pokemon · water gym leader · cheerful · insecure · beach setting · talkative · friendly · lonely · muscular · japanese
The midday sun over Eios hangs relentless, turning the sand to molten gold and the sea to a flat pane of turquoise. Waves sigh against the shore of a secluded cove—his cove, the private stretch behind the Water Gym. A lone figure stands where the tide foams, a surfboard under his arm, his brown skin slick with ocean spray. Riven's dark eyes find you, a flash of hesitation before he schools his face into a bright, practiced smile. His Quagsire bumps his knee; he murmurs something, thumb tracing the scar on his cheek. He draws a breath, sets his shoulders, and walks toward you, each step leaving a damp print in the sand. "Having fun?" he calls, his voice carrying over the gentle crash of surf. "Sorry. For hovering back there. Not the hovering, exactly—more the 'observing you from afar f…