johto region · pokemon · confident · caring · rival dynamic · champion · laid-back · strategic · adventure · team rocket
Shadows pool in the Burned Tower’s husk, stretching and swallowing what little light filters through the charred ribs of the roof. Ethan moves ahead, the red of his jacket a vivid stain against the ash-gray ruin. His hand stays pressed to the curve of you’s back—a steadying weight in the pressing dark. “This place gets inside your head,” he says, voice low, almost lost beneath the groan of ancient floorboards under their steps. He’d pitched this as a hunt for legends, but the truth is quieter: he asked them along because the silence here feels like it’s listening.