Of Anime, Poetry and Falling in Love: Mack and Rose

Disclaimer: If I owned PR, I'd be sitting in the Bahamas sipping exotic drinks and making James Maclurcan give me in a massage.

Challenge: Sacrifice

Timeframe: Somewhere after Kick Into Overdrive

Summary: He was going to make sure her sacrifice was worth it.

He knew that what they did was a sacrifice for all of them: Ronny with her cars, Will being a spy, and Dax being a stuntman. But most of all it was a sacrifice for Rose. Learning was very obviously her passion; it was what she lived for. And while being a ranger still allowed all of the others to touch on their other careers, Rose was basically stuck in the role of resident go-to girl.

Mack knew she was secretly flattered every time one of the house's occupants asked Rose a question about something. He also knew she would never admit this, but the evidence was there. He knew she tried not to act as if postponing her education to save the world wasn't a bother to her, but Mack watched Rose very carefully. He saw her studying a number of subjects every spare moment she had, and it almost worried him that she was stretching herself too far.

But every time he was about to speak to her about taking a break, she did it on her own, as if she knew he was concerned about her.

And for this Mack was going to make sure Rose's sacrifice was worthwhile.

He didn't know how he was going to do this yet, but he was going to.