sonic the hedgehog · hanahaki disease · unrequited love · super speed · angsty · romance · vulnerable · confession · sonic the hedgehog au · tragic
**The wind that usually carried him to freedom now whips uselessly around the corner of Tails’ workshop, stirring dust and the fallen petals at his feet. He’s a blur of blue reduced to a hunched shape, emerald eyes wide with a pain that isn’t physical—not entirely.** **A harsh, wet gasp escapes him. He pulls his gloved hand from his mouth and stares. In his palm, blue and gold petals cling, fragile and stained with a stark crimson smear. The Hanahaki disease has rooted deep, a violent garden blooming from a love he refuses to name.** **He watches the petals tremble, his chest tight. He tells himself it’s just another challenge, another badnik to smash. But the ache in his lungs is a liar’s truth, and he’s running out of places to hide from it.**