The House Rules

Summary: Sequel to "The Sky's Gonna Open." This may also be called by its longer alternate name: "How the Leverage Team Taught Lindsey to Be a Team Player, or Rather, Simply Annoyed Him into Cooperating." Family banter, humor.

The title is from Christian Kane's song of the same name. Rule #7? Okay, Chris, we'll take your word on it. *titters* *grabby hands* *gets arrested*

This is a sequel to my fic, "The Sky's Gonna Open," which features a de-aged Eliot. You should probably read that one (and if you like, the others in the "McDonald Boys" series before it, "Drunk Dialing, the McDonald Way," "Three Times Eliot Showed Up At Lindsey's Place," and "But It Makes Her Smile") first because this one takes place right after it. Fifth in the "McDonald Boys" verse.

I'm starting off the New Year with a new story. New Year's Resolution: Finish stories before posting the first chapter. I've already started doing this, but let's see if I can keep it up all year…(You may be happy about this, but realize that this method may result in long gaps between stories. Of course, that's not nearly as annoying as gaps between chapters. So it's all good?)


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Rule Number One: Nate knows what he's doing. Usually. Probably.

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"No," Lindsey moans, reaching for his earbud. "No, I can't listen to this anymore."

Eliot rolls his eyes and grabs his arm before he can take the torture device out. "For such a huge drama queen, your acting skills ain't that great either. 'Sides, it's on purpose. The mark's not supposed to like him."

"But- but that suit!" Lindsey exclaims disgustedly, "It's terrible. Who the hell even makes suits in canary and mustard yellow? Together? And the hair, and that accent. And he knows absolutely nothing about law or- or being a lawyer. It's perfectly obvious. I mean, even the mark can see it. Is that intentional?"

Eliot pats his brother on the wrist in an attempt at calming him down. "Unfortunately, yes. Now shut up and let Nate do his job."

Lindsey winces. "Adverse possession, not 'property,' you nincompoop!"

Eliot sighs. It's gonna be a long day.

"Y'know, he can hear you," he says, to no avail.

Through his com, he hears Nate's nasally tenor demolishing law terms, and next to him, Lindsey's gnashing his teeth and muttering corrections and obscenities.

Yeah. Long day.

He needs to hit something.

Hey, Linny…

"And that one's called assault, pipsqueak."

"Shut. Up!"

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AN: This chapter is a little shorter than the rest. I couldn't resist Lindsey making fun of Nate as a sleazy lawyer. I just couldn't.

To Touch of the Wind:

I got your reviews, but the site's acting screwy again and won't let me reply. So here goes: Thank you so much for following this verse and encouraging me to keep going. Your idea (Dru meets Lindsey)…Hmm…I actually want Dru to meet Parker because that would be really weird. Or Dru meeting Eliot. Hm…I'll put it in my ideas folder and give it some thought. Thanks!