A/N: The end will be slightly AU...because Sophie has a boyfriend when they team gets together again in season 2. Let me know what you think cause I don't own Leverage! Oh and the sentences are choppy and fragmented for dramatic effect

Night time Thunderstorm

Nates POV

Nate walked down the quaint neighborhood, his feet not making a sound. It was late, he didn't know the time, but the bright moon shone enough light for it to be day out. He saw her fence just a house down. With a nervous glance around he started to run. Nate pushed himself over the high fence, landing lightly on his feet. The French doors leading into her bedroom were open letting the warm summer breeze in. Three months. Three months since he'd seen her. With meaningful strides he made it in front of the doors. Sophie was sleeping peacefully on her bed. The jade silk tank top hung perfectly around her curves. Nate felt a sob build up in his throat, but he choked it back for fear of waking her. He walked up to the door teetering on the frame. 'Do it!' he hissed at himself. Nate let himself tip onto the floor and he sat down on the chair next to her bed. Sophie was already turned in his direction and she smiled in her sleep. It pained Nate almost to the point where he had to walk away. Almost. Slowly the sky became darker; slowly her expression began to change.

She started to mutter something. "Go away...leave him alone...we don't need you" Nate watched her as she started to grip her pillow tighter, her eyes clenched shut. "GET OUT!" Sophie yelled. "I swear if you touch him I will make sure you don't live another day in your life" Nate was now intently watching. A few minutes passed. "NOOO!" She cried out suddenly her back arching off the bed as she broke into a fit of sobs. Nate forgot that she was dreaming. He wanted to reach out, to comfort her and tell her everything would be okay. Suddenly there was a huge crack of lightning making Sophie's sobbing form freeze for a second. The rain started to come down hard. So much for getting out discreetly. Sophie let out another cry but it was lost in the large boom of thunder. The lightning came again causing the whole room to electrify with light. The sudden changes in light started to make it hard for Nate to see Sophie. She screamed again as she reached out to him "NATE!" his heart stopped along with the strike of lightning. Frozen for just a second he saw he reaching out to him, wanting him, needing him. It was all too much. He spun around out of the chair and ran out the doors. The wind picked up throwing the rain every which way. Nate looked back at her one lay time before slamming the doors shut and running away. He slipped in the mud back scrambled up quickly. There were trees in her backyard, which were casting shadows so dark you couldn't see anything in them. He would hide there and keep an eye on her.

Sophie's POV

In the climax of the nightmare she saw a flash of something. She was lying on her bed and she saw a man in her door way leading outside. There was a thunder storm raging behind him. It was gone as quick as it came. Sophie forced her eyes open and was greeted with an ear drum breaking boom of thunder. She looked out the doors to see the thunderstorm going mad. A flash of lightning brightened the whole area. Sophie gasped sharply when she saw a man standing in the shadows of the trees out in the back. But the man was no stranger. It was Nathan Ford. The man she loved. Her jaw hung open for a few seconds before she threw one of the French doors open.

"NATE!" Sophie screamed. Nothing happened. There was a boom of thunder and a flash of lightning. She saw nobody in the trees this time. "NATE!...I know you're out there!...please come back!"

Nates POV

Sophie was screaming his name, telling him to come back. The cries were drowned out by the thunder. He couldn't go back. He literally was on the ground sobbing. His body was covered in mud, sweat and grime. She would go looking for him, he had to hide. There was only one place Sophie would never look.