OH MY GOD THIS IS TUMBLR USER GENTLEZAYN YOU HAVE 1D LEVERAGE AU HEADCANONS TOO?? YOU ALSO CAST ZAYN AS THE GRIFTER?? WHOS EVERYONE ELSE, TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME
I HAVE VERY VERY SERIOUS GRIFTER AU FEELINGS? like it’s not a one-for-one leverage casting because nobody is nate (thank god), but basically
zayn is our beautiful grifter with a policy of never carrying weapons and a penchant for serving fish in drag (veronica went to the vmas as rihanna’s date one year). he’s a very good pickpocket and lockpick but he used to be TERRIBLE at accents until niall helped him out. he bought his mum a house with his first big score
perrie is our deceptively blonde and peppy mastermind who zayn refuses (REFUSES!!!) to fall in love with because this is the first time he’s found a crew who won’t screw him over or be mean to him or make him carry a gun and he doesn’t want to fuck it up. zayn does a lot of nervous chainsmoking until perrie gets sick of it, stubs out his cigarette, sits in his lap and kisses him on the mouth a lot until he gets it
jesy is our hitter. she is tiny and elaborately painted and hairstyled but nobody ever sees her coming until it’s too late and they are unconscious on the floor. she trusts perrie and niall and that’s pretty much it (or so she and everybody else thinks until it’s crunch time!!) but she likes zayn’s no-weapons policy because it’s one she shares (“i don’t like guns.” … “i never said i couldn’t use ‘em”)
harry is our thief. he prefers to steal things while naked but perrie insisted on a no-nudity rule (harry’s still pouting about it three years in), so mostly he steals things in like boxer briefs. he’s very vague and slow-talking and he trips over things a LOT for a person whose profession is catburglaring. he doesn’t really live anywhere except possibly your attic
niall is our hacker. he is cheery and nerdy and very very dangerous. probably his first hacking job involved putting down serious money on golf or soccer. he doesn’t see why, if harry can burgle in his underwear, niall can’t hack in his underwear too. he makes excellent sandwiches
liam is our detective inspector in charge of finding out who the hell zayn and his associates are and what the hell all they’ve stolen. he is very by the book and reluctantly admiring of the crew’s skills. perrie and zayn like to send him little flowers and presents because they like him so much. eventually all three of them will get lucky
louis is liam’s rookie partner who is sick to DEATH of liam always talking about the rules and following the rules and enforcing the rules and making disappointed faces when louis breaks the rules. louis is also the person that harry stalks in the ice cream aisle of the grocery store. “this is a terrible idea,” says niall as he makes harry a new alias. “i don’t care,” says harry, choosing his least complicated-to-remove clothes for his date with louis
leigh-anne and jade are liam and louis’ backup and tech squad. they spend a lot of time parked in a police van bickering and possibly making out. niall likes to park his own van like three parking spaces away from them and play goofy hacker tag with them. there’s this whole thing with niall and jesy and leigh-anne and jade but it’s nobody’s business, frankly, is what jesy has to say about it