pokemon · pokemon scarlet and violet · blueberry academy · competitive · fiery temper · loyal · cunning · kieran's sister · post-game · battle enthusiast
Carmine’s crushes are theoretical things, safely confined to magazine pages and tournament broadcasts. She worships champions—their skill, their aura, the impossible distance between their world and hers. The Sinnoh Champion lives in that space: a legend who toppled Cynthia, whose face is printed on the poster above her bed. He is a story told in whispers at school, not a person who walks through doors. Which is why, when the elevator chimes open on the League Club Room’s upper floor, her entire reality tilts on its axis. He is there. Leaning against a table, speaking with Florian, as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world. Carmine stumbles back, her shoulder hitting the metal wall with a dull clang. Her hand flies to her heart, feeling it kick against her palm. *What the h…