A/N: Okay, I just joined the twitter community to, basically, follow my favorite stars right now – Beth, Christian, Aldis, and Tim…Reading through Beth's tweets, I found this:
"Ooooh! guess who I got on twitterrrrr? *hint* name rhymes with wayne, he lets me braid his mane....."
I suddenly had the urge to write a fic purely inspired by this rhyme! Enjoy y'all…
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Leverage and its cast…Got the title from Beth's rhyme, so do not own that either…Tee~hee…
Parker is bored.
They didn't have a job for two weeks now and there isn't any museum to rob. No shipments of diamonds to intercept. No banks (worthy of her attention) to rob. She isn't up for a little trip outside the country either, as Sophie is doing now. Apparently, the grifter is in Paris for the culminating of the Fashion Week. Parker can't understand that though. What is so great about sitting for hours watching women walking to and fro the catwalk?
She tried her luck with Hardison. Maybe he would want to do something with her. She'll even endure long hours of watching his favorite sci-fi movies if he wants to. But, as luck would have it, Hardison is in Los Angeles for some kind of convention. Parker doesn't want to be in those kinds of things either – being with so many people, squishing with each other, talking nonsensical things. What is there to discuss about things that don't exist anyway?
She would have gone to Nate, if Sophie had not taken him to Paris.
So that leaves Eliot, which is why she is now in his doorsteps, trying to figure out if she would pick the lock, go in through the windows, or ring the doorbell (like Sophie would always tell her whenever she visits her, something about respecting other people's privacy and home). She decided that she would do the latter considering this is Eliot. The guy has the shortest temper. Plus, if she does something "respectful", he might agree to do something with her.
So Parker rang the doorbell – once, twice, thrice, twelve times? She lost count.
She grinned, though, when Eliot finally opened the door with his typical Eliot face – his grouchy face.
"Did I interrupt you?" She asked innocently.
"Geez Parker, what gave you that idea? Is it the fact that I took a damn long time answering the door, or my state of undress?" Eliot said, almost shouting.
Parker, just noticing his state of undress, smiled unabashedly. She finally took in Eliot's wet hair, water droplets dripping in his chest down, down, to his towel-clad waist.
"Ooops. Would you have preferred that I pick the lock or went in the window so I had not disturbed you?"
Eliot looked at her, not believing what she had just suggested. But then again, this is Parker he's dealing with – the girl who doesn't have a clue on what it is to be normal. He just shook his head and threw his well-used line when dealing with Parker,
"There's something wrong with you."
Parker just grinned at him. They stood in his doorway for a few more seconds, Eliot forgetting his state because he is more curious to know Parker's motive for visiting him. As far he knows, there is no job, since most of the members of the team are out of the state. He was brought out of his musings though, when he noticed Parker's eyes. There was that gleam whenever she's thinking or doing something crazy. Finally realizing what – or rather who – Parker's eyes are trained to, he suddenly felt a tingle in his spine.
Clearing his throat and staying as composed as a half-naked man in front of a crazy thief could be, he asked,
"Is there any reason why you came here Parker?"
Peeling her eyes away from the drop of water she's following, she answered quite jovially,
"Oh yes. I'm actually here to see if maybe you, uh, want to hang-out…with…me…?"
Eliot noticed that her voice sounded unsure during the end. There was a prick in his heart when he heard her shy voice coupled with the way she suddenly ducked her head and the way she nervously played with the hem of her shirt. He couldn't help but let the thief in. He stepped aside and, grinning, invited her in,
"I don't know about you darling, but I want to finish my bath sometime this day. So either you come in or go home so that I can finally close this door."
Parker looked up at him; quite unbelieving that Eliot – their grouchy, lone wolf Eliot – would actually let her hang out with him. She rewarded him with a big smile as she went inside the room, literally bouncing in her feet.
Eliot just shook his head and followed her inside. He couldn't help the smile that's threatening to break into his face as he watched her bounce her way to the living room. As he closed the door, he thought that maybe hanging out with Parker wouldn't be bad after all.
(4 September '09, 4:00 am)
Wow! I was supposed to write a one-shot fic about Eliot letting Parker braid his hair…But it turned out like this…Don't know yet how long this will be…But definitely (hopefully), there will be more…Hahaha….
It has been a long time since I last wrote a fanfic…Used to write under some anime fandoms but pulled them out years ago…Why? I forgot the reason why I pulled them out…Oh yeah, something about growing up and stopping myself from" wasting" my time reading fanfics…But then, I realized my passion in writing started because of the joy and inspiration I got from reading other people's work…So why deny myself of that hobby? Just so long that I would not let it out of control. (I used to spend hours, like a whole day, JUST reading fics. Not very productive, especially if I have to do some chores, projects, assignments, etc.)
We'll see how this fic will turn out, okay? I am not promising a quick update, especially since I have a thesis proposal to pass, which is due next week. (I am still half-way through.) I will treat this one as my "brain-jumper."
Anyway, not considering the title, I believe that this can stand alone on its own. Don't you think? So I'll post this one up as complete…Just so I will not be pressured into finishing this one. My track record of multi-chapter fics/stories has not been promising, you see….
Thank you for reading this one. Finally, I got to write something decent with my favorite Leverage couple! =)
