Unexplored Feelings

© March 12, 2009 DolfynRider

Title: Unexplored Feelings
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: M
Pairing: Sophie/Parker
Summary: It's been a while since Sophie's been with another woman, and she's NEVER been with one like Parker.
Disclaimer: I own nothing in the Leverage universe and never will, I also don't profit from this writing.

CHAPTER 1

"FUCK! Where the hell is Hardison this time?" It echoed on the coms.

"Parker! Tone it down a bit!" Sophie said, annoyed that the voice was not only beside her, but in her head, too. "Now, what the hell's wrong?"

Parker pointed to the door, "It's another damn security sensor. We move that door even a fraction of a millimeter and everyone's going to know."

Nate asks her what they can do to get her in.

"Get me Hardison!" Parker yelled again. Thankfully the noise of the factory was drowning out her shouts, except for the rest of the team, who were all getting annoyed with Parker's shouting now.

"You know he's off doing...something else," Nate informed her.

"Yeah, probably another stupid video game," Eliot chimed in.

"Why do you need Hardison?" Nate asked her.

"So we can do what we did the last time this happened," Parker replied.

"What did you d....ohhhhhhh!" came Sophie's voice through the coms, as she realized why Parker wanted Hardison there. Taking out her ear piece and holding it up, "You like him, don't you?"

"NO!" came Parker's reply through the coms.

"What's going on?" Nate asked, confused.

"Oh, Sophie just took out her com so she could ask me a really stupid question," Parker told him, and Eliot.

"It was about Hardison, wasn't it?" Nate asked.

"Yes!" yelled Parker. "Now enough about him, how the hell do we get in?"

"Well...." they all heard Sophie's voice trail away.

"Sophie! You're not gonna..." Eliot tried asking.

Sophie's voice rang out again, "Only if she's willing."

Parker, getting it, just stared at her, "Are you fucking serious?"

Sophie shrugged, "Well, we DO need to get in there, and considering there are no windows and no ducts leading into this room, what else do you have in mind? Anyone? Anyone?" she asked, semi-desperately.

Eliot sighed "Why do we always miss the good stuff?"

Parker gave him explicit directions on what he could do to himself before turning to Sophie, "Yeah, okay, but someone better get here FAST!"

Eliot's eyebrows went up "They're not really going to....?"

Though before he could finish his question, an alarm sounded and he, as well as Nate, knew they had.

The security team was on them, "Hey! You bumped the door."

"Sorry," Sophie giggled, looking to Parker, who was bright red. "We got a little carried away."

They moved off down the hall, hearing the guard mumble about how "co-workers like them should be allowed to date all the time, fuck the politics of inter-office relationships."

Both women just rolled their eyes, with "MEN!" and a few minutes later - Parker, having thought to put something in the door to keep it open just enough to allow them back - they slowly made their way back to the door, making sure the guards were gone.

"Got 'em!" came Sophie's voice through the coms thirteen minutes later.

"Ladies and gentleman...we're done. Lets move out!" Nate called to the team, and off they went.

*****

That night, the team got together to collect their payoff, no where near as big as their first job, but still enough to make Parker giddy with excitement. "Moneeeeeeey!" she squealed as she took her check out of the envelope Nate had handed to her.

Sophie laughed, "Geez, if all it takes is a check to get you excited, I can so picture you rolling around in bed, naked, on a pile of the real stuff."

Parker jerked back to reality, "What? How'd you know I..." she stopped, realizing what she just admitted. "So, I like money, leave me alone Shoe Girl!"

Sophie tried to kick her under the table but Parker was ready and dodged it.

"OW! That was me, damn it!" Hardison exclaimed.

"Oh shut up, you deserved it anyway, after the way you left us hangin'...again," Sophie rounded on him.

"Yeah! Do you know what I had to do??" Parker half-yelled at him.

Nate and Eliot exchanged looks, Nate said he was going for some coffee, not wanting to see Hardison's expression once the truth came out, and he had to drag Eliot with him, who was way too interested for his own good.

"What?" Hardison asked, completely clueless.

"I had to kiss Sophie because you ditched us again!!" Parker almost screamed at him.

"You had to..." his eyes went to Sophie, "You made her..." eyes back on Parker, "Why'd you let her...?"

"BECAUSE," Parker yelled, "IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET IN!"

Hardison ducked as Parker tried to deck him.

"Whoa! Wait...wait...I was off checking on our next mark! We do this right, we could have DOUBLE what we got from our first job!"

Parker stopped mid-swing, eyes glazing over, "What?" she asked, swaying where she stood.

"Yeah," Hardison informed her, "But you'd rather play tonsil hockey with Sophie, wouldn't you?"

"EW!" Parker replied, before adding "So, how do we get this money?"

"Mark, Parker," Hardison corrected.

"Who's Mark?" Parker asked.

"PARKER! You asked 'how do we get this money?'...I think you meant 'How do we get this mark?', right?" Sophie asked.

"No, money is more important," Parker said, looking at her like that should be obvious.

Sophie stared at Parker, slightly offended, "And what do you mean...Ew? Thanks a lot. I didn't think I was THAT bad." She rounded on Hardison, "You be the judge?" she asked, just as Eliot came back in with Nate only two steps behind him, "Hardison, I need you to show me where our next mark is, scope the place out before we bring everyone, maybe plant a bug...or ten."

Hardison paused, "But...I was just about to..."

"This really can't wait," Nate said, getting him up and out the door.

*****

"Eliot!" Sophie shouted, startling both him and Parker.

"Huh? What'd I do??" he asked her.

"Nothing, you're just...perfect!" Sophie exclaimed.

Parker's eyes went back and forth from Sophie to a clueless Eliot.

"Uhh, for what?" he asked.

"To be the judge, of course," Sophie stated.

"Um, judge of..." Eliot tried to ask, but Sophie's lips were on his in an instant.

Parker wandered to the door, but just as she was about to exit, Sophie called her back in, breaking away from Eliot's embrace, and his annoyingly roaming hands.

"Parker, stay, you need to hear this!" Sophie told her. She turned back to Eliot, "So? Am I really that bad?"

Eliot had no words, all he could do was shake his head while staring into her eyes, but finally breaking her look, he turned to Parker, "What's so bad about kissing her??"

Parker turned back to the door with, "You wouldn't understand," and walked out.