Consolation Prize, by RJ Anderson (PG)

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Fandom: ALIAS
Pairing: Sydney Bristow/Eric Weiss
Author on LJ: synaesthete7
Author’s Website: FF.net Profile
Why this must be read:

This is one of the first Syd/Weiss fics I read, and I love it for much the same reasons as I do torchthisnow’s Tongue Tied Lightning--that is, the for the caring and friendship that grew between Sydney and Weiss during the third season.

RJ Anderson’s Weiss is a darling, and you can’t help but wish him the best.

For a moment she did not reply, just sat there gazing into the darkness, eyes huge in her pale, stricken face. He was just about to nudge her when she answered at last, her voice barely audible: "Nobody wants me."

Weiss stared at her, then let out a snort of a laugh -- he couldn't help it. "Syd, are you kidding me? Let me tell you, if there's any guy you've ever met who doesn't want you, he's either in a coma or he's got it for Vaughn instead."

She gave him a startled look, and he realized what he'd just said. Whoops. Nice one, Eric. Ever heard the term "dead giveaway"? "Uh, but don't tell Mike I said that. He thinks we're just friends."

Oh, yeah, like that's going to help. By now Syd had to know as well as Weiss did that if he were going to switch teams, it would not be for the sake of a guy he'd once seen sporting a mullet and a zit like a third eye, playing air drums to Def Leppard with a Cheeto up each nostril. But it was the only escape route he'd left himself.

Consolation Prize