You Found Me: A Story of Sky and Syd
Disclaimer: I owned Power Rangers for five minutes last Thursday, but then I woke up.
Challenge: Secrets
Timeframe: Post Stakeout.
It had to be a secret, Sky had insisted on the rare occasions they had to be alone. No one could find out about the secret relationship they really had, away from the pressures being rangers threw at the,. The academy didn't really approve of cadets being intimate, but it wasn't forbidden either. But, Sky said, if Emperor Gruumm or his minions ever realized the blue and pink SPD rangers were romantically involved, it could mean disaster for everyone. Clichéd it would be to kidnap the object of the hero's affections, but everyone who was anyone knew Gruumm would stop at nothing to get his paws on Earth.
And so Sydney kept her mouth clamped shut, even going as far as suggesting Sky annoyed her, though she knew in her heart that she'd never love anyone more than she loved Sky Tate. It was romantic, their secret love. Like Romeo and Juliet, though Sky's parents got along just fine with hers. And Sydney didn't mind it being a secret for now, because Sky had sworn a thousand times when Gruumm was captured they would tell everyone, that it would be official.
Personally Sydney was surprised that the stoic blue ranger had come up with such a romantic solution to their problem. Syd fell right into her role as a star-crossed young woman, collapsing into his arms where she knew she would be kept warm and safe, where she was loved.
It was her birthday, and Sky had left her a note (hidden under Peanuts where Z wouldn't find it) to meet him out here at midnight. That was another main element to their secret romance, the midnight rendezvous. Sydney giggled and pulled her pink suede coat tighter around herself. She was such a hopeless romantic; the idea of a top secret storybook romance tickled her pink.
She wasn't surprised when Sky's strong arms slid around her and his face became buried in her golden curls. Syd smiled in anticipation; Sky was really very good at picking out gifts for her. He tried to play it off like he was cold and unfeeling but the side of him that only Sydney was allowed to see was quite the opposite.
Sky lifted his face from her hair, wheeled her around. His arms still squeezing her around the waist, Sky leaned in for a kiss. Syd felt him smile against her mouth. She pouted when he pulled away.
When he presented her with a tiny box wrapped in shimmering silver wrapping paper, Syd let out a squeal of joy and threw her arms around his neck.
"Y'know Syd, you could just open it," Sky muttered, holding her as well.
"Oh, right," Sydney chirped. The silver wrapping came off fast as lightning. Cracking open the deep blue velvet box, Syd gasped.
Enclosed was a beautiful pendant of two hearts intertwined. What really made it fitting was that one heart was made of pink gems and the other blue. How incredibly sweet.
Sky was watching her anxiously, searching her face for some signal that he'd done something right.
"Oh Sky," Sydney breathed. The next thing he knew was that her mouth was pressed over his in a sweet strawberry flavored kiss, her arms holding him close.
"Happy birthday, Sydney," he whispered, connecting the necklace around her.
It'd always be their little secret.