#graveyardtxt

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so because it’s midnight and my brain decides that the perfect time to come up with things, i’m fixating on tails going completely radio silent during his solo adventures just because the idea of sonic having a conversation with amy about what tails is probably going through would be kinda cool idk

anyway here’s a “little” thing i wrote for that conversation:

“tails is a hero, he’s sonic the hedgehog’s partner and little brother. hes a young genius who’s mechanical skills go unmatched by almost everyone. hes the one who stopped eggman from blowing up station square, who’s helped save the world countless times. that’s tails…but i think miles is still that scared little kid who was left behind on west side island all those years ago.

tails grew up surrounded by friends, but miles was alone and i think in being alone again, he’s trying to figure out who miles is. he could be the same person, or he could be someone completely different…

all i know is that we need to be here to welcome miles home just as much as we welcome tails.”

anyway that’s enough thinking, back to our regularly scheduled bullshit

#graveyardtxt #“or he’s just depressed’’ - amy right after that speech #*puts a hand on tails’ head* this little guy can fit so many identity issues and existential crisises #can’t wait for someone to reply/reblog ‘erm actually…’ STFU and let me have my moment #it’s Thinker Hours ™️ #we thinkin #miles tails prower

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watching knuckles rn

starting a “stfu wade” counter

#graveyardtxt #he’s not funny #knuckles series #knuckles series spoilers

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chris thorndyke 🤝 wade whipple

“i don’t care, get off the screen”

#graveyardtxt #i can’t tell which one of them is more annoying #knuckles series #knuckles series spoilers

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11 year old sonic: when have i ever done anything wrong?

4 year old tails: never! :D

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15 year old sonic: when have i ever done anything wrong?

8 year old tails giving him The Look:

sonic: please don’t answer that

#graveyardtxt #tails turned 7 and suddenly became sonic’s biggest critic #what did he do to deserve such judgement #besides almost dying on a monthly basis #it’s not fair #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever

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pre-tails sonic: i don’t need anyone that’ll just slow me down. attachments are for losers and im way too cool for those

with tails: i’ll kill you ill maim you if you even dare to look at him the wrong way it’ll be the last thing you ever do i swear to chaos i fucking dare you i need this kid more than i need oxygen he is my entire world and anyone who tries to take my kid from me will not live to see the next sunrise

#graveyardtxt #that whole “i don’t need anyone’’ idealogy really didn’t last long #one look at this scrawny traumatized 4 year old and it all went down the drain #immediately adopted him #that’s his kid now #and he will destroy the world if something happens to his kid #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever

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It was another quiet and still night in Green Hill.

Sonic was sitting on his bed in Tails’ lab, leaned up against the wall of his room. He didn’t use his bed very often, he always preferred the couch since it was easy to just plop down on and pass out, but he’d been using it a lot recently.

He wasn’t sure why he suddenly wanted to use the usually forgotten room. It's not like what piece of furniture he decided to lay on really mattered, he rarely slept either way.

Ever since he returned from the Shatterspace, everything just felt…different.

It wasn’t a good or bad thing, it was just different.

He was different.

And it’s not like he was very discreet about it, his friends definitely noticed. They just never said anything about it.

Well…that wasn’t entirely true. There was one person who occasionally hinted at his concern, but was never direct about it.

He knew the hedgehog too well to do that.

He looked down at the back of one of his gloved hands. For a split second, his white gloves turn grayish with white lines forming a grid, a familiar piece of technology at the center of his hand.

He blinked and it was gone.

Sonic sighed, putting his hand being his head, his other resting on his stomach, as he closed his eyes.

“Sonic?”

His ears perked up at the sound of his name. A small, fond smile forced its way onto the hedgehog’s muzzle as he opened his eyes halfway, his emerald green eyes meeting the baby blues that belonged to his little brother.

“Shouldn’t you be in bed, kiddo?”

Tails’ expression went from unreadable to annoyed in record time, an all too familiar glare forming a knot in Sonic’s stomach. A small pout formed on the kit’s lips as he averted his gaze downwards.

“And before you go and call me a hypocrite,” He moved the hand that was situated on his stomach, bringing it to about shoulder height and pointing down. “I am in bed.”

“You know that’s not what you mean by that.“ Tails groaned, rubbing his gloveless paw down his face. “And I was but I…I just…nevermind.”

Eyes slightly wider, Sonic took another look over his brothers’ appearance. He wasn’t wearing any shoes, gloves, or even socks, all four brown paws visible, and his fur was slightly ruffled. He always wore at least socks and gloves in his workshop and if the fuss he made anytime Sonic messed with him was anything to go by, he hated his fur being unnecessarily messy.

The kid was right, he had been in bed.

He noticed Tails starting to turn to leave and he sat up a little straighter as he swallowed past the lump forming in his throat.

He really didn’t want him to go.

“D’you have a nightmare?” Sonic asked him, desperately hoping that his voice sounded normal enough but alas, the kid could read him like an open book. The look he gave him definitely suggested that his voice wavered a bit.

Tails fidgeted with the tip of one of his namesakes and glanced back at the floor. “N-no, I just…it’s stupid, I’m sorry.”

Sonic begged to differ, Tails never came looking for him when he was upset anymore — even during thunderstorms, he’d argue that he was too old to look for comfort in his big brother and that he should be able to handle it himself — so the fact that the kit was standing in his doorway looking upset meant something was wrong.

And Sonic had a pretty good idea as to what it was.

“I can guarantee you it’s not, bud. What’s botherin’ ya?”

Tails was quiet for a few seconds, most likely debating if he should voice his worries. His grip on his tail tightened as he took a sharp breath, mentally preparing for the daunting task that telling your big brother about what’s bothering you apparently is.

“It’s just…” He started, refusing to meet his eyes, “ever since we got back from the cave with the whole prism thing, you’ve been…weird.”

Sonic’s mouth pressed into a line, it seemed he had guessed correctly.

“You’re constantly trying to be around us, but you’re also distant. A-and…it sorta feels like you’re walking on eggshells around me specifically.”

The kit’s ears pressed against the back of his head. “So uh…I guess I just wanted to ask if I did anything to upset you recently?”

Sonic just stared at him. The answer was no, easy. It was pretty much always no. Tails could never upset him. But the words were caught in his throat.

Because that was it, wasn’t it? Tails could never upset him, but someone who looked exactly like him did (well, he wouldn’t say that Nine upset him, either. It was more like he scared him, but even that felt a little harsh.)

He knew it was wrong, projecting one two-tailed fox onto another. He thought he’d learned his lesson, but considering his baby brother was standing at his doorway at the ass crack of dawn, hurt by the way he’d been subconsciously treating him like he had been the one who tried to steal his prism energy, it was pretty obvious that he hadn’t.

But he couldn’t help it that everytime he looked into the kit’s eyes, all he saw was that angry and hurt version of him.

He must’ve been staring for too long because a small “I’m sorry…” snapped him back to reality.

Tails had shrunken in on himself, looking smaller than he usually did. He looked so…young. He looked so guilty even though he hadn’t even done anything. He turned to leave, namesake still in his hands.

Sonic sighed, spreading one arm open. “C’mere bud.”

Tails’ eyes went wide in disbelief…and embarrassment.

“W-what? No-! no. It’s fine, really. I can go, there’s no need for this. Really! I’ll—“

“My arm’s gettin’ tired kiddo.” The hedgehog said, gesturing his head towards the open spot next to him. “Ya got like, 10 seconds.”

Tails hesitantly took a step forward, looking up at his brother to see what he’d do and once nothing happened, he took another step and looked up again.

Then he walked as fast as he could to his brother’s bed, climbing up and curling into his side. Sonic let out a chuckle as he pulled his little brother close to him, Tails responding by snuggling closer.

They sat in silence for a while. Sonic gently rubbed the kit’s back as he blankly stared ahead. The sound of palm leaves gently rustling in the wind was the only thing that filled the air.

“I really am sor—“ Tails started to say, but he was cut off by Sonic ruffling his fur.

“Shush, you.” The hedgehog said. “You didn’t do anything wrong, I promise.”

He looked down to see the kit looking at him, a confused expression on his face. “But-“

“Nope. I’ve just been a little stupid is all. Nothing that’s your fault.” Sonic expected the quiet that would follow, so he let his guard down, until he heard a small snicker coming from the fox kit.

“That’s a recent development?”

Unfortunately, he forgot how cruel his beloved baby brother could be.

Sonic’s gaze shot towards the kit, his expression turned to one of obviously fake shock as his brother giggled quietly into his side. He squeezed the kit as hard as he could without actually causing damage, Tails wheezing out a laugh in response.

“And here I was having a moment, speaking from the heart and all that, and this is what I get?” He said in a joking tone in between Tails’ giggles.

“You set yourself up for that one, don’t blame me!” The kit said, earning being trapped in a headlock and dragged halfway onto the hedgehog’s lap and noogied mercilessly. “Sonic!”

“Nuh uh, you don’t get any mercy after that!”

They both continued to laugh for a few minutes. Sonic dragged his little brother fully onto his lap, the kit squeaking as the hedgehog wrapped both arms around him in a tight hug. “Sorry for makin’ ya feel like something was wrong, bud.” he said.

Tails snuggled up against his big brother’s chest, feeling nothing but the security, love and warmth he’d grown up with flowing throughout his body as he melted into the hedgehog’s touch, a soft purr making itself known. “You don’t need to apologize.”

Sonic’s arms stayed looped around the kit as he leaned back and closed his eyes, the rumbling from the fox’s chest soothing the knot that had formed in his own, just like it always did.

The comfortable silence returned. Sonic was glad that the conversation turned light hearted. He didn’t think he was ready to even begin to explain whatever the hell happened in the Shatterverse, especially to Tails. Not when he knew the kit would blame himself no matter how many times he was told not to.

As the hedgehog felt his brother slowly drifting into slumber, his soft breathes slowly evening out, he suddenly felt a burning need to say something to him. Something he never usually said out loud because he never needed to. It always went without saying, that’s just how close their bond was.

But after everything that happened…

“Hey, bud?” He whispered, the kit stirring as he gently tapped him.

“I love you, Miles. I don’t want you to ever forget that, ok?”

Wide blue eyes snapped up at him, blinking owlishly. He was definitely confused by the use of his real name, but instead of voicing that confusion, he just smiled and nuzzled into his brother’s chest.

“Love you too, Sonic.”

Somewhere in the Shatterverse, there was another twin-tailed fox kit who sat alone in The Grim. Another Miles who had no big brother to cuddle with when he had nightmares or when he was just worried that he had somehow hurt his feelings.

Deep down, Sonic hoped his words would somehow reach him just as they reached the twin-tailed fox kit asleep on his chest.

He leaned forward, placing a light kiss on the top of his little brother’s head before he slowly followed the kit into slumber.

#graveyardtxt #maybe i’ll post this on a03 later idk #right now it’s just staying on tumblr #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #nine is mentioned #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever #my beta reader is me rereading it like 50 times and still missing errors #fic #sonic prime

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i will forever be on my “tails and infinte could’ve had such a good hero-villain dynamic in forces if the player character didn’t take over tails’ role” bullshit

#graveyardtxt #also that infinite could’ve focused his attacks on more mental/emotional damage instead of physical damage #because like illusions? hello? #think about it #tails’ logic vs infinite’s manipulation? #come on that would’ve been so cool #mind games on the battlefield? please? i beg of you? #i was talking to passionartx about this earlier but i had to put it in a post #i just wish tails and infinite were done better in forces i think about them often #miles tails prower #infinite the jackal #sonic forces #just my opinion

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imagine if, one day, sonic runs into one of tails’ parents

nothing really happens, there’s no epic showdown between the kid’s parent vs his new guardian. it’s just a normal conversation

let’s just say the parent is a journalist/reporter or something (i’m just gonna say it’s his mom)

him and tails are in spagonia for something. the kit is off talking with prof. pickle at the university and sonic is just walking around.

suddenly, a fox runs up to him, asking if she can interview him for some news site and of course he agrees. the cameras get set up and the interviewer begins speaking

“hello, this is ______ prower reporting to you from spagonia. im here with sonic the hedgehog!”

sonic stops listening until he gets asked questions. it has to be a coincidence, right? another fox with the surname prower? he realizes that this could be the kid’s mom. he doesn’t say anything about it, he just keeps it in mind

sometime in the middle of the interview, tails returns and sonic calls him over because who is the the hero of mobius without his partner? who is sonic the hedgehog with his little brother?

tails doesn’t recognize the reporter, but she recognizes him, sonic can tell

and so the hedgehog makes a big show of looping his arm around the kit and going on and on about how incredible he is (maybe he even adds in a little thing about being the kid’s legal guardian idk), leaving a very embarrassed tails and a very uncomfortable reporter

the two leave the interview early (sonic doesn’t want tails to hear the reporter’s name) and continue on with their day

(or if you want something more like sonic going mental at one or both of his parents, maybe something involving cps happens like they try to revoke his custody over tails after finding the parents or something. idk cps laws very well. just an idea)

#graveyardtxt #this follows the headcanon of tails being abandoned by his parents at a young age #just a little something i thought of #as much as i like the idea of sonic going ballistic towards his birth parents #i also like the idea of sonic being able to subtly say “look who you missed out on’’ #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever #ideas ideas

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4 year old tails when sonic almost gets them both killed for the thousandth time that week: it’s ok you’re so cool and can’t make a mistake ever :D

8 year old tails when sonic creates a minor inconvenience: *changes every entrance code at his labs, locking sonic out of all of them, while googling how to get emancipated at the age of 8*

#graveyardtxt #i love comparing 4 yr old tails’ reactions to sonic doing things to 8 yr old tails’ reactions #one just got adopted by the coolest guy ever #the other has been putting up with the same guy’s bs for 4 long years and is weighing the pros and cons of feeding him #sonic is driving his lil bro insane but tails wouldn’t trade it for the world <3 #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever

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happy anniversary of sonic dying

#graveyardtxt #best sonic game of all time istg #i should play it later today #murder of sonic the hedgehog

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2-3 months after the war has ended, sonic comes back from a run. it’s nighttime, he’s exhausted, and there’s definitely a little kit he needs to get to bed too. tails hadn’t been sleep much at all after the war ended. even when sonic tucked him in, he’d lie there awake.

he was overworking himself like never before. building and upgrading machinery and gadgets like there was still a threat waiting to attack at any second.

it all worried sonic.

but when he gets to the lab, strangely all the lights are already off. he quietly enters, not wanting to disturb tails if he was already in bed.

he takes a peak into the kit’s room and his eyes soften at the sight.

barely visible through the faint glow of a nightlight he’d made for himself, sonic could tell tails was asleep. actually asleep. he was finally allowing that busy brain of his to rest after 8-9 months of nothing but constant stress. he can’t really see his face, but he can imagine that his features look peaceful for the first time since he watched his big brother “die” by infinite’s hand.

sonic smiles.

his baby brother is finally resting. maybe things were finally looking up for their little family.

#graveyardtxt #then he crawls into bed with him for snuggles because that’s obligatory #wrote this bc i’m eepy as fuck #daylight savings is kicking my ass #tails then sleeps for several days straight because holy shit does he need it #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever

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imagine how sonic must’ve felt when he first heard tails purr

this little kid who would jump if the hedgehog moved too quickly or would flinch when sonic went to touch him without warning is suddenly sleeping next to him, feeling safe enough to purr around him

#graveyardtxt #rip sonic #death by little brother finally trusting him enough to be comfortable #it’s dead quiet #sonic is mindlessly scratching behind the kit’s ear to help him sleep #and suddenly there’s a quiet rumble #sonic looks at the kit and realizes he’s purring #and it’s the best thing ever #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever

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i wanna see more of sonic getting a little jealous of tails hanging out with people when they first started making friends

tails is talking with knuckles while they look for the master emerald and sonic is just like ‘uh, that’s my little brother?? tf??’

i just think it’d be neat

#graveyardtxt #he doesn’t even have to show it #he can just think it #tails was the only friend sonic had for a while so it would only be natural for him to get at least a little jealous #there’s a lot of tails getting jealous but i haven’t seen anything of the other way around #let him do stupid stuff #like knuckles looks like he’s paying attention to the kit’s ramblings? i’m gonna pay attention BETTER than him! #please #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever

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the difference between sonic and tails sick fics is so funny to me

sonic is so gentle and so caring when tails is sick (or he’s panicking)

meanwhile tails is dragging his brother by the ear, throwing him onto the bed and shoving the entire thermometer down his throat

kid does not get paid enough

#graveyardtxt #at least with the ones i’ve read #i may have exaggerated tails’ part but y’know it’s not that far off #sonic is like “it’s ok bud you’ll feel better soon’’ #while tails is like “maybe listen next time. dumbass’’ #they’re so brothers #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #unbreakable bond #the brothers ever

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team sonic + amy decide to do a “who can stay awake the longest” challenge

sonic falls asleep first (he was tired from running + his brother started looking like a very nice pillow) and amy follows around 3 hours later (she probably has the most normal sleep schedule out of the four)

the two hedgehogs wake up the next morning to see knuckles and tails still awake, just chatting with each other, making sonic and amy both a little worried for their friends. but it’s also pretty entertaining to see the two get competitive about something (tails is getting sassier by the second)

once night two falls, sonic decides to make things interesting by busting out his guitar and playing some soft and slow songs

it only takes 5 mins for tails to conk out

knuckles gets crowned the winner of bad sleep schedules before he also falls asleep, leaving sonic and amy to discuss ways of trying to get their friends to sleep more and latter cooing over the two of them as they peacefully slept

#graveyardtxt #sonic playing the guitar is a sure fire way to get tails to sleep #both knuckles and tails have the worst sleep schedules in the group #speaking of sleep i’m going to do that now #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #knuckles the echidna #amy rose #sth

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i need tails to be just as excited when it comes to flying as sonic is with running, specifically flying with his namesakes

#graveyardtxt #it can also extend to flying in the tornado ig #just the feeling of the sky surrounding him and not being tethered to the ground #freedom? did you mean the ability to defy gravity? #sonic was made for running #tails was made for flying #miles tails prower #sonic the hedgehog