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Wednesday | Forgive and Forget

Now that we’ve had our share of pet peeves it’s time to Forgive and Forget

Is your character holding a grudge? Now the time to have them let it go. Give forgiveness or let them receive it. Or give them Amnesia whatever floats your boat.

But remember:

No more than 5 prompts in a row, and no more than 3 prompts per fandom. If one of your prompts is answered, you can prompt again.

No spoilers in your prompts for at least one week after publication/air date. If there are spoilers in your story, you must warn in bold and leave at least 3 spaces.

And use the correct formatting. Examples:

Being Human, Goerge/Mitchell, After a full moon George feels guilty and Mitchell helps him forgive himself

Marvel, Deadpool/author's choice, It's all in the past....right?

Being Human/Torchwood, Jack/Mitchell, “Did you forget me so soon?”

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And Eliot welcomed the change. But when he tried to mention casually that he admired the woman she had become, Parker had misinterpreted.

She had lunged at him and kissed him, lips warm and wet, her hands grasping at his hair and face.

Though, if Eliot were really honest with himself, it wasn't a misinterpretation at all. But he wasn't about to take advantage of her feelings of abandonment and betrayal and loneliness. And he told her so. He told her that though he thought she was beautiful and fun and full of surprises and a great thief and a truly good, decent human being, he didn't think of her that way.

And she responded, "Eliot. You know Sophie taught me how to spot a lie, right?"

Eliot grimaced then but found the strength to walk away.

But the next job they did, Parker picked a risky one. And Eliot didn't want to start a fight by saying no. And it all worked out fine in the end, and the clients got to keep their home, but not before Eliot and Parker had to run from a half dozen security guys who, based on their very distinctive style of running, were all former special ops.

And when they were finally in the clear, bodies pressed tightly together in the narrow passageway they were hiding in, hearts pounding and lungs gasping as their torsos bumped into each other's, sweat dripping and adrenaline coursing and fear and relief and excitement pushing its way through their bodies, she looked up at him. And, against his will, his body utterly betraying him, Eliot licked his lips.

And that was all the permission Parker needed. She came at his mouth, harder than she needed to, and her hands gripped his hips, stronger than he thought they would be. She pressed him even harder against the wall at his back, and he let her, savoring the hotness and need as her tongue pressed between his lips. And his brain, the thing that knew that this was such a very bad idea, almost got a word in edgewise. But she stopped, and said to him in an out-of-breath rasp, "If you say no to me, Eliot, I'll leave. I swear it, I'll leave."

Eliot didn't say no to Parker after that. Not to anything.

Not when they got home and she pushed Eliot on to his bed. Not when she did the same thing in the morning but on the hard kitchen table.

The closest he came to saying no was when he came home to find her talking to Sophie on the phone. And when she hung up, she got her serious face on, the one she never used to have. And she said, "Eliot, when I came here, it wasn't originally because I thought we would get together."

"Safe to say it was a surprise both ways, Parker."

"I came here because I needed to regroup. To plan."

"Plan what?"

"How we're getting the team back together."

"Parker -"

"Listen. I know you're mad at Nate. We all feel... betrayed. But he gave us a chance when most people wouldn't. Especially me. And it's not just Nate that's apart, it's the whole team that needs to find each other. And I think that's what we should do."

"I'm sorry Parker, but I just don't think that's the reality of the situation."

"Reality can go bite itself in the ass!"

"While that is an excellent point, are you sure you want us to go through this again? It's probably going to just be the same crap, another cycle. All that hurt you felt, that long process of our team - our family - falling apart? You want that again?"

"Yes. If that's what it takes. Sophie has agreed to give it another chance if you will. And Hardison I think we can get back if the rest of us were there. So all we need is to re-recruit Nate. We owe him that much. And even if we didn't owe him, I'd want him anyway."

Eliot sighed, troubled. But some part of him couldn't help feel a swell of pride, of admiration. And he asked, "How can you just forgive and forget, Parker? You got the worst of it at the end."

She smiled. "I don't take many things personally. It's not like Nate cheated us out of our money or anything."

He smiled at her. "Fair enough, Parker. But if this doesn't work out the way you want it..."

"Then we'll be sad. But we'll still have each other. So are you coming to Boston or not?"

Eliot smiled. And he answered, "You know how bad I am at saying no."

I love your futurefic in this fandom. It's always a little dark, a lot of awesome. I had to distract myself when I kept pushing refresh waiting for the next bit and yay! it was worth it. Great fic!

Thanks so much :)

Yeah, don't know why I'm always with the dark.... I must have problems ;)

this was lovely and fun and then lovely some more.

Thanks!

Oh, that was wonderful. No all softness and light, but I appreciate the good, real emotions - and there were positive ones between Eliot and Parker. I've never really wondered if they could work as part of a long-term relationship, but given what you wrote, maybe they've got a real chance at it.

Thank you so much for anwering my prompt!

Thanks - so happy you liked it.

Yeah, I agree, it's hard to think of them long term sometimes, but hey - anything's possible. My personal fanon is that anyone on the team could be with anyone else if they just changed a little. (tin hat is on) :)

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