geniuswithasmartphone: (Disgruntled)
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So, everything was terrible again. Hardison was pretty sure that Tony and his TA were evil, Eliot had brought home a version of Kathy that needed babysitting a lot more than she needed to be out heroing, there were slugs pretty much everywhere, and last night Eliot had insisted they all sleep down in the panic room in the basement. Which was actually more like a 'panic suite' because Eliot had built it and he was kind of extra about things, but even so, it was a little more claustrophobic than Hardison was comfortable with. He'd found himself calculating how much air was available in their hidey hole, which wasn't something he'd done since they'd moved from Portland.

That itchy restlessness hadn't left him, even when they'd all come back upstairs for brunch. He needed to get out for a little while. Do something. Spend some time in the open air while feeling useful. So once the meal was over, Hardison grabbed for his jacket and his laptop bag. A walk across the island to the school for some quality research time would hopefully settle him.

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Date: 2017-12-17 01:27 am (UTC)
whoisalicewhite: (contented)
From: [personal profile] whoisalicewhite
Parker squeezed his free hand, and said, half-kidding, "Would it help if I didn't let go of you? Or sat on you?"

Date: 2017-12-17 01:30 am (UTC)
vdistinctive: (tight-lipped-face)
From: [personal profile] vdistinctive
"I don't know," Eliot said, and took a deep breath. "Maybe."

Date: 2017-12-17 01:32 am (UTC)
whoisalicewhite: (with Eliot)
From: [personal profile] whoisalicewhite
Parker tugged him over to the nearest chair, nudged him to sit down, then settled into his lap, one arm around his shoulder. "This isn't any hardship. Cool."

Date: 2017-12-17 01:37 am (UTC)
vdistinctive: (Parker kinda-snuggly-face)
From: [personal profile] vdistinctive
Eliot wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin against her shoulder and tried to breathe.

"Sorry."

Date: 2017-12-17 01:41 am (UTC)
whoisalicewhite: (leaning on Eliot)
From: [personal profile] whoisalicewhite
"Don't be." Parker gave him a kiss, and squeezed his fingers. "It's freaky and creepy and it hurts. You hate this stuff. And ... I just want to make it better." Somehow.

Date: 2017-12-17 01:42 am (UTC)
vdistinctive: (sleepy-face)
From: [personal profile] vdistinctive
"I should be better at this," Eliot said. "I used to be better at this."

He used to have his whole emotional center on lock-down. There really wasn't much of a comparison.

Date: 2017-12-17 01:46 am (UTC)
whoisalicewhite: (kissing Eliot)
From: [personal profile] whoisalicewhite
"When did it change?" Parker wondered. Because it kind of had, Eliot's ability to stay cool, but it had been gradual enough that she wasn't sure when that happened. She asked, a little more quietly, "Are we making it worse somehow?"

Date: 2017-12-17 01:54 am (UTC)
vdistinctive: (Parker kinda-snuggly-face)
From: [personal profile] vdistinctive
"No." Eliot said, hanging on a little harder. "Maybe. A little. But that's a good thing. Most of the time."

Date: 2017-12-17 02:03 am (UTC)
whoisalicewhite: (with Eliot)
From: [personal profile] whoisalicewhite
You were getting the most dubious of dubious looks there, Eliot.

Date: 2017-12-17 02:07 am (UTC)
vdistinctive: (pensive-face)
From: [personal profile] vdistinctive
"Openin' yourself up to people is worth the hurt," Eliot explained. "This is just -- this is a lot of hurt."

Date: 2017-12-17 02:10 am (UTC)
whoisalicewhite: (with the guys)
From: [personal profile] whoisalicewhite
Okay, that, she got. "Ohh." She considered that, putting her head on his shoulder. "Same here. For you. And Hardison." Parker swallowed, and said, "Sorry if it's rough on you, though."

Date: 2017-12-17 02:12 am (UTC)
vdistinctive: (glomp-face)
From: [personal profile] vdistinctive
Eliot just hung on tighter.

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