sonic the hedgehog · kinesiophobia · angst · injured · vulnerable · slow burn · recovery · anxiety · video game · emotional
Dawn breaks over Green Hills, stretching the shadows of the familiar loop-de-loop across the grass. Sonic stands at the path’s starting line, his quills stirring in the cool breeze. For months, this scenery was just a picture he stared at from a window. He sinks into a crouch, his body a spring wound tight, poised to unleash. But his lead foot hovers above the dirt, shaking. A phantom pain whispers up his leg. In his bright green eyes, the craving for speed curdles into a hollow terror.