E-mail: Edyn04@aol.com
Rating: PG-13/R (possibly)
Disclaimer: Everything "Alias"-related does not belong to me. It belongs to J.J. Abrams and probably 900 other people associated with him.
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Summary: (Title is tentative) SD-6 is gone and Sydney and Will have become a couple. Can one fight change everything? (S/W, S/V)
Dedication: This is for Ash who reads each part before it is posted here and is undoubtedly my best (and favorite) critic.
Prologue: It's Over
Summer 2004
Will Tippin sat on the couch in his house, jotting down some notes for an article he was writing. After two years and quite a lot of begging on Will's part, he was hired back.
He finished the last notation he wanted to make and tossed the pad and pen onto the coffee table. He leaned back against the couch and wondered how his friend, Sydney Bristow, was doing.
She had told him that today was the day they would officially take down SD-6. He couldn't have been happier. The event was going to be highly publicized and—even though the newspaper had already hired him back—the event would be solid proof that his articles about SD-6 were not fabrications.
The CIA had contacted him and said that when the takedown was officially complete, his boss would probably have questions. He was instructed to say that he had gotten so close to busting SD-6 open that one if its employees threatened to kill him and forced him to use a heroin addiction as the reason for the articles (the CIA couldn't afford any bad press, and besides, SD-6 would be gone, the employees would be gone, so who cares?).
Will looked at his watch. Sydney assured him that she would swing by to let him know how things went. The doorbell rang. Will had been expecting her, but the sudden chime still made him jump. He got up quickly from the couch and went to the door.
He opened the door to find a positively giddy, dimpled-cheek Sydney practically jumping up and down from excitement.
We did it, she said happily, wiping away a few tears of joy.
Will said nothing, but grinned and wrapped her up in a hug. After a few moments, Sydney pulled back and took Will's face in her hands as she planted a kiss on his lips.
Utterly shocked, Will laughed nervously. What was that?
Something I should have done years ago, Sydney said with a small smile.