Disclaimer: Not mine. Wish it was. But it's not. I have no money, so suing me would be rather pointless.
Spoilers: All the way up to the most recently aired episode of Season 4. This will probably be a series (if you like it).
Summary: Basically just missing scenes and scenes that might come. It's very S/V friendly, although the first chapter is more focused on Sydney and Nadia. There will be fluff, at some point. I was in an angsty mood when I wrote this, what with having exams the day after tomorrow.
A/N: This is my first fic. Be gentle, but critical is good too. If you don't think I'm staying true to the characters I WANT TO KNOW. That drives me crazy when I read fanfics. So, without further ado . . .

Chapter 1 – Monday Mornings.

"Do you ever get that feeling that our lives may not be entirely normal?"

Nadia looked up from her newspaper. "On occasion, yes. Were you thinking of anything in particular, or just the usual . . . office politics?"

Sydney offered a half smile "Just the usual office politics. And the family politics. And our extremely twisted love lives."

"Syd, our office politics are our family politics. And about half of our love lives if you count all the hours we spend on missions." Nadia smiled and folded her paper. "And my love life is completely normal. You're the odd one out there. How are things going with you two by the way?"

"Things are . . . complicated. I don't know. He killed his wife. He burned down his house. We have some issues."

Nadia laughed. "You have a gift for understatement."

"It keeps me sane. Normal. So how are things with Weiss?" Sydney raised a suggestive eyebrow.

"Magical."

"Sounds romantic."

"Not really," Nadia laughed. "He took me to The Magic Castle last night on our date. I was home by ten o'clock."

"I know. I live with you. That's sweet though. That you're moving slowly."

"I've been on three dates with him. That's not slow. That's normal."

"I had a total of half a date with Vaughn before we . . . you know." Sydney smiled.

"You knew each other for what, two years?" Nadia sipped her coffee, smiling. "I'd say that's closer to sloth pace than slow."

"You'd be surprised how much slower it felt at the time. Sexual tension galore. I'm surprised he survived my dad that long."

"I can just imagine, Jack Bristow, boyfriend slayer."

Sydney snorted into her coffee cup. "You have no idea how true that almost was. The first time Dad met him, he had Vaughn up against the wall with a gun on him."

"Seriously? Oh my God, what happened?"
"When Vaughn was my handler he went to talk to dad about something or other. He used the meet protocol dad used with his handler, which was meeting in a specific room at a specific restaurant. So when Vaughn went in, Dad thought he was an enemy and . . ."

Nadia was rocking back and forth on her chair laughing. "Your father almost killed your boyfriend! That is so messed up! How many people does that happened to!"

"Okay. That's enough. You can stop laughing now. It's not that funny! Our mother shot your boyfriend in the neck!"

That sobered Nadia up. "What?"

"It was on an operation. Like three years ago. Relax. It's not a big deal."

"Our mother shot my boyfriend. That is a big deal. I can't believe he didn't say anything. Why? Why would she shoot him?"

"Nadia, relax. It wasn't anything personal. We were on an op to try and get her operation manual, Weiss was on the team. There was shooting. He got shot. He lived. In fact, he likes using his 'near death' experience to make him seem wise."

"I can't believe she shot him."

"She shot me."

"Oh." Nadia looked stunned. "Why."

Sydney's eyes closed to her sister. "I don't know. Supposedly to save my life. I should get going. I'm due into work at 9:17." She got up and cleared her plate. "I'll see you in a bit. You're due 9:53, right?"

"Yeah." Nadia said, still stunned. "But why would she -"

"Shoot me? She wasn't a really good person Nadia. She was our mother, but that didn't make her a good person. I've got to go. I'm going to miss my train." She picked up her purse and walked out the door. "Bye." Sydney smiled. "I'll see you in a bit."

Nadia nodded, automatically. "Yep. Bye." She picked up her paper, but didn't really read it. In a few minutes she needed to go to work.

I hope you liked it!