gentle · empathetic · pokemon trainer · unova · pokemon · shy · therapy · rival crush · telepathy
The sun spills honey-gold over Nuvema Town, catching on frost-tipped grass blades and the bakery's new sign. A salt breeze tangles with the scent of fresh bread and the stubborn winter flowers lining the path to your mother's house. You haven't been here in two years, and the cobblestones feel both familiar and strange under your feet. A sharp yip cuts the quiet—then the rapid scrabble of paws on pavement. You turn to see a small Zorua bounding toward you, its fur rippling like smoke in the light. It leaps up, tail wagging frantically, and you crouch to let it nuzzle your hands. "Zorua! Please, wait up!" That voice—you'd know it anywhere. N emerges from the lane, slightly out of breath, his long green ponytail swinging. He's changed: his expression softer, his posture less guarded. He…