Beauty and Rage (Leverage Fan Fiction)

28. He's Out His Head, I'm Out My Mind

Andy sat at the table inside Leverage HQ, her shoulder pressed against Eliot's as she doodled on a takeout napkin.

The team was going over a new client they'd be doing a job for in Arizona.

Andy glanced over to Eliot, catching his eyes for just a second before looking back down to her napkin. He leaned over her shoulder to look at the napkin but she put her hand over the drawing.

"Don't peak." She giggled softly.

"What are you doing? You keep lookin at me. Why?" Eliot tried to pull her hand away but she leaned against his arm and pushed down against his hand to keep him from looking at the picture. Knowing she couldn't win against his strength, Andy bit his arm.

"Ow! What the hell!"

"Can we wait to play later?" Nate asked them.

"Y'all must be into some kinky shit." Hardison muttered as he shook his head. Andy rolled her eyes at her friend and went back to doodling.

The team began to discuss how the job would go, who would do what and so on and so forth. Andy would pick up a bit of information here and a bit there. What she managed to learn was that the mark was a the owner of a construction company that built houses for families in Arizona. He'd take as much money from the families as could, offering them the homes of their dreams. He told them that they had to pay a big price to get what they wanted. When the job was said and done, the houses were nothing like they were promised and some even collapsed.

"Can we stay long enough to have some vacation time?" Sophie asked Nate, putting her hand on the crease of his elbow. "I want to spend some time at the beach."

"Vacation?" Nate crinkled his brows together. "We've got a beach here."

Andy finished shading in something on her napkin and then slid it across the table to her sister. Parker looked at the drawing and snickered.

"Are you going with us, Andy?" Nate asked. She glanced out of the corner of her eyes to meet Eliot's gaze. He shrugged his shoulders and half smiled at her.

"Yeah. I'll go."

Eliot tried to snatch the napkin from Parker but she swatted his hand away.

"Would you be willing to help if we needed you?"

"Of course." Andy's voice didn't sound as confident as her answer.

"Give me the damn napkin, Parker!"

"No!"

"Parker! Give me—,"

"No!" She hissed at him and tried to swat his hand away again but he grabbed one of her hands and managed to reach the napkin.

"Andy, if you're worried about what happened last time, don't worry about helping out." Sophie assured her. "We can get it done."

Andy nodded her head, her eyes flickering over to Eliot as he examined what she doodled. It was a stick figure man with long hair and a horribly drawn scruffy jaw. He had a cowboy hat on his head and what Eliot thought were boots where his feet were suppose to be.

Beside the stick figure was a speech bubble that read 'I'm Cowboy Eliot.'

Eliot rolled his eyes at Andy and nudged her with his shoulder.

•*•*•

Eliot exited his and Andy's hotel room and made his way down the hallway. He knocked twice on Parker and Hardison's room before opening the door.

"Hey, guys. Is Andy here?" He glanced around but found no sign of the blonde thief's little sister.

"No, man." Hardison shook his head. "I heard her say something to Sophie about goin down to the pool though."

"Thanks."

Eliot found his girlfriend laying in a chair by the pool. She wore a black bikini. Her hair was tied up into a very messy bun and sunglasses covered her eyes. As he was approaching her, two guys began to move towards her. They were probably college kids by the looks of it. They poured a bottle of water right on top of Andy's chest.

"Hey!" Eliot barked and began to hastily approach the soon to be dead kids. However, Andy reacted first. She stood up and threw her sunglasses down on the chair.

"What the actual hell, man!" She yelled at the two boys, who were moving away from her slowly.

"We were just messin, lady."

"Yeah, don't be so uptight, sweetheart." The second one chuckled.

Eliot watched as Andy put on a smile that would seem friendly to anyone who didn't know her like he did. She took slow steps towards the first boy. Reaching out, she placed her hand on his shoulder. He grinned and started to reach up to touch her when her knee came up to meet his groin. The boy doubled over and stepped back, consequently falling into the pool.

Andy's eyes shifted over to the other boy, her look anything but friendly.

"I-I can get it." He put his hands up in defeat and jumped into the pool himself.

Andy brushed a stray piece of hair behind her ears and watched the two boys hurry to swim to the other side of the pool. Her arms were crossed and her glare set on them.

Eliot moved, catching Andy's attention. She looked to him and her shoulders loosened up. The tension that seemed to be in her body disappeared as he approached her.

"Is it bad that I like it when you're violent?" He grinned, slipping his arms around her waist and pulling her close.

"Eh." She shrugged her shoulders gently. "I think it's a good thing."

"Me too." Eliot leaned down to kiss her lips tentatively. "Just came out to tell you I'm about to leave."

Andy nodded her head and moved out of his arms. Her fingers lingered in his hand as she guided him to her chair.

"Be careful, okay?"

"You don't have to worry about me, sweetheart." Eliot smirked a little arrogantly. "You just keep your pretty little ass out of trouble."

"I'm not sure, Mr. Spencer." Andy laid back in her chair and slipped her sunglasses back over her eyes. "I think I like getting into trouble."

Eliot chuckled, biting his bottom lip as he watched her.

"I know for a damn fact you do, Ms. Kingstyn. I'll keep you updated." He leaned down and kissed her once more. "Keep your phone on you."

"Is that a request or an order?" Andy arched one brow at him.

"Both." A soft kiss was placed to her forehead before he started to walk away.

"I want to go to dinner tonight, Mr. Spencer." She spoke as he moved away. Eliot swatted his hand at her and she giggled softly.

Short chapter I know!!! But I'm really trying. I swear.

This chapter was titled with the lyrics from Halsey and G-Easy's Him and I.

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