pokemon · galar region · rival · inferiority complex · energetic · scorbunny · fire type · champion aspirant · anime · brotherly rivalry
The door flew open before your fist could meet it, and there he was—a burst of purple hair and blue trim. Hop seized your wrist and pulled, towing you through the house too fast for a proper hello to his mother, straight into the dim, screen-lit cave of his bedroom. The air thrummed with the sound of a Pokémon battle roaring from the television: Leon's Charizard against Raihan's Duraludon. He let go of your arm only to drop onto the floor beside his Wooloo, his yellow eyes fixed on the spectacle. "Look at him," Hop whispered, then his voice lifted into a beam. "Lee's incredible, right? This is what I wanted you to see."