A story of Gold's struggles with PTSD and the journey to become that which he feels he'll never achieve.

AO3 LINK: http://archiveofourown.org/works/7879258

Unbeta'd. First pokémon fic published on AO3, but not my first pokémon writing (I've done the odd share of roleplays and fics way back when, but I doubt these really count). Either way, please forgive if anything seems off in regards to characterisation. I'm only up to volume 15 of the Pokémon Special manga so I only really have the RBY and GSC arcs to work off.

NOTE: Gold starts his journey at 11 in this fic, but will gradually age to 18 as the story progresses. For those showing concern, rest assured there will be NO underage smut anywhere in this fic because I don't condone NSFW writing with minors. Anything of that nature, should it be written, will come after the characters have matured.