FIC: Blood, Sweat & Tears

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Title: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Author: YanzaDracan
Fandom: Leverage
Pairing: Nate/Eliot
Rating: FRM
Summary: Prompt – “Did you always know we’d end up here?”

 

 

  

It had taken a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get here. 

The latest round only involved a lot of sweat and a few tears since Eliot had kept Nate on edge of orgasm until he begged him oh so prettily to let him come. 

Most of the blood over the years had been Eliot’s, which was fine with the retrievalist. It was his job to take the hits so no one else got hurt. 

Most of the sweat and tears had been Nate’s with a few of Eliot’s mingled among them. Alcohol almost broke them. Nate wouldn’t give it up and Eliot refused to nag a la Sophie. He finally gave Nate an ultimatum. No drinking any time they were on a job, even if it was just the planning stages. Once they told the client yes, the scotch stopped until it was finished. Nate decided he cared enough about their relationship to agree. 

They didn’t take too many jobs these days. Thanks to Hardison’s wizardry, they were all financially sound, and the years of abuse were beginning to take their toll Eliot and Parker. 

Eliot ran his fingers through sweat soaked hair that had more grey than brown these days. Nate groaned as he leaned into the strong fingers. Knowing Nate was always looking at the big picture, he gave the curls a little tug. 

Heavy lidded eyes met his. 

“What are you thinkin’ so hard about, Eliot? I’m beginning to smell smoke.” He chuckled at his little joke. 

“Cute. Did you always know we’d end up here?” Eliot asked his voice low and shy. 

“Not at first.” He laid his head on the still well muscled chest. “It was friends with great benefits.” 

Eliot snorted. “What changed?” 

“I did. Your ultimatum rattled me good. I didn’t have it in me to go through another ‘divorce’. When I equated your leaving with my divorce from Maggie, I knew I was kidding myself.” 

They shared the silence as Eliot continued to pet Nate, soothing him into sleep. 

“I’m glad every day you worked it out.” Eliot whispered.