fic: Falling
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bonnefoisTitle: Falling
Series: Pokémon
Character/pairing: Barry/Lucas
Rating: PG at most
Word count: 485
Author's note: Fic_promptly: Pokemon, any rival and protag, Two Are Better Than One (Carol Ryrie Brink)
Final part of Rush Hour. It was Melly's birthday and I was so buried in coursework I couldn't even post about it.
It started and ended with falling. They ran, or to be more precise, Barry ran and Lucas struggled to keep up, like any other day. Except this day, it was through the Eterna Forest. The leaves rustled above them, spatters of dusty sunlight fell between the arcs of branches. Barry as usual, wasn't looking where he was going. He looked back, and called to Lucas.
"Hurry up, or I'll fine you—"
Neither of them saw the large moss-covered root. They went flying one after another, and crashed on the ground. They slammed together, tangled and sore, gasping for breath with the wind knocked out of them.
Time passed and they groaned, too stunned by the contact and pain. Lucas rolled over on his back, Barry was still staring at him with a kind of urgency he was too dizzy to try and piece together.
"—a million kisses," Barry said.
"K-kisses?" Lucas said.
"Did I say kisses, I meant....lips, er—"
In a swift move, he cupped Lucas's chin with both hands and kissed him. It was quick, more like a headbutt than a kiss. It left Lucas even more dazed, as he lay back and attempted to catch his breath.
Barry pushed himself up. "Yes! We're almost there!"
Had he imagined it all? The happy accident, filling everything he wanted but had never fully admitted, even to himself.
"Just because we're dating now doesn't mean you get to be a slowpoke. Hurry, hurry, we gotta catch the next lunch at the Pokémon center!"
"We're dating?" Lucas said.
Barry puffed out his cheeks. "How many times do I have to kiss you to make it count? A million-trillion-billion? If so, then I'll do it! Right after I beat you in a pokémon battle," Barry said. He burst into a grin.
"You're going to have to work harder than that to beat me," Lucas said.
Barry clasped his fists in a mix of determination and excess energy. "Then I'll keep working, and kissing you—maybe both at once!"
Lucas still felt confused, but that was normal around Barry. They had shifted, perhaps without him ever realizing it. Or they'd been on this path all along, falling slowly, and then with a quick, abrupt crash together until it could no longer remain unsaid and unknown. He followed after Barry through the woods at a slower, more contemplative pace. Little had changed between them, all things considered. Everything was a tangled rush, not everything made sense, but Lucas knew his life would never, ever be boring. Barry would see to that for sure.
Series: Pokémon
Character/pairing: Barry/Lucas
Rating: PG at most
Word count: 485
Author's note: Fic_promptly: Pokemon, any rival and protag, Two Are Better Than One (Carol Ryrie Brink)
Final part of Rush Hour. It was Melly's birthday and I was so buried in coursework I couldn't even post about it.
It started and ended with falling. They ran, or to be more precise, Barry ran and Lucas struggled to keep up, like any other day. Except this day, it was through the Eterna Forest. The leaves rustled above them, spatters of dusty sunlight fell between the arcs of branches. Barry as usual, wasn't looking where he was going. He looked back, and called to Lucas.
"Hurry up, or I'll fine you—"
Neither of them saw the large moss-covered root. They went flying one after another, and crashed on the ground. They slammed together, tangled and sore, gasping for breath with the wind knocked out of them.
Time passed and they groaned, too stunned by the contact and pain. Lucas rolled over on his back, Barry was still staring at him with a kind of urgency he was too dizzy to try and piece together.
"—a million kisses," Barry said.
"K-kisses?" Lucas said.
"Did I say kisses, I meant....lips, er—"
In a swift move, he cupped Lucas's chin with both hands and kissed him. It was quick, more like a headbutt than a kiss. It left Lucas even more dazed, as he lay back and attempted to catch his breath.
Barry pushed himself up. "Yes! We're almost there!"
Had he imagined it all? The happy accident, filling everything he wanted but had never fully admitted, even to himself.
"Just because we're dating now doesn't mean you get to be a slowpoke. Hurry, hurry, we gotta catch the next lunch at the Pokémon center!"
"We're dating?" Lucas said.
Barry puffed out his cheeks. "How many times do I have to kiss you to make it count? A million-trillion-billion? If so, then I'll do it! Right after I beat you in a pokémon battle," Barry said. He burst into a grin.
"You're going to have to work harder than that to beat me," Lucas said.
Barry clasped his fists in a mix of determination and excess energy. "Then I'll keep working, and kissing you—maybe both at once!"
Lucas still felt confused, but that was normal around Barry. They had shifted, perhaps without him ever realizing it. Or they'd been on this path all along, falling slowly, and then with a quick, abrupt crash together until it could no longer remain unsaid and unknown. He followed after Barry through the woods at a slower, more contemplative pace. Little had changed between them, all things considered. Everything was a tangled rush, not everything made sense, but Lucas knew his life would never, ever be boring. Barry would see to that for sure.
