Italic is Parker talking to herself, this episode happens about three months after her talk with Nathan.
Eleanor trusted, despite what happened to her she still trusted all of them. Parker saw that, she saw it when the girl sat on Hardison's lap challenging him for a tickle war; when she entered a room still half naked and asked Nathan if he could help her with the buttons of her shirt even though Eliot and Hardison where there too.
One day she made a huge mess on the kitchen ruining whatever Eliot had been cooking for the past four hours, he grabbed her and spanked her in the touchy which horrified Parker. Eleanor cried, however, when Sophie showed up at the door asking them what the big fuss was about she never mentioned Uncle Eliot had hit her, instead she admitted she was responsible for the food splattered on the floor. Sophie ordered her to get a mop to clean the floor and left without even asking the girl why was she crying. It seemed Sophie trusted Eliot with her daughter almost blindly.
Parker felt bad for the girl and asked her later that day if Eliot had hurt her, the girl rose an eyebrow at her in confusion "Uncle Eliot never hurts me!", "But she hit you and you were crying!" "I was ashamed because I did wrong and his spanking didn't hurt, it never does" she said with a confident smile, she was leaving the room when she turned around to face her puzzled aunt "He will never hurt us, Aunt Parker".
She caught Eliot hugging Eleanor later that night, the girl was smiling at him. "So you're not mad at me anymore?" he chuckled. "No hun, you just need to learn what no means" and he leaned to kiss her on the head, the girl closed her eyes and pressed against him, she liked Uncle Eliot, he had a cosy lap and always smelled great.
Eleanor trusted all of them to touch her and even punish her without a problem; Parker was starting to think she should be more like the little girl and tonight looking at herself in the mirror she knew she would have to start right now.
She looks at the open bloody wound in her sternum and she knows it's going to need stitches. Stupid, stupid, stupid! It was a very easy job, it only lasted three days and on the last minute she miscalculated her fall and ended up hitting the building on her way down, happily she managed to hide she was hurt until she got home. She was hoping she could take care of that alone, but the cut seems deep and she's scared it might infect if it's not properly taken care of.
Eliot is the only one that's still at the Headquarters, all the others went home and that's what scares her the most. She will be completely exposed to him on an empty space… She doesn't like that idea. She trusts Eliot to know he will never hurt her; this situation is completely different.
She used to undress in front of them until Sophie told her that made them uncomfortable but that was exactly why she made it, it was easier if they were uncomfortable instead of her, tonight is different. She will have to show her breasts to a man that is attracted to her. She knows it, she ignores it because it's easier but she aware of it though… What if he takes that as hint to make a move on her? No, no, no! This is Eliot you're talking about, he's not like that! Eleanor trusts him with her life and Sophie does to and the woman reads people for a living… Trust him!
She pulls her shirt down again to cover herself and walks out the bathroom to call Eliot. Trust him!
I will post the new chapter soon, how do you think Parker will deal with being exposed to Eliot, will she freak out? Will her fears come true or something completely different from what she first though happen?