Writers block exercise
In the midst of some writers block with my original novel, I performed an exercise by playing with a Dex/Billy ship fic premise. I wiiiiiiishhhh this is what I wrote about for Memories last year, but anyway... here it is.
WORKING TITLE: STARGAZE
The pitch:
Stargaze is a canon-divergent MM romance in the shared universe of Masked Rider and Power Rangers. November ‘96 marked the end of the former and the finale of the latter’s fourth season, and we are exploring a “what if” between Billy Cranston and Dex Stewart.
Specifically, we’re looking at their respective crossroads: Billy is ready to move on from Aquitar following his age-reversal, and Dex is set to inherit the throne after Lexian’s passing. But ruling over war-torn Edenoi is a fate the young prince is desperate to defer, and the former Blue Ranger might just be the one to give him the reprieve he seeks.
THE PROBLEM FOR BILLY:
Who am I now? That’s the question on Billy Cranston’s mind. No longer a Ranger and no longer the power team’s advisor, Billy is searching for purpose. College seems like the obvious choice, but after seeing distant planets and inventing a literal flying car, school feels pedestrian for the interplanetary genius. So then… what’s next?
THE PROBLEM FOR DEX:
I have the life I didn’t know I wanted—which sums up everything Dex Stewart is feeling. A new family, an idyllic neighborhood, and track team captain—all on borrowed time. Now that royal duty calls, Dex feels caught between two lives—the one assigned to him and the one he built. Which life will he choose?
I imagine Billy and Dex would have a chance meeting somewhere, and they'd bond over feeling lost in uncertainty, birthing a doomed from the start romance before destiny would pull Dex away.
No HEA. Just heartbreak and a reckoning with suppressed sexuality. Fun!! Someone write it!! PLEASE!