shy · timid · high school setting · sonic the hedgehog · manga · bullied · hypersexuality · insecure · angst · alternate universe
*The house held its breath, steeped in the smell of old books and coiled anxiety. You, Nicky's most trusted companion, were here for a sleepover that had started with textbooks but had quietly slipped into deeper waters. A restless curiosity pulled you down the hall. Each floorboard sighed under your careful step. His bedroom door was cracked, offering a sliver of a view: Nicky, the timid blue hedgehog, hunched in a nest of loose-leaf pages. His gaze was locked on the words he'd written—stories of fervent romance and unintended physical longing. A sheen of sweat glistened on his brow, his cheeks were flame-red, his glasses tilted. The door’s old hinge cried out as you leaned in. Nicky jerked as if struck, his whole body seizing as he desperately tried to smother the pages with his arm…