Angst Bingo 3.13

Title: Lost Opportunities
Author: telaryn
Word Count: 678
Fandom: Leverage/BTVS
Characters: Faith/Eliot
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Redlined angst factor
Disclaimer: No ownership implied, no profit obtained.
Summary: Following an unexpected encounter with the ghost of Sam Ford, Faith struggles with unexpected feelings about her dead half-brother.
Author's Note: Written for angst_bingo, for the prompt "jealousy". Can't really say where the idea for this story came from...yet.


( Nate had unraveled beyond anything Eliot could have imagined; it had taken all of them to keep the mastermind from eating the business end of his gun. )

Angst Bingo 3.14

Title: Starting Over
Author: telaryn
Word Count: 739
Fandom: Leverage
Characters: Parker & Eliot
Rating: PG
Warnings: Crippling injury to a team member
Disclaimer: No ownership implied, no profit obtained.
Summary: In the aftermath of a crippling injury, Parker strives to figure out her place in the world and on the team.
Author's Note: Written for angst_bingo, for the prompt "disabled".

( She needed answers that didn't consist of be patient and don't worry, and she needed them sooner rather than later. )

Angst Bingo 3.15

Title: A Matter of Life & Death
Author: telaryn
Word Count: 1551
Fandom: Leverage/SPN
Characters: Eliot/Ellen, Jo, Bobby
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Threat of infection/death
Disclaimer: No ownership implied, no profit obtained.
Summary: Coming up against a potential outbreak of the Croatoan virus, Ellen quarantines herself with the other victims, while Bobby attempts to manage the chaos outside.
Author's Note: Written for angst_bingo, for the prompt "quarantine".


( Cursing inwardly at her verbal slip, Ellen prepared to explain Eliot Spencer to her fellow hunter. )

Angst Bingo 3.16

Title: The Father Confesses
Author: telaryn
Word Count: 603
Fandom: Leverage/BTVS
Characters: Nate & Father Paul
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: No ownership implied, no profit obtained.
Summary: After discovering that Faith is his biological daughter, Nate goes to confront an old friend about keeping the secret.
Author's Note: Written for angst_bingo, for the prompt "virginity". In "The Ties That Bind Job" 'verse, this story would be set within days of the initial tale.

( One day he would do the math and figure out exactly when he and Ellie had conceived their daughter. Now, all he could think about was the first time they’d made love – and how much promise life had seemed to hold that winter afternoon in the storeroom of McRory’s bar. )

Angst Bingo 3.17

Title: A New Way
Author: telaryn
Word Count: 600
Fandom: Leverage
Characters: Jimmy Ford
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: No ownership implied, no profit obtained.
Summary: Safe in Galway, Jimmy begins planning his revenge.
Author's Note: Written for angst_bingo, for the prompt "aging". Lauren O'Donnell is an original character created by lemonpunch for a leverageland challenge. I'm merely borrowing her for purposes of fleshing out the story and lay no direct claim to her awesomeness.


( He could be proud of Nathan for having been canny enough to play him, but he never intended such disrespect to go unpunished. )