Theme Challenge: Syd and Sky
Series presented by: BloomingViolets and Pink-Green-White-4ever
Challenge: Helm – written by Pink-Green-White-4ever
Last Revised: October 9, 2005

Summary: Sky learns to let Sydney have a little control.
Disclaimer: We don't own 'em, wish we did.
Ship: Syd/Sky

AN: Done in response to the Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Themes Challenge.

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"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"No."

"BUT SKY!"

"No."

"PLEASE! I promise not to crash it!"

"The answer's still no."

"SKY!"

Sighing, the Blue Ranger looked over at his teammate and new girlfriend. Sydney was being persistent, he'd give her that, but just because she was tenacious about asking, didn't mean he was going to cave in. "I am not about to let you fly my remote control airplane. The last time I let someone else fly it, it got crashed into a tree and took me three weeks to fix."

"I'm NOT Jack!" Syd whined and pouted, batting her eyelashes at him. "Please?"

"No."

Syd folded her arms over her chest and pouted. 'He is such a control freak! Why am I in love with him again?'

While Sydney was lost in her own little world, Sky was fighting an internal battle. 'She has a point, but still' he argued with himself.

"Syd, come here," Sky called. Sydney glared at him some more but moved toward him just the same.

Silently, Sky handed her the remote to his plane, making her smile, but before she could thank him, he wrapped his arms around her and laid his hands over hers on the controller.

"Sky?"

"If I'm going to let you fly it, you've got to know the proper way to control it. So, you'll have to deal with my arms around you until you get the hang of it."

Sydney grinned, pleased that she was going to get to fly the little blue plane, but secretly, what pleased her most, was having Sky holding her.

"Alright, now," Sky started, moving her hands. "Pulling back on the joystick is to make it go up and accelerate. Pushing forward on it is down and for landing and stopping, ok?"

Syd nodded.

"Are you ready?"

Grinning, Sydney nodded again. "I was born ready."

"Don't get cocky," Sky admonished her. "Here we go."

Together, they got the toy plane off the ground and into the air. "Oh wow!" Syd gasped, watching the plane soar. They turned in unison to follow the plane's path, laughing and teasing one another as the plane dipped and rolled.

"Thank you," Sydney told him lovingly, looking over her shoulder at him.

"For what?" Sky asked as they finally landed the plane.

"For trusting me to not crash your plane," she whispered, turning in his arms once the plane was on the ground. She slid her arms around his waist and laid her head on his chest.

Sky felt like an ass when she said it. He hadn't let her completely do it on her own, and here she was thanking him for trusting her. Sky wrapped his arms around her tighter, and laid his head on top of hers. 'All I have to do is trust her, but why do I have such a problem doing that outside of being Rangers and Cadets?' Sky asked himself.

Why did he have to hold the reins all the time? But deep down, Sky knew why. His dad had pretty much controlled his parents' relationship, not in a bad way mind you but he'd controlled it just the same. When his father had passed away, Sky's mother had been left not knowing how to function.

'I'm afraid, but I know that nothing that happened to my parents is guaranteed to happen to me and Syd.'

"You're awfully quiet all of a sudden," Sydney whispered.

"Just thinking. Tell you what, how about you decide where we're going tonight."

Syd looked shocked. Usually, her boyfriend had their date planned down to the last second. "Are you ok?"

Sky nodded and grinned down at her. "Yeah. Come on, let's head back and get ready."

The duo went and collected Sky's plane before heading back to their vehicle. Sky smiled, wondering what was in store for him with Syd and the helm.

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