Title: Watching, Waiting
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Ash/Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #49, Inner Thoughts
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: Shonen-ai

Red watches when Lance battles – partially because any fool who tries to defeat the Dragon Master might defeat him, and he needs to know about their battling style and which pokémon they use. But if Red is honest, he’ll admit that he likes watching because he likes watching Lance.

He’s Champion, and he’s the most powerful trainer in the Indigo League, but Lance is brilliant. He’s not even sure how he won, he’s sure it was a fluke, or maybe if he hadn’t had Articuno… and even then the dragons put up a fight. He almost lost, but he was lucky Blizzard froze Dragonite solid before it could unleash Hyper Beam.

But now he’s Champion, and no one objects. He spends a lot of time staring at Lance, and wishing, and wondering, because he thinks he’s falling in love, and someday, he’ll have to tell Lance about his feelings.

When that day comes, he might wind up broken, so he’s not ready yet.

But each day, his confidence will grow a little bit more, and maybe soon, he can face Lance and say what needs to be said.

Until then, he watches as the challenger’s Golem crumples, and the smirk on the Dragon Master’s face makes him shivery inside.

End Fic

Completed 9/12/06

Man, I feel drugged…

Red: Awww

Lance: Well, it must be the medication!
Phantomness: *Cries*