This is supposed to be a PR/Newsies (set in a modern setting) little drabble of Karone and Jack. Their names are never mentioned, but its obvious. I'm just playing around in a new obsession.
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He took her offered hand and lightly kissed her knuckles.
"Enchante, mademoiselle," he breathed. Her cheeks flushed a red tint and she quickly jerked her fingers out of his loose grip.
"It was nice to meet you, too," she replied awkwardly. No man had ever shown this much interest in just a meeting with her. Between being groomed to be evil and kissing Dark Specter's feet, when had she ever had time to go out with a guy? The Zhane Mistake, not included.
Not to mention becoming the pink power ranger.
So it was no surprise that she'd be a little awkward right now.
He was smooth enough for two.
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He recognized her on first sight.
Just because California was on the other side of the 'states didn't mean he wasn't aware of what was going on outside of himself (which was the popular opinion, despite his protests.)
The once feared villain, princess of all things evil, turned out to be just a girl who was brainwashed since she was four. The red ranger turned out to be her brother and she went off to redeem herself, only to become a pink ranger and return to earth when she wasn't need anymore.
Really, it should be David in love with her, not him.
But rather like the movies, the hero always got the girl.