A/N This is different ending for the episode The Long Way Down. Written for leverage_bingo and levergeland. The prompt is: The Long Way Down

I don't want to forget.

"Nate? Nate?" she shouted in her coms waiting desperately for an answer. A few seconds before she could hear him panting, but now there was only silence.

"Somebody say something" but there was only silence.

"Hardison, I'm going up there to look for him!" Sophie made the decision and was starting to go out the camp tent.

"What?" Hardison exclaimed. "Is everyone crazy today? Sophie, you can't go up there. You're not equip for it. Also, you can't leave the con"

"I don't care about the con, if something happened…"

"Sophie" she heard someone whisper.

"Karen?"

"Don't worry, I'm with him. I've managed to drag him into high camp"

"Is he okay?" she asked worried.

"Nothing that some oxygen and rest can't fix. He is crazy for following me up here."

"That's Nate" she answered, but Karen could hear the affection in her voice.

"You really must care about him"

"I…"

"Oh, oh" Sophie looked at Nate and then at her naked body under the covers.

"Eliot, was here. We must get ready" Nate got out of bed and started to get dressed. His eyes went on her when he noticed she hadn't moved. He soon understood why. "Hmmm… sorry" he quickly turned around to give her some privacy.

Sophie got dressed fast and went to the bathroom to try to be more presentable and don't look like she had a night of passion. "Are we going to talk about it?" she asked Nate when she returned in the room.

"I…"

There was another knock. "Nate, hurry up!" Eliot shouted. "We can't find Sophie too."

"I'm going down with him and distract them. You come and join us in five minutes." He mouthed to Sophie.

He picked up his bag and went out the door.

That was the last time she had been alone with him. Fifteen minutes late in the hotel lobby, he told them that they should all go their separate ways for two weeks.

"I need to continue the con" she finished. "Hardison, give me some intel"

At the end everything work out for the best. Drexel was arrested for murder and they had managed to bring Alan Scott's last message to his wife.

After they had finished dinner, Hardison did one more complete sweep of Nate's apartment looking for more possible bugs.

"You should check the bar too" ordered Nate.

"I'm on it!" Hardison went out the door soon followed by Parker

Eliot had just finished cleaning the kitchen. "I'm off guys. It's been a long day"

"We can all take the week-end off." said Nate while pouring himself one more glass of wine. "Could you tell Hardison and Parker that they can go home after they have finished? "

"Sure, boss" he waved. "See you on Monday"

Nate took a sip of glass and noticed that his grifter was still there. In that moment she was the last person he wanted to be left alone with.

"Aren't you going home?" he tried to tell her without sounding rude.

With a smile, Sophie walked towards him swaying her hips. She took the bottle of wine from his hand and poured the last glass.

"Are you afraid to be alone with me?" she asked with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Of course not" he puffed, but he took a small step back from her.

"I really think we should talk" she took two steps closer to him knowing that the more she got closer, the more we was going to lose focus.

"I thought we already did." He gulped.

"Clearly we didn't resolve anything since you're still uncomfortable with me being around."

"I'm not uncomfortable"

"Really?" she ran her hand down his chest and he jumped back like fire had just touched him.

"Okay, maybe a bit" he sighed. "I'm not used to this" he waved his hands between them.

"What? Casual sex?" she raised her eyebrow teasingly.

He coughed. "Yeah, I mean…"

"What if I told you I lied before?"

"What?"

"I don't want to forget about it, go on like it has never happened."

"Sophie…"

"Listen, how long have we been avoiding this thing between us? Isn't it time to give it try?"

"What if it doesn't work out?" he looked down unsure. "What will happen to the team?"

She grbbed the labels of his jacket and pull him to her for a passionate kiss. Nate soon responded and they ended it up with her against the kitchen counter with Nate's arms around her.

"Do you still think it's not going to work out?" she breathed heavily against him after they broke the kiss.

"I think you've made your point" he smirked while picking her up and carrying her upstairs.