"What're you doing up here?"

Turning slightly, Eliot looked up at Parker, who had joined him on the roof of Nate's building. They'd just finished another job and he felt the need to decompress in a slightly less aggressive manner than usual.

With a nod to the sky, which had just begun to show the first hints of violet in the darkness, he said, "Thought I'd watch the sunrise."

"Oh."

That was all she said, but instead of leaving, she sat beside him, legs dangling over the side of the roof, oblivious to the long ball below them.

Her presence surprised him, though, out of the others on the team, she'd be the one he peg as having enjoyed a sunrise or two. Sophie wasn't an early riser and, by this hour, Nate was usually trying to sleep off the night before and Hardison…well, Eliot could almost picture the look of disbelief on the younger man's face. "Outside? At 4:30 am? You sniffin' glue or something?"

But Parker just sat quietly beside him, grabbing his arm and leaning on his shoulder as the violet sky became a burning array of yellows, oranges and reds that preceded the clear blue that predicted a nice day.

"That was pretty," Parker commented, not moving from her chosen position and Eliot lacked the drive to get up as well.

Nodding, he simply said, "It was."

They might not have been the chattiest members of the team, but they got their points across.

Looking down at the blond head resting on his shoulder, he gave a mental shrug and placed a kiss on the messy locks, feeling her smile against his arm.

For several minutes more, they were quiet, then Parker waved at someone walking by on the street below. The man stared up at them in horror.

"You'd think he never had someone wave at him," Parker grumbled and Eliot sighed.

"I think it's more about the fact that people don't usually sit on the edges of roofs," he told her, swinging his legs up and standing, pulling her with him.

Parker looked put out. "I was comfortable."

Distraction time. "Me too, but I'm hungry."

Immediately, her eyes brightened. "Pancakes!"

"Sure," he agreed and they wandered back into the building, ready to start another day.

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