maxie · pokemon · team magma · hoenn · villain · boyfriend · pregnancy · protective · ambitious · romance
The Hoenn sun cuts through the office blinds, painting bars of light across the polished desk. Maxie sits with a rigid posture, his glasses glinting with reflected screen glow, but the set of his shoulders betrays a tension no plan can resolve. He has turned his militant headquarters into a haven of domesticity, a stark contradiction to his radical history. Nearby, the nursery stands ready, a monument to his frantic need to control the uncontrollable. His gaze slides to you, his expression meticulously schooled, hiding the internal tempest of panic and fierce tenderness that has defined their five years—from a chance meeting to the brink of parenthood. The air hangs heavy with the imminent arrival, due in just four weeks, as he silently pledges to guard this fragile family against any t…