Quantum Red Blues
By: PernDragonrider
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers. Not making any money off of this; don't sue.
A/N: Warning: This story will eventually contain a slash relationship. If you don't like reading about a relationship between two men; then hit the back button on your browser right now. If you enjoy slash then read on and enjoy! The plot for this tale almost literally jumped into my brain while just relaxing and playing some music on my media player. The inspiration for this tale comes from an old tune by the Bay City Rollers, entitled "I Only Wanna Be With You". When the song started playing I got a quick flash of an unorthodox Ranger couple in my brain that just wouldn't leave. This is the result. Written for the Live Journal AWDT 2nd Birthday fic exchange. This one is for you XRachX. Enjoy!
Chapter Three – New LifeSix months after their dinner date, Jason was looking around his apartment as the moving company he'd hired was packing up the contents of his home and putting them into the large truck that was parked outside. "Well, starting on Monday, I'm the low man on the totem pole again. I'm sure that my relationship with Eric is worth this move, but I'm not sure how the others will take this. Billy, Zack, Rocky, Adam, Tanya, Kat, and even Kimberly have been giving me hassles since I announced I was moving away from Angel Grove, my job, them, and everything I've ever known to start a new job in a place where I only know two people. Silver Hills isn't the back of beyond, but to them it's like I'm moving to another continent." Jason sighed as his thoughts chased around and he was slightly stunned when all of his friends and former teammates, including Justin, showed up just as the last box was loaded and the moving man closed and locked the back of the truck.
"We're all set, sir." The mover said with a smile as he jumped into the passenger side of large moving truck. "We've got the address, the keys, and by the time you arrive in Silver Hills, you're new home will be there waiting for you. Have a safe journey when you head out tomorrow, Jason. Your stuff will be safe, sound, and ready for you when you get there."
"Thanks, Frank." Jason replied as he looked at the scowls on all the faces standing outside, in the parking lot of his apartment complex, comprised of his extended family of Power Ranger teammates and life-long friends. "You and Damien have a safe trip and don't break anything. You two were a surprise when I opened the door this morning. You were both a couple of klutzes back in high school. Guess we all grow up and move on, huh?"
"Jason, we want a word with you." Billy said stepping forward from the group of frowning people before the mover could answer Jason. "Just give us one good reason why you're moving away, bro. One reason why you're throwing away seven years of seniority at the docks and starting an entirely new career six hours away from the only home you've ever known."
"Billy, this is a great move for me, bro." Jason said with a sigh of resignation. "Yeah, I'm leaving a job I've had for the last seven years, but this is a move up for me. I wish all of you would understand that I want to, need to, do this. You all know that I've been looking for something better than shoving freight around on the docks for twelve hours a day, six to seven days a week without a break. Joining the Guardians isn't going to be a picnic for the first few years, but at least it's better pay and better hours. This is something I want to do for me; just for me."
"Jason," Kat said with a frown and a very disappointed tone of voice. "You've never shown any kind of inclination toward joining the police force and from what I've researched on the Silver Guardians they're nothing more than a glorified private police force for Collins Industries. Yes, they work with the Silver Hills Police Department all the time, but you've always told us you never wanted to become a cop and follow in your dad's footsteps. Why now, seven years after you had a chance to join the force here in Angel Grove?"
"Because the Silver Guardians are more than just cops, Kat." Jason said quietly and calmly while inwardly he was seething with anger at everyone but the movers that had just pulled away in the truck with a jaunty wave in his direction. "They're the ones that test all the new armaments for the various police forces around the country. They're also on the cutting edge of development for these same weapons. Joining the Silver Guardians gives me a chance to move up in the world, while also cutting down on the amount of hours I'm working day in and day out. Silver Hills is NOT the back of the beyond for Christ's sake. All of you have been acting like I'm moving to another fucking country and not just six hours away. I'll have a regular schedule and can actually take the time to do more things with everyone than I can now with the bullshit I deal with down at the docks. All of you know Wes, shit he's engaged to Kimberly, so I know you all know him very well. He's also a fellow alumnus of our extra-curricular club from high school. Look I know you all think this very abrupt and that I won't have anyone there to be friends with, but I've got 2 friends there already. Wes and his partner Eric are our friends and I'm sure I'll make more. Mr. Diamond, from the union here on the docks, has already told me that if things don't work out for me that I can come back and pick up with all my seniority intact; so I'm not really giving up anything. I've got six months before I lose everything down at the docks. Give me those six months to decide if this is what I want to do without pestering the shit out of me to move back home. Yes, I'm really going to miss all of you, but you didn't give Tommy this much hassle about leaving to pursue his paleontology degree. Why are all of you so against me doing this? It's not like I've got anything to tie me to Angel Grove since dad retired and he and mom moved to Vegas, of all places. Yes, I have all of you, my extended family, here…" Jason trails off and tosses his leg over his bike and looks at all of them with an expression that's a combination of exasperation, sadness, and some anger. "I'm going and that's final. Take it or leave it, guys. Everything I own just pulled out of the parking lot and I'm following. Either wish me good luck and a great trip to Silver Hills or stay quiet and be mad at me for however long it takes. I don't truly care right now. I was going to stay and hopefully hook up with Tommy at the Juice Bar, but I'm not staying. I sent him my new address and e-mail information this morning. Just like I did for all of you too. Good bye, keep in touch, and DON'T call to bitch about me doing what I want for MY LIFE!"
Jason slammed his helmet onto his head and started his bike. He carefully pulled it from the parking space he'd used for the last seven years and then roared out without looking back at the stunned faces of everyone he left standing behind in the parking lot. He didn't truly calm down until he reached the sign that said, Silver Hills Next Exit. He took the off ramp from the freeway slowing down to surface street speeds and made his way toward Eric's house. He checked his watch, when he got stopped for a light, and smiled as he took off when the light changed. "I made good time today. Five hours and that's the last time that long ride has to be made, ever. I thought long and hard about joining the Guardians, simply because Kat is right, they are mostly a glorified police force, but Eric is here and I'm going to make this work. Kimberly was right over a year ago. I have to quit running from everyone and find someone to settle down with. I don't know if Eric is THE ONE, but now I've got all the time in the world to find out. The greatest thing about being in Silver Hills is that I don't have to be so damned cautious that the others will find out I prefer men and I don't have to hide the fact that I'm on a date if I accidentally run into one of them. That's the ONE secret that Kimberly has actually kept. Thankfully."
Jason's musings kept him from being angry with his friends, as he pulled into the driveway of the house that Eric Myers owned. He pulled the motorcycle carefully around the large black SUV that Eric drove as one of the Commanders of the Silver Guardians and parked in front of it. "Well, home sweet home, for a tonight anyway. Then my stuff will be here and my apartment is ready. All I have to do is unpack the clothes. Hope Eric isn't ticked that I left a day early and will loan me the couch for the night. I should have stopped and called him, but I was really too pissed to do it." Jason mumbled to himself as he killed the engine, dismounted, pulled the bike up onto the body stand, and removed his helmet. "Here goes nothing." He said quietly as he walked up to the front door and knocked.
Eric was relaxing on the couch watching TV and nursing a beer when he heard the knock at the door. "Coming!" He grumbled as he rose from the semi-reclining position and padded to the door barefooted and wearing nothing but a pair of red shorts. He opened the door and smiled as he saw Jason standing there looking a little on the sheepish side. "Jason?" Eric questioned as he opened the door and let his current boyfriend into the house. "I thought you weren't getting here until tomorrow cause you wanted a chance to see Tommy?"
"Um, can I crash on the couch tonight, Eric, please?" Jason asked quietly as he came into the room. They'd been dating for six months, but both of them wanted to be sure about their relationship before jumping into bed together. They'd only shared a bed one time and that was because both of them were so tired that they'd fallen asleep watching TV on the couch together. "I was going to wait for Tommy until I got ambushed by everyone else as the moving truck was just finished loading today. I got so pissed off that I think I told them off; nicely I hope, jumped on the bike and tore down the freeway. I didn't really calm down until I saw the sign that said Silver Hills was the next exit. That's when I realized that I have no place to sleep. My apartment won't have any furniture there until tomorrow." Jason sort of ran down and then swallowed very audibly as he took in Eric's ripped abs and the very broad expanse of Eric's bare chest coupled with the very large amount of bare leg the rather skimpy sweat-shorts revealed and also seemed to frame the impressive looking hard-on Eric was sporting to perfection.
Eric smiled a smile that was pure seduction as he slid his hand into Jason's thick hair and pulled him into a heated kiss. "Are you sure that the couch is where you want to sleep tonight, Jason?" Eric asked with a deep sultry and smoky growl to his voice as both men drew air into their lungs after the kiss they'd exchanged had heated their blood and libidos to the boiling point. "I have a very large king sized bed in the bedroom and I want nothing more than to see you in the middle of that bed waiting for me, nude, hot, hard, and willing."
"I…" Jason started and then stopped as he saw the passion, for him alone, that was smoldering in Eric's dark eyes. "It's been a long time since I've been with anyone, Eric. I need to be shown that one person on this Earth is happy that I've moved away from everyone to someplace where I'm hoping I won't crash and burn as spectacularly as Serpenterra was destroyed. I want you, so badly it hurts sometimes, but right now I think I just need to be held." Jason's voice was just as passion roughened as Eric's was, but underneath the passion was a need to be reassured that he'd done the right thing.
"Come here, love." Eric said with a sigh. He pulled the unresisting Jason into his arms, shoved the door closed with his foot, and led Jason to the couch. "Just sit with me and let me hold you for now, then, love. Rough send off from everyone down in Angel Grove, huh?"
"You have no idea, love." Jason sighed as he sank into Eric's arms and was just held close in a loving embrace. "Every single one of the them showed up, except for Tommy and including Justin, to bitch at me about why I was leaving seven years behind and walking away. I don't really think it was the change in jobs that has them so worked up, but the fact that me, of all people, moved away from the town I grew up in and vowed never to leave. So me packing up and moving to Silver Hills has come as a huge shock to everyone that knew me well. Including Ernie, Lieutenant Stone, Bulk, and Skull. All of them have asked me time and again over the last three months, since my application to join the Silver Guardians was accepted, if this is truly what I wanted to do. This morning was just the straw that broke the camel's back. You know how much I agonized over this decision, Eric, my love. I just wanted to be happy today and it was ruined by an inquisition." Jason's anger started coming back and he was tensing up badly in Eric's arms.
Eric started massaging Jason's neck and shoulders as he tensed up, a massage designed to relax and comfort rather than seduce, as he wanted to do. "I'm sorry your day was ruined by a bunch of people that are supposed to be your friends, Jase." Eric said softly and calmly even as he smiled as Jason started relaxing with the massage. "You should have just told them the truth that you're moving here to be closer to me and the Guardians are the only place in town that's hiring for anything close to decent wages. One thing Mr. Collins is not is cheap with our wages and benefits packages; which is a good thing considering you're taking a large cut in pay, as it is to join the ranks. I'm truly honored that you'd move away from everything you've known just for me, Jason. It humbles me to think that someone would do that to be close to me. I'm not the easiest person to get to know or to get along with, just ask Wes. We've had a very antagonistic relationship, friendship, from the start. It wasn't until after going a little power mad and having Wes, Trip, Lucas, Katie, and Jen save me from going completely insane that I even loosened up enough to quit trying to always outdo him at everything. Just to show him that coming from nothing didn't mean I was less of a person than he was coming from his rich background. I've had a huge chip on my shoulder for years, love. Something I'm not proud of, by the way."
"I'm a private person, Eric." Jason said with a sigh as he turned slightly and slid down to where he could rest his head on Eric's shoulder. "They didn't need to know that I'm considering a long term commitment to anyone. All they needed to know was that I'd found a new job and was moving to Silver Hills because that's where the job was. Like I said the night we first met, love, I don't parade my dates all over town and I, truly, do prefer to keep everything low key. One thing is that the only person that knows I prefer men, that's left in Angel Grove anyway, is Kimberly and for once; that's one secret she's kept above all others."
"I'm just as private, Jason." Eric sighed and held Jason close as he felt the tension ease out of the larger man's frame as Jason finally relaxed fully. "The only reason that anyone in the Silver Guardians knows that I'm gay is because I told everyone just after we'd captured and defeated Ransik. I didn't want problems and normally I don't date anyone from work, but for you I'm breaking my own rule; something I don't do lightly, love. I think, no I know, that I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. It's crept up on me slowly over the last year, but the last time you had to leave to go home; I didn't want you to go. I wanted you to stay forever and that's when I knew you were the one for me. I'm not telling you this to force you into anything you're not ready for, love. I just wanted you to know that for me, you're all there is from now on."
The tenderness and truthfulness of Eric's words caused Jason's breathing to hitch slightly as his eyes misted and he hugged the man he was being held by tenderly and lovingly. "You're all I want too, Eric Myers. Today will always be worth all the hassles in the world to me because today is the day I was told that the one man in my life that has come to mean everything to me returns my feelings. I love you, Eric, and you're all there is for me from now on too. No one but you, love, ever."
Jason raised his head and gave Eric a gentle kiss that turned quickly, for both men, into something deeper. It turned into a passion filled explosion of mutual desire, exploration, and need. It didn't take long, for Jason and Eric worked together, before Jason's muscular frame was clad in only his tight red satin bikini underwear that he'd put on that morning under his black jeans. His well endowed manhood was already peeking from the top of the skimpy thong style underpants and weeping lightly before Eric and he broke apart and with a shared heated look between them, they joined hands and Eric quickly pulled Jason down the short hallway that led to his bedroom and the California king sized bed that held a very prominent place in the room. The black and gold geometric patterned satin comforter was already turned down to reveal crimson red, nearly blood red, silk sheets. The way the bed was positioned in the room, it faced the French style doors that led out into Eric's very private backyard. The Zen styled rock and sand garden along with the accompanying fountain was the foreground that graced the view. In the background were the large bamboo, dwarf palm, and banana trees that screened the whole yard from the view of any of Eric's neighbors. The pool glistened in the dying rays of the sun and both men never even noticed the chirping of the exotic birds that were caged just outside the backdoor and screened from the elements by an awning that extended from the roof.
Eric pulled the comforter to the foot of the bed and watched as Jason climbed in and rolled onto his back in the middle of the bed. "Love you, Eric." Jason said breathlessly and with such tenderness and passion that Eric's heart skipped a few beats before it went back to beating at the already accelerated pace that had come into being from the heated kisses and caresses the two had shared in the living room. Eric crawled up the bed like a huge predatory cat stalking its prey as he stretched his own muscular form out over Jason's.
"God, Jason, you are so gorgeous and I love you, too." Eric breathed just as he claimed Jason's mouth for another heated exchange of kisses and caresses to the nearly nude man beneath him.
Jason's hands weren't idle either and soon the two were, slightly playfully and slightly seriously, tussling around the large bed for dominance. Eric won, but only because Jason gave in, as the two were very evenly matched in both skill and power. Eric smiled down into Jason's eyes as he triumphantly slid Jason's red satin underwear from his body and his eyes feasted on Jason's nude form for the first time. He slid his hand from Jason's shoulder to his chest, taking his time to play with both small nipples that were already budded and demanding attention. He followed his hand with his mouth and smiled slightly when Jason moaned as he licked at his right nipple while gently tugging on the left one between two fingers.
Eric played with Jason's chest for a long time and didn't move lower until Jason gasped in a mixture of pain and pleasure as his nipples were so sensitized by Eric's foreplay that further stimulation was just at the edge of pain instead of pleasure. "Please, love, please." Jason begged between gasps as the waves of pleasure crashed over him taking him higher and higher onto the shores of sexual bliss.
"Oh, I'm going to make love to you, Jason Scott." Eric said with such a sultry passionate tone that Jason was shocked anyone's voice could sound like that. "But first I'm going to worship every inch of your body until you're nothing but a quivering mass of sensation and then, only then, will I slide myself into you and show you just how much more sensation and pleasure I can give. We're going to crash and burn together tonight, my love, lover, my everything."
Eric suited his words to actions and returned to Jason's chest with his mouth, staying away from the hyper-sensitized nipples and making his way, gradually and slowly, lower to where Jason's erection was jumping with every beat of his heart. Eric smiled and then licked his lips, before moving back up and kissing Jason so deeply that both men had to pull apart or faint from lack of oxygen and the mounting sexual and sensual tension that was rising between them like the dawning of the sun. It burned and shone like a beacon in the night and when Eric finally did enter his lover's body it was with twin cries of joy that they joined together so intimately.
Jason wasn't idle as Eric drove his body to heights of passion he'd never know. He touched, kissed, licked, nibbled, and sucked on every part of the man that was driving him wild that he could. Jason strove to drive Eric just as wild with passion as he was being driven and he succeeded in his quest to match Eric's seemingly devilish desire to mark him, not with hickies, love bites, or anything that would show outwardly to the world, but to take him to such heights that he'd never look to or at anyone else and think of anything but the pleasure making love with Eric could bring. Jason was so tense with his need for release and so relaxed that he didn't know that Eric was carefully, gently, and lovingly preparing him to be taken until he felt the large blunt head of Eric's generously endowed manhood breaching the ring of muscle to the most intimate opening on his body. "Ahh, love, so good; feels so good. Yes, yes, need you in me, Eric. Will always need and welcome you!"
Eric gritted his teeth at Jason's impassioned words and reigned in the desire to slam his body into Jason's so fast and so far that his own drawn tight balls would slap violently against Jason's ass cheeks. He slowly and as gently as possible slid into Jason until he was buried inside his lover's s body as far as he could go. He stayed still; allowing Jason's body to adjust to the foreign invader, even as Jason's mewls of desire for more crested over him. Eric, still staying in tight control slowly eased out and then in as he flexed his quadriceps and gluteus maximus muscles. "Can't keep control much longer, Jase." Eric panted, even as his body broke out in a heated sweat with the restrain he was forcing on himself. "I don't want to hurt you."
"Let go, love." Jason begged as he slid his legs from Eric's shoulder and wrapped them around his waist and pulled him even deeper back into his body. "Just love me; everything else doesn't matter, love. Just take us both so high we never come down."
Jason's words drove all semblance of control completely out of Eric's mind and both men cried out as one as Eric pulled almost all the way out of Jason's body and slammed back in with all the force he could muster. The long drawn out foreplay took its toll on both of them and within a few thrusts Jason was screaming with the explosive orgasm that rocked his body and within seconds of Jason's first orgasmic spasm, Eric's voice joined his as Jason's body contracted around Eric's and the two climbed the heights of lovemaking so high that both of them passed out for over ten minutes.
Eric was the first to stir as he felt his now flaccid penis slide from Jason's body. Both men groaned and it seemed, to Eric, that he felt lost without that connection to Jason. He gathered his lover into his arms and turned them on their sides facing each other. He kissed Jason gently and very tenderly on the lips. A kiss that conveyed everything his heart and mind were feeling toward the man he held. Jason responded with a kiss just as sweet, tender, and loving. Both of them sighed when the kiss ended.
Eric pulled the sheet and comforter up over both of them and turned back into Jason's arms. "Sleep, love." Eric and Jason said together and then smiled tiredly at each other. Their smiles turned into yawns and both slid into the oblivion of sleep still wrapped in a sensual haze of pleasure.
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