Title: it doesn’t always feel that way
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: PG
Length: 100 words
Content Notes: no standard warnings apply
Summary: Safe doesn't feel the same for Parker



Nestled between Eliot and Alec, unable to fall asleep; Parker stares up at the ceiling. It’s all warm and cozy. She feels loved and safe. But safe feels like bees under her skin, violently buzzing to escape.

Loving someone goes hand in hand with needing them and needing someone means that you can lose them. Doubly so for her.

Parker wants to be happy and she is mostly but feeling happy feels a little like waiting for the other shoe to drop. Being always on guard for the next bad thing that would try and take them away from her.