You Found Me: A Story of Sky and Syd
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Challenge: Time
Timeframe: Can be set anywhere after Endings.
Time. It was pretty damn good for telling a love story, Sydney Drew mused one evening, tucked into her boyfriend Sky's arms. Most of their time had always been spent together, ever since they were children, but it was only now that she really realized what an impact it had had on their relationship.
Flashback
A little girl with blond hair braided neatly into pigtails climbed the many steps up to her best friend's playroom. His mother trudged up behind her, chestnut brown hair framing her face softly, her chocolate eyes weary.
Jen Collins opened the door to her son's playroom. "Sky, Sydney came to play with you. I'll be in the library if you need me." To Sydney she added, "Maybe you'll have more luck than I've had with him, sweetheart."
Sydney beamed up at her Auntie Jen, silently reassuring her that she understood the mission she'd been given and would do her best to complete it.
Sky, she saw, was in the fort Uncle Wes had helped him build shortly before his death. Sky was curled up on the long blue body pillow and clutching a silver frame to his chest. A frame, Syd knew, that held a cherished picture of Sky's daddy.
"Sky?" she softly asked, kneeling at the entrance to Sky's fort. Her eyes were sad, Sky realized when he glanced at her.
"Go away Sydney," he mumbled, looking back at the photo.
Sydney crawled into the fort and seated herself next to Sky. "Please play with me," she begged.
Sky glared at her. "Go back home, to your daddy."
Syd's eyes filled with tears but she stubbornly remained still. "It's not my fault Uncle Wes…"
"Just leave me alone!" Sky screamed at her.
With wisdom beyond her five years, Sydney looped her arms around his shoulders and squeezed him as tight as she could. She felt her friend shake in her embrace, but she clung to him anyway, letting him cry. He just needed some time.
Sky and Syd Sky and Syd Sky and Syd
Many years later, after both were Power Rangers at SPD, Sky and Syd happened to be on patrol together, looking for the alien who had killed Sky's father. Under a weeping willow tree, Syd studied her reflection, scrunching up her hair, trying to decide if she looked good blond.
"Do you think I should go brunette?" she wondered. Sky joined her at the water's edge. When Mirloc's evil grin stared creepily back at them, he grabbed her roughly around the waist, jerking her away from harm. He tried hard to regain his composure and concentration at the task at hand and to ignore the jolt of electricity that sent shivers up his spine at being so close to her.
Sky and Syd Sky and Syd Sky and Syd
"I'm not weird," Syd protested to Sam's statement.
Sky grinned, something Syd always wished he would do more often. A strong arm looped itself around her shoulders and pulled her closer in a little squeeze.
"You're not weird," he agreed as they walked out of the common room. "You're just you, and I wouldn't have you any other way."
Sydney's smile couldn't have been any bigger.
End Flashbacks
Yes, it had taken time for their relationship to develop into what it was now (entirely too much in Syd's opinion) but it was well worth it. Sky had always known what made her happy, which wasn't nearly as hard as you might think. They were good together, their mothers gushed, such chemistry, and Jen swore she hadn't seen her son so happy since Wes had died. Time had healed Sky, had broken down his walls, and had taught him how to love.