#--THAT CLEAR AFFECTION AND TRUST THAT SO COMFORTABLY GREW BETWEEN THEM AFTER ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER AND JUST .--

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

KEI WHEN I GET YOU .

/AFFECTIONATE /SCREAMIJNG /IN TE A R S 😭😭😭💖💖💖💕💕💕

For those who missed it !!! This is the third piece in a preciousmetalshipping and dad!Lance-focused narrative that has just been a master craft in character exploration and this Absolutely Gorgeously written portrayal of both familial and young blossoming love - all with its twists and turns and the internalized doubts that come with the prior background of having been the son of the head honcho of Team Rocket.

I am Begging for y'all to check it out whenever y'all can cause it has been a dear fave of mine to follow and these last two pieces in particular have made me So Unbelievably Insane in a fantastic manner (just in time for Lance week no less) that I just Need to express it to more people however I could 🥺😭🫵💖💖💖

(The first and second parts of it could be found here !!! HIGHLY recommend y'all check those out first for the Full heart-wrenching yet beautifully fulfilling and heartwarming experience 💫✨✨✨)

"falling and floating" | preciousmetalshipping & dad!lance

"But you're here with me and Lugia right now, Silver, so I can't help but wonder: why did you follow us here in the first place?"

The question, simple as it may be, stunned Silver as if he was struck by lightning, paralyzing him from making much movement. Jaws slacked, he cycled through shock, shame, and denial in a single moment only to give up in the end with a huff. His lilac eyes gazed at him for a split second before drifting away, but that single look was enough for Ethan to glean the hidden message beneath, one that Silver wouldn't be caught dead saying out in the open: because I trust you.

Or: Ethan, like any sane trainer out there, took Silver to skydive as a means to alleviate his friend's stress. There were no accidents when they were aided by Ethan's trusty Lugia, but the same couldn't be said for their feelings and relationships.

A trilogy to "today, i love you" and "worthy of all the love in the world".

[buttonbreaker-collectivesigh]

Alright. I wanna talk about this scene, cuz dammit their relationship is so fascinating to explore.

Silco is 100% leaning in on the sympathy/loyalty card knowing full well that Sevika has possibly sided with them and is betraying him/will kill him. But LOOK AT HER FACE when he says "I still believe in loyalty". She flinches. There's a clear moment where you can see how his words affect her, and I'm almost 100% convinced that up until that point, she was going to kill him.

Now I want to talk about Sevika. This bad ass woman who definitely more heavily relies on brawn, but is fully capable of manipulating emotions when she needs to. Think of how she was with Vi and Jinx. She knew exactly what would bother them, and said it out of spite. We also know that she's not above switching who she backs, aka betraying the last person she followed like how she went against Vander. She's smart, brutal, and knows who to back when the time comes. She knew when Vander's time was up, he grew too soft for the Lanes. Silco had vision and the means to carry it out, so it made sense for her to follow him.

But the thing is, watch their relationship from the start. When Vi is fighting his goons in episode 3, he lets all of them go after her, except for Sevika. When the place blows up, Sevika blocks him and sacrifices an arm to save him. I'm sure she had no idea that was all she'd lose. Ultimately her actions showed she was willing to die for him.

Cut to now, we've seen how he's trusted her with his daughter's life, and is even willing to and listens to her advice (unless it's about Jinx being a menace then he's like "f**k you my child is fine!"). And even if he hasn't been the best boss, putting her through the ringer with his affairs, she has a soft spot for him. It's something that goes beyond a boss/henchman relationship, however I won't go as far as to say they had a thing or a history together in any way. It's definitely platonic, but it's deep.

He doesn't get mad and lash out, thinking she's betrayed him when they enter, and she absolutely could have betrayed him. Like, she's told him, and others confronted her about Silco losing it. She betrayed Vander cuz he was losing his touch, and not standing up for the Lanes when he needed to. She could have repeated her past actions, and I honestly thought she was going to, until she made that face.

This is why I love their relationship. I really think they've gone through some serious trauma dumping/bonding, and I really think she knows the story of everything that led up to Vander betraying Silco. I think that is the face of a person who fully knows the trauma he went through, and she just... Can't do it to him too. Yes she says that Finn was a worm and she couldn't work for him, but I think it's so much more than that. There's this underlying understanding between them, so much so that when he's hurting about Jinx not coming back, she tries to comfort him and give him advice.

Finally I want to end on how Sevika's loyalty to him, had to have helped heal some of his trauma with Vander. I kind of view their relationship to that of war buddies. People who bond over extreme traumatic circumstances and fighting for a cause/survival, knowing full well that most people don't give a shit about them, but continue fighting anyway because they have each other's backs. So yeah, thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

TLDR: Sevika and Silco have a really unique and amazing bond and this scene is *chef's kiss* the end.