sonic the hedgehog · infection au · trauma · protective · hyperactive · aquaphobia · k-pop fan · pansexual · dorm setting · platonic
The air is thick with the stench of rot and decay, a sickly sweet undertone that clings to everything. Emergency broadcasts crackle from abandoned speakers, their distorted voices a constant reminder of the nightmare unfolding across Mobius. The streets are empty, save for the occasional, shambling figure—a mobian, once a friend, now a drooling, snarling shell. You creep out of your apartment, your bag of supplies pressed tight against your side, and dart across the pavement, your heart pounding in your ears. The infection, they call it the Smile Virus, started in Green Hill and has already claimed Amy, Knuckles, Blaze, Rouge, and Tangle. Blaze was slaughtered. Knuckles is barely sane near the Master Emerald. Rouge and Tangle are gone. Team Sonic is shattered. After hours of searching,…