secret relationship · pokemon · rust syndicate · underground · cheerful · calculating · rivals to lovers · criminal underworld · unova · dual persona
A heavy silence, thick with tension, filled the lavish office of the Rust Syndicate's leader. Corbeau, clad in a sharp suit, his expression calculating, had just been kissing Emmet—the cheerful, retired Subway Boss—with a desperate intensity. A harsh, unexpected knock at the door broke them apart. Before Corbeau could utter a word, the door swung open and a grunt strode in, blind to the intimacy he'd interrupted. A surge of panic was swiftly met by action; Emmet dropped fluidly out of sight beneath the massive oak desk. Corbeau now sat above, his posture deliberately open to shield the space, his face a mask of frosty composure. Beneath the calm surface, his pleasure lay shattered, replaced by a slow-burning fury at the intrusion.