Weight of the World-p.r.s

24-fears

trigger warning: mentions of large amounts of blood/throwing up

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The next morning, Jayden woke up before Brooke did. Which was pretty common now, as she was usually dead to the world nine times out of ten. Such as now, where she was resting her head on his chest and deeply asleep. To be fair, it was early in the morning, the clock read 4:56am, and Jayden just enjoyed the time he had with Brooke in his arms. He had to leave before the others woke up- he always had to, as he knew the others wouldn't leave them alone about it. So, that always meant he had to get out of bed far sooner than he would've liked. It was still dark, and the only source of light was the faint silver glow emitting from Amaris, who was curled into a ball. Which she had stopped flickering, so that means Brooke wasn't running out of symbol power anymore, which was something Jayden found reassuring. Symbol power was a fickle thing- and one of the last things he wanted was Brooke burning herself out to the point where she couldn't even harness symbol power anymore.

Jayden let out a quiet yawn, tightening his hold on Brooke. He had nightmares, but she had calmed him down to the best of her abilities, and he thanked her for it. It was much more reassuring to wake up to someone telling him it was just a nightmare than from his own panic. It was the best sleep Jayden's had in a while, even if it was interrupted by his nightmares. Having someone in his arms was a nice feeling.

"Go back to sleep," Brooke's groggy voice snapped Jayden out of his thoughts, and he raised a brow. "It's dark out. Sleep." That was her only explanation, and Jayden felt the corners of his lips twitch.

"And what if I don't?" Jayden retorted, and he felt as Brooke readjusted her position in his arms, the blankets rustling somewhat.

"I'll get Amaris to lay on you," Brooke threatened with a yawn, looking up at him. She could still see him, faintly, and she reached up, tracing his jawline with her fingertips. She also felt Jayden stiffen and then relax, his heart rate increasing. "It's peaceful now. Stay for a bit, please." She pleaded, and Jayden smiled fondly.

"I'm not going anywhere," Jayden vowed, and Brooke made a noise of contentment.

"Good, 'cause I want you here," Brooke stated, getting comfortable and falling back asleep quickly.

Jayden looked down at Brooke in his arms, smiling faintly. "I'm happy to be here." He murmured, closing his eyes. It was almost like they weren't power rangers fighting in a war, and he selfishly wished that he could stay like this. But, he had a job to do, and Jayden knew that. He knew Brooke knew that, but right now, they just basked in the peace of it all. With that thought in his mind, he fell back into a light sleep, a small smile on his face.

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The mornings always went by peacefully, Brooke getting slammed into the wall and floor was now just a fact of life. Now she was grateful that her samuraizer was going off- she knew that she shouldn't be, but it was better than hitting the wall. It was something to help get her frustration out as well, because the despair symbol made her pissed off- and Brooke didn't know if it was because of the symbol itself or just the lack of progress. It was probably a mixture of both, and her eyes flashed as she power-walked into the meeting room after changing out of her training uniform.

She stood next to Jayden for a moment, tracing a route with her finger as she flipped open her samuraizer. "Follow me," Brooke commanded, and the five rangers nodded. As she ran, she dialed Antonio's number, bringing up her samuraizer up to her ear.

"Hello?" Antonio greeted, sounding rather depressed. He had been out of the Shiba House all morning- and it made Brooke slightly worried. Still, she pushed that aside.