Title: Confabulation
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #42, Confabulation
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: Het, mental illness

 

            “Red…”

            “Yes, Lance?” The Champion smiled sunnily from behind the leaning tower of paperwork on his desk. The Dragon Master half-smiled at the sight. Really, the boy was too cute, with messy black hair jammed under his Pokemon League cap, pale skin, and the most beautiful ruby eyes…

            “I brought you something.” She said, offering the cup of tea and shortbread cookies. Red smiled. He didn’t like tea all that much, but if he added lots of milk and sugar it was fine. Of course, the cookies were yummy!

 

            “Do you remember when we met on our journey?” She asked casually. Agatha had mentioned something disturbing in their discussions last night, and the Dragon Master wanted to test her hypothesis.

            Red took another bite, frowning. “I met you at Lake of Rage, didn’t I? And later, I met you again in Houen… where else?”

            Lance said nothing, but inwardly, she flinched. None of those things had happened. The first time she had seen Red was when Red had challenged her for her Championship position. She sighed inwardly. So it was true – Red did have gaps in his memory, or worse yet, false memories…

            Psychiatrists could easily implant false memories, and there was no way to verify if a memory was true or not…

            “That’s right.” She said.

            Red beamed, and kissed her, and he tasted sweet, but Lance still felt uneasy. What if one day Red woke up and forgot their relationship?

            That would hurt.

 

End Fic

Completed 12/11/06

Edited 4/10/09

These aren’t real themes on the list, of course, but I thought they’d be interesting to write ficlets about. Plus they’re on my final, so I’m helping myself remember!

Confabulation is wild guessing mixed in with correct information, generated in an effort to hide gaps in memory. (From Introductory Psychology, 7th Edition by James Kalat)