little highway girl

Twenty-two months ago, when Parker was just a regular girl, things were a lot more simple. She was still a girl now, of course (though there were tabloids out there that were convinced otherwise), but now she was also the number one selling, chart topping, most talked about pop star of the decade. That complicated things considerably.

( It started with a stranger in a bar. She met a man who said he could make her a star and she'd signed all the paperwork he put in front of her right then. )

Part Two

Things were better after that. Parker was pretty sure it was better, anyway. She was spending time with Eliot and it wasn't weird. It was like old times. Almost constant laughter and hijinks and easy, comfortable companionship.

It helped that Spain was the most beautiful place Parker had ever seen. She was absolutely going to come back when she had more time to spend, but as it was, she had to settle for filling disposable cameras with photo after photo. Nate kept trying to buy her a digital camera, but she liked it impermanence behind a disposable. She wanted to take the colours and feelings of the city and keep them inside her forever, memories remaining long after the place and the camera were gone.

( After the afternoon concert in Barcelona, she tricked Nate into distracting the front desk staff at the hotel while she and Eliot snuck through the fire escape onto the roof to watch the sunset. )

Part Four

It started with a late night, a two litre bottle of orange soda, and a garage full of scrap metal.

Alec Hardison built a prototype of what he called 'Mister Leverage'; a fighting robot with a lever for flipping and a large spike on a downward swinging arm for stabbing. He hid the robot under the work bench and draped a tarp over the whole thing in case his girlfriend came into the garage and wanted to know what was going on. He would find a more secure place to keep it in the next few days.

( 'You didn't come to bed last night,' Parker said carefully at breakfast the next morning. )

The Elephant In The Room (Is Me Loving You)

By sunspot, aka: unavoidedcrisis.
With artwork by cybel and weaslett.
Beta'd by cantarina, waterofthemoon, and SE.

Fandom: Leverage
Pairing: Eliot/Parker/Hardison, Parker/Hardison
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 16,000
Warnings: strong language
Author's Notes: Thanks to my amazing betas and to my artists for being so patient and talented. Also thanks to chosenfire28 and ordinaryink for being ridiculous awesome and making me things to go along with this.

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The Greater Cityopolis City Zoo is getting an elephant for the first time in their history, and with is comes the new elephant keeper. And as Parker points out, "they're elephants, so it's clearly a huge deal."

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| | THE STORY | |
| | ART BY CYBEL | ART BY WEASELETT | |
| | EXTRAS | |

Title: Each Happy Ending Is A Brand New Beginning
Fandom: Leverage
Pairing: Nate/Sophie, Hardison/Parker
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1500
Summary: What happens after, when the team wants to make normal lives for themselves.
Author's Notes: Thanks waterofthemoon for the excellent beta job, as per usual. <3

Alternately, read on AO3.

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Parker and Hardison buy a house in the suburbs, a big, old one that needs a ton of renovations to make it habitable.

( They love that stupid house so much that it inspires the rest of the crew. )

Title: You Go To My Head
Fandom: Leverage
Pairing: Hardison/Parker
Rating: 13+
Word Count: ~290
Summary: Parker likes kissing Hardison.
Author's Notes: Written for Porn Battle X. Prompt 'carbonation' and 'french kiss'.


( She laughs and kisses him again, arms draped around his neck. )