I don't own Leverage - I'm just hanging out in their universe for a while

A/N: I'm kind of curious how Parker and Hardison end up traveling together between S4&5. Just a little idea I had. Not sure how long this will be yet.

Eliot and I go back to the apartment while the others finish up our current job. We had finished up our roles and Eliot determined there was no serious risk to the others so he wanted to get dinner started. At first, I sit in the living room looking for something on the TV, but I can't stop thinking about stuff. I've been doing a lot of thinking lately or at least a lot of non-theft thinking.

I quickly give up on watching TV and head into the kitchen to watch Eliot cook. I love watching him cook, creating something tasty out of a bunch of different ingredients. It's fun. I hop up on a bar stool and just watch him chop up vegetables. Eventually, Eliot glances up at me and then continues his chopping. After another minute or so, he puts down the knife, wipes off his hand and really looks at me the way he does sometimes.

"What's the matter, Parker?" he asks.

"Nothing," I say, "I'm just watching you cook. I like watching your cook."

"C'mon Parker, I can tell when somethings bothering you. Just spit it out already. I'm trying to cook and the others will be here soon so if you have something you want to say without them around you need to get to it already" Eliot says gruffly.

"I just...I wasn't planning to…" I stop and start again. "I need you to do something for me Eliot. I know you don't like this kind of thing, but you know how it is for me and I need someone to help. I don't know what to do."

"Parker, you have to actually tell me what it is before I know if I can help you or not." says a slightly annoyed Eliot. "I"m not Hardsion. I can't always figure out what you are talking about."

"This thing with Hardison and I, I need you to talk to Hardison for me" I start to say.

"Parker, seriously, I'm not getting involved in your relationship problems"

"Just listen to me, please Eliot."

"Yeah, ok. Go ahead Parker" Eliot says frowning slightly. He picks up his knife and resumes his chopping.

"I don't know what we're doing. Hardison is waiting on me to do something, but I don't know what it is. I've never done this before. No one seems to get that. I don't know how to do this, whatever this is. I barely remember my parents. I didn't go to high school. I never dated anyone before. I don't know what it is that I'm supposed to be doing and I don't even know for sure it's something I want to be doing because I don't know what it is." I know that I'm rambling on without getting to the point and that Eliot isn't the most patient guy when it comes to this type of thing, but when I went to the kitchen, I wasn't planning on having this conversation. It's just kind of coming out, the things that I've been thinking about. "You're his friend. You need to tell him to stop waiting around. He needs to do something. Man up or whatever you call it. Nothing will ever happen if he keeps waiting on me. He can't just give me the option to keep running away. I uh, I don't….I don't want him to get tired of waiting on me. If he wants to have something closer to normal with me he's going to have to do something" I finish staring at the countertop.

"When I can," Eliot says turning to the stove "I will say something to Hardison, but it's the last time I'm getting involved in your relationship problems. You're supposed to talk to Sophie or Peggy about these things." Eliot sighs. "I get it though Parker. I will let Hardison know he can stop being so patient."

"Oh and Eliot, even I know that you don't take a girl to see robots fight. He needs to do a little better." I hop off the stool and go back to the TV, hearing Eliot chuckle in the background.