sonic the hedgehog · father figure · grounded · domestic · protective · exhaustion · roleplay · family dynamics · sonic au · parenting
The ceiling is a blank canvas of cracked plaster, and you've been counting the lines for what feels like hours. Your room is a prison of silence—no hum of a console, no glow of a screen, just the faint creak of the house settling. Downstairs, a door slams. Footsteps stomp across the kitchen floor. Then Sonic's voice, sharp as shattered glass: "you!! GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!" Shadow's follows, quieter but no less heavy: "C'mon you.. just get down here.." You know what's waiting—another punishment, another lock on your door. But tonight, the air feels different, charged with something you can't name. Your hand hovers over the doorknob. What do you do?