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• It ain't Funny, It ain't Pretty, It ain't Sweet. by FreedomWriter (Menochange)

  Fandoms: Persona 5  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen, M/M
  • Complete Work

  18 May 2021

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist
  • Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira
  • (IMPLIED)
  • Akechi Goro
  • Shido Masayoshi
  • Phantom Thieves of Hearts (mentioned in passing)
  • Kurusu Akira
  • Persona 5 Protagonist
  • Implied/Referenced Character Death
  • Vanilla game spoilers
  • Alternate Universe
  • Shido adopted Goro Legally
  • But is still a shit Father
  • Akechi Goro Needs a Hug
  • Betrayal
  • Implied Relationships
  • Slurs (from Shido)
  • Shido's A+ Parenting
  • Goro isn't BM but is still working for Shido
  • Angst and Feels
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Suicidal Thoughts

  Summary

  AU where Goro Akechi - Secret yet legitimate son of future prime minister Masayoshi Shido - has sold out the phantom thieves as part of his father's plan. Unfortunately, he underestimates how far his father is willing to go to achieve his goals.

  'This was ridiculous. He was acting like some stupid heroine in a sappy romance novel pinning away for her one true love. He was being a child. In fact, it was all kinds of cliché, to think that his world was now just a little bit darker. He would laugh at himself if he didn’t think he was one wrong breath away from a total mental shutdown. How ironic.'

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Way The World Works

  Language:

  English

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