At First Sight: Sky and Syd
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Challenge: What If…
Timeframe: Post Idol. Companion piece to Perception
What if Gruumm had never posed any kind of threat to earth? Their lives would have been so different, that was the only concrete fact.
Jack and Z never would have come into the picture…or would they? Would all of the silly fights have happened? Would Jack still have been picked as leader when he and Z were arrested and decided to join SPD?
Would Sky be any different? Sky certainly was something of a mystery, one that Sydney was determined to solve. If Gruumm hadn't come along, would she and Sky be together in the romantic sense?
She was full of wonderings tonight, she mused. And she couldn't seem to get Sky's face out of her mind, either. All she wanted, aside form that fabulous necklace in the window of Tiffany's, was for Sky to come out from behind that ridiculous little business-only façade he hid behind. He needed to get that scowl off his face and smile once in a while.
He looked so much better with it on, after all.
What if…he did smile more often? Would he take notice of her blatantly obvious feelings for him? Or would he break her heart and start dating one of the other female cadets who thought he was quite the looker? What if he didn't really harbor secret feelings for her, like she hoped in her heart of hearts he did?
She knew that he cared enough about the rest of the team to do whatever it took to protect them, but was she special to him? Would she ever be more than a teammate?
Would her mind ever stop asking questions?
What if they did have mutual feelings? What if they had been in love this whole time and never knew the other's true emotions? Could Sky even allow himself to love? Would he?
What if one of them died in the line of duty? What happened then? Syd didn't think she could live without her Sky, and they'd had too many close calls already.