A Lifetime Of Love: Syd and Sky
Series presented by: Pink-Green-White-4ever
Challenge: Distraction
Last Revised: April 10, 2007
Summary: A man in pajamas is such a distraction
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em, wish I did.
Genre: General
Rating: T, for now.
Ship: Sydney/Sky
AN: Set during Insomnia. This was supposed to be a short one, and I don't think it turned out as well because I realized after a while, Insomnia is a hard episode to base a chapter around, because it jumps a lot because of the highlight reels from the season. So, if you don't like it, I'm sorry, it was a bit hard for me to write…I was distracted myself.
Falling head over heels
Thought I knew how it feels
But with you it's like the first day of my life
Cuz you leave me speechless when you talk to me
You leave me breathless the way you look at me
You manage to disarm me, my soul is shining through
Can't help but surrender my everything to you
I thought I could resist you
I thought that I was strong
Somehow you were different from what I've known
I didn't see you coming
You took me by surprise and
You stole my heart before I could say no
-- The Veronicas, Speechless --
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Sydney couldn't help but shift in her spot as the team recounted their last few months as Rangers, faults and all. Every time she looked over at Sky, he was looking back at her intently. Even though they felt like they were on the verge of being replaced as a team, Syd couldn't help being distracted by Sky. It wasn't like she'd never seen him in his sleepwear before, because she had. There was just something about in the way he was sitting, the way he was acting, that had her imagination in overdrive.
She kept picturing them cuddling together like they had a few weeks ago after he'd found her on the roof. The image of him holding a little boy with blonde hair and his eyes, or a little girl with her face and Sky's smile kept taking over while they were supposed to be talking. It made Syd seem a little more spacey than normal. The Pink Ranger knew she couldn't afford another distraction, especially if Cruger was displeased with their performances already.
When she realized she wasn't really keeping up with the conversation, especially since it was about her, Syd made a few shallow comments to keep the others from questioning her spacey demeanor, and then she brought up Shadow Ranger. "Do you think that's why Cruger became Shadow Ranger? Because he didn't think we could do it on our own?"
As the team started talking about Cruger's Ranger status, Syd snuck a couple more glances at Sky, who was sitting directly across from her with Jack. He seemed pretty deep into the conversation about Shadow Ranger, but for some reason, Syd couldn't wrap her mind around anything but him. Sky's response to Bridge's question caught her attention. "If Gruumm can destroy Earth from orbit, why doesn't he?"
"He must need something," Jack supplied.
"But what? He already has millions of dollars worth of diamonds," she responded. A gentle smile crossed her features as she thought about that afternoon in what seemed like so long ago that she finally started to see the cracks in Sky's walls. Sky had been ordered to watch a bunch of diamonds, and she'd volunteered to stay with him. It was an afternoon she'd never forget, because she'd finally gotten him to open up and smile and laugh with her. It had been a wonderful moment, but it had ended all too soon.
Sydney almost laughed when she finally came back to the conversation and heard Bridge's next comment. "I've got it. Gruumm's master plan is to open up a mega jewelry store. It's perfect." Looking down at the floor, the Pink Ranger tried not to look up at her teammates, or she knew she'd end up laughing, especially if she knew them as well as she thought she did – Jack, Z and Sky would be looking at Bridge like he'd lost his mind, which, Syd argued, he very well may have. "Okay, it's not that perfect."
"Gruumm must be trying to build something," Z spoke up. Syd finally looked up from what she was doing and noticed Sky was sitting on the couch not far from her. "Like a new ship?" Z asked, turning to Sky.
The Pink Ranger found herself almost having a heart attack as she looked over and saw him biting his lip as he thought about that. Sky's lips…Sydney realized, quite embarrassedly, that she wanted to be the one chewing on his lip.
"Out of gold? It's way too soft a metal," Sky responded, looking over at the two girls.
Sydney couldn't help but to keep staring at him while Bridge brought up the Iridium that Gruumm had stolen, mentioning that it could be used to harden metals. When Z spoke up about whatever Gruumm was building, Syd found herself finally being dragged back into the conversation, and away from thoughts of the man in blue not far from her.
"So Gruumm has everything he needs to build…whatever he's building?" Syd asked, slightly confused on what was happening around her.
"Except a synthesizing agent to pull it all together," Jack started as he stood up, the others following suit.
"Hemotech plasma!" Syd and Sky announced together, the team looking at each other. Finally caught up on the conversation, all thoughts of Sky were soon replaced as the team tried to figure out how to tell Cruger what was going on.