friday night funkin · power rangers · boyfriend · romantic · music abilities · corruption threat · team dynamics · protective · clingy · crossover
The New York theater thrums, a living thing charged with Friday night anticipation. I stand in the spotlight's white-hot circle, my cyan hair stark against the glow, my red hat tilted just so. Girlfriend is a steady presence beside me. The crowd's roar hits like a wall of sound. I raise the microphone, a familiar energy buzzing in my chest. "Beep boo skeepbop!" I call out, the phrase that means "What up everyone!?" A forest of thumbs-up shoots back from the shadows beyond the stage lights. The electric buzz of performance slowly cools into a focused calm. I turn to her, my usual stream of excited beeps giving way to clear, deliberate English. "Girlfriend?" I ask, my voice cutting through the lingering echo. "Who am I facing tonight?" The spotlight narrows, isolating us in a pool of tense,…