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This is an Eliot/Parker story, and this is at the end of the Low, Low, Price Job. For clarity, Nate and Sophie are together, Parker and Eliot are together, not Parker and Hardison. Hardison found his match, a female version of him you could say and Nate and Sophie got a kid. metioned at the end.

"Dad?" Eliot's knuckles rapped against the wood door quickly. Silence filled his ears and he frowned. He set the six pack of his dad's favorite beer on the front porch and took a few steps back, wavering slightly. Tears flowed down his face silently as he knocked again. He wiped the tears from his face as he heard feet shuffling. The door opened slightly and an older woman looked out.

"Oh my Lord," The woman stared at Eliot with a shocked look on her face. Eliot had a look of shame on his face as he stared at his mother.

"Hi Mom," Eliot mumbled, voice still not steady.

"Get your ass in here this instant! Johhny get in here, you're not gonna believe it!" Eliot's mom hollered.

Eliot stood in his parents living room as he waited for his father to come in there. An older man, looking like an older version of Eliot, appeared in the doorway.

"What the hell are you doing here for?" Johnny snapped, narrowing his eyes. Eliot sighed in defeat.

"To 'pologize." Eliot said, his southern accent coming out. Johnny glared at him and Eliot glanced to his mother.

"Oh for Christs Sake Johnny, hear 'em out," Johnny crossed his arms as he looked at Sally.

"Well get to explainin' son. We haven't heard from you in over fifteen years. We've heard of things that ya done. Not very pleasant, always did what you wanted to right?" Johnny grumbled.

"I realized something cause I was with my team. I've been with them for 'bout five years now," Eliot walked into the kitchen and sat on a stool.

"Before, I did some very bad things, things that I'm not proud of, but my team… They've helped the boy, the one with a clean conscience appear sometimes. Well to put it lightly." Sally went into mother mode and crossed her arms.

"Eliot, when's the last time you've eaten anything?" Eliot shrugged.

"Don't know. Not hungry, ate sometime this mornin', I know that much at least" Eliot hopped down from the stool and grabbed a glass from the cupboard and filled it with water, taking a long drink from it before refilling it again.

"I don't care, you gotta eat somethin', I don't care what ya tell me Eliot," Eliot grumbled and moved to help his mother.

"Ah, boy you don't touch them knives, if you managed to not eat anything this morning, you probably don't even know how to cook," Johnny piped in and Eliot smirked.

"Funny thing you say that, I actually am a chef part time, other time I'm a….. retrieval specialist, or body guard as some people call it." Eliot explained. He grabbed a knife from the knife block and began helping his mother chop up vegetables for the stew she was making. Sally gawked at Eliot as he chopped the vegetables quickly and with precision.

"See, when you hold it like this," Eliot showed him with the knife in a chopping stance.

"This is what you do when you cook. When you need to attack someone, you do this," Eliot moved the knife closer to his forearm and held it. Sally and Johnny nodded their heads and glanced at each other with wary looks on their faces.

"Anyways, you settled down yet son?" Johnny question. Eliot smirked to himself and then faced his parents.

"You could say that. I lived in Boston for four years helpin' my team out. We just moved out to Portland a couple months ago. We help people when the law can't." Johnny shook his head.

"No, I mean not like that, I mean like a girl. Have you found a girl to settle down with?" Eliot stopped what he was doing and paused before speaking.

"You could say that… We've been together for almost five years now. She's part of my team, but we're keepin' it a secret for now." Eliot pulled his phone out of his pocket and pulled up a picture of the team.

"That's her," Eliot pointed to Parker, who was sitting next to him, a large smile covering both of their faces. Sally sighed and glanced at the picture again.

"She makes you happy. That's what matters to me. Question is, when are we going to meet her?" Eliot flushed slightly and his parents laughed out.

"Good question. I don't know. I thought since all of this," Eliot threw his hands in the air in a jumble.

"If it worked out well, I was hoping to bring her down something, show her around. Introduce her, y'know?" They nodded their heads and grinned. Eliot's phone rang out getting his attention.

"Hey Babe, yea, it's in the freezer behind the frozen sauce piquant. Yes Parker, you can have some of the ice cream, Just don't eat it all. Tell Crystal that I said hi. Same with everyone else. Alright. I'll see you tomorrow night. I'm driving in. Went to visit someone. Alright. Love you, bye," Eliot ended the call and glanced at his parents who were smirking at him.

"So who's Crystal?" Sally leaned against the island, sighing.

"Uh, my friends, Nate and Sophies daughter." Eliot pulled his phone out showing a picture of Nate, Sophie, and Crystal. Parker and Hardison stood in the background pointing at Eliot with grins on their faces, laughing at something he said. His parents chuckled, and he finished preparing the food.

"Uh, you know I'm heading out again in the morning. It was a long drive back to Portland." They nodded their heads and sighed. Eliot texted Parker and let her know where he was and asking her a favor.

Hope y'all like this. I'll try to update when i can, Review please! First Leverage Fic, big fan of it though.