Disclaimer: Power Rangers are not owned by me. This story comes from the dark voices in my head.
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Author's Notes: I would like to thank everyone for the acceptance of this story. I was afraid that it would be met with resistance. Odd pairings come to me naturally. It is a curse that I bear to my enjoyment.
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Boom was lost in the sensation of the silky lips to his. The smell of strawberries insinuated its way into his nose. Boom slowly relaxed and did a combination of a sigh and moan into her mouth. He opened his eyes as he felt her lips pull back to see her cerulean eyes looking deep into his own. There was a singularly strange look upon her visage; Boom knew that he had done something wrong.
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I…" was all that Boom could stammer out.
"About what, Boom?"
"The kiss, I shouldn't have done it." Boom turned to stand up, but was held fast by Syd's long, lean fingers.
"Boom, I kissed you; not the other way around."
"But that look on your face, it repulsed you," said Boom dejectedly.
"Boom, I have a lot to teach you about women. I am NOT repulsed in anyway. I am surprised that you are such a wonderful kisser."
"WH-what, me, a wonderful kisser?"
Syd nodded, "Yes, most guys kiss hard, or try to jam their tongue down your throat, but you kiss softly, like a woman. It was very… nice," Syd added with a blush.
"I thought so also, do you think that we could do some more of that?" Boom asked shyly.
"I think that I can arrange that," Syd said with a smirk. "But for now, I think that you need to get cleaned up, and I need to get dressed and let everyone know that you are still among the living. And since I went off duty, maybe I can wrangle the entire day out of it. You don't look so good, maybe you need to use a sick day," winked Syd.
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Syd opened Boom's door and took a quick glance down the hall in both directions, ascertaining that no one was coming in either direction she grabbed her uniform and shut the door as her torso re-entered the room. As she started to slide on her pants, Boom looked around nervously and started to turn around.
"Boom, you don't have to turn around. It's not like you are going to see anything that you haven't seen yet. Who knows, but you may see more at some point," said Syd as she slowly sensuously slid on her slacks. She put her arms through her jacket sleeves and shrugged on the confining garment, she paused with the open jacket framing her bosom, drawing Boom's eyes to them. "Thank you for finally noticing them. If the first thing a guy notices about me is my chest, it puts me off, but if they don't notice it at all, then I begin to wonder about them." She shrugged and started to zip up the jacket, but stopped half way. "The guy, not my chest, I know I have a good one of those."
Boom could only nod as she finished zipping her jacket and crossed the distance to him. Again, her lips past personal zones and touched his. This time there was more activity from both of them. Kissing and nibbling bounced from one set of lips to the other, soft and slow like a languid ballet. "I guess I need to get cleaned up," Boom murmured as the kiss ended.
Syd nodded, "I need to get going and figure out what I am going to tell everyone. I have no idea what to tell them."
Boom's right cheek crooked to the side, "You could tell them that I tripped and hit my head coming back to my room and that when you got here I was groggy." Boom saw the look in her eyes. "No, it isn't true, but everyone will believe it. There goes clumsy Boom, let's bet on how long till he has an accident." Boom looked deeply into Sydney's eyes. She could see the sadness in them as he spoke again, "Don't do this to yourself, Syd; you deserve someone better than me. You will be laughed at if you are seen with me outside of work."
Getting closer to Boom than he would normally be comfortable with, "Boom, that just means there will be fewer women that I will have to compete with for you, and more guys that I can put down and drive off. I may be laughed at, but you will be held in awe. I have had my share of the guys that I should have; I now want a guy that I deserve, one that will treat me with respect and not only love me, but care for and care about me. I know you have a tender heart and soul and would never do anything knowingly to hurt me, also, we share something that we can't really talk about to anyone else," with this she turned his arm palm up and did the same to hers and put them side by side. "Let's see if we never have to do anything like this ever again."
Boom only nodded and slowly moved forward. Syd moved her head to the side and kissed him on the cheek. "No, as much as I want to do that, if we start, neither of us would leave here for a long time… and this will help us take things slow."
Boom nodded and as Sydney went to turn to leave, he grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it. "Let me know if you will have to work the rest of the day. If not, then I will burn a sick day."
Syd just gave him a big grin and ducked out of the door.
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Boom went to his bathroom and started the shower. The thing that he hated worst of all about his healing is that he still had to clean up. There were some accounts of healing factors that absorbed the blood and discarded flesh back into the body via the skin. Though he would be the first to admit that it was better to have to clean yourself up was better than the people that consumed all of what came out of their body. That sent a shiver up his spine as he stepped into the steaming shower.
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Sydney Drew, SPD Pink Ranger, walked into the command bridge and greeted the current Red Ranger, Sky Tate. He looked at her questioningly. "Well, what was that about you going off duty?"
"Boom didn't need a member of SPD at his door, he needed a friend, and we both know that there is a difference."
"So, you knew you were going to see something that you would have to report if you were there in an official capacity?" drilled Sky.
"Yes, or no, it doesn't matter. What I saw and heard was as a civilian and between friends. Though you don't have to worry about the blood," Syd looked away, "Boom tripped and hit his head on his way back to his rooms. He was a little groggy when I got there, but seemed to be okay once I talked to him."
"Do you think he was under the influence of anything?"
"A broken heart, shattered dreams, a torn up soul, yes, but that is all, no alcohol or drugs, if that is what you mean. You have to understand, Sky, Boom truly cares about Kat, and had formed hope after hope that someday the two of them would be together."
Sky snorted at the statement.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Boom is, for all practical purposes, a washed out loser. He would have as much of a chance getting with you as with Kat. Let's face it, he doesn't bring much to the plate; the only reason he still has a job here is because of Cruger's kindness. He isn't too bright, and he is more likely to break something as he is to fix it. His days are probably numbered, especially once this gets out."
"What do you mean by that Schuyler? That you don't think that Boom pulls his weight around here?"
"He was a good assistant for Kat, but there will be a tension between them and guess which one will have to go?"
"Kat, because she is dating her direct supervisor? Correct me if I am wrong there, oh great bastion of rules and regulations," Syd said as she turned to leave.
"Wait, I mean... Where are you going?" stammered Sky.
"To see about my friend, I am off duty remember? By the way Sky, there is a lot about Boom that you don't know, so don't pretend to. And to the suggestion that he doesn't have a chance with me, I think that you don't know me too well either," said Syd as she left the Command Bridge and headed to her room.
