"Sleepless in New Mexico"
Author's Note: Ok so I was watching Sleepless in Seattle last night, and this idea came to me. This fic is strictly AU. There are no aliens in this story and nothing on the show has happened or will happen in this fic (aside from Max/Liz getting together).
Category: Max/Liz
Rating: pg
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters. How many times do we have to say that? Anyway….they belong to 20th Century Fox, Jason Katims, and Melinda Metz. The idea for the story comes from the movie Sleepless in Seattle starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Feedback: Definitely. Please express your thoughts on this story.
Roswell New Mexico
Max Evans was sitting at the kitchen table stirring a cup of coffee. He was having another sleepless night. It had been two months since his beloved wife, Tess, passed away, but it still felt like it had happened yesterday. Unknown to them, cancer had been eating away at her. The doctors discovered it four weeks before she died. It had been so painful to see her waste away. By the end you could hardly tell she had been the fun vibrant Tess he had married.
It felt like he was going through the motions but felt nothing about every move he made. If it wasn't for his eight-year-old son, Zan, he didn't know what he would do. Zan was the joy of his life. He was Max's whole reason for living. He had to keep getting up everyday so he could earn the money to support Zan. He had to keep smiling and say everything was going to be all right, not because he believed it himself but because he felt like Zan believed it. Max glanced at the clock. It was 3:30 in the morning, which translated into the fact that he needed to be at work in three and half hours. Today he was going to have to see what Isabel thought of the latest additions his staff had made to her home.
Washington D.C.
Liz Parker soon to be Liz Valenti sat at her kitchen table writing. Writing was something she always did when her mind was filled with puzzling thoughts or when she felt unsure or sad. She and Kyle had gotten engaged a week ago today, and while he was very happy, she felt little. Its not that she didn't care about Kyle, because she did. He meant a lot to her. She just wasn't sure she loved him. In all of the movies it was very obvious when you were in love. Fireworks went off. You smiled. You spent every moment with that someone giggling and sharing sweet kisses. If that was how it was in real life then that meant that she and Kyle just weren't in love. Liz glanced at the clock on the microwave. It was 3:30 in the morning. She need to get some sleep, but somehow she knew that wouldn't happen tonight. Instead she decided try and relax while watching a movie. That way even if she didn't actually fall asleep, she still would be rested. Going over to her drawer that held all of her movies, she selected one that she never got tired of watching. She and Maria watched this movie all the time hoping that someday their love life would be like this. Sighing Liz popped the movie into the vcr and took a seat on the coach anticipating the moment when You've Got Mail would begin.
So did you like it? Do you want me to continue? Please R/R!
Author's Note: Ok so I was watching Sleepless in Seattle last night, and this idea came to me. This fic is strictly AU. There are no aliens in this story and nothing on the show has happened or will happen in this fic (aside from Max/Liz getting together).
Category: Max/Liz
Rating: pg
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters. How many times do we have to say that? Anyway….they belong to 20th Century Fox, Jason Katims, and Melinda Metz. The idea for the story comes from the movie Sleepless in Seattle starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Feedback: Definitely. Please express your thoughts on this story.
Roswell New Mexico
Max Evans was sitting at the kitchen table stirring a cup of coffee. He was having another sleepless night. It had been two months since his beloved wife, Tess, passed away, but it still felt like it had happened yesterday. Unknown to them, cancer had been eating away at her. The doctors discovered it four weeks before she died. It had been so painful to see her waste away. By the end you could hardly tell she had been the fun vibrant Tess he had married.
It felt like he was going through the motions but felt nothing about every move he made. If it wasn't for his eight-year-old son, Zan, he didn't know what he would do. Zan was the joy of his life. He was Max's whole reason for living. He had to keep getting up everyday so he could earn the money to support Zan. He had to keep smiling and say everything was going to be all right, not because he believed it himself but because he felt like Zan believed it. Max glanced at the clock. It was 3:30 in the morning, which translated into the fact that he needed to be at work in three and half hours. Today he was going to have to see what Isabel thought of the latest additions his staff had made to her home.
Washington D.C.
Liz Parker soon to be Liz Valenti sat at her kitchen table writing. Writing was something she always did when her mind was filled with puzzling thoughts or when she felt unsure or sad. She and Kyle had gotten engaged a week ago today, and while he was very happy, she felt little. Its not that she didn't care about Kyle, because she did. He meant a lot to her. She just wasn't sure she loved him. In all of the movies it was very obvious when you were in love. Fireworks went off. You smiled. You spent every moment with that someone giggling and sharing sweet kisses. If that was how it was in real life then that meant that she and Kyle just weren't in love. Liz glanced at the clock on the microwave. It was 3:30 in the morning. She need to get some sleep, but somehow she knew that wouldn't happen tonight. Instead she decided try and relax while watching a movie. That way even if she didn't actually fall asleep, she still would be rested. Going over to her drawer that held all of her movies, she selected one that she never got tired of watching. She and Maria watched this movie all the time hoping that someday their love life would be like this. Sighing Liz popped the movie into the vcr and took a seat on the coach anticipating the moment when You've Got Mail would begin.
So did you like it? Do you want me to continue? Please R/R!