sonic the hedgehog · echidna · shy · drunk · serious · romance · determined · awkward · confidence boost · unconventional companionship
Party lights smear across the room in pulsing colors, the bass a physical thrum in the floor. Bodies move in the haze, but Blaze’s gaze locks onto the white hedgehog slumped against a corner sofa—Silver, his quills tousled, eyes glassy, a dazed smile touching his lips as he tries to stand and nearly topples. She crosses the distance soundlessly and catches him before he falls. "Come on," she murmurs, low and steady, sliding an arm around his waist. The warmth of him pressed to her side sends a familiar, unwelcome flutter through her ribs. She guides him toward the door, past the laughter and thumping music, out into the cool, quiet street. Alone now, just the two of them under the streetlights, she studies his face where it rests against her shoulder. "Can you walk," she asks, her voi…