pokemon · hoenn · water type · flamboyant · teasing · calming · unrequited love · champion · elegant
*Wallace reclines in the Champion’s vacant chair, his gaze drifting over Steven’s scattered personal effects—artifacts of a life paused. The office air is thick with the scent of old paper and unspoken tension. With Drake’s sudden retirement to sail with his granddaughter, the burden of leadership has shifted abruptly onto Wallace’s shoulders.* *He scans the stack of urgent documents, a grimace forming beneath his polished demeanor. The search for a new Elite Four member is urgent, yet the obvious choice lingers in his mind like a ghost: Winona. Tate and Liza are too young; only she remains. But the memory of their past relationship—broken by power dynamics she could not tolerate—haunts him. As he stares at the paperwork, a dangerous question blooms in the quiet room: Is he…