Reasons

By Leann

This contains spoilers, or rather a spoiler, for Sunday's episodes. And even then it is only a spoiler for what and not the why. This is just some speculation on my part.

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Eliot stopped as his entrance met with a variety of reactions. Nate's eyebrows shot up under his hair, and there was an audible gasp from Sophie. Hardison, speechless, was truly a sight to behold and Eliot had to repress the urge to pull out his phone and capture the image. There was no visible reaction from Parker, but then you never knew how Parker was going to react to anything until she did.

Eliot knew it was going to be a subject of much debate and speculation if he didn't address the issue.

He ran his hand through his shorn locks.

"I fell asleep with gum in my mouth."

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"What's wrong with Eliot?" Parker could not concentrate with all the noise going on around her. More pots and pans could be heard slamming.

"The state health inspector stopped in this morning." Hardison could not stop the enormous grin that crossed his face as Eliot stomped through the prep area once again.

"I am not wearing a hair net!"

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"What's her name?" Sophie immediately went into inquisition mode.

"What are you talking about?" Eliot practically snarled at Sophie.

"Playing dumb won't work. The only time a man makes that drastic a change there has to be a woman involved. Or are you going to try to convince me that there is another reason you cut your hair?"

"Well, someone may have mentioned they would like to see what it looked like shorter."

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"What?!"

"It's showing up all over the internet." Hardison proceeded to pull up windows on the computer screen. Several different languages littered the pages with the rough drawing.

"The Hitter with the Hair. It really says that?" It was the closest Hardison had ever heard Eliot sound to incredulous.

"Yea, man. That's what they're saying. "

Eliot shook his head. "That's not good man."

"Why not? I thought you wanted to stand out in the 'beat everyone to a pulp, ' category."

"I want to stand out for the pile of unconscious bodies, not how I look. Having too distinctive a look can be deadly. I may have to do something about this. Dammit!"

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Ssnniipp.

"Parker!"