#and tony almost IMMIEDIETLY keels over

[the-faultofdaedalus]

i’ve reached terminal level brainrot w/ leverage and that is the “insert remortal tony into a plot even if it makes no sense”

#first i was like. ok let him get shot by a mark that would be fun #(he’s not in on it he’s just Here and intervenes re: bullet) #but then i remembered hardison’s fancy EMP gun #and now i’m thinking that they should be stalling him for some reason #mark is a rival company. tony’s on his way there. they need the mark to think tony’s backed out of smth #i don’t know or care why #but like. he gets in his car and hardison pulls the trigger like no car no go #and tony almost IMMIEDIETLY keels over #everyone in the van at the scene starts freaking out (i think it’s parker eliot hardison. for reasons) #and nate just asks. hey hardison. what would happen if you pointed that thing at someone with a pacemaker #AND WELL YEAH ABOUT THAT #hardison is very upset. he didn’t mean to do this! it was an accident! he doesn’t want to be a murderer #they all try to help but by the time they even get across the parking garage it’s too late #anyways eliot takes him into the van bc they need to figure out what to DO about this #while nate and sophie continue with the con #they can’t just drop it. too suspicious. no one wants hardison to go down for murder but!!! tony is dead! hardison did do it! it’s a mess!! #if they’re lucky it might get chalked up to natural causes if someone finds his body #pacemaker failure. if he’s already had a bad heart (and he’s have to to keel over that quick from an EMP) #it’s not impossible. #anyways they’re all yelling about this meanwhile tony is just being Very Very still on the floor of the van #like ‘’pls just dump me in the river so i can Leave.’’ #he can tell how freaked hardison is abt it and feels a bit bad for him gkskdksksk #like yeah he knows he killed him but it was an accident!!! and honestly what he’s hearing abt their con #well. he’s not opposed. he knows enough about whatever mark this is #he just wants to be dumped somewhere so he can go home #make some sort of appearance so he gets on the news so no one thinks he’s dead #but then they start talking about assumptions abt the mark and the job and. fuck. #he can’t help himself but he sits up like ‘’you’re wrong that won’t work’’ #and everyone in the van screams