til my dying day

listen. i am obviously a leverage ot3 fan and i do think all 3 of them are good for each other in different, distinct ways, However. i do also think hardison deserves a medal for dealing with, quite possibly, the two most emotionally repressed people in the universe

normal about the fact that before meeting nott caleb was giving out different fake names to everyone he met and he just happened to introduce himself as caleb to her. and it could have been any name and at that point caleb widogast didnt really mean anything to him. but then its the name he has to stick with because nott stays with him and then they meet m9 and by the time they figure out its a fake name its become his real name anyway because he prefers it and he likes being caleb widogast and that means something to him now. and its like something something narratively veth and the rest of the m9 help make caleb widogast

Nothing hits like "romantic couple and a third guy who's not dating either of them but is definitely a part of this dynamic"

#peer reviewed banger tag by @nosaladallowed-ao3

Hardison volunteered himself after painting that big ass portrait.

love triangle to ot3 not as in "i just think these characters should kiss" but as in there is a special bond between two people who love the same person more than themselves, more than anything else and eventually the rage and possessiveness will evaporate, you can't be scared and snarling forever, and when it does they will be left with the understanding that this is maybe the only person on earth who gets it. who gets what it means to be utterly consumed by this person, to love them so much you would open a vein at their request. this person, your "rival" perhaps understands you more than even the object of your affection. they have felt the same longing and the same fear and the same anger and the same desperation as you. they will go to the same lengths to keep your mutual beloved safe. and isn't that a little bit like looking in a mirror. isn't that a little bit like love.

BRO HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS