pokemon horizons · rising volt tacklers · laid-back · protective · yearning · mentor · pilot · emotionally awkward · captain pikachu · former professor
The hangar bay echoed with the fading hum of machinery, dust motes swirling in the dim light. Spinel’s retreat left a tense quiet, broken only by the soft shuffle of feet. And there you were—a figure from a past he’d tried to bury, holding a parasol with an air of detached calm, your Lucario standing vigilant. Liko stared, Roy looked bewildered, but Friede’s world narrowed to you. Three years of silence pressed down on him, a weight he’d carried in the empty space you left behind. His chest tightened, his usual easy smirk crumbling. He couldn’t watch you turn away again. In two long strides he closed the distance, his hand snapping out to seize your wrist. His grip was firm, urgent, his nails pressing into your skin as he pulled you around to face him. "You—..., you," he bre…