fic: Easy Money, 7/7
Title: Easy Money.
Rating: PG.
Characters/Pairings: Nathan, Claire, Matt, Peter/Simone + a cast of thousands.
Word count: ~32,000.
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine.
Summary: Nathan is a conman with a habit of getting in too deep, and this time is no different. While he's recklessly trying to reach the prize before anyone else, Claire attempts to keep him safe from the gangsters that are always two steps behind them, Matt tries to get the upper hand on Nathan, and Peter just wants to get married in peace.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
So, life goes back to usual, pretty much. Matt gets a pay rise and a promotion to Detective First Grade for bringing down Danko's gang. He also gets to meet the mayor, and is given the keys to the city in the most ridiculous ceremony Mohinder has ever witnessed. 'They do this in England, too,' he says, 'but it's not quite so... epic'. He films it for posterity.
Molly gets offered a place in a school for gifted children, but she turns it down, citing 'personal reasons' as her excuse. She spends a lot of time on the internet.
Mohinder publishes his book, and three more in quick succession afterwards. One's a crime caper novel, and it's been optioned by a major studio. He still sees Peter sometimes, to chat, but he doesn't charge him any more.
Peter and Simone spend two weeks in Australia. He gets horrible sunburn. When they come home, Simone goes back to work, and moves Peter into her house. They buy a dog; Peter names her Izzy. Peter goes back to work too, and Hesam takes him out for a belated stag party. They work together as if nothing ever happened, and he still won't tell Peter who hired him. Nathan turns up briefly, gives him thirty thousand dollars in cash as a wedding present, then leaves. Peter still pretends like everything's completely normal. Sometimes he wonders what happened to Emma.
Emma and Monica won one hundred grand at the Montecito, and Hiro lets them have it, even know he knows they cheated; Monica's an old friend of Daphne's. Probably more than a friend. Ando would know.
They deliver the sword to Micah the next day. He mounts it on the wall with the rest of his Kensei memorabilia. Isaac Mendez is writing a new comic based on the legend. It's awesome. Afterwards, he emails Angela and tells her that he did what she asked, and that she should never contact him again. He doesn't make a habit of helping the enemy. Then he remotely destroys everything concerning their interactions from her computer. The only thing Niki and DL comment on is that he spends a lot of his time IMing an anonymous friend.
Adam and Elle steal a Buddha and move to England. They live off the grid, and that's all there is to say about that.
Nathan and Claire retrieve Danko's money and move to California. Six months later they leave, after Nathan accidentally sleeps with the governor's wife. Claire avoids finding out the details of just exactly how it could have been an accident. They buy a brownstone in Washington, DC, and Claire bluffs her way into university. She makes a friend. She kind of likes her a lot.
One year, in the summer, they drive from Washington to Texas, and park on a lonely, dusty road across from a prison. They wait three hours for the heavy metal door to be pulled open. Claire gets out of the car first.
Meredith suppresses the urge to run to her, the guards still watching. Claire's changed so much: she has long dark hair that falls in curls over her shoulders, tight jeans and cowboy boots, and giant sunglasses that conceal most of her face. But she smiles the same, for sure, and hugs the same, tight and strong, 'cause her girl never has known her own strength.
“I love your hair, baby,” Meredith says. “It makes you look like your daddy.”
“That's what I said,” Nathan comments. He gets out of the car, and oh my, he is as beautiful as he ever was. Maybe she's never going to stop loving him, she thinks.
“I honestly didn't think you two would still be together. I thought you would have got yourself killed long ago, Nathan.”
“We've had some close calls,” Claire says.
Nathan says, “It's good to see you again, Mer.”
And he kisses her.
And he says, “So, we've got this new job...”
1 Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter was stolen from the Foundation E.G. Bührle in Zürich, Switzerland on February 11, 2008.
2 Le pigeon aux petits pois was stolen on May 20th 2010 from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
3 Portrait of a Young Man hasn't been seen since 1945.
4 Leverage, 2x12, The Zanzibar Marketplace Job.
Rating: PG.
Characters/Pairings: Nathan, Claire, Matt, Peter/Simone + a cast of thousands.
Word count: ~32,000.
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine.
Summary: Nathan is a conman with a habit of getting in too deep, and this time is no different. While he's recklessly trying to reach the prize before anyone else, Claire attempts to keep him safe from the gangsters that are always two steps behind them, Matt tries to get the upper hand on Nathan, and Peter just wants to get married in peace.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
So, life goes back to usual, pretty much. Matt gets a pay rise and a promotion to Detective First Grade for bringing down Danko's gang. He also gets to meet the mayor, and is given the keys to the city in the most ridiculous ceremony Mohinder has ever witnessed. 'They do this in England, too,' he says, 'but it's not quite so... epic'. He films it for posterity.
Molly gets offered a place in a school for gifted children, but she turns it down, citing 'personal reasons' as her excuse. She spends a lot of time on the internet.
Mohinder publishes his book, and three more in quick succession afterwards. One's a crime caper novel, and it's been optioned by a major studio. He still sees Peter sometimes, to chat, but he doesn't charge him any more.
Peter and Simone spend two weeks in Australia. He gets horrible sunburn. When they come home, Simone goes back to work, and moves Peter into her house. They buy a dog; Peter names her Izzy. Peter goes back to work too, and Hesam takes him out for a belated stag party. They work together as if nothing ever happened, and he still won't tell Peter who hired him. Nathan turns up briefly, gives him thirty thousand dollars in cash as a wedding present, then leaves. Peter still pretends like everything's completely normal. Sometimes he wonders what happened to Emma.
Emma and Monica won one hundred grand at the Montecito, and Hiro lets them have it, even know he knows they cheated; Monica's an old friend of Daphne's. Probably more than a friend. Ando would know.
They deliver the sword to Micah the next day. He mounts it on the wall with the rest of his Kensei memorabilia. Isaac Mendez is writing a new comic based on the legend. It's awesome. Afterwards, he emails Angela and tells her that he did what she asked, and that she should never contact him again. He doesn't make a habit of helping the enemy. Then he remotely destroys everything concerning their interactions from her computer. The only thing Niki and DL comment on is that he spends a lot of his time IMing an anonymous friend.
Adam and Elle steal a Buddha and move to England. They live off the grid, and that's all there is to say about that.
Nathan and Claire retrieve Danko's money and move to California. Six months later they leave, after Nathan accidentally sleeps with the governor's wife. Claire avoids finding out the details of just exactly how it could have been an accident. They buy a brownstone in Washington, DC, and Claire bluffs her way into university. She makes a friend. She kind of likes her a lot.
One year, in the summer, they drive from Washington to Texas, and park on a lonely, dusty road across from a prison. They wait three hours for the heavy metal door to be pulled open. Claire gets out of the car first.
Meredith suppresses the urge to run to her, the guards still watching. Claire's changed so much: she has long dark hair that falls in curls over her shoulders, tight jeans and cowboy boots, and giant sunglasses that conceal most of her face. But she smiles the same, for sure, and hugs the same, tight and strong, 'cause her girl never has known her own strength.
“I love your hair, baby,” Meredith says. “It makes you look like your daddy.”
“That's what I said,” Nathan comments. He gets out of the car, and oh my, he is as beautiful as he ever was. Maybe she's never going to stop loving him, she thinks.
“I honestly didn't think you two would still be together. I thought you would have got yourself killed long ago, Nathan.”
“We've had some close calls,” Claire says.
Nathan says, “It's good to see you again, Mer.”
And he kisses her.
And he says, “So, we've got this new job...”
1 Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter was stolen from the Foundation E.G. Bührle in Zürich, Switzerland on February 11, 2008.
2 Le pigeon aux petits pois was stolen on May 20th 2010 from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
3 Portrait of a Young Man hasn't been seen since 1945.
4 Leverage, 2x12, The Zanzibar Marketplace Job.