A/N: This is my first leverage fic, it's funny because I started out as a huge Nate/Sophie fan but after reading some Eliot/Sophie fics I now love the idea of them together.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Leverage.
As he stared out of the window, Eliot could not help but think of how he had never imagined when he joined the team all those years ago that he would end up here. When he thinks back on all of the times he should have realized that he had feelings for Sophie, it makes him laugh at how blind he was. All of the times he that he had to watch her upset over something Nate had done and how angry it made him every time he would look at her face and see that she had been crying over Nate. At the time he had attributed it to the fact that he was protective of the team and didn't like to see one of them upset, but now looking back he realized that all of that time his heart had been trying to tell him that he was falling for Sophie. Its funny, he thinks, how he can still remember every detail from the exact moment when he had realized he was in fact in love with Sophie Devereaux. It had been a little over two years ago and they were all on a job. The mark was a horrible man, someone who needed to be taken down but they had to be extra careful because if he were to catch them he was sure to try and kill them. Eliot had been playing the role of security guard for the office building where the mark worked, Hardison was out in the Lucille watching the cameras, Parker was attempting a break in on the marks save, and Nate and Sophie were playing the role of two international business consultants. Everything had seemed to be going smoothly, until all of a sudden Parker had somehow tripped the alarm of the marks safe. Sophie and Nate were in the lobby with the mark when the alarm went off and they all three turned just in time to see Parker being chased out into the lobby by a couple of guards. Things had seemed to go in slow motion for Eliot after that, he could still remember the panicked look on Nate and Sophie's faces when they realized what was about to happen.
"Who the hell are you?" the mark yelled at Parker "how dare you try to break into my safe"
All of a sudden the mark was pointing a gun at Parker "Parker!" Sophie had yelled as she ran and pushed Parker out of the way, taking a bullet right through her left shoulder.
Eliot saw nothing but red as a fury he had never known before washed over him. He ran over and tackled the mark and beat him senseless. He would have killed him but five security guards had come and pulled him off, telling him not to worry the police were on the way. He then ran over to where Nate and Parker were kneeling on the floor next to Sophie. Nate was applying pressure to the wound and Parker was shouting at Hardison to bring the car around to the building so they could get Sophie to the hospital. After what felt like hours but in reality was really only a few minutes Eliot heard Hardison come over the coms saying that he was out front. Eliot reached down and scooped Sophie into his arms, and it was in that moment looking into her face and realizing that she had risked her live to protect one of the team, just as he had done many times, that Eliot realized he was in love with Sophie.
Eliot was jerked back into reality when the door behind him opened and Nate and Hardison walked in the room. They were both dressed in all black, just as Eliot was and giving him an encouraging smile.
"Hey buddy" Hardison said "are you ready?"
"Yeah come on Eliot" Nate said "let's go get you married"
"Yes I'm ready" Eliot said, and with one more look out of the window and the thought of the life he and Sophie were about to start, Eliot had never been more sure of anything.
