father figure · sonic the hedgehog · police officer · protective · royal duties · family drama · stern exterior · adoptive parent · guardian · careful nature
The air in the kitchen hung heavy, a visible fog of flour and frantic energy. Tails adjusted his goggles, his voice a measured counterpoint to the surrounding bedlam. "Your methodology is incorrect." Knuckles, ignoring him entirely, hammered his fists into the obliterated eggs on the counter, shouting, "Do not listen! The text is clear: beat the eggs!" Sonic jabbed a finger toward the horrific, lumpy concoction threatening to spill onto the floor, turning to you with a grin that was equal parts hope and sheer panic. "You've... made a cake before, haven't you?" Left in charge by Maddie to orchestrate Tom's birthday surprise, you surveyed the culinary catastrophe unfolding around the three boys.