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Summary~ Future Fic; When Sydney disappears, Vaughn is determined to find her, for his sake and their son's
A/N: Only two more days until the NBA draft!!! Ahhh everyone watch to see when Nick Collison goes!!! Okay sorry, back on topic, thanks for all of the great reviews!!! I love u guys!
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Vaughn couldn't seem to fall asleep one night in the middle of February. He wasn't quite sure why, but he was restless all night. Maybe it was because today was Friday the thirteenth; maybe it was because tomorrow was Valentine's Day. Either way, he kept tossing and turning. Vaughn crept into William's room to make sure that he was okay. Sure enough, the little boy slept soundly, with his arm around his dog. Vaughn walked quietly back into bed and eventually fell asleep
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He knew he should have gone to sleep earlier when he heard William walk into his room around 7 the next morning. *Ugh, why do young kids get up so early?* Vaughn thought as he rolled over and saw his son snuggling into bed with him "Hey buddy, aren't you up a little early?"
William started sucking his thumb, a habit Vaughn thought they had gotten rid of a long time ago "I had a bad dream"
"Oh, I'm sorry" Vaughn said, pulling William into his arms "What was it about?" he asked, assuming that his son was having nightmares about something simple, like monsters or sharks
"There was a scary man" William said quietly "he said he killed mommy, and that he was gonna kill me too"
Vaughn stared at William "It was just I dream, I promise I won't let anything happen to you" he said, thinking it might be a possibility that the man William saw in his dream was Sloane "Nothing will happen, it will all be okay soon"
"Dad?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you really think that they are going to find mommy?" William asked
"They are doing their best, I think that's all we can ask for" Vaughn replied somberly "You want some breakfast?"
"Sure" William answered
Vaughn made pancakes, and even added heart shaped red hots on top, despite the fact that Valentine's Day was one holiday that he had ignored since splitting with Sydney. William noticed this little touch "At preschool we ate candy hearts"
"That's nice" Vaughn said, looking up with a smile "Did your class exchange Valentines?" he asked, hoping that he hadn't forgotten to buy some
"Nope" William paused "I got one though"
"Oh. From whom?" Vaughn asked
"Katelyn" William said making a face
"What? She likes you?" Will nodded "You don't like her?"
"She has cooties"
Vaughn smiled "I'll ask you what you think about her in 10 years"
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Saturday hockey had become a weekly thing for William and Vaughn. Vaughn had tried to talk his son into joining a peewee hockey team, even though most of the kids on the teams were twice William's age. This Saturday seemed no different. After breakfast, Vaughn cleaned up, grabbed his stick and skates, and told William to do the same. On the way to the rink, he called Weiss
"Weiss" Eric said, answering the phone
"Hey, it's Michael, William and I are on the was to the rink for some practice, wanna join us?" Vaughn asked
"Sorry man, gotta work" Weiss replied
"On Valentine's day? Shouldn't you be spending the day with Tarra?" Vaughn asked, mentioning Eric's first serious girlfriend in years
"She's in New York for work, so I offered to work too"
"Oh, okay, well we will probably be playing all day, so call me if you want to join us"
"Sure thing, bye"
"Uncle Eric's not coming?" William asked from the backseat
"Nope, he has to work" Vaughn paused "since when do you call him Uncle Eric?"
"Since he told me to"
Vaughn laughed at the thought of Eric telling William to call him that
Ten minutes later they pulled into the parking lot of the rink. Just as Vaughn removed the keys, his cell phone rang. "Vaughn"
"Hey man"
Vaughn immediately recognized the voice of his best friend "Hey 'Uncle Eric'" Vaughn teased "Did you decide that skating with us would be much more exciting than sitting around with Kendall all day?"
"You need to get to the ops center as soon as you can. You will not believe who just walked in the front doors"
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Vaughn pulled William behind him as he ran into the ops center "Where is she?" he asked Weiss as soon as he saw him
"What makes you think it's her?" Weiss asked
"That's not funny, where is she?"
"Kendall and Jack are meeting with her and hoping to get some leads on Sloane. I dunno if they will let you see her" Eric said, being serious again
William pulled on the leg of Vaughn's pants "Mommy?" he asked quietly
"Yeah buddy, mommy's back" Vaughn answered "Eric, go tell them that we're here. Or at least that William is here"
Weiss entered the room slowly and got glances from both of the older men "Syd, Mike and William are here.."
Sydney was out of the room before he could finish. The second she saw William her eyes filled with tears.
"Mommy!" William yelled as he ran across the room into her arms "Mommy I missed you so much" He said through tears as he hugged her tightly
"Oh, I missed you so much too sweetie. I love you so much. I'm so glad I'm back" Sydney said
"Are you okay?" William asked, clearly concerned about his mother
"I'm fine now sweetie, I'm fine now" Sydney answered, walking over to where Vaughn stood. She wrapped her arms tightly around him "Thank you so, so much Vaughn" She pulled away and wiped a few stray tears from her face "For everything. Really"
"Syd.." Vaughn said quietly "Syd, can I have another chance?"
"What?"
"Can I have another chance to be the father you wanted me to be to William in the first place? Please? When you first disappeared, I had no idea how I was gonna do it, or what I was gonna do, but I learned. William taught me so much. I can't give him up now"
"Of course you can. If you promise you will never let him down"
"I swear Syd, I'll try not to"
"Good" Sydney said, wiping away a few tears. She took William's small hand in hers "Dad? We are going to go home. I'll be back tomorrow" She said, walking over and hugging Jack once more
"Sydney?"
"Yes dad?"
"You might want to go see your mother. She has been very worried about you" Jack said
Sydney look shocked but agreed "I'll stop by tomorrow"
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Vaughn insisted that Sydney spend the night at his house since virtually all of William's things we at his place. Once William was sound asleep and had been kissed goodnight and tucked in by both of his parents for the first time in over two years, Vaughn asked Sydney to come sit beside him on the couch "So what happened? Sloane? Sark? Obviously your mother wasn't involved."
"Both" Sydney said quietly "more of this Rambaldi crap. They needed me to 'fulfill the prophecy'." Sydney paused and smiled a little bit "But I think that Sloane might be losing his touch in torturing prisoners in his old age. They did tests on me. I faked the results. Eventually they were stupid enough to leave me alone one night, so I walked out of there"
"So they could be looking for you right now?" Vaughn asked
"Could be" Sydney replied nonchalantly
"And you are not at all worried about that?"
"Nope. Sloane knows that I may not work for the CIA anymore, but I still have some very close connections there who would kill him if he came near me again." She paused "or at least seriously kick his ass"
"So let me get this straight, you single handedly escaped from one of the world's most notorious criminal masterminds; without a scratch on you, and you are not at all worried?" Vaughn asked, confused by Sydney's sudden change of attitude
"Nope. Worrying gets you nowhere" She smiled, leaned over and kissed Vaughn softly "You taught me that, remember?"
Wow. That was unexpected. "Sydney Bristow, you surprise me every day." Vaughn paused and looked her in the eye "Syd, you did an amazing job with William. He's the sweetest kid I have ever met"
"Ya know Michael Vaughn, part of that might just be his good genes"
Vaughn took Sydney's hand and spoke "Syd.do you think we could try again? For William?"
Sydney thought for a minute and then replied "Yeah, it never hurts to try" She leaned over and kissed him again "You know, I never stopped loving you"
"Neither did I" Vaughn said quietly "neither did I"
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A few weeks later, Sydney, Vaughn, and William sat on a bench in the park. Despite the fact that it was only early march, it was quite warm in LA and they had gotten ice cream earlier.
"William, you're dripping" Sydney warned and she saw a large drop of chocolate ice cream drip down the cone containing William's ice cream and land on his white shirt
"That." Vaughn said, pointing with is spoon "is why you never buy white clothing for children under the age of 8"
Sydney rolled her eyes "Are you volunteering to wash all of it?" she teased. Sydney sat back down next to Vaughn and he draped his arm around her shoulder. William had wandered a few feet away to pet a friendly dog that had come by licking up his drips of ice cream.
"You did good" Vaughn said, smiling at William
"You didn't do such a bad job yourself" Sydney said with a smile. They sat and watched their son for a few moments.
Vaughn felt his fingers clasp around a small box that had been in his pocket for the last several days. His heart started beating faster. "Syd."
"Hmm?" she said, still preoccupied by William
"I should have done this a long time ago" Vaughn got down and pulled out the box "Will you marry me?" he asked, his voice shaking
Sydney stared a the ring "Oh my god.." she practically whispered "Of course" she said
Vaughn sighed in relief. He slipped the ring onto her finger "Syd, I love you so much. I just figured I should probably make it official"
She leaned down and kissed him, long and hard "I love you too Michael, I love you too"
William, standing back had just witnessed the whole thing "Ewww" he said, while they kissed, but then ran up and hugged both of his parents "I love you guys" he said shyly and then kissed both of them on the cheek
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A/N: Soooo..is it what you expected? What you wanted? Completely horrible? There will be one more chapter I decided, and it will be set a year or two in the future, mostly fluff, so please review and tell me what you thought
Summary~ Future Fic; When Sydney disappears, Vaughn is determined to find her, for his sake and their son's
A/N: Only two more days until the NBA draft!!! Ahhh everyone watch to see when Nick Collison goes!!! Okay sorry, back on topic, thanks for all of the great reviews!!! I love u guys!
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Vaughn couldn't seem to fall asleep one night in the middle of February. He wasn't quite sure why, but he was restless all night. Maybe it was because today was Friday the thirteenth; maybe it was because tomorrow was Valentine's Day. Either way, he kept tossing and turning. Vaughn crept into William's room to make sure that he was okay. Sure enough, the little boy slept soundly, with his arm around his dog. Vaughn walked quietly back into bed and eventually fell asleep
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He knew he should have gone to sleep earlier when he heard William walk into his room around 7 the next morning. *Ugh, why do young kids get up so early?* Vaughn thought as he rolled over and saw his son snuggling into bed with him "Hey buddy, aren't you up a little early?"
William started sucking his thumb, a habit Vaughn thought they had gotten rid of a long time ago "I had a bad dream"
"Oh, I'm sorry" Vaughn said, pulling William into his arms "What was it about?" he asked, assuming that his son was having nightmares about something simple, like monsters or sharks
"There was a scary man" William said quietly "he said he killed mommy, and that he was gonna kill me too"
Vaughn stared at William "It was just I dream, I promise I won't let anything happen to you" he said, thinking it might be a possibility that the man William saw in his dream was Sloane "Nothing will happen, it will all be okay soon"
"Dad?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you really think that they are going to find mommy?" William asked
"They are doing their best, I think that's all we can ask for" Vaughn replied somberly "You want some breakfast?"
"Sure" William answered
Vaughn made pancakes, and even added heart shaped red hots on top, despite the fact that Valentine's Day was one holiday that he had ignored since splitting with Sydney. William noticed this little touch "At preschool we ate candy hearts"
"That's nice" Vaughn said, looking up with a smile "Did your class exchange Valentines?" he asked, hoping that he hadn't forgotten to buy some
"Nope" William paused "I got one though"
"Oh. From whom?" Vaughn asked
"Katelyn" William said making a face
"What? She likes you?" Will nodded "You don't like her?"
"She has cooties"
Vaughn smiled "I'll ask you what you think about her in 10 years"
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Saturday hockey had become a weekly thing for William and Vaughn. Vaughn had tried to talk his son into joining a peewee hockey team, even though most of the kids on the teams were twice William's age. This Saturday seemed no different. After breakfast, Vaughn cleaned up, grabbed his stick and skates, and told William to do the same. On the way to the rink, he called Weiss
"Weiss" Eric said, answering the phone
"Hey, it's Michael, William and I are on the was to the rink for some practice, wanna join us?" Vaughn asked
"Sorry man, gotta work" Weiss replied
"On Valentine's day? Shouldn't you be spending the day with Tarra?" Vaughn asked, mentioning Eric's first serious girlfriend in years
"She's in New York for work, so I offered to work too"
"Oh, okay, well we will probably be playing all day, so call me if you want to join us"
"Sure thing, bye"
"Uncle Eric's not coming?" William asked from the backseat
"Nope, he has to work" Vaughn paused "since when do you call him Uncle Eric?"
"Since he told me to"
Vaughn laughed at the thought of Eric telling William to call him that
Ten minutes later they pulled into the parking lot of the rink. Just as Vaughn removed the keys, his cell phone rang. "Vaughn"
"Hey man"
Vaughn immediately recognized the voice of his best friend "Hey 'Uncle Eric'" Vaughn teased "Did you decide that skating with us would be much more exciting than sitting around with Kendall all day?"
"You need to get to the ops center as soon as you can. You will not believe who just walked in the front doors"
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Vaughn pulled William behind him as he ran into the ops center "Where is she?" he asked Weiss as soon as he saw him
"What makes you think it's her?" Weiss asked
"That's not funny, where is she?"
"Kendall and Jack are meeting with her and hoping to get some leads on Sloane. I dunno if they will let you see her" Eric said, being serious again
William pulled on the leg of Vaughn's pants "Mommy?" he asked quietly
"Yeah buddy, mommy's back" Vaughn answered "Eric, go tell them that we're here. Or at least that William is here"
Weiss entered the room slowly and got glances from both of the older men "Syd, Mike and William are here.."
Sydney was out of the room before he could finish. The second she saw William her eyes filled with tears.
"Mommy!" William yelled as he ran across the room into her arms "Mommy I missed you so much" He said through tears as he hugged her tightly
"Oh, I missed you so much too sweetie. I love you so much. I'm so glad I'm back" Sydney said
"Are you okay?" William asked, clearly concerned about his mother
"I'm fine now sweetie, I'm fine now" Sydney answered, walking over to where Vaughn stood. She wrapped her arms tightly around him "Thank you so, so much Vaughn" She pulled away and wiped a few stray tears from her face "For everything. Really"
"Syd.." Vaughn said quietly "Syd, can I have another chance?"
"What?"
"Can I have another chance to be the father you wanted me to be to William in the first place? Please? When you first disappeared, I had no idea how I was gonna do it, or what I was gonna do, but I learned. William taught me so much. I can't give him up now"
"Of course you can. If you promise you will never let him down"
"I swear Syd, I'll try not to"
"Good" Sydney said, wiping away a few tears. She took William's small hand in hers "Dad? We are going to go home. I'll be back tomorrow" She said, walking over and hugging Jack once more
"Sydney?"
"Yes dad?"
"You might want to go see your mother. She has been very worried about you" Jack said
Sydney look shocked but agreed "I'll stop by tomorrow"
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Vaughn insisted that Sydney spend the night at his house since virtually all of William's things we at his place. Once William was sound asleep and had been kissed goodnight and tucked in by both of his parents for the first time in over two years, Vaughn asked Sydney to come sit beside him on the couch "So what happened? Sloane? Sark? Obviously your mother wasn't involved."
"Both" Sydney said quietly "more of this Rambaldi crap. They needed me to 'fulfill the prophecy'." Sydney paused and smiled a little bit "But I think that Sloane might be losing his touch in torturing prisoners in his old age. They did tests on me. I faked the results. Eventually they were stupid enough to leave me alone one night, so I walked out of there"
"So they could be looking for you right now?" Vaughn asked
"Could be" Sydney replied nonchalantly
"And you are not at all worried about that?"
"Nope. Sloane knows that I may not work for the CIA anymore, but I still have some very close connections there who would kill him if he came near me again." She paused "or at least seriously kick his ass"
"So let me get this straight, you single handedly escaped from one of the world's most notorious criminal masterminds; without a scratch on you, and you are not at all worried?" Vaughn asked, confused by Sydney's sudden change of attitude
"Nope. Worrying gets you nowhere" She smiled, leaned over and kissed Vaughn softly "You taught me that, remember?"
Wow. That was unexpected. "Sydney Bristow, you surprise me every day." Vaughn paused and looked her in the eye "Syd, you did an amazing job with William. He's the sweetest kid I have ever met"
"Ya know Michael Vaughn, part of that might just be his good genes"
Vaughn took Sydney's hand and spoke "Syd.do you think we could try again? For William?"
Sydney thought for a minute and then replied "Yeah, it never hurts to try" She leaned over and kissed him again "You know, I never stopped loving you"
"Neither did I" Vaughn said quietly "neither did I"
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A few weeks later, Sydney, Vaughn, and William sat on a bench in the park. Despite the fact that it was only early march, it was quite warm in LA and they had gotten ice cream earlier.
"William, you're dripping" Sydney warned and she saw a large drop of chocolate ice cream drip down the cone containing William's ice cream and land on his white shirt
"That." Vaughn said, pointing with is spoon "is why you never buy white clothing for children under the age of 8"
Sydney rolled her eyes "Are you volunteering to wash all of it?" she teased. Sydney sat back down next to Vaughn and he draped his arm around her shoulder. William had wandered a few feet away to pet a friendly dog that had come by licking up his drips of ice cream.
"You did good" Vaughn said, smiling at William
"You didn't do such a bad job yourself" Sydney said with a smile. They sat and watched their son for a few moments.
Vaughn felt his fingers clasp around a small box that had been in his pocket for the last several days. His heart started beating faster. "Syd."
"Hmm?" she said, still preoccupied by William
"I should have done this a long time ago" Vaughn got down and pulled out the box "Will you marry me?" he asked, his voice shaking
Sydney stared a the ring "Oh my god.." she practically whispered "Of course" she said
Vaughn sighed in relief. He slipped the ring onto her finger "Syd, I love you so much. I just figured I should probably make it official"
She leaned down and kissed him, long and hard "I love you too Michael, I love you too"
William, standing back had just witnessed the whole thing "Ewww" he said, while they kissed, but then ran up and hugged both of his parents "I love you guys" he said shyly and then kissed both of them on the cheek
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A/N: Soooo..is it what you expected? What you wanted? Completely horrible? There will be one more chapter I decided, and it will be set a year or two in the future, mostly fluff, so please review and tell me what you thought
