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This wasn’t good. This wasn’t good at all, this was beyond awful. Colress just now got Kyruem in his grasp and it was enough to satisfy Ghetsis for a while. Though the legendary pokemon wasn’t that easy to work with. At all. Often it had fits of rage that Colress rarely managed to recover from. If he wasn’t more productive soon he was sure his boss would have his head on a stick and shown off to all of Unova.
The sounds of footsteps flew him further into his panic as he dropped the report because of it. Time was running out and Colress was making a fool of himself. His Beheeyem gave a few concerned beeps as it flew around him. The man shushed his Pokemon away as Ghetsis started appearing in the door.
“Colress.” He said coldly. Colress gave an embarrassed laugh still on the floor. He could see the shadow triad was with him. This wasn’t going to be a fun meeting.
“I hope you have something to show for yourself already. You spoke so highly of yourself yet here you are wasting Team Plasma's materials. Colress was still trying to salvage his report to save himself from this. From beneath his desk his beheeyem beeped again as its hands lit up. With its psychic ability it reorganized the papers and set it into Colress’ trembling hands. He made a mental note to thank his beloved Pokemon later on.
“It’s not much but if you would just give me more time I could get something more than this, I promise I-”
Colress was cut off by a hand by his throat. It caught him off guard and fought off the reactionary tears that threatened his eyes. He wanted to beg for mercy but the grip on his throat became tighter. Ghetsis was snarling something to him but Colress’ mind felt full of fear that he couldn’t process what the man was trying to say.
“Please, please.” Colress begged in a whisper. Ghetsis glared before tossing him to the ground. The scientist fell with a cry as his glasses cracked from the impact. He tried to pick himself up but was kicked down by one of the triad members.
“No! No, please not again! I’ll do better next time!” Colress cried out. The result was always the same as he was grabbed, choked, kicked, punched, and everything else that left him broken.
Out of nowhere a gentle hand rubbed at his back yet Colress still found himself flinching at the touch. His body was still tense but very slowly started to relax. Another gentle hand joined the other and pulled him into an embrace. Colress finally opened his eyes and saw the dark room around him. It had been a nightmare, again.
He was in his boyfriend's arms who seemed to wake up from his dream too. Colress melted into the touch and let himself be held. A hand traced over scars in a loving way while the other ran its fingers through his hair. After a few minutes Colress finally let out a breath and let himself fully relax.
“Thank you.” He breathed out while snuggling into Augustine’s chest. His partner gave him a soft smile as he continued to somewhat pet Colress.
“Anytime, Mon étoile. Do you need anything?” Augustine asked. Colress mumbles out a “sweets…” and the man gives a small grin. The professor reaches over to his nightstand grabbing one of the many boxes of chocolates. They kept it there for Augustine’s sweet tooth and situations like these. He gave Colress a small piece of chocolate and both their Pokemon looked up all at once. Augustine gave a sigh.
“Sometimes I wonder who likes sweets more. Me, you, or them.” He mumbled as he munched on his own piece of chocolate. Beheeyem floated closer holding its hand out asking for a piece. Colress could still see its hand scarred from when Ghetsis got ahold of it. The green light on its hand was, to put it simply, broken. His Pokemon was devastated over it but over time healed. Just like his trainer and just like his trainer, got a piece of chocolate. Next up was Augustine’s Kanto starters using their best baby-doll eyes for a piece too.
“No, no. You guys can’t have these. Bulbasaur can but then the other two will get upset.” Augustine said. Colress giggled and looked up at his boyfriend.
“Not even if it’s a small amount? Just this one time?” Colress pleaded. Augustine gave a (thankfully not negative) sigh as he broke the chocolate into thirds.
“You’re lucky I love you all so much. Otherwise you would all just be lunatics in my bed begging for a treat.” Augustine joked as he handed the now very small pieces of sweets to his Pokemon. Colress snuck the last piece but then was quickly pulled into a kiss by his lover. His hand rested on the professor's chest as their kiss became more passionate. The scientist knew he was blushing as he let out small sounds in response. His mind felt slightly foggy as the professor pulled away from the kiss-
“Did you just…steal the chocolate out of my mouth…?” Colress mumbled. Augustine let out a muffled giggle as he turned away from him.
“Theft”
“You are ridiculous, you know that?” Colress sighed as he layed back down. Augustine quickly turned back over, still grinning.
“I could say the same to you.” He responded. Colress shook his head with a smile and went to cuddle with him more. Their Pokemon had finally settled down again too. His Kanto starts together in a pile snoozing away. Beheeyem was probably off floating mid-air asleep, as it often did. Garchomp was probably still on the floor as she was too big for the bed. (As Augustine once told him that she used to sleep in the bed too as a Gible and Gabite. Why he has no idea). Then he remembered why he was awake in the first place. Parts of his past constantly haunted him like this but it was Augustine that was able to calm him down again. He shudders at the thought of what life would be like if Team Plasma was successful in their second run. There would be no Augustine, no Kanto starts running around between his feet, no garchomp who fused with him over the professor's attention, no beheeyem at his side, nothing. Only the cycle of pain and pretend.
“You’re thinking. I know that face.” Augustine mumbled. The room was dark again where he couldn’t exactly see him. Colress let out a slow exhale.
“Sorry.” Colress said. He saw Augustine turn the light off and pull him back into laying fully down.
“Nothing to apologize about. We all do things we regret, even myself. The best thing we can do is learn and grow from it.” Augustine responded. Colress hummed in response.
“Bonne nuit, je t'aime.” He added with a small kiss to Colress’ cheek. The other man smiled and snuggled against the professor.
“Good night, I love you too.”