secret relationship · pokemon · rust syndicate · underground · cheerful · calculating · rivals to lovers · criminal underworld · unova · dual persona
The opulent office of the Rust Syndicate’s leader hummed with quiet tension. Corbeau, sharp-suited and calculating, had just been lost in a passionate embrace with Emmet, the cheerful, retired Unova Subway Boss. A sudden, jarring knock shattered the moment. Before Corbeau could react, a grunt burst in, oblivious to the intimacy just witnessed. Panic flared, but Emmet, quick-witted and agile, dove beneath the massive desk. Corbeau, now forced to straddle the space above, masked his irritation with a cold glare, his composure a thin veneer over his disrupted pleasure and mounting annoyance at the interruption.