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BrattyShipping Headcanons Pt. 4

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First Year

- Both of them are fairly reserved early into their relationship. Bede’s trust issues are still swirling around their already emotionally-stunted mind at full force, while Victor is naturally cautious and tries to avoid scaring them away by slowly easing them into the various stages of their relationship.

- It takes a solid month for them to start holding hands. Bede notices Victor repeatedly glancing at their hand during one of their training-session lunch breaks and just sighs and grabs Victor’s hand. He freaking lit up at that.

- It’s around that time that Bede (reluctantly) informs Opal of their relationship. She smugly admits she figured it out weeks ago. Bede locks themselves in their room and informs Victor. Bede is offended by how hilarious he finds the news.

- Even so, Opal is surprisingly supportive for her age. She even takes the opportunity to inflict more tough love on Victor and lovingly tease Bede about him.

- Bede finally decides to formally apologize to Hop for how they treated him. They still aren’t the best at expressing it, but Hop understands them enough to know that they mean it and forgives them. When he tells Victor and Gloria, Victor is extremely proud of Bede’s growth, while Gloria takes a solid week to be convinced she didn’t dream Hop telling her.

- Victor gets in the habit of sending Bede a quick text everyday to ask how their day is going during the League season. They try to keep their enjoyment of it under wraps, but Opal spots them smiling at their Rotom Phone every so often and asks about what they’re looking at (Bede always either tries to play it off or hide it. They think it works, but it never does). Marnie ultimately notices it too when they read/respond to one after a meeting of the gym leaders, though she doesn’t say anything.

- For their first official non-training-day date, the two spend the afternoon wandering around Circhester. Bede isn’t the hugest fan of the cold (I mean, have you SEEN that puffer coat they always wear?), but the city is known for being one of the most popular date locations in Galar and their natural sense of competition takes over. Victor keeps trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue, which Bede finds insanely adorable.

- Their lower cold tolerance starts to kick in as the sun sets and Victor drags them to the area just outside the Hero’s Bath for warmth. They watch the sunset from there and ultimately have their first kiss on the way back to the train station.

- Victor’s ringtone for Bede is “Lemon Boy” by Cavetown. Bede just uses their battle theme as a default ringtone and doesn’t bother getting special ones.

- Bede secretly enjoys Johto-Pop. Victor is fairly surprised when he accidentally finds out and pinkie-promises not to tell anyone (the pinkie-promise was not Bede’s idea, though it secretly amuses them that Victor still uses it as a legitimate means of trust as a teenager).

- Bede still stores Victor’s League cards and the apology from Rose on the vengeance board, along with a couple of notes he put in the meals he still occasionally drops off for testing. In spite of the board no longer being used for its namesake, Bede still does not change the name.

- Marnie ends up just (accurately) assuming the two are dating, stating her observation casually in conversation when the subject of Bede comes up. Gloria laughs at the idea until Victor’s awkward reaction confirms Marnie’s suspicions to the others.

- Gloria and Hop are fairly surprised to find out about their relationship. Hop slowly begins to realize it in hindsight, while Gloria just gawks in confusion and asks her brother if he got hit on the head or something. Marnie’s just chill about it and silently supports their relationship since she can see the positive effects it seems to be having on both of them (which leads Gloria to ask if she got hit on the head).

- Needless to say, Gloria and Hop head to Ballonlea immediately to give Bede one hell of a shovel-talk. The two corner them after their gym closes with the crowned Legendary wolves in tow. Marnie is left in charge of keeping Victor from interfering (which she easily accomplishes by having her Grimmsnarl restrain him and chatting with her immobile friend to pass the time while she keeps watch).

- When Gloria gives Marnie the okay to let Victor go, he goes to Ballonlea himself to check on Bede. He finds them training in Glimwood Tangle, clearly still a bit rattled from whatever the hell Gloria ended up threatening them with. They deny being scared by her, which Victor knows is a lie because Gloria could easily intimidate a Gyarados if she tried. He informs them they don’t need to hide their emotions around him, but ultimately concedes and offers to make dinner for them and Opal as an apology.

- Due to Bede’s job as a gym leader and Victor regularly committing to help those he met around the region when they need it, they only have time for official dates a couple times a month. Their typical date activities involve revisiting/hiking various locations and routes, watching movies or marathoning shows together, challenging the Battle Cafes, and training/playing with their Pokemon.

- Victor and Gloria head to train on the Isle of Armor around ten months after he and Bede get together. The twins keep in touch with their mom and friends while they’re gone and Victor ends up calling Bede every Saturday evening. During the call a couple weeks before the two return, he ends up telling Bede he loves them for the first time.

- The result is fairly awkward, with Bede not entirely sure how to process the admission and Victor’s anxiety kicking in and reflexively hanging up. He ends up telling Gloria what happened and, after a quick sisterly laugh at his moment of gay panic, she helps comfort his anxiety and uses their adventures around the Isle to distract him from his tendency to overthink.

- The twins return from the Isle a day before Victor and Bede’s anniversary. He ends up enlisting Opal’s help to let him into her house so he can set up a romantic surprise dinner for them. She loves the idea and, as a proud adoptive-grandmother figure/devoted shipper, demands he send her a picture of them in exchange for her assistance.

- Bede nearly attacks Victor when they realize someone is in the house when they get back from the gym, but Hatterene recognizes him and his Pokemon’s emotional signatures and informs them it’s safe before they can accidentally blind their boyfriend with Dazzling Gleams.

- The two thoroughly enjoy the meal (Bede admitting it’s one of the best things Victor’s ever made) and end up cuddling on the couch after doing the dishes together. Bede finally ends up returning Victor’s admission of “the L word” and he borderline melts into the couch.

- Bede ends up falling asleep first, leaving Victor to take a selfie of him kissing their forehead to send to Opal (on the condition she promises not to tease them with it). By the time she comes downstairs, both of them are passed out. She takes another picture herself and tucks them in for the night.

- Since Opal knows when Bede’s alarm goes off, she makes sure to grab a seat near the couch when it wakes the two, refusing to pass up the opportunity to have some fun with the opportunity. Needless to say, her meddling gives Bede some frustration to unleash at the gym that day.

#brattyshipping #shipping headcanons #pokemon headcanons #victor x bede #pokemon victor #pokemon bede #nonbinary bede #pokemon sword and shield #pokemon swsh #opal ships it #i'm definitely turning at least a couple of these into fan-fic when i get the chance

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