You Found Me: A Story of Sky and Syd
Disclaimer: If I owned PR, there would be a season with only the hottest of hottie rangers. Sadly, this will never be. #Clutches her Wes action figure and cries#
Challenge: Home
Timeframe: A couple years post Endings.
Sydney rolled over and then was suddenly fully awake. Sky was gone, she noted. He was gone and the door to the baby's room was open. Syd could see the soft orange glow of the nightlight all the way down the hall. The rocking chair creaked faintly as Syd made her way down the corridor.
And there he was, holding the two week old newborn baby girl. Their daughter, Kristin Skylar Tate. Syd knew exactly what her husband was doing; she'd caught him at it several times during her pregnancy. Tonight was Kristin's first night at home, and Sky, Sydney knew, was worrying.
She crept gingerly into the baby's room, not wanting to disturb him and the still sleeping infant. Syd suspected Kristin was going to be an easy baby to look after.
Sky whispered something incoherently to the newborn, cradling the baby with care in the crook of his arms. She knew her husband was the protective sort, and Syd had the notion that Kristin wasn't going to be allowed out of Sky's line of vision for one moment.
"That's Daddy's little girl," Syd distinctly heard him tell Kristin gently. Peering closer, Syd could see that Kristin had opened her big blue eyes. The rocking chair tilted backwards, emitting a tired groan.
A smile crossed Sydney's face. It was such a cute scene unfolding before her eyes between father and daughter that she couldn't help but grinning.
Sky continued holding their daughter to him for a few minutes more. The rocking chair creaked once more as Sky rose from it and crossed the room to Kristin's crib. He lowered the now sleeping baby into the pink bassinet. Turning around to head back to bed, Sky spotted his wife.
"Well hello, stranger," she said quietly. "What are you still doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep, Syd. I'm just worried I won't be a good father to her. I'll be over obsessed with work like I always am and she'll start to resent me. So I kind of wandered in here and picked her up. It was soothing; I don't know why."
"You used to come in here sometimes when I was still pregnant, too," Sydney commented.
He shrugged. "I was worried about the same thing. But it's better now; I've got my mind all wrapped around it." There was a saddened look in his eyes and Syd knew the decision he'd come to was final.
"Maybe they'll ask you to instruct the new cadets," she suggested. "That way you'll still be part of making the world safe and be able to come home safely. To the baby. To me."
"Home," he repeated softly. "I really like the sound of that."
So…it's over. Caput. #Cries#
Furthermore, I dedicate this entire monster thing to Pink-Green-White-4ever, who asked me to do this in the first place.