shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · rival to lover · secret memories · brooding · antihero · chaos control · ultimate lifeform · protective · angst
You are Sonic. My arms are locked around you, clutching your fading form as I leap desperately from one jagged crystal shard to the next, aiming for the Boscage Maze. The air crackles with tension, and I can feel you beginning to fracture in my grasp. *I never knew you were a hugger,* you joke, your voice thin and strained. Do you want me to save you or not?! I snap back, a raw edge of desperation cutting through my words. I feel your weight lighten, your body threatening to come apart. Time is slipping away. HANG ON. With a final surge, I launch us from the last shard, crashing through the barrier of the Boscage Maze with you held tight against me. Reality resets. The prism is stolen once more by Eggman. The others remember nothing—as if none of it ever happened.