crack_van | Leave Emotion @ the Door by zahra (PG)

Fandom: Ocean's Eleven
Pairing: Danny Ocean/Rusty Ryan, with incidental Rusty Ryan/Linus Caldwell
Author on LJ:

hackthis
Author Website: dysfunctional
why this must be read:

Another classic, this one handles the problem of Tess with aplomb. It's also a smart and funny look inside Rusty's head, with some neat back story about his relationship with Danny, and his feelings about Tess, the Benedict job, and those pesky Incan matrimonial headmasks.

an excerpt:

The lighting at Frank & Musso’s is so dim that if Rusty weren’t sitting across from Danny he’d never be able to see him, but he would still feel his presence, which is just a little too gay for comfort. They don’t do the gay thing. They do the ‘them’ thing, because just being with Danny is like living in the biggest scam ever. Every thought and every breath is about the next move and the next plan, and what they’re doing and how it might go wrong or get messed up. Tess was a bigger mess up than most, because Rusty really didn't see her coming, and scamming is about awareness. It's about adaptability, and Danny and Rusty are about bending and fitting and modifying. Living with Danny is about evolving, and Rusty has to be fluid and flexible. He has to believe that he’ll win in the end.

Cons have to have confidence. Thinking too hard about the specifics will only lead to trouble –- it always does.

Leave Emotion @ the Door by zahra

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