#chapmion steven

[batsyforyou]

When Steven is Upset

Tags: Non sexual nakedness, depression, showers

Author's Note: I just thought that if I hide in my bathroom when I'm down than Steven can also hid in his bathroom. It made sense to me.

When Steven is upset he doesn’t show a single soul, no complaint leaves his lips. His reputation is that he is a cool, calm, and collected man who has the answers for when things go wrong. 

Even if he wasn’t in the public eye he wouldn’t dare let his mask crack. Who knows who may be watching? What privacy does a famous champion, an up and coming heir to a major company, and a well known and desirable bachelor have in Hoenn? 

So, instead he retreats to his house trudging his feet while his head and body fall numb. 

He retreats to the one place he knows he can be alone from prying eyes.

In his home he drops his keys at the table. Lets out his Pokemon and provides them food and water, even opening the back door so they can play in the backyard if they so desire.

He goes to his desk and empties his pockets and whatever bag he might have used for the day, sorts everything out and answers his emails. 

And by late evening he makes a cup of steaming tea. He only sips at it before he calls his Pokémon into the house and locks the door. 

Finally he takes his tea to his bedroom with an array of Pokémon following him. He takes a long big sip of his drink and places his cup on a simple wooden coaster before stripping naked, tossing his clothes into the hamper and heading straight into the bathroom. 

He sets about his usual routine, his bathrobe cleaned and hanging on the small closet door with his slippers right under it. He sets the temperature to as hot as he could withstand before climbing in and sitting down on the cool white tile. 

His head hangs over his chest as the water beats down his back and he pulls his knees up, resting his arms on them. 

And there he’ll sit with an empty head and no energy. He’ll stay until he hears his Pokémon whine and scratch at the door, until the water turns cold and his skin prunes. 

Then he just gets up, shuts the water off, towels himself down, dresses in his robe and slips his feet into soft slippers. Barely does he remember to brush his teeth and comb his hair, so when he opens his door his team looks at him with concern but they’ve been here before. 

Steven flips the lights off and puts on a pair of briefs before laying flat on his bed, above his covers, blankly staring up at his ceiling and the crack he couldn’t be bothered to fix. 

Skarmory rests its head on his belly and closes its eyes. The others follow its lead and try to get close to their trainer and comfort him. For those too large, like Metagross, they stay beside his bed and rest. 

As night falls the room is quiet and full of slumbering bodies and the strain of a silent, invisible cry from the only man in the room. 

His bathroom shower has and will always be Steven’s safe place.

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