Dirty Old Man

by Bitterpotato00

Summary:

Outside of extreme circumstances, Silver doesn’t cry; his eyes tear up, and his face flushes, but those tears never find the way down his face and he never whimpers.

So him crying rare tears over the loss of his fiancé made his father see red.

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Gold broke his engagement with Silver after discovering that he’s become Prince of Team Rocket. Giovanni finds out and strides to fix things for his precious son, falling victim to his own lust along the way.

Notes:

Hello it is I so read the tags, this is fucked up and posting it is a lil birthday gift to myself, I turned 25 today!!

It’ll be a few chapters, enjoy the mayhem and mind control!!!

Chapter 1

It’s around a month into their new reign when he finds Silver in his room, face red and eyes full of tears. He sits on the edge of his bed and stares at nothing. There’s something in his hand but Giovanni questions him first.

“What happened?”

Because outside of extreme circumstances, Silver doesn’t cry; his eyes tear up, and his face flushes, but those tears never find the way down his face and he never whimpers.

Not today.

He takes a shuddering breath before breaking into a combination of coughs and sobs, and Giovanni sits next to him on his bed, resting his arm on Silver’s shoulder.

“Gold…”

“Your friend?”

Silver sighs, licks his lips, opens his mouth then closes it again. He holds out the small glittering object in his hand.

It’s an engagement ring. Giovanni blinks.

“Oh,” is all that comes out.

For a split second he wants to assure Silver that it’s okay, he loves him no matter who he is and who he likes, but then the rejection sinks in. Who is this boy…?

“You asked him to marry you?”

“He said yes,” his son says, “On the condition that I stayed away from Team Rocket. This was around the time I came home, so I tried to hide the missions, but he found out. I tried to explain, and he… wasn’t having it. He doesn’t want me anymore, Father… and it’s all my fault.”

They sit in silence for a few moments. There are several angles that Giovanni could use to talk to him, tell him that it’s not his fault; it’s not him doing the hardcore missions, this is what he had to do to come home, he didn’t want to just survive anymore. He knows none of them will appeal to Silver. For a boy raised by a monster and thrust straight into a world of constant struggle, his morals are stronger and more strict than he’d expected.

Because of that, Giovanni knows that Silver still doesn’t like Team Rocket. Exploitation and murder still don’t sit well with him, even if he’s (mostly) out of the line of fire, and because of that, his father realizes that his most prominent idea won’t be popular to his son.

But this boy, Gold, doesn’t know who he’s just rejected.