love, stars, & reasons we don't keep in touch
Because maybe Alain will never be a Champion, not an Elite Four Member or the strongest Mega Evolution trainer in the world. But perhaps he never had to be. Perhaps that was never the point. This, he thinks, as Focus Blast and Blast Burn meet in the middle, is the point. Always has been. He can’t be the same person he was before the crisis and he never will be, but that doesn’t mean he has to try and forget that once upon a time, he truly did love this. He will learn to love it again. As Kuro roars and flares his amber wings, flames swirling from head to tail, Alain promises, Together, buddy. Always.
When the dust settles, Alain finds his dreams to be dead and gone. Over the next two years, he discovers that healing is the most difficult, yet most beautiful thing that he's ever done.
Or: Alain, after.
(on ao3 here)
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a post-kalos crisis alain character study. background alain/oc, but primarily alain-centric, featuring mairin, sycamore, steven stone, etc. 16.3k words.
