Sharing:
Nate had noticed Parker taking Hardison under her wing when it came to small lift jobs. He also noticed Hardison teaching Parker some fundamental hacking skills. At first watching them fumble their way into a relationship made him feel as though their infatuation with each other would blow up their group dynamic. Nate knew that if Hardison hurt Parker, Elliott and Sophie would refuse to work with him. And if Parker hurt Hardison , Parker would hate herself so much that she'd leave and never come back. He never considered that their duo would merge, that they would take their best skills and share. It truly made him wonder about other underestimations he had been making in his life.
Polite Observations, Part 1
Hardison:
Though incredibly cute, Parker is a tough girl, a tomboy.
She has a delicate light touch she reserves for thieving and not much else. Not that I am in the least complaining! No, it's just a simple polite observation about the woman I love.
From the moment she decided she wanted a bite of my pretzel, she began pursuing me sexually. It started with random sleep-overs where we would play video games like, Call of Duty or Dragon Siege 2 and then fall asleep in each others arms. I would wake up to her hands stroking Lil Hardison like she was milking a cow. Again, not complaining about a beautiful woman stroking Lil Hardison. However, when said beautiful woman does so with a clinical distant look on her face, it's a blow to one's ego.
It was then I put a stop to the sleep-overs, and the random sexy time. I told her I wanted to take things slow. She took it as rejection and stopped talking to me. A week later she storms into my apartment (after picking the lock!) and tells me I need to show her the difference between sex and making love. Slightly, angry and more than delighted that she was finally speaking to me I walked over to her and gave her a hug.
"I'll show you, when I'm ready, and when I'm ready you'll know." I kissed her forehead and she hugged me with a sigh. The tension in her body melted against me.
"Don't leave me," she whispered and I tilted her chin up to look at me. Her eyes were filled with tears.
"As long as you promise not to leave me," I said and kissed her.