knows already.”

“Well, well, well,” Hawk droned, grinning on one side of his mouth. He started walking again. “We really are changing the rules of the game now, aren’t we?”

Thank you so much for @yearoftheotpevent for setting this up! What an awesome, awesome way to spend the year making stuff-- genuinely, this is the first “real” thing I’ve drawn since September when work started up again. I look forward to doing all the rest of the prompts!