A/N: This is my first posted Leverage fic. I actually have another one that I'm in the middle of writing, but then I was randomly inspired by a bag of Easter m&m's that I begged my mom to buy from Sam's. So in case if that didn't clue you in, this is completely random...

m&m's

"Stop that!" Parker froze mid-reach and turned her head to see Eliot glaring at her.

"Why do I have to stop?"

Eliot ran his hands through his hair and said, "Because, Parker, we're in a Sam's Club, trying to get food so the entire team doesn't starve to death, and not get into trouble for a change. You taking down one of every freaking thing you see is not working for us." Parker looked at him, not comprehending. Eliot looked like he wanted to pull his hair out. Leaving Parker behind, he started to walk away, while leaning on the shopping cart. "I'm never taking Parker to a grocery store again."

"Why not?" Asked a voice right next to his ear.

Eliot spun around and growled at Parker, "Do you have any idea how lucky you are I didn't just knock you out?"

"Did I scare you?" The blonde girl asked gleefully, not catching on that scaring Eliot probably wasn't the best idea in the world. Eliot glared at her and kept walking, and, unluckily for him, she remembered her original question. "Oh, yeah! You never answered my first question. Why aren't you going to take me shopping ever again?"

He shook his head. "Because you're like a two year old!"

"Is that a bad thing?"

Eliot snapped and rounded on her. "YES, Parker. That's a bad thing. You don't know how to stay out of trouble or keep your hands off of things or when to shut up or when you're annoying the shit out of someone! You don't know how to act like a normal person. There. Is. Something. Wrong. With. You." After finishing his rant, he turned and leaned back on the cart and walked away, once again leaving Parker behind.

About a minute after walking off, he turned to look at his shopping companion who had been oddly quiet. However, when he looked he didn't see her anywhere. Shit. Eliot spun around, panic gripping him. Forget Nate and Hardison, Sophie would murder him if something happened to Parker. The grifter had become very close friends with the thief, and he was supposed to be in charge of her. Shit. I lost Parker. Sophie is going to kill me. He turned around completely, hoping he just seemed to be looking for some aisle he had missed, when he saw her. Parker was still standing in the exact same spot that Eliot had left her in, staring straight ahead, eyes unfocused. He started walking towards her. What the hell is she doing? Eliot glanced around and saw that, other than him, no one was really paying attention to the weird blonde girl standing frozen with tears in her eyes. He nearly stopped in his tracks. She was crying. Parker never cried.

"Parker?" He whispered as he reached her, gripping her arm lightly. "Parker, what's wrong?"

She looked up at him and asked in a small voice, "Am I really that terrible?"

Eliot stared at her, completely shocked. "Wh- what?"

"You said I was like a two year old and that it was a bad thing and then you said all these really bad things about me and I want to know if you meant it." She blinked back more tears.

Eliot let go of Parker's arm as if burned.

He had made her cry.

Eliot swallowed hard. Sophie is going to murder me. "Parker, I… You really are like that." He opened his mouth to continue, but she turned sharply and started to walk away. "Par-"

"You already got everything you need right?" She didn't give him time to answer. "Good. Let's go pay for the food then." He practically had to jog to keep up with her fast-clipped pace. So much for inconspicuous.

He managed to grab hold of her arm again, right before reaching the last two aisles. "Parker, stop. Look at me." She stubbornly turned her face away from him and put her chin in the air. He sighed at her, not letting go of her arm. "Yes, Parker, I meant what I said." He heard her sharp intake of breath. "But it's not a bad thing. Not for you, at least."

She turned to look at him. "What do you mean?"

Eliot smiled at her. "For you, that's normal. For other people… not so much."

Parker hung her head. "So I'm a freak." She said bluntly.

He stared at her and shook his head. "If you're a freak, then so are the rest of us."

She gave him a small smile for his effort at cheering her up. "Let's go pay for all of this. I'm hungry and I thought this food was supposed to make sure the team didn't starve."

Eliot chuckled at her. "Parker, you are normal." She sent him a quizzical look. "You admit you're a freak; that's normal. Saying you're normal is what makes you a freak."

She stared at him a second before bursting out laughing and saying, "You realize that makes absolutely no sense, right?" He nodded smiling.

Finally, they began moving towards the checkout lanes, and Parker was just a little bit behind Eliot when he saw her hand automatically shoot out to grab something before she stopped herself hanging her head in disappointment. Eliot sighed and turned around. "Show me what you found."

Parker's entire face lit up as she ran over to the end of the last aisle and came running back to Eliot, bag in hand. "Look at this! It's so cute, isn't it? They're Easter colored m&m's! They have light pink, light blue, light purple, light yellow, and light green! Isn't that awesome?! Oh, my God! Look! Some of the m&m's have little bunny, chick, or sheep faces made around the m's! Can we get it? Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease?" She looked up at Eliot with great hope in her eyes.

"You realize that bag has 56oz of chocolate in it, right?" She nodded still holding up the pastel colored bag, not seeing what his point was. "You don't need that much chocolate, Parker. You're already crazy enough."

She looked heartbroken. "But it has sheepies…"

Eliot shifted his weight guiltily. He had made her cry earlier. The least he could do was buy her the m&m's, right? After all, how bad could Parker on a sugar high be? Eliot shuddered at the thought, but nodded anyways. "Put it in the cart."

Parker's face lit up again. "Oh, my God! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"

Eliot laughed and decided he had made the right choice. At least now Sophie wouldn't kill him.

…

Nate might though…

A/N I hope you liked it! I'm posting it as finished, but I am going to add a random little epilogue type thing eventually. I'm a terrible updater though so I don't know when I'll get around to it.

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