AN: Last night I was pondering why I'm drawn to shows with a star-crossed
lovers scenario. As I was listing them out, I realized I had to add the
original, Romeo and Juliet, to my list. Then I realized that there are a
lot of similarities between Alias and R&J, and that as a literature student
Sydney would be sure to realize this. Thus, the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias and I'm not a dead Englishman name William Shakespeare, so neither do I own Romeo and Juliet.
Preface
Romeo: I dreamt a dream last night.
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Sydney sat on a crate, swinging her legs distractedly as Vaughn explained her counter mission. "So that's it, you replace the original with the SD-6 copy, give them the CIA copy and give us the real thing," he concluded. "Any questions?" He looked at her for a moment, waiting for her to confirm she understood, but she looked like she hadn't heard a word he'd said. "Sydney? Hey Sydney, are you in there?"
Finally, his questions broke through her thoughts and she looked up at him with a weak smile. "I'm sorry, my mind is on this assignment and it's been going a mile a minute."
"Sydney, I just explained your assignment and you weren't listening to a word I said. Do you want to tell me what's really going on?" he asked with some concern.
"No, not this assignment… one for school. It's… never mind, what was my counter mission again?" she asked, trying to change the subject.
"What's on your mind Sydney?" he asked quietly.
"Do I really want to go into this with him?" she wondered. "After all, it might be a little… embarrassing. But that look on his face—he won't give up now that he knows something's bothering me. Just once I wish we could be like real people…"
Out loud she said, "It's a little hard to explain, so bear with me. Last week one of my profs asked us to pick a piece that we'd read before and try to see it in a new light. I thought it would be pretty easy, I'd just pick something I hadn't read since before I joined SD-6. My life has changed so much since then that surely my perceptions would have as well.
"So I picked Romeo and Juliet. I haven't picked it up since my freshmen year of college, and I was really getting into Shakespeare's story of star- crossed lovers." She paused for a moment when she saw confusion gradually change to comprehension in his eyes. "Anyway, I guess I got a little too into it, because last night I had this crazy dream…"
"What kind of dream?" he questioned, even though he thought he already knew the answer.
"It started out as Romeo and Juliet, but then about midway through the fifth scene, it changed… to us. Do you ever think about that? How in so many ways we're like them? Children of warring families, separated by identity but drawn together by purpose?"
"Sydney…"
"I know, I know… but even if we're not lovers Vaughn we sure as hell are star-crossed! You can't buy me a Christmas present without the CIA thinking you're too emotionally attached, every time we meet it increases the danger of getting caught… and yet we do it again, even at times when it isn't necessary for the good of the world. Do you think that if Romeo and Juliet lived today, he'd be calling her and leaving messages for Joey's Pizza? Probably, he sure couldn't take the risk that her family would find out about him. Tell me I'm not the only one seeing this, that I'm not going crazy," she pleaded as she looked into his eyes.
"You know I can't tell you that Sydney," he said softly even as his eyes betrayed him.
Seeing the emotion there, Sydney knew that he understood everything she said and everything that she had left unsaid. "Well then," she said briskly, "what was my counter mission again?" And with that, the matter was closed.
AN: This is just part one, there are at least 2 more parts coming, depending on how it works out and how much feedback I get.
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias and I'm not a dead Englishman name William Shakespeare, so neither do I own Romeo and Juliet.
Preface
Romeo: I dreamt a dream last night.
************************************
Sydney sat on a crate, swinging her legs distractedly as Vaughn explained her counter mission. "So that's it, you replace the original with the SD-6 copy, give them the CIA copy and give us the real thing," he concluded. "Any questions?" He looked at her for a moment, waiting for her to confirm she understood, but she looked like she hadn't heard a word he'd said. "Sydney? Hey Sydney, are you in there?"
Finally, his questions broke through her thoughts and she looked up at him with a weak smile. "I'm sorry, my mind is on this assignment and it's been going a mile a minute."
"Sydney, I just explained your assignment and you weren't listening to a word I said. Do you want to tell me what's really going on?" he asked with some concern.
"No, not this assignment… one for school. It's… never mind, what was my counter mission again?" she asked, trying to change the subject.
"What's on your mind Sydney?" he asked quietly.
"Do I really want to go into this with him?" she wondered. "After all, it might be a little… embarrassing. But that look on his face—he won't give up now that he knows something's bothering me. Just once I wish we could be like real people…"
Out loud she said, "It's a little hard to explain, so bear with me. Last week one of my profs asked us to pick a piece that we'd read before and try to see it in a new light. I thought it would be pretty easy, I'd just pick something I hadn't read since before I joined SD-6. My life has changed so much since then that surely my perceptions would have as well.
"So I picked Romeo and Juliet. I haven't picked it up since my freshmen year of college, and I was really getting into Shakespeare's story of star- crossed lovers." She paused for a moment when she saw confusion gradually change to comprehension in his eyes. "Anyway, I guess I got a little too into it, because last night I had this crazy dream…"
"What kind of dream?" he questioned, even though he thought he already knew the answer.
"It started out as Romeo and Juliet, but then about midway through the fifth scene, it changed… to us. Do you ever think about that? How in so many ways we're like them? Children of warring families, separated by identity but drawn together by purpose?"
"Sydney…"
"I know, I know… but even if we're not lovers Vaughn we sure as hell are star-crossed! You can't buy me a Christmas present without the CIA thinking you're too emotionally attached, every time we meet it increases the danger of getting caught… and yet we do it again, even at times when it isn't necessary for the good of the world. Do you think that if Romeo and Juliet lived today, he'd be calling her and leaving messages for Joey's Pizza? Probably, he sure couldn't take the risk that her family would find out about him. Tell me I'm not the only one seeing this, that I'm not going crazy," she pleaded as she looked into his eyes.
"You know I can't tell you that Sydney," he said softly even as his eyes betrayed him.
Seeing the emotion there, Sydney knew that he understood everything she said and everything that she had left unsaid. "Well then," she said briskly, "what was my counter mission again?" And with that, the matter was closed.
AN: This is just part one, there are at least 2 more parts coming, depending on how it works out and how much feedback I get.