Author: LegalBlonde
Email: legalblonde2005@yahoo.com
Classification: Vignette, Romance S/V
Rating: PG (language)
Disclaimers: They're not mine. Not even Vaughn.
Author's Note: "Phase One" post-ep. Syd POV. Currently a vignette, I'm hoping it will evolve into a longer story detailing the full aftermath of this unbelievable episode.
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"Guys? Asses? Kicked?"
Somewhere in the back of my mind, it registers that Weiss is talking, and somewhere in the front of my mind, it registers that I don't give a damn. The only rational thought I've been capable of for the last three minutes is why haven't we been doing this for the last year?
Kissing Vaughn is, shockingly, better than I expected. As a matter of fact, he's just permanently redefined the norms of kissing. Damn, I love this man.
We pull apart slowly, reluctantly, and I realize it's going to take a while to find my way back to reality. He flashes me the most dazzling smile I've ever seen from him, and I know I'm grinning like a giddy 13-year-old. Again, I don't care. I'm too busy mentally calculating the precise number of seconds until we get to do this again.
He finds his voice first. "We should, um, find the others."
"Yeah." Brilliant, Syd. Let's hope you don't have win him over with your verbal finesse.
He starts out toward the door, stepping over an overturned file cabinet. He offers me his hand, even though I don't need the help. I take it, step over, and neither one of us lets go.
My toe comes into contact with the remnants of a desk. My desk. I freeze for a moment. The trip back to reality is neither long nor pleasant. Vaughn feels me stiffen; I realize I have a death grip on his hand. "Sydney –"
I shake my head. "Don't." He gives me that half-nod and his brow creases in concern. I draw in a deep breath, step over my (former) desk, and slowly follow him out.
We step through the door to find a grinning Weiss.
"Welcome back to earth. Feel free to, you know, breathe, and we have thirty seconds to meet the vans downstairs. We've got four evidence teams on the way to clean this place out and Kendall wants everyone back ten minutes ago for debrief."
He starts down the stairs, taking them two at a time.