Sydney and Vaughn have a conversation... after "Blowback". The country they go to is in northern Africa...pronounced Gabooty. I just thought it was the niftiest country name besides Boznia-Herzegovnia which was just too long. This is a * one * chapter fic.

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Sydney and Vaughn were sitting alone in Syd's apartment. Vaughn had come over to review the information on their latest mission.

"So...do you understand what we gotta do?"

"We get to sneak into a well known Covenant hiding spot, steal a few Rambaldi scripts and artifacts, then we hand off the findings to my dad who will in turn take them back to the United States. After that, we will meet with a contact, and then head home after a week in Djbouti. This is gonna be a fun mission."

"What does that mean?"

"Our missions usually end up in us getting captured and doing something we aren't supposed to do, and probably regret."

"I don't regret what I did in North Korea."

"I do. Cause it haunts me every night. Just sitting here, I don't even know what I am doing anymore. And although you may not l-...although you may not still have feelings for me, I care strongly for you. More than anyone else in my entire life. I have loved you more than Danny, more than Noah, more than even my own mother. I don't know if it is like this for you, probably not. But every night, I dream about you. Then I wake up and rush to the bathroom to empty my stomach before it goes all over the floor. Since I've been back, I've lost say, twenty pounds. I can't keep living like this. And you're in my blood. I will never be able to move on. Don't think I haven't tried to make it stop. I've tried crying it out, beating it out, hell, I even tried bleeding it out, but it won't come. Everyday I go through this. And g-d damn it Michael Vaughn I can't take it anymore. I love you so much and it is torture watching you with Lauren. Plastering on this fake smile and acting like everything is peachy. I can't do it anymore. Oh shit-" Sydney ran into the bathroom, leaving Vaughn stunned as he followed her closely behind. She started racking out in sobs around where she said his name. His full name. Vaughn held Sydney's hair back as she emptied her stomach into the toilet bowl.

"Syd look at me." She looked up with her tear stained face. Her complexion was as pale as it had ever been and her lips were chapped.

"Sydney, I love you. You know I do." Vaughn leaned down and kissed Sydney on the lips.

"You're the only guy who would ever kiss me after doing that." She said flushing the toilet. Vaughn put his hand at the nape of Sydney's neck, pulling her in for a more passionate kiss.

"As long as you're with me, nothing matters."

"You're still the best kisser ever."

"May I ask the privilege of defending that title." He said pulling her in for another kiss.

"Mmmhmmm. After I rinse my mouth out real quick. Meet me in my bedroom" Sydney leaned up on the counter as Vaughn went to her bedroom. She whipped out the Listerine and it took 30 seconds till she was back in Vaughn's arms.

"Yum minty fresh." They continued kissing and laid down on her bed..

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Hey all, I hope you liked it, I don't have the courage to write the sex scenes so, use your imagination.