Title: Oasis Retreat (Part 1)

Author: AyLee Cambell

Giftee: Scoob2222

Rating: Adult

Disclaimer: I don't own them.

Pairing: Parker/Eliot

AN - This fic was for the Leverage Exchange on Livejournal.

"Someone there is taking advantage of couples. They are blackmailing them or scamming them into turning over their life savings or their children's college funds. All the couples are pretty sure that the people running this place aren't aware of what is going on but we need to figure out who is in charge of this and stop them. They are ruining people's lives.

Hardison will arrange for four of us to go in as couples. Since they don't have a set pattern, we'll have a newlywed couple and a couple who has been married a few years, and see which one can draw whoever is doing this out.

Hardison will be staying behind and helping through his computer. Parker, and Eliot will go in as the newlywed couple and try to find evidence, and plant the camera's when they can get away. Sophie and I will go in as the couple needing the retreat, we will be the distraction, and hopefully the couple who these people approach. Either way, they are most likely to approach one of us, and we'll be gathering information in the meantime to stop them." Nate told them.

"Hold up, why are Parker and Eliot going in as the lovey-dovey couple while you two play the couple in trouble?" Hardison asked.

"We've been married longer." Nate told him, eyes narrowing because Hardison was talking back about the plan.

"Out of the four of us, it's more believable that Sophie and I have been married for a longer period of time, and most newlyweds haven't started having problems yet. Besides, we need Parker and Eliot to be able to sneak away and not have anyone think that it's odd. Newlyweds tend to go everywhere together and no one is bothered if they don't see them for long periods of time." Nate explained.

"Why do they have to go everywhere together then?" Hardison asked.

Sophie held up a hand this time, signaling that she would answer. "It's easier to act off someone than to try to act completely alone. Parker is getting better but it'd be better for everyone if Eliot was there to help her out, and less people will question it if they are found together in private or out of the way places if they are inseparable."

"They just assume we had sex instead of planting a bug or stealing something." Parker added.

Everyone paused a moment before shaking their heads. They had gotten that, but leave it to Parker to point it out to everyone.

"Yes, it's an effective strategy. Parker is the best at getting in and out and Eliot can deal with any problems that arise. Any other questions? Good, Hardison we will need identities and reservations. Book us a week at the retreat, that should be long enough."

Somewhere in Washington state.

Oasis Retreat

"You ready for this?" Eliot asked Parker as they pulled into the parking area for the retreat. They were finally here, and now there was no turning back. He and Parker would be stuck acting like other people with very little time to themselves. Neither had pulled this long a con yet, so it would be a test to their skills, and he was a little nervous about what Parker had in mind for the week.

"Sure, Sophie went over it all last night remember? This can't be harder than Paris in 2004." Parker said.

Eliot ignored Nate's, "That was you?" through the comm as he remembered the night before.

Sophie looked at the two sitting in front of her.

"Alright. Unfortunately we don't have more time to really get you two into character so I'm going to give you a basic summary of what is expected from a newlywed couple. They are in love, and it's practically visual. They hardly go anywhere without the other, they are very affectionate and loving to each other, and they are almost always touching in someway. Most of the time the touching is somewhat sexual, but it doesn't have to be. It's just the couple's way of feeling closer to each other, to keeping a connection between them. They are in their happy faze, and don't want to ruin it by letting the outside world in. Try to keep that in mind."

"Sounds sickening." Parker said.

"Well that's kind of the point. Everyone else usually finds them a little sickening after a while or very cute." Sophie said.

"And we have to act like that?" Parker asked.

Eliot rolled his eyes. "Yes, Parker, we do."

"Just concentrate on each other and you'll do fine." Sophie told them.

"Alright darlin' after you." Eliot told her, not quite sure he was ready for this, but if she thought she was than he would have to be ready.

"Just act natural, like a couple in love, you two can do this." Sophie told them through the ear link. She had turned into Nate when she said this so that no one around her would think she was talking to herself.

"Let's go check in."

Parker nodded, smiling a little before opening her door and going to get her luggage.

"I've got our id's." Parker told him. Holding them up so he could see.

"What last name did Hardison give us?" He asked, not sure he really wanted to know, but knowing that he had to.

"We are Parker and Eliot Westlake." She told him, smiling slightly, head tilted to the left just a little.

'She looks cute like that.' Eliot shook his head. He did not just think that. Clearly this whole thing was starting to get to him, and he still had the whole week to go.

"Normally I'd give you guys a really fake, fake name to use, but this time I'm going to keep it close to your "real" names." Hardison said, and looked at Parker and Sophie for a moment before getting back on track.

"I'm doing this cuz you'll be there for a week and surrounded by people. Nobody needs to mess up with this, so you'll be using names that your used to so that you wont forget. Easy enough? Good."

"Here we go." Eliot murmured pulling out his own luggage bag from the trunk and walking over to Parker and taking the hand she held out.

From here on out they were married.

Well, fake married. But you got the point.

Damn-it.

They walked into the retreat's main building, where the office was held and walked up to the front desk.

"Westlake, checking in." Parker told the woman at the counter. "We're here for our honeymoon, isn't that terrific?" She said, smiling at the woman than turning and hugging Eliot in a half hug that he slowly responded to with a small almost strained smile.

"Eliot, breathe and relax. No one will believe your on your honeymoon if you're all tense." Sophie whispered in his ear.

Eliot sighed and relaxed, pulling Parker in closer to him and looking down at her so that the woman at the counter would find it difficult to see his face. Parker stuck her tongue out at him and he smiled and laughed just a little.

That was the Parker he was used to.

"Congratulations! Now if you'll just look over the registration and sign here, and make sure all the information is correct we can get you checked in." The woman interrupted, a smile on her face and an almost fake cheerful tone.

Eliot nodded, turning his attention back to the woman, whose nametag read Susie, and started going over the paperwork involved in getting them their room.

After it was all done and they had their keys, they started walking in the direction that Susie pointed them.

"That was really well done Parker, where did you learn that?" Sophie asked through the ear comms.

Parker shrugged. "I read it in a book."

Eliot looks at her and grins a little, shaking his head. Hell, if Parker can pull this off than so can he.

"Lead the way darlin'." He tells her, putting a hand on her back. They are supposed to be married after all. Not touching her would be odd.

When they reach their room they toss their bags aside they start with a basic sweep to see if they're being monitored. They aren't, not yet anyway. So it's safe to pull out the equipment they need to plant bugs and cameras so they don't feel so blind in this place.

"Anytime you two are ready, would be great." Nate's sarcastic voice filters into their ears and they roll their eyes at his impatience.

"We're on our way." Parker says and grins a little as she looks over the layout of the place one last time before stuffing it back into one of the hidden pockets of her suitcase.

She grabs the little purse she's using to keep the equipment they need in and then grabs Eliot's hand and they are out the door.

"Ready?" She asks, bouncing a little and eyes shining with excitement.

He laughs and can't help it. She's only ever this excited when she's sneaking in somewhere.

They are almost done with planting everything and are in one of the staff hallways when they hear someone coming. Neither one stops to really think about it, they just throw themselves on the other. So Parker ends up in Eliot's arms, her legs wrapped around his waist and suddenly they are kissing and he's backing against a wall for support.

One of his arms is wrapped around Parker's waist so she doesn't fall and the other is in her hair, holding onto her neck. Her hands are in his hair and the whole thing is beyond weird. But not because it's awkward like he expected it to be, but because of how right it feels, how much he's enjoying it. This is Parker that he's kissing, and everything is starting to feel a little strange, but in a good way, and that only makes it worse.

Parker makes a small noise in the back of her throat as his tongue wraps around hers and it distracts him enough that the employee that caught them has to cough again.

"What?" Parker says, pulling away and looking at the smirking male employee, whose nametag read Justin.

"Oh!" Parker gasps slightly, as if she just realized they had an audience. She tries to pull off a slightly ashamed and embarrassed look but she's not quite good enough to pull off emotions she's probably never felt before.

"Hey, sorry man." He says, letting Parker down so she's standing on her own. "Just married, we couldn't help ourselves." He said, giving the guy a sheepish but smug smile.

"Don't worry, I understand. Just try to keep it in the bedroom, or out of the staff area's and out of the other guests' eyes." Justin told them, his eyes scanning Parker up and down and it's enough that Eliot is clenching his teeth and he isn't completely sure why.

Parker isn't his real wife, but if she had been…the guy wouldn't be smiling right than. People with missing teeth didn't usually smile often. Still, she was supposed to be his wife for the week so that was reason enough to tug her closer to him and give the stupid guppy a warning glare.

Justin, stupidly enough, smiled widely at Parker. "I can see why you couldn't wait to get to your room but it really is important that you don't come into the staff area's."

"Of course! Sorry about this." Parker said, grabbing Eliot's hand and dragging him out of there while he glared at the guy. Parker of course either didn't notice the way the other guy was staring at her or simply didn't care.

"Come on Eliot, it's time for dinner!" Parker said, shooting him a look asking him what was wrong. They only had two more places they needed to bug and then they would be done and the last two were really simple ones. She didn't know why he was in a bad mood all of a sudden, but she figured that getting him something to eat probably wouldn't hurt.

"Which side do you want? I don't really care." Parker asked him as they got ready for bed. She was wearing an oversized t-shirt that looked kind of like one of his.

"Is that mine?" He asked, recognizing the shirt as one he had packed.

Parker shrugged. "I don't use pajamas. Sophie said that I shouldn't sleep naked though so I grabbed this. Did you want it back?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.

Eliot had a moment of panic. He almost wanted to say yes, he wanted it back but his head won out and he shook his head no. "Keep it Parker, just ask next time." He told her, sighing and turning to walk into the bathroom for his nightly habits, and to change.

Since his back was turned he never saw Parker shrug and start to smile as she got in bed. The whole thing was turning out to be a whole lot more fun than she thought it would be, and it didn't hurt that Eliot was a great kisser.

"I want the right side!" Eliot called from the bedroom, picking, like she had expected, the side closest to the door. That was fine since she would have the side closest to the window.

"Okay!" She shouted back and rolled over and closed her eyes.

"So what's the plan for in the morning?" She asked as he got into the bed.

Eliot shrugged as he turned out the light and yawned a little. "Don't know, guess we'll just have to see what this place has to offer, see if we can catch the attention of whoever is running the scam."

"I thought Nate and Sophie were supposed to be the one's trying to catch the attention while we gathered information?" Parker asked.

"Yeah, but if we get caught in the staff area again so soon they'll start to look too closely at us. Besides, it's better to have both of us out there trying to catch attention, that way we can figure out who it is behind all of this." Eliot said.

"Okay." Parker said, and moved so she was curled up around his side, her head resting on his shoulder.

"Night." She told him, than yawned and laid still.

Eliot had tensed up as soon as she touched him, but soon relaxed. He could do this, he could do this. It was Parker, she probably didn't mean anything by it. Taking a deep breath he closed his eyes and started to drift off.

He never saw Parker smile.

Her mouth was wrapped around him and she was driving him crazy. She knew exactly where to squeeze, to lick, to nibble. She seemed to know exactly what he liked and what he needed. She also wasn't stopping. She drove him to the brink of orgasm only to slow down and press right there in that spot to stop him from coming.

He gasped her name as a plea. He needed to come, and he wanted to be inside her when he did.

"Parker, stop." He almost whimpered, not caring that he didn't whimper for anyone. She wasn't just anyone. She was Parker.

Just when he thought she would ignore him and keep on playing she stopped and looked up at him, grinning and eyes bright. Slowly she made her way up, kissing him until she was able to kiss his mouth and then she was straddling him, ready to slide down and make them both happy.

Now all he wanted was to touch her. "Parker, darlin', release my hands would you?" He asked, and she nodded, reaching up to untie the hands she had tied while he'd been sleeping.

She was the only one he'd trust to tie him up, and she always knew to untie him when he asked.

As soon as his hands were free he placed them on her waist and guided her down. Being inside Parker was-

Eliot sat up with a gasp and a moan. He had startled Parker enough to wake her up as well and now she was looking at him and blink fast to try to get her mind to wake up.

"Eliot? What? Is someone trying to get in?" She asked, looking at the door so she completely missed his look of panic when he realized he had been dreaming.

"No, no one is coming in. It's okay. I just, had a dream." He said and Parker nodded, relaxing since he said they were safe.

She laid back down and started to close her eyes when Eliot got out of bed. She turned to look at him than at the clock and realized the alarm would be going off soon anyway.

"Start getting ready Parker, we're going horseback riding after breakfast." Eliot told her, keeping his back to her, than walked into the bathroom and started the shower.

He needed to do something to take his mind off the dream he had had. Riding would hopefully do the trick. Still, he didn't bother turning the hot water on before he jumped in.

What the hell was he doing anyway? Thinking about Parker that way.

"They have horses here? I thought this was a happy place? Why would they have horses?" Parker questioned but Eliot didn't hear her over the shower.

After a minute with no reply Parker shrugged and got up to get ready for her turn in the shower.

She wasn't too worried though, this place couldn't really have horses. Why would they?

"Oh god, this place just had to have horses." Parker said as they came out to the stables. She hadn't believed him until right than. The proof was too overwhelming to ignore. It was just after breakfast and they had been exploring the outside grounds that they hadn't had to explore the day before. The retreat had outside cameras so Hardison had been able to tap into them.

"Look Parker, you've got nothing to worry about okay? The horse isn't going to hurt you." Eliot tried to convince her as he had a staff member ready up a horse that could fit them both. He wasn't stupid enough to think she would or could handle a horse on her own, and he really wanted to ride.

Needed the comfort of something familiar after the morning's dream.

"That's just what they want you to think, that way you don't expect it when they do." Parker told him, trying to stare down the horse. Maybe she would win and they wouldn't have to go riding. It was worth a shot at least. She narrowed her eyes a little more but the horse seemed to be ignoring her.

"I thought you got over your terror of horses?" Eliot asked, stepping in front of her, he wasn't quite sure what she was doing but she was starting to attract looks and that was never good, and he was starting to think she looked cute, and all thoughts like that had to be stopped.

"Standing near a horse and actually trusting one enough to get on it are two separate things Eliot. Horses are evil, they'll kill you if they get the chance!" She said, trying to explain why this was such a bad idea.

Eliot put his hands on her shoulders and steered her to the now ready horse.

"You're getting on the horse Parker." He told her, and patted her shoulders gently. She turned to look at him.

"No I'm not." Parker said and crossed her arms over her chest as she glared at him.

Twenty minutes later she was clinging to Eliot's back with her eyes scrunched closed as she held on for dear life.

"I really hate you right now." Parker shouted through clenched teeth.

"It's not so bad if you would just relax. He's just trotting. If you we're sitting in front while he's running, you might like it. It would probably feel like going down a zip line, or a little like flying. You've just got to trust the horse." He told her, smirking a little at how she was reacting. If he thought there really was a reason behind her fear he might have gone easier on her, but he didn't want her to be afraid because she didn't know better.

"I trust my equipment Eliot, I trust that I know what I'm doing, I don't trust horses." She yelled out and tightened her arms when he slowed them down to a stop. "What are you doing?"

"If you wont trust the horse, than try trusting me. Please Parker?" He asked, turning to look at her.

She stared up at him through narrowed eyes. She didn't move for a moment before she sighed.

"Fine, but if I say stop, we stop." She told him and got a little nervous as he grinned and started moving.

"Promise." Eliot said and started to get off the horse so he could get behind her.

"What are you doing?" Parker asked, a little panicked.

"Relax Parker, I wont let the horse hurt you okay? I'm just getting behind you." He told her and smiled a little when she nodded.

"See, that wasn't so bad was it?" Eliot asked her as they walked the horse back into the stable and turned it over to one of the hands.

Parker had relaxed after the first few minutes and had seemed to enjoy it if the small smile he had seen could be believed.

"I prefer my zip lines better, but it wasn't as bad as I thought." She told him, giving him a small smile but avoiding one of the other horses as they left.

"What's next?" She asked, looping her arm through his.

"Lunch, than we should see what the others want us to do." Eliot said.

"Think they'll be mad that we took the comms out?" She asked and they looked at each other before grinning slightly.

"Oh yeah."

After getting a lecture from both Hardison and Nate about why having the comms with them wherever they went, or at the very least their cell phones, they were now in the employee locker room/employee office.

Since the cameras were up, there was a less likely chance that they would be caught, but if they heard anyone coming they had already figured out an escape route. That mostly just consisted of going out the window, very quickly and quietly. But it would work.

Parker was copying what was on the computer for Hardison to look over while Eliot looked through the lockers.

"Nothing interesting here." Eliot reported back after a few minutes of searching.

"It's probably on the computer, a lot easier to password protect or hide something in the files, than in a locker that a two year old could open." Parker told him and pulled out her special flash drive. It automatically copied everything to it once it was connected to a computer.

"Hardison should be able to find something if there is anything there." Nate told them.

"I'll send it as soon as we get back to our room." Parker said and Eliot and her prepared to leave.

They were at dinner later that night. The restaurant that was part of the retreat was a fairly good one, and Eliot only had a few remarks about the cooking. Nate and Sophie were having dinner too but both couples ignored each other, pretending that they didn't know one another.

"Anyone acting suspicious? We got any idea's whose behind this yet?" Eliot mumbled as Parker leaned in to kiss his cheek, covering his lips from anyone's view and furthering the act that they were honeymooning.

"Not so far. I've just got the files from the computer so I'll be going over all of them tonight. I think a few of the files are locked so they may be holding what we need." Hardison said.

"Nothing so far for us either, Nate and I have been fighting and making up but no one has approached us yet. It's only the second day though, so that isn't so odd." Sophie told them.

"Everyone just keep doing what you're doing, we'll have them making an attempt at one of us soon and Hardison will let us know what is on those files tomorrow." Nate told them all. "We'll have a meeting tomorrow morning after breakfast. We will go back to our own rooms and talk through the comms, so try to keep them on you."

Eliot and Parker exchanged a look, both slightly amused. "Yes Nate." They both whispered, only loud enough for the comms to pick it up.

Nate groaned in reply and Sophie giggled.

"Everything going alright for you two?" A voice asked, snapping Parker and Eliot out of the conversation they were having.

Both looked up to see Justin standing at the end of their table.

"Everything is great thanks." Eliot said, eyes narrowing slightly, and Parker nodded, shifting a little closer to Eliot and smiling brightly.

"Couldn't be better." She said, putting her hand on top of Eliot's, who moved his hand so their fingers intertwined. They both looked at each other, and Eliot started to remember his dream and how she looked then compared to now but was interrupted by Justin again.

"Well that's great, let us know if you two need anything." He said and looked at Parker briefly before turning and walking away.

"I don't like that guy. Hardison maybe you should look up a staff member named Justin." Eliot growled.

Parker nodded beside him. "He's slimy."

So that is part 1! Hope everyone enjoyed it, and part 2 will be out soon! Please review and let me know what you think!