The Troy Job
When Nate is finally ready to move forward, Sophie goes missing and their lives turn upside down. Sophie/Nate and Leverage team. Please be aware: Rated M and sexual situations described. Only read if you are legally/age appropriate to this type of content. Thanks to Monkeywand for beta-ing. Of course, all remaining mistakes are strictly mine. Reviews are welcome.
Sadly, I don't own these characters or anything Leverage related. They are property of Electric Entertainment, Dean Devlin, John Rogers, Chris Downey, Gina Bellman, Timothy Hutton, Beth Riesgraf, Aldis Hodge, Christian Kane, and associates.
Chapter One
"It's done, man! That bastard is not going to recover. Interpol has all the evidence they need to put him in jail for life. And probably some of his associates are going to face a trial as well." Eliot rushed into the room in a very good mood.
"And he has no money left to bribe anybody or to run away," completed Hardison.
"Yeah! Another job well done!" Parker jumped on the sofa. "Where's Sophie? Did she go home already? Thought she was here with you."
"No. She is not here…" Nate started pacing, then suddenly stopped. "And she's not with you guys either…" He sat down next to Parker, with a pale face.
"Okay, man. What's wrong? Try her cell, Hardison," demanded a protective Eliot, immediately thinking as the retrieval specialist.
"She is not answering, man. Her comms aren't on either."
"Let's go to her place!" shouted Parker, picking up her tools.
The three young members of the team were heading to the door when they heard Nate's icy voice. "There's no point, guys."
"What? Why?" asked Parker, stunned.
"She fled… again…" Nate said almost inaudibly.
"What? I don't understand." Parker's eyes widened.
"She's been different lately. I should have seen something was wrong, I should have seen this coming… She's conned us again, she conned me and ran away. Only this time I won't be chasing her," Nate answered, his blue eyes getting darker while staring at an empty wall.
"It can't be, Nate. She may be in trouble. Perhaps we missed something, one of the marks from our past might have reached her in some way." Hardison had started the computers and was typing codes in frenzy.
Eliot came closer to where Nate was sitting. "Nate, what did you do, man? What did you say to her? 'Cause she wasn't going to go way like this unless you two had a big fight. And if you didn't, we are losing precious time here; we should be going after her." His retrieval specialist senses all in alert mode.
"Eliot's right. We should track her right now," Parker pointed out worriedly. Eliot kept looking at Nate with an angry face, waiting for an answer.
Nate stood up, got a double whiskey and drank it all at once. "You see, Eliot… Last night I asked her to marry me…" And a sadistic laugh came out his throat.