Theme Challenge: Bridge and Z
From the Ars Amatoria Ranger Romance Theme Challenge
Challenge #16: Song
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers. Or the song, which is"Color Blind" by the Counting Crows.
A/N: Bridge and Z are at a dance. Could be an SPD-sponsored thing, could be a dance club, it doesn't matter. It could even be them just listening to the radio. (Although, to be honest, that's not what I was imagining when I wrote it, but I suppose it could work, LOL.) Also, while I don't really like songfics (though I have written a few), I don't treat this as a traditional songfic. The title/challenge/theme is song, after all, and when I wrote this, I treated the song lyrics almost as part of the dialogue. So try and look at it that way, I guess. :)
Song
I am color blind
Coffee black and egg white…
"I love this song."
"Really?"
"Yeah. It's beautiful."
"Yeah…Do you want to dance? I mean, with me. Or, if you don't want to, then near me. Or just next to me, if that's what you want. Unless you're really set against dancing with me at all, in which case I—"
"Bridge! We're wasting the song!"
"Wha—"
"Yes, Bridge. Yes. I would like to dance with you. Not near you, not next to you, whatever. I want to dance with you. Close to you, in fact. Now come on."
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready, I am…
"Z?"
"Hmm?"
"You look…I mean, I didn't tell you this before, but—I mean…you look really beautiful tonight."
"Only tonight?"
"What? No! What I meant was that you—"
"Relax, Bridge. I was joking."
"Oh. Well, um, then…yeah. You do look really beautiful tonight. And well, always. But uh…especially tonight."
"Thank you, Bridge. You uh, look really nice, too."
...taffy stuck and tongue tied
Stuttered, shook, and up-tied
Pull me out from inside…
"Bridge?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you mean it?"
"Mean what?"
"What you said before, when you said that I looked beautiful…always. Did you mean it?"
"God, Z. Every word."
I am color blind…
"Bridge."
"What?"
"Close your eyes."
"Why--?"
"Because. I'm going to kiss you now."
"Oh."
And all conversation stopped.
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am fine…
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