I am not writing the Leverage HS AU
Moar random thoughts onĀ The Leverage OT3 Highschool AU.Ā
-They all get insecure sometimes. Hardison wonders why two gorgeous Cool people would want to hang out with a skinny geek who still has braces. Sure, he can hack himself a ticket to the Oscars, but he canāt actually brag about that to his highschool girlfriend or boyfriend. (When Parker finds out she is SO EXCITED heās also a thief.)
-Parker is worried that Hardison and Eliot are going to get sick of how weird she is and dump her. She has some abandonment issues, okay? (She stole Sophieās files and thatās what they said, she should know.)Ā
-Everyone thinks Eliot is super confident and cool and Popular, but he secretly worries because neither Hardison or Parker care about sports, and heās not a literal genius like they seem to be, and they seem to be so much more at ease communicating with each other. Hell, Parker even joined Hardisonās Dungeons and Dragons game. How can he compete with that?
-Even though itās probably modern times they go on old-timey dates like to the arcade and the roller rink because of the AESTHETIC and because itās hot to see Parker defeat DDR while doing flips and handstands.
-That time all three of them crammed into a photobooth. Hardison has the photoās stuck to his screen. Parker keeps them in a special secret stash. Eliot has them hidden in his least favourite subjectās book so he can peek at them and be inspired to Try Harder. He will never admit it.
-Their group text is a mess it is long serious conversations and memes and funny gifs and Parkerās Unique sense of Capitalisation and Eliot shouting at autocorrect because his fingers are too big and also because Hardison swiped his phone and made it soĀ āwe are not watching star wars againā automatically turns in toĀ āi would love to watch star wars againā.
-Iāve been thinking how the whole Damien Moreau thing would work in a HS AU and I decided that Eliot went to a different middle school maybe in another town and Damien was like, the football captain (do middle schools do football I have a very vague understanding of US school systems) or at least this Popular Dude and Eliot totally had crush on him and Moreau was a shithead bully and peer-pressured Eliot into being a shithead bully too and it is his DEEP SHAMEFUL PAST he feels so bad there is no redeeming what he did but now at his new school he uses his popularity for Good and Beware the Jock Who Picks On People, Eliot Will Crush Them.
-Which of course one day means they have a playoff against Moreauās team and Eliot is trying to not let anyone know about his Dark Past or that heās still kind of scared of Damien and then Moreau picks on Hardison because itās clear heās Eliotās weak spot and since there is no con to keep cool about Eliot just beats the shit out of him and probably gets suspended for a while but it was worth it.
-He has a mandatory session with Sophie who already knows all about it because Parker came in and re-enacted the whole thing with sound effects. And she just shrugs like: sounds like he deserved it. Want to talk about your feelings? Or shoes.Ā
-Neither Parker or Hardison is going to college, thatās pretty clear. Parker and Sophie probably already have like, a summer crime spree planned for when sheĀ āgraduatesā. (I can totally see Sophie hanging around specifically untilĀ āher kidsā graduate.)Ā
-Hardison is dithering between staying with Nana for the summer whileĀ āworkingā (pretending to go to work and hacking) and helping out around the house, and freeing up more space so she can help other kids. He probably settles on getting an apartment near Nana and getting dragged along Parker and Sophieās Crime Spree. (And WTF THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR WAS A CRIMINAL? This is what public school gets you!) He sends Nana postcards from Europe and puts money in her accounts and opens college funds for his foster siblings and screams a lot because Parker has decided that because he is a Thief he should also JUMP OFF BUILDINGS WHY.Ā
-Eliot joins the army, because he wants to Help People and Serve His Country and heās not built for what Parker and Hardison do okay, even if he gets it and they never steal from people who canāt afford to lose it. He gets through bootcamp, does some things heās proud of, does some things heās not proud of, probably gets picked for some kind of Black Ops. He sends letters and e-mails and has skype sessions with Hardison and Parker when he can. They send him completely unhelpful care packages (gummy frogs and stolen diamonds and sometimes the damn wetwipes he asked for.) Once the stuff heās not proud of starts outweighing the stuff he is proud of (not to mention the wholeĀ āhey Eliot fake your death so you can do even shadier shit for usā pressure begins), he Gets Out.Ā
-He probably shows up at the little chateau Sophie grifted for her andĀ āthe kidsā while they work on their next crime(s). Itās raining, itās just after midnight, itās a full moon, thereās thunder just as they open the door, because Eliot is Very Dramatic.Ā
-They all live happily ever after.
