Summary: Written for comment fic at LJ. Prompt: Leverage, Parker/Eliot, 5 times Parker lied to Eliot and the one time she didn't.

I wrote this a really long time ago and just now got around to re-posting it here.


Five Time Parker Lied to Eliot...

Lie #1:

"Did you take my wallet?"

"No."

Lie #2:

"Where's my paring knife?"

"I don't know. Maybe the Knife Fairy took it."

Lie #3:

"Parker, did you steal the Blue Carbuncle from the Doyle Museum last week?"

"Ummm, no. I don't know anything about that. What's the Blue Carbuncle?"

Lie #4:

"Nate wore your boots last night and lost one in an air vent, I mean, in a sewer on the way home, I mean, to his place. Because he was drunk. Really, really drunk. He says he's sorry. And he doesn't remember it."

"Dammit, Parker!"

Lie # 5:

"I don't care! I don't care! I think you're mean. You're meaner than the Grinch!"

"Parker, take the medicine and you'll feel better. I promise."

"NO! It tastes nasty. I hate you. I don't need you."

...And One Time She Didn't

Not-A-Lie #1:

"You always have my back, and make sure no one hurts me, and you're always there to catch me when I fall, and I…I need you. I need you, so please, please, wake up. Eliot, please. Because I, I- "

Eyes twitch under bruised lids. A groan.

"Why's Bunny on m'face?"