Unrelated Pokemon Oneshots

good friends- Marshal x Caitlin

NSFW, written for a commission, aged down Caitlin, so she is the age she was in gen 4, but in gen 5

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Caitlin is young and very talented. Caitlin is what people would call a prodigy. Caitlin has had to live in relative isolation until she was able to get her mysterious abilities under control, but now that she is able to do so, she is making quite the name for herself, which is why Caitlin has left Sinnoh behind for good, taking her place as the youngest member of Unova's Elite Four.

She is a prodigy, and she has never been this far from home before, nor is she used to interacting with people this much. Back then, she had few chances to make friends, with her closest friend being the champion, who took an interest in her talents and wanted to help her reach her potential. Cynthia was several years older than Caitlin, but she listened to her and treated her as if she were mature, not like the monster Caitlin sometimes felt like she was, and that served as motivation to overcome her struggles, to control her abilities, so that she could go out in the world and show Cynthia that her faith was well-placed.

But now she does not have a friend like that at her side, because Cynthia is still busy in Sinnoh, still serving as the champion and still researching ruins and probably searching for another young trainer to latch onto and encourage, to help that trainer reach their potential, because she is already done working with Caitlin. It stings a bit, but not for long, because she is certain that she will find someone else to be close to now.

The other members of the Elite Four are adults already, but that does not bother Caitlin much. She had no issue befriending Cynthia after all, and she has been told so often that she is mature for her age. She does not feel intimidated by any of them, taking Grimsley's teasing in stride and learning quickly that Marshal is not nearly as harsh as he seems, just a little quiet. Shauntal is by far the easiest to talk to, if a little scatterbrained, and the champion, when he is around, treats her as if she is his own granddaughter.

Caitlin is happy with her new life, even if she is far away from home and far away from her first friend. She likes her new friends, and hopes to create a bond with someone like what she had with Cynthia, to help cure the loneliness that results. On the surface, she thinks that Shauntal would be the easiest to befriend, but for whatever reason, Caitlin does not spend much time considering her.

Perhaps it is the desire for a challenge, or perhaps it is simply because she has never been close friends with a man before. Her butler obviously doesn't count, and with all that in mind, Caitlin sets her sights on Marshal. Alder is not around enough to be considered an option, but both Grimsley and Marshal present interesting challenges, for very different reasons.

She settles on Marshal because of how guarded he is, because he seems like he does not let many people get close to him, and perhaps he needs her just as much as she needs someone like him. She doubts that Grimsley has any trouble in that department, just the same as she doubts she would really be able to get close to him without getting too frustrated by his frequent teasing. It is entirely possible that he would be incapable of ever taking her seriously.

Marshal, on the other hand, always seems serious, and would likely treat her just the same. Before she knows it, Caitlin has developed a bit of a crush on the Fighting type specialist, and looks for her chances to get him alone, memorizing his routines in comparison to the others, until she is able to fit her routine around his, so that they continue to run into one another, before going home for the day or when arriving in the morning.

He spends a lot of time here training, when he is not waiting for challengers, arriving earlier than most and staying later than most, because his room is very well equipped for any training that he may want to do. Caitlin, who has developed a habit of frequent naps, prefers her room to be somewhere that she can rest whenever she is not awaiting a challenger, but having a bed is going to come in handy, she decides. If she and Marshal are going to do anything, it will probably be here for the first time, and she would rather that be comfortable.