Drabble: Walking This World -- Leverage/A:tS, PG

[jedibuttercup]

PG; Leverage/A:tS. Challenge drabble, Eliot Spencer and Illyria, 200 words.

She was like Parker. Only deadlier. And even more broken.

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Title: Walking This World
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
Rating: PG
Summary: She was like Parker. Only deadlier. And even more broken.
Notes: Double drabble; post-series for Angel; FFA pairing. Not sure where it came from?

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The first time Eliot met Illyria, he'd been reminded of Parker. Wrong, somehow; not bad, just seriously out of sync with the rest of humanity.

"Direction," he murmured, remembering times long gone. "Hope. You?"

She had the iciest eyes he'd ever seen, matching blue-streaked hair, and a thin, delicate frame: not exactly his type. But she could manhandle him like no one else alive. That would've been a serious turn on-- if her sharp gaze had felt more like appreciation and less like the stare of a cornered predator.

"Worlds that I shall never walk," she replied, solemnly.

She'd dead-lifted him easily with an iron-hard hand to the throat; she'd mistaken him for some lawyer or other, then frowned and asked a question about people's identities being defined by their faces. Ever since, she'd kept turning up at random, apparently just to ask more weird-ass questions. Again, like Parker. Only deadlier. And even more broken.

"Girl, you have got to learn the meaning of optimism," he sighed.

"I shall add it to the list," she said stiffly, though her expression softened a little.

Eliot shook his head, then looked back up, wondering what Parker thought when she watched the stars.


(x-posted to tthdrabbles and AO3)

Comments

[revdorothyl.livejournal.com]

Neat!

[jedibuttercup]

Thank you. =)

[zilentdreamer.livejournal.com]

Illyria always fascinated me when I watched Angel. In the beginning it was hard not to hate her because of what happened with Fred, but by the end she was one of my favorites.

Eliot of course is the best.

[jedibuttercup]

I felt the same way about Illyria; I felt really cheated by the way they ended her and Wes' plot line on the show. Glad you liked the drabble!

[dharkapparition.livejournal.com]

The idea of Elliot/Illyria gives me a mighty Joygasm. Even if he only mentors her.

[jedibuttercup]

Doesn't it, though? It took me awhile to figure out what would draw her into his orbit if I didn't place this in Twins-verse, but I couldn't get the imagery of them standing on the rooftop out of my mind. =)

[pprfaith.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

[jedibuttercup]

Glad you enjoyed it! I just couldn't get the image out of my head.

[iulia_linnea.livejournal.com]

Oh, much love for this!

[jedibuttercup]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.