Boys Are Stupid, by shoujokakumei, Shane/Dustin
Title: Boys Are Stupid (Throw Rocks At Them)
Author: shoujokakumei
Relationship: Shane/Dustin
Rating: G
Warning: I don't own these characters because if I did, this would be canon. Tori's POV (is that allowed? xD). If you don't like slash WTF are you doing reading this comm? Also posted on FFN. :o
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You know, when you're the only girl in the middle of a bunch of guys, you learn a lot. I thought I learned everything I'd ever know about them from spending my whole life surfing - I mean, we all know how many females there are in action sports.
When Blake and Hunter showed up, and Dustin suddenly had new friends, Shane was like a lost puppy. You should have heard the way he whined to me. I still think the reason he didn't like them at first was because they took Dustin away from him back then, all suspicious behavior notwithstanding.
I think he was a little jealous of Hunter, especially. Me and Blake kind of clicked from the start, but Hunter and Dustin were together at the track so much, it made Shane crazy. He started making excuses to go down there, which got out of hand pretty quickly - I'm amazed Shane can handle his Tsunami Cycle, because he's a disaster on a dirtbike. His next strategy was trying to get Dustin to hang out with him at the skate park, but we know from experience that Dustin and skateboards are a pretty catastrophic combination too.
Once the Thunders came back, and Hunter started making eyes at Cam all the time, Shane's attitude towards him did a complete 180, but Hunter and Cam are a whole other batch of clueless that I just don't have the energy for. And of course, Shane and Hunter still have their ridiculous alpha male rivalry going on, but that's just one of those inevitable guy things. It's a good thing the other guys aren't as bad as they are, or the testosterone would be unbearable.
Now, Shane and Dustin are my best friends - have been for a long time - but they're idiots. They danced around each other for ages, but I don't know when they went from friends to more than that. If I had to make a bet, though, seemed like things changed for them after Marah double-crossed Dustin. I still can't believe she would take advantage of him like that, after he trusted her - after he was the only one who WOULD trust her! Shane was unbelievably mad - you could almost see the smoke coming out of his ears. But his presence was the only thing that eased the hurt in Dustin's eyes for a while after that. The casual glances got less casual, the hugs and slaps on the back got more frequent and lasted longer. They sat closer together and hung out alone together a lot more often. And there was no more of the attempting to share activities, which was a good thing, since it'd be pretty hard for either of them to fight Kelzacs with a broken neck.
Things aren't going to get any easier for any of us. Who knows what the future has in store? Lothor is still out there. We have a responsibility to the captive ninjas, and to protect everyone. Somehow we're going to make it through, though. We've got each other, and the bond we share is stronger than any element, any ninja skill, any ranger power.
I guess we'll take it a day at a time.
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list of 22 - friendship.
Author: shoujokakumei
Relationship: Shane/Dustin
Rating: G
Warning: I don't own these characters because if I did, this would be canon. Tori's POV (is that allowed? xD). If you don't like slash WTF are you doing reading this comm? Also posted on FFN. :o
--
You know, when you're the only girl in the middle of a bunch of guys, you learn a lot. I thought I learned everything I'd ever know about them from spending my whole life surfing - I mean, we all know how many females there are in action sports.
When Blake and Hunter showed up, and Dustin suddenly had new friends, Shane was like a lost puppy. You should have heard the way he whined to me. I still think the reason he didn't like them at first was because they took Dustin away from him back then, all suspicious behavior notwithstanding.
I think he was a little jealous of Hunter, especially. Me and Blake kind of clicked from the start, but Hunter and Dustin were together at the track so much, it made Shane crazy. He started making excuses to go down there, which got out of hand pretty quickly - I'm amazed Shane can handle his Tsunami Cycle, because he's a disaster on a dirtbike. His next strategy was trying to get Dustin to hang out with him at the skate park, but we know from experience that Dustin and skateboards are a pretty catastrophic combination too.
Once the Thunders came back, and Hunter started making eyes at Cam all the time, Shane's attitude towards him did a complete 180, but Hunter and Cam are a whole other batch of clueless that I just don't have the energy for. And of course, Shane and Hunter still have their ridiculous alpha male rivalry going on, but that's just one of those inevitable guy things. It's a good thing the other guys aren't as bad as they are, or the testosterone would be unbearable.
Now, Shane and Dustin are my best friends - have been for a long time - but they're idiots. They danced around each other for ages, but I don't know when they went from friends to more than that. If I had to make a bet, though, seemed like things changed for them after Marah double-crossed Dustin. I still can't believe she would take advantage of him like that, after he trusted her - after he was the only one who WOULD trust her! Shane was unbelievably mad - you could almost see the smoke coming out of his ears. But his presence was the only thing that eased the hurt in Dustin's eyes for a while after that. The casual glances got less casual, the hugs and slaps on the back got more frequent and lasted longer. They sat closer together and hung out alone together a lot more often. And there was no more of the attempting to share activities, which was a good thing, since it'd be pretty hard for either of them to fight Kelzacs with a broken neck.
Things aren't going to get any easier for any of us. Who knows what the future has in store? Lothor is still out there. We have a responsibility to the captive ninjas, and to protect everyone. Somehow we're going to make it through, though. We've got each other, and the bond we share is stronger than any element, any ninja skill, any ranger power.
I guess we'll take it a day at a time.
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list of 22 - friendship.