Title: Idle Hands

Pairing: Conner/Kira

Dialogue: "What can I say? I miss it."

Challenge: Casey

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, PRDT doesn't belong to me. If it did . . . a lot of stuff would be different.

Conner had been looking forward to the first day of senior year for as long as he could remember though it didn't explain why he was standing in the middle of nowhere, staring at a hole in the ground.

Kira wasn't surprised to discover Conner there that afternoon. "Hey," she said softly, slipping her hand into his.

He turned slightly, flashing a grin in her direction. "I thought you had band practice today."

"I switched it to tomorrow. I didn't really feel like singing today." She squeezed his hand, nodding toward the sinkhole at his feet. "Who would have thought falling in that would the start of something amazing?"

"I can't believe it's been a year."

"And six months since we gave Dr. O the morphers," she reminded him quietly.

"Yeah."

She heard the sorrow in his voice. "No more saving the world on a daily basis."

"No more Tyrannodrones or giant monsters." Kira glanced at him curiously. He shrugged half-heartedly. "What can I say? I miss it."

She didn't have to ask what he meant – the same hole existed inside her soul. "It's funny how full our lives were before we were Rangers. Music was the only thing I needed."

"I know. Soccer is great, but I miss the adrenaline rush, the knowledge that I'm making a difference," Conner admitted. "Do you think we'll ever get used to it?"

"Dr. O's adjusted well," Kira answered. "And he's had to do it more times than us."

"I know that he thinks we need to focus on enjoying our senior year especially since he never actually had one, but it's not that easy." He put his arm across Kira's shoulders. "I hate feeling like this."

"Hey," she said softly. "It'll get easier, Conner. As trite as it may sound, we do have each other. You, me, Ethan, and Trent, we're lucky because we do have that much."

He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. "Having you – it's worth it, Kira. Giving up the powers and finally being able to date like normal people – you make it bearable."

Beaming, she tugged him away from the hole. "Come on. Hayley promised us free smoothies today, and if we don't get there soon, Trent will claim ours."

"How did you know I was here?" he asked.

"Because Ethan and I came while you were at soccer practice. It was fitting, I guess, to return to where it all started."

Ethan walked into the clearing to meet them with a grin. "I'm pretty sure we had our first disagreement right here."

"And Kira made fun of us and strode off," Conner said, sounding happier.

"Well, you two were acting like alpha males – it was gross."

"Are we gonna go now? I want my blueberry smoothie," Ethan said.

The trio walked off toward their cars, Conner's arm wrapped around Kira's shoulder while Ethan babbled about a new computer game, and they listened with all the interest they never would have shown a year prior.