You Found Me: A Story of Sky and Syd

Disclaimer: If I owned PR, there would be a season with only the hottest of hottie rangers. Sadly, this will never be. #Clutches her Wes action figure and cries#

Challenge: Closer

Timeframe: Somewhere before Endings.

Sky Tate, B-Squad's blue ranger, ambled leisurely into the common room, his trusted, battered SPD handbook tucked neatly under his arm and a bowl of popcorn in his hands.

Sky allowed himself to smile a tiny smile as he set down the popcorn on the coffee table and surveyed his surroundings. Perfect. It was nice and empty in here…except for that familiar petite blond figure decked out all in pink, ultra feminine, essence of.

She hadn't heard the door whoosh open, hadn't even moved one inch. This concerned Sky; normally Sydney would at least call out a cheerful greeting. What was she doing here, anyway? It was Saturday night and she was supposed to be out on a date with her boyfriend Ben.

Sky involuntarily clenched his fists. He didn't like Ben, and not just because Sky was in love with Syd but Ben got to have her. No, Sky hated Ben because he suspected Ben Gordon was a filthy two-timing rat.

It hit Sky like a ton of bricks: Maybe Sydney had finally figured this out.

"My poor Sydney," Sky thought, then mentally kicked himself. Sky Tate didn't think like that. Now he was stuck trying to decide whether to just ignore Syd (she still hadn't moved) or to try and comfort her. He knew Sydney had always been there for him, ever since they were children. When his father had died, she'd run right up and flung her arms around him, squeezing as tight as she could.

Sky decided to try his hand at the comfort game. Maybe he'd be lucky and she wouldn't feel like having a conversation. He wasn't great with feelings in the first place, much less discussing them. But Syd needed someone, needed him, and so Sky would just have to grit his teeth and bear it.

"Syd?" he asked gently, moving behind the couch where she was perched.

Sydney looked up at him, trying to put on a happy front. Her eyes betrayed her.

"Hi, Sky," she murmured, shakily. "What's up?" Syd attempted a smile, but couldn't quite manage it.

"What's up with you?" Sky questioned "Why were you crying?"

"I…Ben…"

"I knew I didn't like him," Sky muttered, sitting with her.

"He cheated," Sydney wailed, hiding her face in her hands.

Very slowly Sky pulled her into his embrace, cradling her tenderly. Her body racked with sobs.

Sky glanced around nervously. Where in the hell was Z? She had to be better at this feelings stuff than he was.

Syd pulled away from him, still crying. "Is there something wrong with me?" she asked in a whisper.

A sigh escaped from the blue ranger's mouth. "Syd…I honestly can't think of any reason why Ben would cheat. You have so much to offer, Sydney, and he was such a loser anyway…"

Syd sniffled. "Y-you think I have a l-lot to o-offer?"

He nodded and smiled the big grin she had always loved. "Come on, you know you do. You're smart and talented and" he hesitated, "beautiful. If you ask me you're better off without him."

Syd flashed a ghost of her usual smile at him. "Thanks."

Sky quickly racked his brain for something that would take her mind off of Ben for a little while longer. "I think the circus is in town."

Syd looked up at him, her mouth hanging open in disbelief. "You hate the circus," she observed flatly.

"I know, but you like it and well, Syd you're my best friend. I don't want to see you hurting."

And with that, Sydney leapt off the couch and skipped joyfully down the hall towards her dormitory, off to freshen up a little.

"Now that's the Syd I know," Sky said. He smiled.