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goomysnotebook · 1 year

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𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 (Piers x !Reader)

A/N Woop woop, yet another of my lost Wattpad fics from around 2020! Enjoy :)

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The smatter on the window only grew stronger by the minute. The clock read 1:15 am but you didn’t care. You just stood there leaning on the railing of the balcony. Looking out over Spikemuth’s now deserted streets. No one wanted to be caught outside in this weather.

The front door creaked open, the light from the hallway only slightly slipping through from behind the silhouette of Piers. He quietly tried to make his way through the apartment as to not wake you up. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw you outside. Grabbing a blanket off of the couch he continued out towards you.

“Trouble sleeping?” He asked closing the balcony door behind him to not let the cold seep in. Proceeding to wrap the blanket around your back before leaning beside you.

With a tired and horse voice, you said “Woke up and you weren’t there,” shifting your balance you leaned into Piers’ shoulder. “So I decided to wait until you’d come back. Where were you?”

“Marnie called, ” Piers sighed “there was some trouble down at the gym, some drunk refused to leave and were just being overall violent. Her pokémon were exhausted from all the battling today...” He slightly chuckled, “Toxtricety and I had to show him the way out.”

You joined in on the laughter, "What exactly did you do?"

"Nothing!" Piers smiled and wrapped his arms around you.

You tilted your head to look him in the eyes, imitating his smile you said "For some reason, I don't believe you."

"And why in the world wouldn't you believe me?" He asked with another laugh.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I believe you when you tell me that you disposed of someone peacefully after they were being a nuisance to your sister." You said, "I mean, it's not like you care for her deeply. It's not like you got the entirety of team yell to back her during the gym challenge."

"Okay, okay…" Piers said, proceeding to rest his head on your shoulder, "...I might have gotten Toxtriciy to use Overdrive on him."

"PIERS!" You exclaimed freeing yourself from his grip. Holding on to the blanket swept around your shoulders you looked Piers in the eyes once more. "You can't just go around shocking people like that, it's dangerous. You could get arrested!"

"That's just some small details, that's not important now." He said brushing off the actual weight of the situation. As he reached out to touch your cheek you felt all of your worries just melt away. He smirked, “You look so cute when you worry about me.”

#Pokémon #pokemon #pokemon fanfiction #pokémon fanfiction #piers #piers pokemon #pokemon sword and sheild piers #pokemon sword and sheild #piers x reader #piers x Y/N

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ambiguouscarnivore · 7 months

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redrawing that old post yall really liked

#pokemon #pokemon swsh #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon sword fanart #pokemon sheild #my art #avery pokemon #piers pokemon #gym leader piers #actually really glad how this turned out #shitpost #isle of armor #pokemon isle of armor

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goodluckherenothingmakessense · 2 years

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Incorrect quotes

These are all Pokemon one shots from an incorrect quote generator, so just plain chaos.

For your information, Crystal is basically like the player characters, they’re just my OC

#pokemon #incorrect quotes #pokemon incorrect quotes #allister pokemon #leon pokemon #ingo pokemon #emmet pokemon #melony pokemon #bea pokemon #I don't know what the fuck this is at this point #Milo pokemon #wallace pokemon #kabu pokemon #how many crimes can you count in this post???#piers pokemon #pokemon swsh #pokemon sword #pokemon sheild

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theangrycomet-art · 2 years

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Pier’s hair gets fluffier each time I draw him.

#The Nimbasa Nutcracker AU #Piers #Gym Leader Piers #Nezu #Pokemon #Pokemon Sword and Sheild #Sword and Shield #TheAngryComet ART #AU Lore #Character Sheet

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sanquinerose · 15 days

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[F4A] Discord Partner Search

I AM 18+ AND ALL PARTICIPANTS AND CHARACTERS MUST BE 18+

Hi everyone! I took a small break from rp and am now looking for 2-3 new partners! All characters are 18+ and my partners should be too! There is a small warning as I'd like to include 18+ content in my writings.

Content wise smut will be included but overall I'm looking for OC x OC or Fandom double ups. I love fantasy settings the most or situations that involve supernatural or powered characters. Other themes I love to include are romance, fluff and angst situations. Characters I play are usually younger 19-25 so coming of age/maturation is a favorite of mine among forbidden romance!

I have little limits other than the basics. No controlling my ocs, no SA, extreme gore, and no bathroom kinks.

Fandom wise I'm looking for:

Scott pilgrim:

Young Neil x OC

Roxie x OC

Scott x OC

Disney:

Bruno x OC

Skyrim:

OC x Dragonborn/OC

Serana x Dragonborn/OC

Farkas x OC

Baldurs Gate 3:

Wyll x OC

Halsin x OC

Pokemon:

Leon (sword/shield) x OC

Piers (Sword/Sheild) x OC

Larry (Violet) x OC

Mortal Kobat 1:

Syzoth x OC

Mileena x OC

I have orginal plots too! Feel free to like or send a message :)

#roleplay finder #oc roleplay #oc x oc roleplay #roleplay #smut roleplay #discord roleplay #fantasy roleplay #oc x canon #oc x oc

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pokemagine · 2 years

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A bit of a strange request: maybe fluff ficlet with M!Zacian as a adoptive parent role to M!Vulpix!Reader with a sort of chronic pain? On the same trainers team too?

Hope this is ok! I was tempted just to project onto this one since I have to deal with chronic back pain due to scoliosis and my lower spine and one of my hips being rotated a bit. But I decided to keep it vague. Also the reader is named Prince because of the whole Swordward/Sheildbert thing.

And postgame spoilers for Sword/Sheild since this slightly goes into the process of catching the box legendaries. And mentions of endgame events!

A Heroic Parent(Male Vulpix!Reader with chronic pain with Male!Zacian adoptive father figure)

After the Darkest Day, and the eternabeam from Eternitus‘ eternamax form, you’ve noticed pain that wouldn’t go away. And two weirdos showed up and you knew it would get even worse somehow. That ended up in your trainer catching Zacian.

“But… please don’t go callin’ me anymore. Seems like I’m only getting called out when you’re in some sticky situation,” Piers said.

You couldn’t help but snicker at Piers’ comment.

“What do you think is s’funny?” Piers asked as he knelt to pet you and gave your trainer, the new champion, his rare league card.

As Piers, Sonia, and the others leave after Hop’s call from the Slumbering Weald, you whine in pain and Zacian tilts his head at you.

“One second, guys!” your trainer called out to the group, “Prince’s pain is acting up again!”

Zacian growled, not knowing what to protect you from, but willing to protect you from it.

“Don’t worry, Zacian, it’s just some chronic pain from an eternabeam, Prince is safe,” your trainer told the hero pokemon.

The other Pokémon picked you up and had you ride on its back to the Weald from Hammerlocke.

Of course, people stared at you, Zacian, and your trainer. The champion was walking through the wild area with one of the legendary heroes, Zacian, who had a little vulpix riding on his back.

Once Zamazenta calmed down, Hop told your trainer that he wished to become a Pokémon Professor. He said that chasing down the Dynamax pokemon in the gyms with your trainer and your lingering pain after the eternamax blast inspired him to help Pokémon.

Hop and your trainer decided to camp in the wild area that night. And as soon as you laid down to sleep your pain acted up again and Zacian raced to your side to help comfort you. He had you use his body almost like a pokebed so the ground couldn’t cause your pain to act up. It was nice to have a legendary Pokémon hero helping you through your pain.

#request #pokemon imagines #pokemon swsh

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thestalkerbunny · 2 years

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What is your overall opinion of the sword and shield characters? Gym leaders, the professors, the villains, the rivals, etc. Any that you seen worth mentioning.

Prof. Magnolia, we didn't see enough of her, she didn't pop in as much and I kinda forgot that she EXISTED. But I do always love female older proffessor.

Sonia was more consistent. I like her style, I like the idea that she is basically the new professor in training and she ended up writing a book by the end of the game. She's very cute and stylish and I love her boots.

Okay time for Gym leaders-over all I like the idea that the fucking pokemon league is a competitive sponsored event like NASCAR or soccer. It gives more of a competitive sense to it and the end game where you just battle tree with all the other gym leaders gives a stronger sense that these are the reigning top trainers of this country and they compete among themselves yearly to try and knock each other off the champion pedestal. I liked it a lot, it was a new fun take.

Milo, I didn't much care for. A know a lot of people went bananas for him but something about his fucking TODDLER FACE on his MAN BODY kept throwing me off.

I thought Nessa's design was cute and fun. We don't usually see a whole lot of black characters in Pokemon so she was a refreshing cool design to have.

Kabu is just a dilf. He's a Dilf. Look at that tired old man, he's ready to retire. Fucking hang that shit up on the WALL, my man.

Allister was the ENTIRE reason I got Sheild instead of Sword cause I love GHOST types. And I love his design, I love how his dialogue makes it sound like he has a little cockney accent, he is my SON, he is my BOY, I would do ANYTHING for Allister.

Opal is another character who I liked a lot? I liked the whole thing where she's like this aging theater star, an old Opera Queen. Her design also reminds me of the Triplettes from Bellville. She was just so fun and zany and out there for an old lady. Love a crazy kooky old woman. I also like how she just fucking Abducted/adopted Bede mid game against his will.

Melony was a DREAM. She looks so warm and soft like she gives good warm hugs. I also like how she's the MOM of another gym leader (Gordie)

Okay Ya'll known my stance on Piers. He is the BFB, the 6ft tall musician who I would wear PLATFORM BOOTS to get a kiss from. I would sit thru a HEAVY METAL SHOW for him and I don't LIKE loud live music. His overall character is interesting as a sort of individual who is a gym leader out of duty and not because he likes it, the shit he does is to try to keep his dying small home town alive and afloat and he just wants to be a musician.

That being said; I didn't much care for Team Yell. Low tier team, I wasn't impressed by them. I mean. Maybe it's different over in England with your Soccer fans but just. I didn't feel like they had a GOOD motivation as a 'villainous' team even if they're more of a red herring team. Team Skull was a better villainous team than Yell. I would completely tear down the team and revamp it design wise and goal wise. Their goal is to make sure Marnie wins, the goal should more along the lines be 'make sure people know where SPIKEMUTH is' I would honestly love to see a team made completely up of punks whose actual goal is to try and save their home town

....instead of.....whatever this was.

And Raihan was just okay. TBH He's cute, and all but everyone is just ALL over him, I feel the market is oversaturated.

#TSB ask #Pokemon #Sword and Sheild

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starfallen-selfshipper · 1 month

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🎶i'm a creep i'm a weirdo🎶

here's an introductory post

i'm orion i am proship and this is a selfship blog i made because i think there are to many antis in the tmnt fandom (i am obsessed with raph. i've been in this fandom since i was 12 someone help/j)

i don't really have a dni because the people i would put in one wouldn't respect it anyway. well aside from minors i don't want minors interacting with me

edit third round:

i am a very forgotful person so expect me to edit this post a lot

nsfw post will be under the nsft tag as well as a community label (you will be warned of kinks on top of the read more)

on a similar note look out for the tags

yandere

cw: age gap

cw: grooming

cw: pokephilia

cw: noncon

cw: drugs

cw: drugging

i don't know how active i will be

while this blog will most likely be mostly about tmnt i might post other fandoms too

while i have a gaint obsession with raph i also like donnie too so expect to see him as well

I am fairly political so a warning for that as well because i do not fuck around with people's lives (i wish caring about genocides wasn't political fuck the government)

one more thing i should mention is i am a therian/otherkin so you might see post about it from time to time

edit part two electric boogaloo:

list of my kins/theriotypes

animal:

spider,

firefly,

moth,

bee,

celestial:

star,

moon,

object:

comet,

black-hole,

ball jointed doll

edit:

i've seen some other self shippers do this so...

here's an ever expanding F/O list and the emojis i will be using for them from now on: (note: i don't mind doubles and all F/Os are romantic unless it is stated otherwise) edit: yandere F/Os will have this 🔪 emoji at the beginning of there names

2012 tmnt:

🔪raph 😡🐢

donnie 🟣🐢

rottmnt:

raph 🧸❤️ (again lol)

🔪donnie 🕺💜 (i have an odd attachment to these two turtles it seems)

Pokemon:

🔪piers 🤍🖤 (sword/sheild)

allister 🎭👻 (sword/shield)

🔪guzma 🪲🐛 (sun/moon)

🔪nanu 🐈‍⬛️🚨 (sun/moon)

🔪larry 💼🐦 (scarlet/violet)

midnight lycanroc name: eclipse⚧️ (shiny) 🐺✨️

goodra⚧️ name: gumdrop 🐌☂️

lowkey toxtricity⚧️ name: roxy⚡️🎸

garchomp♂️ name: treasure🐉💎

umbreon⚧️ name: silver (shiny) ✨️🌙

Gardevoir♂️ name:wisp 🌌🩰

Feraligatr♀️ name: pearl 🐊💧

ceruledge♀️ name: sapphire ⚔️🔷️

minecraft:

🔪piglin brute♂️ name: bruce 🐷🪓

🔪enderman♀️ name: tulip 🔮⚫️

hazbin hotel:

valentino 🚬❣️

helluva boss:

mammon 💵💰

asmodeus 🐓💙

fnaf:

🔪sun 🌞🎭

🔪moon 🌜🎭

eclipse 🌑🃏

glamrock freddy 🎤🐻

fallout:

hancock 🍃🚬 (fallout 4)

nick ❤️🤖 (fallout 4)

bnha/mha:

fatgum 🟠🍜

legends of zelda:

sidon ❤️🦈 (breath of the wild)

rune factory:

murakumo 🐺💜 (rune factory 5)

ludmila 💗🌹 (rune factory 5)

ryker 🌑⚔️ (rune factory 5)

S/I ages and emoji list: (note none of my S/Is are or ever will be my actual age i wish to remain as ambiguous as possible)

mars 22 🪐🕸 (2012tmnt)

mars 22 🦋🌙 (rottmnt also there's no moth emoji rip)

nova 13 🌠☠️ (pokemon)

atlas 24 🐄🌌 (minecraft)

aster ☄️🥁 (fnaf security breach)

lunar 22 🌘😈 (helluva boss)

blossom 16 🌸 🦋 (hazbin hotel)

cosmo 24 🦈🩺 (fallout 4)

stellan 18 🌑✨️ (bnha/mha)

i don't have S/Is for rune factory or legends of zelda at this point

#proship #selfship #self ship #selfproship #kodocon #cw: age gap #cw: pokephilia #proselfship

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leonpokmnstuff · 3 years

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The Holy Trinity in a fight

Piers

He dont really like getting into fights, but will definitely finish them

Unlike Raihan and Leon, he doesn't care about his reputation

He'll hurt someone over you and Marnie

But he won't start fights

So it's usually started by you (his s/o) getting drunk or some asshole hitting on you

Piers is quick to the jump, if your drunk

But if not he stays back, cause you can take care of yourself

Push come to shove, he pushes you to the side, and handles it

He doesn't mind when your drunk

But when you try to start trouble, he tries to drag you away

To no avail, you manage to break free and assault the asshole

Sighing, he waits to see how it plays out

(1) you beat this person

Or (2) he has to step in

And when he steps in he has quite the haymaker

My guy has a one hitter quitter

Hims skinny but he's got the greatest right uppercut

After decommissioning the bastard, he heaves you over his shoulder and carries you home.

Raihan

6'8 of giant

So not to many people try to start shit with the Dragon Man

Or you for that matter

But it happened once, before he could get it out that you guys were together

But it happened like this:

You both were walking around a grocery store

Getting snacks for your movie night

You split up in the store: "Divide and Conquer!"

That's what you boyfriend said

So your getting drinks, and this person slides up next to you

You know, all "smooth" and what not

Shooting their shot, they asked, "hey hot stuff, need something to cool you off?"

You rolled your eyes, and scoffed, pushing past them to find your boyfriend

They followed bothering you, with dumb pick up lines

Confused you couldn't find your sweet giant

Rai had noticed the person hitting on you

He had been stealthily watching the pair of you

He wanted to see what you were going to do

Anyways, the person bothering you didn't let up, only to push harder with their advances

You turned on them and let loose your anger, telling telling to fuck off or your boyfriend would handle them

The person just laughed at your outburst

Only pissing you off more, you threw down your drinks and took a swing

Tagging the person in the jaw

Raihan just about lost it, about to burst out laughing

When the person stumbled backwards and looked at you shocked

When they got ready to retaliate, that's when Rai stepped in

He walked up behind the person, tapping them in the shoulder

" 'scuse me. But thats my (girlfriend/boyfriend). You hit them, I'll hit you."

The person glared at him and swung

Rai took a step in, grabbing the person's arm and put them in a simple arm lock

"Ok. I lied, hitting you would make me look bad..."

Which was true, the Dragon Type Gym Leader, beating up someone?

It dont look good.

He tossed the person to the side, then smiled at you

Then sent the person a glare, you know, his battle one?

This sent the person slinking away

He dont start fights but your big ol man will finish them

Leon

Everyone sees him as too sweet to fight, unless he's on the battlefield.

But that's not the case

As an older brother and the "man" of his family, he's got a very bit protective streak

He's always been quick to jump infront of others

And you being his first (s/o), he's really possessive over you

Not in a bad way though, and he knows you can handle yourself

That and he's the Champion, so he can't have that kind of media attention on him.

Like Piers, he'll do anything for you and Hop

Lee can get quite rageful

You actually have to calm your sweet boi down

And it's less of a fight and more like a... K.O.

Hims a really stronk boi

So the moment someone disrespects you, he's ready to throw hands

The person was said something along the lines of, "wow the person who STOLE the Champ from the fans."

Or they touched you inappropriately...

So when said person said or did, something out of the way to you, he just swung, nailing the offender in the jaw

Surprised you looked at Leon and then the person on the ground

Lee was furious, heavy breathing and all

You pulled him away before too many people showed up

Once away, he finally calmed down

Back to his usual self, pretending that nothing happened

You kept your mouth shut about it, happy that there was no other people around

Lee in the other hand was happy to get ice cream

I'm not a big Piers fan but I do appreciate the guy. And I seen them three tagged as the "Holy Trinity" so there you go.

#leon swsh #raihan swsh #piers swsh #raihan #leon #piers #the holy trinity #of sword and sheild anyways #leon x s/o #raihan x s/o #piers x s/o #leon x reader #raihan x reader #piers x reader #pokemon swsh #pokemon sword #pokemon sheild

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spikemuth-post · 3 years

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Piers' S/O sings 'Fuck Me Emo Boy'

♬♪He looks so sick like he was dying If I said he wasn't hot, then I'd be lying Please, handsome, don't be coy Come on, fuck me, emo boy ♬♪~

He absolutely thought he heard that wrong

then you said it again "Fuck Me Emo Boy"

he figured out quick that you were just singing a song, but were you singing it cause you liked it, it was stuck in your head, or to send a message

Either way, Its kind of a bop

He'll shoot you a flirty look to test the waters and make sure he knows your intent

he doesn't want to come onto you if you're just having fun, that would kill the vibe

He likes the song all in l and he REALLY likes when you sing it around him

Maybe one day it will be sung for his attention specifically.

#Piers #Swsh #Pokemon #sword #sheild #shield #imagin #imagines

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sodainaro · 4 years

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Piers is the best gym leader in Pokemon Sword/Shield, and I love that you get a league card of him as a newbie gym leader. So I present to you newbie pokemon trainer Piers gathering his band.

#pokemon swsh #galarian zigzagoon #pokemon piers #piers #pokemon #pokemon sword piers #pokemon sword #pokemon sheild #gym leader piers #swsh

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adrianasunderworld · 4 years

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#i got bored again #take more of my bullshit #pokemon #pokemon sword and sheild #swsh #texts from galar #texts from last night #champion leon #sonia magnolia #professor sonia #rival hop #gym leader gordie #gym leader piers #gym leader raihan #raihan #piers #pokemon trainer #gym leader alister

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missusk · 3 years

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The Rhythm of Your Heartbeat (OC x Piers) Commissioned by @danni-dollarsign Commission info

“What’re you fidgeting so much for?” Marnie asked as she languidly sprawled on the couch, her legs dangling over the arm. “Yer as ornery as Morpeko.”

“Huh?” her brother grunted, again pacing the length of their living room. “Nothin’, nothin’…”

“Yea, ‘mkay,” she said with a roll of her eyes as she returned to brushing the Morpeko sitting on her lap.

Piers grumbled a response that was intelligible to both of them. Truthfully, he had been wearing a rut in their carpet this entire week, pacing back and forth as he racked his brain for conversation topics to have with that woman he had seen around recently. Her name was Nora, she had a Misdreavous, and she had a booth set up sometimes in Spikemuth, sometimes in Hammerlocke, and sometimes he didn’t see her for days. That was all he knew about her. The frustrating part, however, was that he wanted to know more about her than just those three things. Like, if she was single, for one, and for two if she would bother wanting to hang out with a bloke like him.

The Gym Leader was unfortunately getting to the point where he would keep an eye out for her whenever he left town, and even to where he would purposefully trek to Hammerlocke after the sun had set, just to see if that booth was lining any of the streets in his town or the neighboring’s.

“’m goin’ out,” Piers said as he pulled on his jacket. He was met with an ‘aye’ from his sister, and soon stepped into the smoky air of Spikemuth in the night.

Neon lights buzzed as his shoes crunched along the streets, littered with empty bottles and cans and unfortunately no occult booths with beautiful women inside. Piers huffed, shoving his hands into his jacket pockets and scolding himself for how he was acting. It wasn’t like him to take evening strolls, nor was it like him to be pining after some stranger… and yet, here he was, his eyes scanning the streets and his feet moving forward despite himself.

This was stupid… if he got to the Pokémon Center with no sight of her, then he’d turn right around and give up on all this rubbish. He offered nods of greetings to the handful of fans he passed at the local bars and tourist spots – as touristy as Spikemuth could be, at least – and soon he saw the only greenery of Spikemuth flowering beside the doors of the Pokémon Center.

Alright, time to go back home and forget all this. Piers motioned to turn, only for his gaze to catch on someone stepping into town. His heart dropped, then thundered in his chest as he stood staring at Nora walking towards him. Long legs, graceful gait, mysterious eyes – Piers was suddenly finding it challenging to swallow, and yet he kept moving forward while both his thoughts and heart skipped.

She set down the bundle she was carrying, unfurling the tent as her Misdreavous flittered around her. Piers nearly jumped when her eyes met his, as apparently he had stepped right up to her without realizing.

“Oh, hello. I’m not open yet,” she said with a light smile. “Give me just a moment to set up and I’ll be right with you.”

It was like Piers’ brain was left in the rut in his living room carpet because all he offered as a response was a blank stare.

“…sir?”

“’chu, um, help?” Piers stammered. Apparently, he left his vocabulary at home too.

“Um,” Nora said quietly. “Pardon?”

“D-D’you, uh, want some help?” Piers corrected, shaking his head into focus. “Hanging ou-, er, hanging up? Hanging that up? Hanging your tent up?”

Nora blinked a few times, as did Piers, as they both processed what the hell he just stuttered out. He wished he wasn’t so pale because he could practically feel his face burning with embarrassment. His mouth was as dry as a Cottonee so he didn’t risk saying anything after that monstrosity of a sentence.

“I usually do it myse-“

“Aye, right, right,” Piers blurted. “Sorry to be a bother, then, I’ll leave ya be.”

And with that, Piers turned on his heel and was immediately marching back home. His thoughts were whirring and thus he didn’t hear Nora finish her sentence.

“…but I wouldn’t mind some help,” she finished, her eyebrows pulling together as Piers escaped. She glanced to Misdreavous, who simply shrugged in response, and Nora went back to setting up her tent.

Before Piers knew it, he was stepping through his front door, grunting a greeting to Marnie who said ‘that was fast’, and then he flopped onto his mattress with a wumph.

So much for that.

Piers wasn’t too pleasant to be around the next few days according to Marnie, as all he would do was rotate between his angsty, moody, and sadboy playlists. When he finally emerged from his room to eat, Marnie cornered him.

“When was the last time ya went outside?” she huffed, hands on her hips. “Don’t you like, have to do your job?”

“’s fine,” Piers said as he brushed past her. “Challenge season ain’t here yet anyway.”

“Yer getting’ paler, Piers,” Marnie said. “Go outside today. Go train with Raihan or somethin’, your Pokémon shouldn’t suffer just ‘cuz you want to sulk.”

“Fine,” he said, deciding that his little sister was more than right about how he shouldn’t ignore his Pokémon. “I’ll text ‘im.”

It didn’t take long for the sun to set and for Piers to be on his way out again, this time passing the Pokémon Center, the Route 9 tunnel, and the gates of Hammerlocke. He forced himself to keep his gaze forward, and not drift along the roadside for sight of that familiar tent. All was going according to plan as he stepped into the city, past the Pokémon Center, and past the train station. It wasn’t until he reached the bottom of the staircase beside the station that he paused.

A whimsical noise was wafting through the air, almost ethereal in how it made the hair on his neck stand on end. Piers’ focus immediately rerouted from his upcoming training with Raihan to whatever that noise was, because he was certain it was coming from up the steps. He took them two at a time, now mesmerized by the ghostly music. He arrived at what looked to be a church – it was certainly a building he had never been in before – and his heart started pounding harder the closer he got, as the music was spilling out of the stained-glass windows. It was haunting, operatic, and one of the most beautiful things Piers had ever heard. He pulled open the doors to the church, craving for the song to be closer, closer, close enough to dwell in his bones. Who did that voice belong to? The building was dark, uninhabited, and when the doors rattled opened, the music stopped.

“Hello?” Piers called after a moment, his voice resounding off the domed ceilings. He waited a moment, then a moment more, before turning again to the doors. He suddenly heard the faint sound of shuffling, then the echo of a door closing. When he glanced up, he caught a brief glimpse of a purple figure wisping away.

No other sounds echoed, no other music played, so when the only noise in the church was his own breathing, Piers turned and left through the heavy double doors. When he was greeted by the night air again, a shuffling to his right caught his attention. It was that same wispy, purple figure, but beside that was the outline of a woman.

“Hey, wait!” Piers called suddenly, rushing up to her. “Was that you singing?”

The woman turned, her dark hair cascading over her shoulder. Yet again Piers’ breath caught, as those were the same mysterious eyes that had been occupying his mind for so long.

“Yes,” Nora said quietly. Piers had never noticed how her voice was almost a melody in itself. “I didn’t realize how much my voice was carrying, I apologize.”

“You’re amazing,” Piers breathed out. When Nora made no response, it was as if Piers’ entire consciousness finally caught up to him and he quickly shifted from an awe-struck gaze into one that was a bit like a Deerling in headlights “I-I mean, you, you uh, you gotta nice set of pipes. Not bad, I mean. Not that you’d be bad, I just, I-I didn’t realize you sang too. I sing, y’know. I’m in a band. Would you wanna duet sometime?”

“…pardon?” Nora asked, gray eyes quizzical.

“O-or ‘sthat weird? Sorry, I’ll jus-“

“Wait!” Nora blurted, reaching out to Piers. Her fingers curled around his wrist for only a second before she yanked her hand back again, but the touch still seemed to linger. “Yes, I would like to. That sounds nice.”

“Foreal?” Piers asked, blinking in surprise. “I-I mean great, that’s great. I’m Piers, by the way.”

“I know,” Nora said, her gaze bashfully flicking downward. The sight drew a bashful smile from Piers as well. “I’m Nora.”

“I know,” Piers repeated, his cheeks again staining pink. “I’ve noticed you in Spikemuth sometimes.”

A sweet anticipation filled the space between them, at least until Piers’ phone started vibrating madly in his pocket. Ah, shit, that’s right… Raihan.

“How about tomorrow? You can come to my place in Spikemuth?” Piers started. “I’d say let’s go now but I’m late for training and he won’t let me hear the end of it if I don’t show.”

“Tomorrow sounds good,” Nora said, offering Piers a soft smile. “Can I get your number in case I get lost?”

Piers nodded quick enough for his ponytail to threaten to come undone, and the two eagerly traded numbers. With a bashful goodbye from them both, Piers made his way to Raihan’s gym with a subtle spring in his step, humming a sweet song to himself.

Piers and Nora’s first song session went well, as did their second, third, fourth, and all of the rest until they lost count. Although they were no longer strangers to one another, Piers’ heart still seemed to rattle in his chest whenever Nora was close. She snuggled next to him, tucking her head under his chin in the exact way that made him melt. Marnie was off with some of her new friends, so it was just Piers and Nora left in the house, and even though they had plenty of space, they seemed to want to occupy as little as possible as they curled around each other.

“Piers?” Nora whispered, her breath warming his neck and yet sending shivers down his spine.

“Yeah?”

“I’m glad you came into the church that day.”

“Me too.”

Nothing else needed to be said, as their bodies both spoke volumes as they lay under the covers together. She was his song, he was her melody, and the rhythm of their hearts beat in tandem as they fell asleep in each other’s arms.

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