Leverage Bingo: Annie Croy
Title: Welcome in the Family
Author: acquariusgb
Characters: Nate, Sophie, OFC
Pairings:hint Nate/Sophie
Spoilers:none
Rating: K+
Word Count: 705
Summary :A short Annie Croy back story
Written for my leverage_bingo card for leverage_bingo. The prompt is:Annie Croy # 22
Welcome in the family.
Nate observed her as she was putting on her Annie Croy persona.
“Are you sure you’re going to be okay?” he asked her connecting his eyes to hers though the mirror.
She slowly turned around and gave him a tentative smile. “I’m fine. Don’t you worry” she looked away.
He put his hands on her shoulder and searched for her eyes again “I know you’re not very comfortable when you play Annie Croy”
“Let’s say that she and I have a lot of issues” she snorted.
“You know you confuse me when you refer to yourself as a third person.”
“Well it’s what I do, Nate. Everything character I play it’s a different person.”
“It’s always you”
“No, it’s not!” she fled away from him putting some emotional distance between them. How could she explain it to him?
“What about Sophie Devereaux? Is she a different person?”
“In a way. She is the closest persona to me that you’ll ever get.”
“What about the real you? Will I ever know her?” he whispered.
Tears started running from her eyes. “You already know her, more than you can imagine” she cupped his face in her hands and kissed him gently.
“Okay,” he mouthed with his lips close to hers. “Let’s get this con running!”
Half an hour later, Sophie was slowly approaching the mark.
“HI, there! I’ve heard you’re the one I've got to talk to about making some business.”
The mark eyed her appreciatively . “And you are?”
“Annie Croy” her accent from Northern London was very think.
“Why does the name sound familiar?”
“My family works for Terry Adams”
A flash of fear could been seen in eyes. “Terry Adams?”
Sophie saw the perfect opportunity to con the man. She heard he was a rich and that he had a vast collection of art. Entering the house has one of the guest has been easy, now all she had to do was get the painting she was after. She entered the room and got closer to the painting.The alarm was turned off, she made sure of it.
“Hey you, what are you doing?” a strong male voice startled from behind.
She soon recognized him; he was the man they all called Terry Adams. Someone told her not to mess with him, but she was young and adventurous. She had seen this heist has a challenge, one that she was going to lose.
“Are you trying to steal from me?” he shouted.
“No, of course not” she gave him her most charming smile. “How was just admiring your collection?”
“How did you get in? Were you even invited?”
“I..”
He nodded towards his two guards. “I’ll show what we do to thief around here”
“Annie?” a woman voice called her. “There you are. What are you doing wondering around?”
The middle aged woman put an arm around and led her outside.
“Do you know her Mrs. Croy?” Adams demanded.
“Of course, she is Marley’s lost cousin’s daughter. She is new in town, she hasn’t really made any friends yet”
He looked at her try to find out if she was telling the truth. He had never trusted his “accountant’s” wife. Finally he nodded. “Well, try to keep an eye on her. I don’t want her wondering in my house”
“Sure, Terry”
After they were far enough, Sophie turned to look at the mysterious woman that just saved her life. “what did you do that?”
“You are too young and beautiful to die by the hands of Terry Adams” she whispered to her. “I’ll let Marley know about our story so he can create some fake ID”
“What?” Sophie looked at her in confusion.
“You can’t get away from Terry Adams that easily. You will have to stay with us for a while. We could actually teach you something, like doing a complete background of someone before you try to rip them off!”
“I don’t understand” In what kind of situation did she get involve?
“Welcome to the family, Annie Croy”
“I see you’ve heard of him” Sophie smirked. “So, are you interested?”
THE END