Late Bloom *Completed*

Together *FINISHED*

Six months later, everything had changed for Ash and Clemont, through many events and having to clear quite a few hurdles. Clemont's sister Bonnie had to have a severe heart to heart that involved their father Meyer, who was updated on all the details. Soon after this, Bonnie took a break from her pokemon journey to make personal changes by letting go of her control issues and attending therapy. Bonnie has progressed well to acknowledge that her love and protection for Clemont came at the cost of her mistake to control aspects of her brother's life and that she should have not blindly trusted Sawyer.

As for Sawyer, his past and current crimes caught up to him, and as Clemont bravely told his story with Ash's support and his own experience, others came to report their own victim statements. Sawyer was charged and serves community service while gaining counselling; even though the charges seem light, Sawyer's character has been tarnished completely.

Ash and Clemont made some big changes through all of this, knowing more than ever, their hearts were finally in the right place. Ash started up his own pokemon training facility where young trainers can come to at any point in their journey to have hands-on help to be the best they can be. Clemont has opened his own inventor's shop to work on machines that will better the world and further human's commitment to a place of advancement and balance nature with human progression. He has left the Lumiose gym in good hands until Bonnie is mentally and emotionally ready for a gym leader role.

They have moved into a new home with a large yard and Clemont's shop close by but far enough away to not explode the main home in case a disaster hits. Ash had some downtime and took it upon himself to decorate for the holidays with Pikachu and Clemont's Luxray. The entire home on the outside has the brightest red and green lights; the inside has garlands strung on the banisters and a large tree with Clemont and Ash's handmade decorations strung all over and lights circling.

Ash and Clemont visited Mayer and Bonnie on Christmas eve to have a big dinner of fried chicken and strawberry shortcake, then exchange gifts of appreciation for the family they had grown to be. Finally, Ash and Clemont could fall into each other's arms and cuddle to sleep until the first morning light came.

Clemont woke up, feeling himself lightly caressed by Ash's hands exploring his body. "Isn't it too early?"

"I want to give you your gift." Ash nuzzled Clemont's neck. 

The nuzzle tuned to kisses, which turned to Ash going lower down to give Clemont an eye-widening blowjob that ensured that he was fully awake by completion. Clemont returned the gift-giving spirit until Ash's cry of satisfaction, and they both smiled and giggled their way downstairs.

They sat with warm vanilla coffee in hand, sighing in contentment. 

Clemont handed Ash a neatly wrapped gift. "Here." The blush on his face was sweet.

"Thank you." Ash kissed Clemont lightly, then tore into the present. Ash pulled out a glove that was black with a cool lighting pattern on it. "Wow. This looks fantastic!"

"It's not just the look, Ash.|The future is now, thanks to science! If you press the lightning bolt on the top of the glove, you can have Pikachu power it up, then you will be able to shoot out your own thunderbolt!" Clemont pushed his glasses up with a smile. "This way, training students against electric types can come from you and Pikachu in a tag-team style. I call it the 'Pikachu and you glove.'"

"Wow! Science is so amazing!" Ash was super giddy to test it out, but that would have to come later in the day. "I have something to give you, Clemont."

"Oh, Ash. I don't really need anything, just you." Clemont was always dazzled by Ash's support of his inventions; he had been the only one to always believe in him even when they had failed in the old days.

"Open it." Ash handed a box with torn paper and too much tape swirled around to keep it clung to others. Clemont tore through and opened the box to find a package of paperwork. "What is all this?"

"What if it was more than the two of us?" Ash grinned wide. "These are adoption papers for both of us to fill out. Your dad and my mom have already included their character witness statements."

Clemont's eyes began to tear up, "Ash. This is the sweetest gift ever!"

After tears of their joy, they filled out the paperwork and sent it off the next day to wait for their wonderful full life of a family to become fulfilled.

THE END.

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