Author's Note: I do not claim to own any parts of Eureka. No infringement or profit is intended from this work.
This story takes place during the first half of Season 4 (4.0) and is an AU version of events.
Chapter 1: Astray
Now we are apart, there's nothing we can do.
In different place, I see another you …
(Founder's Day, Sherriff's Office)
Jo's heart was having a difficult time catching up with her brain. This man in front of her looked like Zane Donovan but he wasn't the man she loved. This person was snarky, irresponsible and cold. In other words, he was an asshole. She had hesitated and her guy was replaced by an asshole.
"Who are you?" Jo asked with genuine incredulity.
"Come home with me and I'll show you." There was no warmth or playfulness in the invitation, just scorn. And a challenge.
He looked at her with thinly veiled irritation; clueless. From her, there was sadness as she processed the emptiness between them.
Silence hung in the air, Carter's interrogation forgotten.
Jo turned away.
TBC …
AN: Sorry for the short beginning (it's based on a missing scene from A New World 4x02 on the Season 4 DVD). This story became too long to post as one chapter so I had to split it up accordingly. It's another one of the orphans that's been sitting on my hard drive for a couple of years. I'll post as I edit over the next week or so. As for my Reboot sequel, a good chunk of it is done, I just don't want to post it until it's mostly finished. So for those of you still interested in that, it's in the works before the end of the year.
I like having concepts around which to organize my thoughts on a story and this time, it's Koop, several lines of which got me thinking about this story again. So song credit for 'I See a Different You' by Koop.