One year. A whole year keeping this dirty, naughty little secret of hers. He was her sanctuary. A place to go when she needed to be a woman. So on the eve of their first anniversary of being what they were. She visited him. Ghosted into his apartment and stole him from the world.
She wanted it to be perfect. There were no strings attached. No commitments. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t be his. Just for one night. Over and over till they reach that moment of pure bliss.
She wanted to be his sanctuary. She wanted to be his perfection.
The night was theirs to share and she was his to command. That’s how it always was. That’s how it always will be.
“Lys…”He was asleep. Holding her in is arms as they always did after a night of intimacy. The clock had just struck twelve and that was it. Their anniversary.
“Lys…”
“Mm..?”
She doesn’t wait for him to respond anymore. He was awake, and conscious enough to feel her lips meet his in a gentle kiss.
He had heard the question countless times. Dexio, Sina, Diantha, even Lysandre himself, but he was never was certain which of the voices were real and which were just a figment of his imagination. Laughing he picked up the near empty bottle of wine, and brought to his lips.
It had gotten to the point where he no longer recognised the taste of the bitter liquid. After his third swig from the bottle, he laughed almost bitterly.
“I suppose I could ask you the same thing about appearing in my living room like this.” Augustine couldn’t care at this point for the answer, but he felt like it was the only thing he could say. He took another plentiful swig.
“But if you must know, mon ami, it usually happens when I miss you.” Which happened to be a lot, so it happened. Augustine wanted to sob. He wanted to breakdown and tell Lysandre to come back already and explain his actions, but he couldn’t. He wouldn’t. Augustine Sycamore was alone.
They talked a lot. Over the phone, through texts and chats. In the few weeks that they’ve known each other. She had already told him enough about her that he could probably write her schedules for the next month.
But her life wasn’t all sugar and rainbows. Today she had asked him to tell her a secret. Something to make him seem more human and less like this fantasy that she could run away to. He responded with “You first.” and so she did. It took her a little while to respond. But he would expect a fairly long email response later that day.
I have a little sister back home. She was such a good girl and we were inseparable while we were growing up. But she wanted to stay and help with Grandma’s research and I wanted to learn more about the world. So I agreed to intern with Prof. Rowan while she stayed behind. She wasn’t too happy about my decision. But it was my life to live and I wasn’t going to limit myself to my small town. I later agreed to accepting pokedex research, and that meant being away from home much longer than just the year I agreed to. I traveled to a lot of places and learned new things. But the distance took a toll on my relationship with my sister. She hated my when I came back to visit. Accused me of choosing fame and fortune over family.
I’ve been trying to make it up to her ever since but…it’s hard.
;;You know, I was almost tempted to make this Lysandre/Steven because you didn’t specify, but I’m nicer than that |”D
Who’s the first to wake up in the morning: Lysandre, Sycamore would try and wake up at the same time Lysandre did, but would be far too groggy and half awake from a previous late night. The only time that Sycamore would be the first one to wake up would be if he passed out at 6pm the evening before and woke up at 5am the next morning.
Who’s the one to make breakfast: Lysandre, mainly because he owns a cafe and so knows what good food is. Plus Sycamore should not be trusted in the kitchen unless you want instant food or chicken fingers.
Who’s the one to serve the other breakfast in bed: They are both busy men, and would have to leave for their respective jobs early to make sure they actually get there. There is always breakfast on the kitchen table because of this, (whether on a plate or in a tupperware box) but it never reaches the bedroom, unless one of them is sick. However that’s only ever dry toast.
Who would suggest a quickie in the morning before work: Depends on who is in the mood for it that morning. It usually will be Sycamore in an attempt to start Lysandre’s day off with a good start. Should it be the other way around, Sycamore is never one to turn down the idea and goes along with it anyway.
Who suggests they both ditch work to lay around all day: If they’ve recently had an arguement, Sycamore will suggest it to ensure that they were still good and no longer fighting. Otherwise Lysandre will suggest it if he feels Sycamore needs to take a break from his professorial duties, to which he will always politely decline until he can finish his latest research project.
Who chooses the movies: Lysandre, only because he knows that Sycamore probably won’t stayed interested in them longer than twenty minutes, and if he is going to watch something for 20 minutes he would much rather be enjoying it than sitting there wishing it was over already.
Who initiates kissing during the moving, thus distracting the other from the movie all together: Sycamore~! He can’t keep his attention on movies for too long and because of this he feels like Lysandre should pay attention to him more. Lysandre will only be annoyed for a short amount of time before he returns those kisses however.
Who orders lunch: The both order their own lunches. Even if one of them orders off the children’s menu at times…
Who steals food from the other’s plate without asking: Sycamore, but more often than not they’ll ask each other if they want to try what ever it is they’ve ordered.
Who curls up next to the other and falls asleep due to a full tummy: Lysandre, that man is like a giant cat, if either of them was to curl up and sleep it would be him. Sycamore would just smile and read some research papers before he needed to move for some reason (food, drink, bathroom) and will usually accidentally wake the sleeping man. He’d apologise with a quiet “Ah, I’m sorry mon amour”.
Who distracts the other from trying to work at home: Sycamore. Home is for home things, work is for work. He would pull at Lysandre’s arms until he finally decided that enough was enough and would humour Sycamore for a while.
Who asks to go get ice cream like a five year old: Sycamore!
Who takes pictures of their partner eating ice cream: One of them would do it secretly making it the others contact imagine in their holocaster while the other will make the two of them take about 100 selfies of themselves and the ice cream.
Who makes a sexual joke about the dripping ice cream on their partner’s face: Both, depending on their moods.
Who cooks dinner: Lysandre, once again Sycamore is not really trusted to make a full healthy meal. However this is usually done in the cafe after hours.
Who cleans up the kitchen afterwards: Neither, Lysandre lets the morning staff deal with it, as he’d much rather spend time with Sycamore than clean dishes. His staff don’t really approve.
Who stays up until 2 reading: Both of them have done this on numerous occasions while in their younger years. The two of them would help each other study until they realised how late it was and agreed they would pick up where they left off in the morning.
Who stares at their partner while their sleeping: They both do this. Lysandre is usually the first to wake up and will spend a moment watching Sycamore in the morning, however at night it is Sycamore who looks over at Lysandre and worries that he’s working too hard, that he’s being secretive of something. Those thoughts don’t occupy him long as he’s soon fast asleep.
Who kisses their partner while they sleep: If they wake up in the middle of the night from one reason or another, both. Lysandre always wakes Sycamore in the morning with kisses though, it seems to be one of the few things that can actually get him awake, other than the fresh scent of coffee.
I’m assuming canon refers to game-canon and not, for example, anime-canon? Probably one quote that irks me is the whole “I only collect pokemon that I find attractive.” Given my image of her, it’s a lot more shallow than I would expect. It makes less sense when you see the Victreebel and Exeggutor on her team. Either she’s not really sticking to her guns or she has a really strange precept of attractive.
