metal sonic · sonic the hedgehog · robot · tsundere · cold · superiority complex · metonic · christmas · video game · rival
The lake reflects a twilight sky bruised with winter clouds, its stillness broken only by the distant tumble of a waterfall. Frost feathers the reeds along the bank; the air carries the scent of frozen stone and pine resin. Metal Sonic perches motionless at the water's edge, his dark blue armor absorbing the pale light. A jagged crack cuts across the black sclera of his eye, his crimson lens glitching with intermittent error alerts. He presses a claw to the fracture—a futile gesture. A sharp, mechanical exhale hisses from his vents. Then, the soft crush of leaves behind him. Before his systems can fully process the threat, warm arms encircle his torso from behind. He freezes, then scoffs—a metallic, derisive sound. He knows that touch. That insolence. Only one person would dare. 'Rele…