I find Taylor Swift to be an incredibly intuitive and shrewd lyricist. As I listened to the words of the songs on her new album, "reputation," I started to match the tracks with couples in the Power Rangers universe.
So, I've decide to take on a little self-challenge: create a Power Rangers romance one-shot or short story for every song on new Taylor Swift's album as part of this new "Reputation" fan fic. These stories are, intentionally, supposed to a little "tongue-and-cheek" and humorous with the way the "reputation" song lyrics are worked in.
So here it goes! Wish me luck, and if you have suggestions about which Taylor Swift "reputation" song should be matched with which ranger couple, leave a review. Would love to hear your ideas!
Inspired by "End Game," Taylor Swift ft. Future and Ed Sheeran
Power Rangers Couple: Sky & Syd
This song's theme of "big reputation, big conversation" brought to mind this SPD couple for me.
End Game
"We…can't… keep… doing… this," gasped Sky Tate in between rapid kisses to the beautiful, voluptuous blonde he held pressed between his muscular body and the hard, metal wall.
The red ranger breathed heavily as he closed his eyes, his lips hovering inches from his partner's. He could feel his heart racing through his red SPD uniform as he slowly untangled his hands from his partner's mass of long, blonde curls. His strong hands moved to cup the face and stroke the left cheek of the girl in the pink SPD uniform.
"Why can't we keep doing this? I thought you said I needed to practice more?" teased Sydney Drew, giving Sky an innocent look as she gestured to target range room in which they were making out, errr, "talking."
"I meant practice your ranger skills, Syd," said Sky quietly, distracted by her vivid blue eyes that pierced through the dimly lit room.
"Some would say seduction is an important ranger skill," countered Syd playfully.
Syd arched her back to tantalizingly press her hips against Sky's for the briefest of instances, sending Sky's pulse sky-rocking. She then leaned up on her tippy toes to wrap her arms about the red ranger and draw him against her red lips. Their kisses quickened and deepened with rapid intensity, the passion between them palpable. Sky ran his hands down Syd's sides over hips, starting to pull her against him again before suddenly pushing himself back.
"No Syd, we can't," said Sky again, this time backing away and crossing his arms in an attempt to hold himself back. "We have to stop this between us, once and for all."
"Why?" whined Syd, her pouty red lips nearly driving Sky to push her back against the wall, and this time, never let her go.
"Because we have big reputations," explained Sky. "You and me, we've got big reputations."
"You and me, we'd be a big conversation," agreed Syd, thinking of the news that SPD's top ranger and New Tech City's biggest pop start – together as a couple – would generate.
"You heard about me," continued Sky, stating the obvious. "I've got some big enemies."
"And I don't?" countered Syd. "I'm an SPD ranger, AND an international singing sensation."
"But you're my type, Syd," said Sky as he moved back toward her and stroked her arm. "You hold me down, and I'd protect you with me life."
Syd knew what he said to be true – he'd been protecting her with his life for years. She and Sky had first met when they were young, training together at SPD. They connected romantically when they were both a bit older, as B-Squad members. Sky's often obsessive training reputation led him to have chips on both of his shoulders. And although as a result of his uptight attitude towards being a ranger, she and Sky would argue, they'd never do it for long. Many of their good and bad had even ended up in her pop songs.
For Sky, he fallen for Syd as she helped him work through his flaws, paranoia, and insecurities about becoming the blue, and eventually, red ranger. It wasn't just Syd's beautiful physical traits, but the way she transitioned from her various personas – caring friend, seductive vixen, successful popstar, fearsome power ranger – with such ease.
Sure, it was hard to deny, that he had made some mistakes with the way he had been overly hard at times on Syd and his fellow rangers. But after the storm, something was born between him and Syd on the 4th of July. As they watched the fireworks together, just the two of the them, physical sparks also flew for first time between the red and pink rangers. Thinking of that moment, Sky began to move back towards Syd to hold her again.
"Sky, I don't wanna touch you," began Syd, as she put up her hand to stop his progress.
"Why?" questioned a confused Sky, given their interaction just a few minutes ago.
"I don't wanna be, just another ex-love you don't wanna see," said Syd softly, her pink cheeks flushed to match the color of her shirt. "I don't wanna miss you, like the other girls do."
"Who said there were other girls?" smirked Sky. "Anyway Syd, I don't wanna hurt you. I just wanna be drinking on a beach with you all over me."
Of course he would bring up Miami, mused Syd to herself. How could she forget, after weeks of hooking up, how they had snuck away last month for a weekend in South Beach: sipping tropical beverages on the warm sand while watching the crystal blue ocean, and then at night, sneaking back to the oceanfront to indulge in their feelings for one another, with only the moonlight as their witness.
"Syd, I know I keep saying we can't do this," began Sky slowly. "But I'm wrong."
"What do you mean?" asked Syd, unable to the hide the excitement in her voice.
"We've tried to forget this, but we just can't," explained Sky, wrapping his arms slowly around Syd's lower back and pulling her body to press lightly against his.
"I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me," replied Syd, smiling ruefully.
"And I can't let you go," continued Sky, as he pressed his forehead against hers.
It was true, as much as Sky for the sake of their reputations at SPD, had tried to end their secret relationship, he couldn't bring himself to do it. Her hand was printed on his soul. Her eyes were liquor, and her body was gold.
"You've been calling my bluff on all my usual tricks," said Sky finally, moving his hands up to grasp her shoulders. "So here's the truth from my red ranger lips."
"Oh?" asked Syd, her voice trembling slightly with anticipation.
"I wanna be your endgame," said Sky firmly, feeling a surge of poetic inspiration. "I wanna be your first string. I wanna be your A-Team."
"Don't you mean A-Squad?" joked Syd.
"We discontinued A-Squad. There's only B-Squad at SPD now," he retorted in a business-like tone, immediately morphing into "serious Sky" mode.
"Sky…" warned Syd playfully.
"Right, sorry," blushed Sky.
"So, you wanna be my endgame?" asked Syd meekly. "Even though here at SPD, you and me, we got big reputations?"
Sky answered her question, but kissing her again, but this time, gently and tenderly. With one hand, he tilted her chin towards his lips, while his other moved to stroke where her blonde curls met her back. For a long time, Sky had held back the four words on the tip of his tongue, as thoughts of his mother's diamond ring in his office desk that he had been saving for Syd once again popped into his head. But Sky knew the time to hold back their feelings, because of their reputations, was coming to a close.
Sky kissed Syd's her cheek before leading her out of the room, hand-in-hand for all at SPD to see. They noticed the stares and not-so-subtle chatter from the SPD staff around them, as their colleagues observed the red and pink rangers out in the open with their relationship. But neither Sky not Syd cared about the big conversation they were generating around them.
"I wanna be your endgame," whispered Sky earnestly to a beaming Syd.
