#candlestickshipping

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Steven is definitely a wife guy but he keeps it under wraps so nobody but his wife knows he’s a wife guy because he only wife guys at home

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pokémon: steven stone/flannery, retirement

Steven discovers, first of all, that he misses the pleasure of blowing off meetings. Secondly, he discovers that spelunking for days at a time without warning garners no objections from his colleagues.

It’s freeing, even if in a bitter way. For all that Steven thought being Champion was a hindrance to his lithological hobbies, well … He ends up deciding — against his better judgement — that he should be bothered to help with the near-end-of-the-world relief efforts.

“I should’ve known you were going to miss this,” Wallace says, and his smirk is wide and cheeky.

May stifles her laughter, edging the microphone away at the last second. At her side, Glacia’s nostrils flare, and Steven excuses himself from the table before her temper cracks.

Flannery finds him by the drinks, looking flushed and awkward. She was never very good at interviews, and less so at press conferences. Steven offers a smile first, and a chair later.

“Honestly,” Flannery says, once she’s calmed down, “I’m glad you’re here. It’s just not the same without you around, you know?”

He knows. He also knows she means it professionally, that the tip in the League’s balance has yet to even out. Still, his neck grows warm, and his smile widens without him asking.

“I could be bothered to show up more often,” he says — again, against his better judgement, and if Wallace teases him about it later, well, that’s on him.

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Steven takes a little nibble of something every time he is curious or distracted or stressed

Especially of his rocks and his pens

(And of hi s/o’s skin ooooops)

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Steven stone coming back from work and making a beeline straight for his s/o’s lap because they are soft and cuddly and he is sleepy beepy after working so hard!!!

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Me thinking of flannery and Steven sharing old timey milk shakes on a date kicking my feet and squealing flannery always shares her food with Steven (because she wants to get a little bit of his as well) and Steven always orders extra broccoli on the side for her because my girl loves veggies she’s as cute as a bunny

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Oh you knowwww Steven has a ten step korean skincare routine and has his private dermatologist on speed dial

Meanwhile Flannery just washes her face with hot spring water and a bar of soap and Steven has to convince her to start at least wearing sunscreen and moisturizer (and then she subsequently gets the first breakout of her adult life 😭😭😭😭)

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@bxrningdragxn and I made some headcanons about Steven’s family possibly celebrating lunar new year bc of course ‘Tis the season after all!!

Steven definitely adheres to the tradition of new clothes every new year :)) he probably doesn’t wear the traditional prosperous colours but definitely leans towards shades of dark blue/forest green for his suit (no grey/black bc bad luck!!) but he does wear a nice red tie/cravat! On a year that he’s feeling extra festive, he wears patterns!

His dad’s side of the family is small, so it’s mostly his mum’s side that come to visit. His mum’s family is definitively less well off so reunion dinner is always held at the Stone mansion.

Steven’s cousin used to be pretty decent but grew up alongside the golden boy with the silver hair so has a chip on his shoulder, he’s always trying to one-up him by showing off his wife and his new glittery watch, or that his child’s in Oxford’s kindergarten programme, the rest of his cousins are just kinda /there/, most are just showing up as an obligation lol and waiting for those big red packets from daddy stone’s pocket

His aunties are no better are is always trying to be nosy like “when are you getting a partner, oh you haven’t taken over Devon yet hmmm, did you lose/gain weight this year” or are boasting abt their kids

Honestly Joseph and Steven hate it but to honour Mum’s memory (named Sharon in my hc) they still have them around every year

Steven’s favourite part is to play with his nieces and nephews because even though they remind him of his youth playing with his cousin before he got obsessed with being better than him

But but his relationship with his cousin improves when he finally gets an s/o because they give the cousin a firm talking to the first time they come round, cos cousin makes a snarky comment abt him and s/o straight up is like “why are you saying such mean things abt him? Are you jealous of him? Lny is about the family gathering again after a long year, he’s travelled a long way to see you and the rest of the family at his dad’s home and he always looks forward to catching up with you, please respect him as much as he respects you” and cousin is like damn… my bad

And yes they eat lots and lots and lots of lny snacks! also Steven matches outfit themes w his s/o once they come into his life :))

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I feel like Steven is really really good at emotional intimacy but not so much so with physical intimacy like he’s very good at introspection and deep talks late into the night but if his s/o wears a bikini (not even a tiny little one just a normal one) he would be EXTREMELY flustered

He loves cheek kisses forehead kisses cuddles but like straight on making out is nooooot his thing (at least for a decently long time until he feels safe enough to explore it, it’s never going to be a regular thing with him tho) and it takes him an even longer time to be comfortable without a top on around his s/o 🥺🥺 so much so that they have different bathrooms when s/o moves into his home