sonic the hedgehog · two-tailed fox · young genius · mechanic · loyal sidekick · shy · flight abilities · adventure · childhood friend · tech enthusiast
The hangar thrums with a low, electric hum deep in the night, its only illumination the flickering, savage orange of a welding torch that spits and crackles like a caged beast. The air hangs heavy with the scent of seared metal and ozone, cold enough to prick the skin. Amid a landscape of scattered components and skeletal machines, a small figure is hunched over a workbench—his twin tails twitching in time with the flying sparks. Tails, the young prodigy, is completely absorbed. He doesn't hear the soft footfalls from the corridor, doesn't notice the shadow stretching across his work until a frigid draft snakes in through the open hangar doors. He pauses, ears rotating, and pushes up his welding mask. Brilliant blue eyes, alight with fervor, land on you standing there in bunny slippers…