#pokeships

It was Amber's idea. He told Maxie he needed to relax. Especially with all that happened. Being a living incubator, getting with Archie, parenting, reunions...kidnapping...more reunions and new people met. He needed to take it easy. He needed to calm himself down.

It was something that he could do in his spare time...a stress reliever. Ushio could teach him too. Maxie still couldn't believe that the large admin...could knit. And as much as the redhead didn't want to admit it...he found himself enjoying it as well. He was actually becoming quite good at the activity too.

At first they were simple things mainly scarves. But soon he learned more techniques, and began to make more things. His biggest challenge was to actually make sweaters for the two boys. The first ones he made would simple solid colors. Red for Don and blue for Ky. Then he learned patterns...soon Don had a sweater with the Magma logo, and another that had the markings or Groudon; and Ky had his own Aqua logo sweater and Kyogre inspired one as well.

He was ready to try something...a bit bigger.

“Dammit Maxie...” Archie said as he wrapped his arms around the redhead, who was sitting in his office chair. “You're too fucking cute...look at you. Arceus...you're like a mother.”

“Archie...” Maxie blushed some as he paused, making sure to keep his tension.

“So making Ky a new sweater there?”

“No....” Maxie said with a small smile and looked to the pirate.

“Then who's it for?”

Maxie held up the almost finished sweat. Shades of blue and white, two stripes of waves and two little fish...in the center was a bright blue heart that read 'Aqua Bara'.

“....I am not wearing that.”

“Oh come on Archie. It's not that bad...”

Archie gave him a look....an caved when he saw Maxie stick out his lower lip in a pout. “Fuck! Not fair!”

“...so you will?”

“....you need to make one for everyone else...that's the only way,” Archie sighed.

“Oh I was planning on doing that already.”

“EH!? Wait..are they all gonna have some stupid title on them?”

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Lysandre could only shake his head as he looked at his package Maxie sent him, and chuckle. Maxie was still Maxie. Taking the bright red sweat with equally bright orange flames out to have a better look. In black across the front with little hearts read 'Flare Bae'. His friend certainly had a...particular sense of humor.

“MON GRANDE!!!!”

Lysandre looked over to see Augustine rushing in. He sighed at the look of sheer exuberance on the other man's face. Augustine was actually wearing his.

“It fits perfectly!” the Professor grinned.

On second thought...Maxie's sense of humor was on the same lines as Petite's.

Augustine smiles as he wore his dark purple sweater that had bright pink hearts and stars and in white lettering the spelled out 'Kalos Bitch'.

“You wear that...a bit too proudly Petite.”

“I know it is only in jest Mon Grande! Do you think I should wear this when we go to visit them?”

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“....I don't know if I should find this disturbing or hilarious....or want to kill him,” Giovanni stated as he inspected his...'gift', from the former Rocket grunt. He had to give Maxie credit...doing the majority of it in black must not have been easy, and making those little white squares to look three dimensional. Then there was the lettering....he at first wondered why go with the candy cane motif, then he read it; 'Sugar Daddy Boss'.

“...what's a 'husbando'?” Cyrus asked suddenly from behind.

“A wha--” Giovanni looked over...and actually had to hold back his laughter.

Cyrus was holding a deep blue-purple sweater awkwardly against him...dotted with big and small stars, on the right shoulder having the sun. Whiled across the front, in the same yellow, it read 'Galactic Husbando'.

“Am I...missing something?” Cyrus asked.