Warm light bathed the room as the soft crackles of the fireplace broke the silence. You sat curled up in the corner of the couch with a book, waiting for Grusha to come home.
Snow was coming down in thick flakes outside the window as you heard the front door give a soft click.
You smiled and turned to see your boyfriend coming home from a long day at the gym, a multitude of snowflakes littering his sky-blue hair.
Grusha shuffled about the foyer shedding his heavy winter gear, and the sagging slouch of his shoulders told you that it had been a long day indeed.
He simply plopped down on the couch next to you with a huff.
You closed your book and set it on the coffee table then reached over and squeezed his hand, rubbing your thumb soothingly over his knuckles. He squeezed back lightly, his icy fingers clinging to the warmth of your palm.
“Long day?” you opened your arms and leaned back on the arm of the couch.
“Something like that.” he mumbled and immediately accepted the silent invitation, melting into your arms and laying his head on your chest.
You wrapped your arms around him, lightly tracing soothing lines on his back.
“Wanna talk about it?”
He closed his eyes and sighed deeply, listening to the steady thudding of your heartbeat.
“There was a rude interviewer at the gym today… it was like she was purposefully trying to get under my skin with her questions.”
You simply hummed in acknowledgement, running your hands through his silky blue locks, massaging his scalp. His chest rumbled against yours as he made a noise of approval, melting further under your fingers.
“Mmm that’s annoying…”
“I held my tongue so she never got the reaction she was obviously trying to get, but it was still aggravating.”
You continued to chat casually about menial things, the words seemed to flow as naturally as breathing.
Grusha could feel his sour mood melt away with every passing word, your sweet voice always put him at ease.
The usually cool and collected gym leader was like soft putty in your hands as soon as he felt your loving touch. You were his cozy hearth he longed to return to after every draining day at work.
In your arms, he was home.
He would never admit that to anyone but you. It’s you who is his greatest weakness, the loving warmth that melted his icy exterior.
“...oh and a little girl asked me if I was a prince today.”
You giggled, “What did you say?”
“I told her I was, but she had to keep my identity a secret.” he smiled gently as he recounted the scene.
His big dark blue eyes and long fluttering eyelashes gazed up at you, quietly admiring the smile on your face.
“Well she’s right y’know, ‘cuz you’re my super-duper handsome prince charming.” you spoke with an sickeningly sweet tone and made a sappy kissy face dramatically as you spoke.
He simply scoffed and rolled his eyes but the lovestruck smile on his face never left.
Eventually as the conversation dwindled he stopped responding, his breaths growing slow and steady as he dozed off, the exhaustion finally catching up to him.
You simply smiled and pressed a kiss to the top of his head, stroking his hair softly as the fireplace crackled gently in the background.
Hey I’m not sure if you write for the new Pokémon characters but if you do then please may I ask for headcannons with Grusha and a s/o being stuck in the snow my mountains in a storm and searching for s/o?
a/n: I have not played the new game but I did do a fair bit of research for this. I apologize if this isn't accurate!
spoilers! (not really but kinda)
He gets worried quickly. You had left to go on a walk about 3 hours ago and you hadn't taken any of your Pokémon with you so he headed out to look for you. He sent out his Altaria to search for you from above while him and his beartic walked in the snow together. After a bit of looking, he heard his Altaria making a lot of noise trying to get his attention and trying to get him to follow it. He followed Altaria and it eventually led him to you. Beartic was able to move the rocks out of the so Grusha could get to you and as soon as he could he ran over to you taking his scarf off and wrapping it around you trying to warm you up. He set you on Altaria's back and he took you back to your shared house. He cuddled up with you for the rest of the afternoon and made sure you were warm enough and that you were alright. From that day forward he always insists you take your Pokémon with you when you go on walks.
