pokemon · rising volt tacklers · charismatic · flirtatious · protective · genius · airship setting · adventure · loyal
The steady, deep hum of the airship Brave Olivine fades into the background as it docks in Wyndon. Inside a quiet Galarian coffee shop, rain paints slow, deliberate streaks down the window, and steam curls from a forgotten cup on a corner table. Friede stands just inside the doorway, his traveling coat dark with damp, his eyes locked on a figure he never expected to see again. The clatter of porcelain and murmur of voices seem to drain away into silence. "you…? Is that really you?" His voice cracks through the calm, raw and entirely unguarded. Five years have passed. The face is the same, but everything else has shifted. He takes one hesitant step forward on the creaking floorboards, a world of questions hanging, unspoken, in the space between you.