Shadow blinked and evaluated the scene in front of him. Sonic had arranged himself somewhere beneath a rainbow fort of blankets and pillows. It was a carefully crafted and truly awe-inspiring work of art. Shadow was surprised at his own powerful urge to bury himself in the nest.
A weak groan came from the pile when Shadow called his name.
“What are you doing?”
“Dying.”
“I hardly think so. When you’re acting like a big baby, I know it’s not serious.” Shadow added, “Otherwise you’d be pretending everything is normal.”
Shadow ducked under the blankets and wriggled around until he found his prize. He snuggled close, showing a side of him no one else was allowed to witness. He rested his muzzle on Sonic’s shoulder. Sonic barely reacted, rather he laid there like a limp doll.
“‘M glad you’re here, even though you’re a bastard,” Sonic said, Shadow’s superior hearing picking it up though it was muffled into a pillow. For a little while, Shadow just cuddled with him and groomed parts of his fur and quills that were sticking out at weird angles with his tongue.
Eventually, he inquired, “What is actually the matter with you?”
“Fucking cramps,” Sonic grunted.
“Hm… I thought the hormone replacement stopped that shit?”
Sonic lifted his head slightly. “Ugh, not always. I still get light bleeds, sometimes. I don’t know why the pain and fatigue is so bad. Pain meds go through me too quickly. Tails looked into tweaking the hormones, but there’s been no result yet, it might be beyond him.”
Shadow rubbed circles in his back once Sonic dropped back down. “You’ll get through it.”
“Mmmrgh. Lubyou.”
“Love you too. I’ll be right back.”
Shadow prepared a hot bath and carried Sonic to the bathroom when it was ready. He settled Sonic on his lap and gave him massages on his shoulders, thighs, and abdomen. Sonic mostly kept his eyes shut and his muzzle partially resting on Shadow’s chest. He was unusually quiet, but that was to be expected. Despite what he went through in battles, often walking it off like it was nothing, Sonic had a low pain tolerance.
He fell asleep.
Shadow was careful not to jostle him as he patted him dry and took him back to his fort. When he woke several hours later, Shadow prepared tea, eggs, pancakes, and bacon for dinner, which he brought to him in bed.
On a tablet, they started watching some sitcom. It wasn’t long until Sonic’s attention span had him jumping through a few other shows before they landed on a colorful cartoon he was sure Sonic had watched about fifty times before, minimum.
Shadow vastly preferred thrilling anime, but he made no complaint. Throughout, only watching light-hearted garbage (in Shadow’s opinion), he’d giggle into Shadow’s fur at the given show or at Shadow’s wry commentary, a sign that he was feeling better.
“I know I’m a pain in the ass,” Sonic remarked out of nowhere and at the same time threw himself across Shadow’s lap. Shadow playfully dug his fingers into Sonic’s ribs. Sonic squirmed and laughed.
“You’re my pain, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Besides, my threshold is incredibly high, you know that. If anything, you tickle me internally.”
“Tickle, huh?”
At that, Sonic attacked his feet. Shadow couldn’t help wheezing as he kicked at Sonic. Shadow escaped the onslaught gasping for breath and repeatedly hit Sonic with a pillow, which snagged on his quills and spilled feathers everywhere.
Sonic snorted and fell onto Shadow. As much as it had been irritating at first being hopelessly, madly, deeply in love, he’d go through any amount of agony if at the end Sonic was waiting to hold him in return.
Sonic was often there for him after night terrors and flashbacks had plagued him, and he’d comfort Shadow through the tears without an unkind word. Shadow would always do the same.
In all the to-do this weekend, I forgot to post this! My awesome buddy @evil_shrubb brought this to me after she saw @betrayalbwy! What awesome friends I have to think of me and gift something like this. Thank you so much, Bailey! #yep #thatsTheHiddlesautograph #andCharlieCox #lokiandthedaredevil #awesomefriendsareawesome #thesherlocktomywatson #thebbstarktomybbloki #thehiddlestomyfassy #lmao #omgournicknames #lubyou https://www.instagram.com/p/B5S1qsLFBRh3gLPjRTh0r2mTfBqgf11TCN4Zd40/?igshid=rr8kqqdlbgya
We have a few pictures smiling together.. But I like this one better. More accurate. RBFs for life. 😘 Happy V Day. . . . #rbf #restingbitchface #vday #valentinesday #babe #cuties #lubyou #turd #youcute #bitchface #itus #angryeyebrows #valentines #hubs #yourealrightiguess
... Those gorgeous pink flowers next to the other flowers were given to me by my bestest friend ever! On the day before my birthday, she called up a friend to drive her and her beautiful daughter to see me 😍😍 Then when I was making lunch, she got her daughter to come into the kitchen to give me the flowers!! I am so lucky to have such a gorgeous person in my life! 😭 It's my birthday today so woooooooo!! 🎉🎉 . . . . Bookstagram Account: @dahlias_booktography . My art account: @dahliasdoodles . . . . . #writer #writing #amwriting #amediting #storyinspiration #theacrocontessatrilogy #theacrocontessa #author #writestagram #authorgram #writersofig #writersofinsta #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #authorsofinsta #authorsofig #worldbuilding #maywritingchallenge #cheatsheet #worksheet #writinghacks #bestfriends #flowers #lubyou
사랑하는 내동생 태형아 시차가 달라서 마니 늦었다!!!! 늘 아프지말고 건강하고 지금처럼만 웃고 행복하게 살자 울 태형이가 웃으면 형도 웃는다😚🥰 러뷰 내 동생, 내 사랑 쁘이v #TAEHYUNGDAY #태형사랑_맨날하고 #태형이를_언제까지나_응원할게
My beloved lil brother Taehyung-ah, I'm a lot late cause of the time difference!!!! Let's always be healthy without getting sick, and live happily smiling just like (how we are now) If our Taehyungie smiles, (this) hyung also smiles 😚🥰Lubyou my lil brother, my love v (cutely)v #TAEHYUNGDAY #LoveTaehyung_EveryDay #WillCheer_ForTaehyung_Forever
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thv: love you
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🐥: our taehyungie's birthday🎂
Suga:
Taehyungie this punk happy birthday~ #HBDV #ItsSugaHyung #HappyNewYear (Hope you get lots of New Year's blessings)