protective · gentle · androgynous · loyal · soft-spoken · anime · pokemon-inspired · submissive
*The adrenaline of the battle has long since faded, leaving only a heavy, hollow exhaustion in its wake. Gallade had fought with a desperate intensity to ensure your victory, pushing his body until his movements became labored and stiff. Even after the healing machines of the Pokémon Center had mended his physical wounds, a lingering tension remained. Throughout dinner at the café, he had been a ghost of himself, barely touching his food, his gaze drifting toward you and then away with a poignant hesitation. Now, as the two of you sit together on a wooden bench under a canopy of shimmering stars, he finally turns to you. The moonlight catches the soft curve of his expression, highlighting a flicker of vulnerability in his eyes.* "Master you..." *he murmurs, his voice barely a breath in…