SPD The End: Syd & Sky
By: Pink-Green-White-4ever
Last Revised: January 6, 2006
Summary: In response to the challenge on spdrangers of livejournal, Syd and Sky share a few moments not long after Endings Pt. 2
Ships: Syd/Sky
Rating: T
AN: Thanks to Chrissy for getting me involved!
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Not for the first time since meeting her, Sky Tate could actually say he was amazed and speechless. On their only day off in nearly two weeks, Sydney Drew, SPD Pink Princess, was in the gym working out, getting sweaty when she didn't have to. Sky had to readily admit though, that since the defeat of Gruumm, and the restructuring of SPD, he'd seen a change come over everyone, particularly Sydney. She'd gotten a lot more mature in the last couple of months.
"Are you going to stand there and stare or are you going to make yourself useful?" Sydney asked, shaking Sky from his thoughts. He saw Syd had stretched out on one of the aerobics mats, her eyes trained on his face.
"And what exactly do you want help with?" he asked, smirking, even as he moved to kneel next to her.
"Help me stretch my legs out, will ya? I've been squatting weights and I don't want to be stiff tomorrow," Syd coyly replied, making Sky chuckle.
Quietly, the two of them worked to stretch out Sydney's leg muscles, neither realizing how it their position would look to someone who didn't know them. They were practically lying on top of each other, one of Syd's legs up stretch over their heads, only to be followed by the other as Sky helped stretch her thigh muscles.
"Better?" Sky asked, pushing himself off of her and sitting down next to her on the mat.
"Yes, thank you," Syd giggled before her face took on a serious expression. Carefully, she scooted closer to Sky before reaching up and brushing a hand down his cheek in an affectionate manner she used only when they were alone or with Bridge. "You've been busy lately, I hardly ever see you anymore."
Sky looked sheepish and guilty even as he leaned into her caress. He loved feeling those lethal yet incredibly soft hands on his face. Syd had the gentlest touch of anyone he knew. "Sorry. The Commander's been keeping me extra busy lately."
Shrugging, Sydney turned her attention to her tennis shoes. "How are you coping with the new job requirements?"
Sky looked surprised by her question. He hadn't thought she'd think to ask if he was adjusting well to the change considering how he previously adjusted to changes. "I've been preparing to be the Red Ranger all of my life. However, preparing and actually being are a lot different, but I'd like to think I had two great examples to help me."
At that, Sydney looked confused. "Two?"
Sky grinned. "My dad and Jack."
Twinkling laughter ensued, making Sky smile. When Sydney calmed down, she lay back on the mat and did a full body stretch. "I miss him," she whispered, rubbing the heel of her palm over her heart, where the ache had blossomed suddenly. She didn't like thinking too much about the fact that their squad was missing one, or if she was honest with herself, more than one with Sam having gone back to the future and Commander Cruger having retired Shadow Ranger.
"Surprisingly, so do I. Granted, I love being Red Ranger finally, but I miss having him around, annoying as he was."
Leaning down, Sky stretched out next to his best friend and propped his head up with his right arm. Reaching out, Sky brushed some bouncy blonde curls out of her face, and brushed a fingertip down her cheek, before moving his hand to rest on her flat and toned stomach where her own hands rested.
"Are you gonna ask Z out now?" Sydney suddenly asked. She regretted her question the minute his face darkened.
"No. I don't think Bridge would appreciate that," Sky told her, acknowledging the fact that they both knew he and Bridge had a thing for the lovely and witty Yellow Ranger, while his left hand gripped one of the ones on her stomach tightly. But there was a nagging feeling inside of him that Sky just couldn't pinpoint, and he only got it when he was thinking of Syd and Z.
Blinking, Sydney tried to hold back the tears. Sky had feelings for Z, but hadn't acted on them, and she'd had hidden feelings for him for three years and knew she couldn't tell him. No one but Bridge had known the cheerful Pink Ranger had spent nights upon nights crying herself to sleep over the fact that she'd lost her heart to someone who she knew would never return her feelings.
Sky, however, saw everything she was trying to hide, filter across her face. It hadn't been until recently that he'd seen Sydney as anything other than a little sister. 'When did I start noticing the woman she's grown into?' he asked himself. The answer came instantly. 'Merlock' he thought grimly. Granted, the fact that Sydney was a beautiful, talented, and graceful girl had never escaped him, it was just that he hadn't let himself think about that much until after they became Rangers. It wasn't until she stood up for him and the memory of his father that he'd realized she was no longer his 'little sister' but a woman he found he was attracted to.
It was in that instant that the nagging feeling Sky had been having broke over him like a tidal wave, nearly drowning him in a sea of emotion. He liked Z, had been attracted to Z, but somewhere over the course of three years, Sydney Drew had wormed her way into his heart, and now he understood the feeling he got.
He was in love. He was totally, irrevocably, shot through the heart with an arrow by Cupid, stupidly in love with Sydney Drew. And he'd just realized it.
"I'm sorry. I'm not feeling all that great. I think I need a nap," Sydney croaked, trying to sit up, only to have Sky keep her firmly in place.
"Sydney."
There was a world of undiscovered and untapped feelings in the way he said her name just then. "What Sky?"
The Red Ranger found he couldn't get the words out, so he tried to convey what he was feeling through his eyes. When realization dawned on Syd's face and in her eyes, Sky smiled.
"I need a shower, I'll see you around Sky," Syd whispered before leaning up and pecking a kiss to Sky's lips and then bolting from the room.
'There's hope yet to explore that avenue' Sky thought happily to himself, before pushing up and going to find Bridge and Z so he could ask for some advice on courting Sydney Drew.