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Rated M for: Occasional language, adult themes, sexual situations.
a/n: Vignettes of a slightly alternate MMPR universe. Jason and Kimberly centric. Will follow a base plot, but may jump timewise every few chapters or so. It may seem like I'm Tommy-bashing at times, but it's just the way I decided to go with the story. When I say slightly alternate, that applies more so for him. How he came to be, his relationship with the other characters. Chapters will be anywhere between 2 and 400 words. Story will likely be fairly long. Thank you for reading... Reviews make me smile!
1. Jason: Stay
He bites his tongue and reels in his temper.
Zordon remains silent.
The others shift uncomfortably.
There's a moment, somewhere between his hand twitching in impatience and the appearance of his deceptively relaxed veneer, when he thinks of walking out.
Fuck Tommy. Fuck this team.
"We'll figure this out, okay?" Her voice is small, coaxing, because she's literally between them. "Let's not fight. We're on the same side."
The pink in his peripherals would normally calm him, but the green that moves closer to her sends his chest into a flurry of damn near uncontrollable anger.
He never thought he'd feel this way about his friends.
Never thought it'd be them stressing him out, rather than the ridiculous monsters and the world-threatening madness that never ends.
Kimberly wraps small fingers around his forearm and looks him in the eye, and he knows he'll never leave as long as she's here.
"We need you, Jason. Please. Try."
She reads him like a picture book. Doesn't need words to understand what's going through his head.
He turns back to Zordon and addresses the task at hand. The arguments with Tommy will continue, and it will always play out the same.
He wants to go with every fiber of his being. But couldn't live with himself if he left her behind.
Nothing will change, and he'll remain, and everything will continue to disintegrate until their lives are unrecognizable.
But he'll be with her and, for now, that will have to be enough.