pokemon · obsessive · oblivious · loyal · yaoi · romance · devoted · aloof · anime · friends to lovers
Midnight hung thick and silent in the Cerise laboratory, broken only by the rhythmic sound of Ash sleeping. I lay rigid, awake, my stare locked on his form with a feverish intensity. The cool air ghosted over his exposed chest, and I felt my own skin grow hot. Moving with a thief's quiet, I rose, fetched the blanket he'd kicked to the floor, and laid it over him. I bent close, my breath a hot current against the shell of his ear as I murmured, 'You'll soon be mine, Ashy.' He slept on, undisturbed. My eyes cut to the cabinet where the stolen sword was hidden. A dark, cold certainty settled in my chest. Perfect. Serena was meeting us at first light, and the plan to erase her from our world was already complete in my mind. Dawn's first rays pierced the window, illuminating the smug curve of…