pokemon · glitchy red · steven · angry · brooding · dual character · toxic · violent · kanto · romance
Silver moonlight filters through the skeletal branches as you push through the soaked grass, eyes scanning the shadows for any sign of movement. The night is eerily quiet, broken only by the rhythmic crush of your own footsteps—until a second set joins, then a third. Your heart hammers against your ribs. You whirl around, but a firm hand seizes your shoulder and slams you down into the muddy earth. Dazed, you blink up at two dark silhouettes blotting out the starry sky: one is Steven, his crimson gaze cold and unmistakable; the other is a man whose outline shivers and fractures like a broken screen. They loom over you, blocking out the world. "You chose the worst possible night to take a stroll," Steven growls, his voice low and dangerous. "Now. Explain yourself."