[Leverage: Drabble] "If You're Reading This" [Eliot/Parker/Hardison, G]
Title: If You’re Reading This
Prompt: ‘Eliot Spencer (Leverage)’ & “Saying yes when I meant no/ Holding on, should’ve let go” (“Peace of Me” by Natasha Bedingfield)
Bonus: letter / e-mail
Word Count: 311
Rating: G
Fandom: Leverage
Pairing(s): Eliot Spencer/Parker/Alec Hardison, implied Nate/Sophie
Summary: If I’m not dead, you had better not be reading this.
If You're Reading This
If I’m not dead, you had better not be reading this. I’m serious. You put this letter right back where you found it, and forget you ever saw it.
But if I am dead, then this is for both of you. There’s a separate letter for Nate and Sophie - and don’t read that one, either! Yes, Hardison, actual letters on actual paper. This is the kind of thing you do right. Now, if I’m dead, you can read on to the next page.
Alec and Parker-
I’m not dying, but my line of work is dangerous, and this is just in case. When I was in the Army, I’d watch the other guys write these letters, last goodbyes to the people they loved, but this is the first one I’ve written myself. Never had someone to leave behind, before.
If I died saving either of you, I don’t regret it. Protecting you, all of you, isn’t just my job, it’s what I choose to do. I made my peace with that, and I hope you can understand.
I’m sorry I left you.
I may have made my peace with dying, but I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to. I want you to understand that I didn’t want to die. The life I have, the life I’ve built with the two of you, that’s worth fighting for and I’m sure I fought as hard as I could. I was hoping we’d get a retirement, like Nate and Sophie, that we could grow old together. Maybe run a few jobs, when we felt like it.
You’ll have to do that without me, now. Because you’re going to. Retire, grow old, all of it.
Be happy.
I hope you guys already know how I feel, but some things should be repeated:
I love you, Parker.
I love you, Alec.
Yours always,
Eliot
Current Mood:
mellow
Prompt: ‘Eliot Spencer (Leverage)’ & “Saying yes when I meant no/ Holding on, should’ve let go” (“Peace of Me” by Natasha Bedingfield)
Bonus: letter / e-mail
Word Count: 311
Rating: G
Fandom: Leverage
Pairing(s): Eliot Spencer/Parker/Alec Hardison, implied Nate/Sophie
Summary: If I’m not dead, you had better not be reading this.
If You're Reading This
If I’m not dead, you had better not be reading this. I’m serious. You put this letter right back where you found it, and forget you ever saw it.
But if I am dead, then this is for both of you. There’s a separate letter for Nate and Sophie - and don’t read that one, either! Yes, Hardison, actual letters on actual paper. This is the kind of thing you do right. Now, if I’m dead, you can read on to the next page.
Alec and Parker-
I’m not dying, but my line of work is dangerous, and this is just in case. When I was in the Army, I’d watch the other guys write these letters, last goodbyes to the people they loved, but this is the first one I’ve written myself. Never had someone to leave behind, before.
If I died saving either of you, I don’t regret it. Protecting you, all of you, isn’t just my job, it’s what I choose to do. I made my peace with that, and I hope you can understand.
I’m sorry I left you.
I may have made my peace with dying, but I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to. I want you to understand that I didn’t want to die. The life I have, the life I’ve built with the two of you, that’s worth fighting for and I’m sure I fought as hard as I could. I was hoping we’d get a retirement, like Nate and Sophie, that we could grow old together. Maybe run a few jobs, when we felt like it.
You’ll have to do that without me, now. Because you’re going to. Retire, grow old, all of it.
Be happy.
I hope you guys already know how I feel, but some things should be repeated:
I love you, Parker.
I love you, Alec.
Yours always,
Eliot
Current Mood:
mellow