if your requests are still open could i please request sonic and shadow cuddling reader with lots of fluff
thank you so much and have a good day ! ☺︎
yes indeed! shadow's is a little introspective because that guy can't help but have a bad time. Im unsure if you're wanting this to be them cuddling you together or separate lol so I'll do both- im unused to poly type writing tho so forgive me if this is not up to par. enjoy, you have a good day too!! ˙⋆✮
─── ★ ˙ gender neutral reader, fluff, love triangle
✶ It is very, very rare that Shadow gets especially touchy.
✶ He is not someone that is freely vulnerable around people. It took a long time for him to build trust with you, and even now he still has a lot of trouble letting his guard down fully and is usually perfectly content with nothing more than a brushing of knees or some light leaning against each other for support.
✶ But hey, everyone gets tired. And I never said he wasn't touch-starved. 'Cause he really is, he just doesn't even really understand that he is and doesn't know how to deal with it.
✶ If you're lucky, you'll catch him on a day he's just willing to be a little more pliable for you, or after a long or difficult fight. He has an advanced healing factor thanks to being bioengineered, but if the damage is extensive the strain on his body after healing it is especially exhausting, and it wears through his mental block on the whole matter.
✶ It's best to go slow, regardless. Sitting close to each other, then leaning on him more heavily. It feels so nice. He really doesn't allow himself nice things often. You'll have to change that.
✶ Interlacing your fingers with his, thumb brushing over his gloved knuckles. His shoulders slacken a little. A little part of him is saying how this isn't lending itself to any kind of utility, and you have better things to do than coddle him, but... maybe just this once. Clearly you want some affection. He tries to frame it internally as him doing you a favor, rather than the other way around.
✶ If you crawl onto his lap, he wraps his arms around you slowly, carefully, like he's unsure if he's allowed. Or if he remembers how. I like to imagine he has some control over his body temperature as the Ultimate Lifeform, and he subconsciously raises it for your comfort, so he's so warm. The two of you don't even need a blanket.
✶ He's soft, too. He's very particular about grooming, so the white fur on his chest is plush and thick, the black and red velvety and smooth. Sinking against him is like heaven. Relish it, it won't happen often.
✶ Definitely stiff, initially. He's not really experienced with this kind of thing, but he's becoming increasingly conscious of the fact that he feels as though he'll die if you move off of him right now.
✶ Maybe dying is dramatic. But god, this is soothing something deep inside him he didn’t know existed. If you end contact, it will ache in a way he's never going to know how to soothe. He clutches you to himself a little more closely, one paw curling around your midsection and another snaking up to bury itself in your fur/hair.
✶ (he's never going to tell you. he doesn't want you to see him as needy, or pathetic. these are just... lapses in his control. in his judgement. he'll be better tomorrow.)
✶ He doesn't shift positions often, only really moving if you murmur into a twitching ear that your arm is falling asleep or a leg is bent a little uncomfortably. He's quiet, too, listening to you if you're talking but not really responding other than a shake or nod of the head. His hand splays over your back, palm feeling out the bumps of your spine. He just wants to focus on this moment.
✶ He definitely prefers being front-to-front with you, enjoying how easy it is to interlink your legs and wrap around each other. It's generally more maneuverable and intimate. Despite that though, being face-to-face with you is something he can't quite handle, so he buries his muzzle into your neck (your pulse thrums against his mouth. his heart clenches.) and squeezes his eyes shut tightly.
✶ Maybe seeing the love in your eyes makes it all too real for him.
✶ Not one to really seek out physical touch, but welcomes it most times when he gets it. If you're someone who's especially touchy, like wants to be connected to their partner 24/7, he'll definitely get annoyed, sorry. He enjoys cuddling, but in moderation- he needs plenty of personal space and time to breathe.
✶ Outside of those times, he's a pretty good guy to nestle into. If you approach him on the bed or couch or even sitting back against a wall, he opens an arm to invite you in, wrapping it around you as he uses his other hand to gesture absently while he talks.
✶ You'd think a guy with so much power and energy would run hot, but his fur is actually rather cool, permanently smoothed back from running at high speeds, and a bit longer than you'd expect (if you ask him, he complains it used to grow shorter, but since Dark Gaia it's always been a bit more fluffy). Nuzzling into his peach-soft chest or neck earns a bright laugh from him.
✶ He'll snuggle up with you pretty much anywhere. This doesn't mean PDA- he's actually pretty private, and would rather you two be alone or only around people he's really close with like Tails or Amy before glomming onto each other. But he's not a guy who thinks getting up close and personal is a couch/bedroom only activity- he'll lie on your lap on a park bench, pull you against his chest in a meadow, or slot your knees together on the cold floor of an empty hallway.
✶ He likes you any time, any place.
✶ Definitely enjoys being the big spoon, no matter which of you is actually bigger. Tucking his chin over your shoulder and making comments on whatever you're doing, murmuring his train of thought into your ear. It's like getting to see things from your POV.
✶ He's not touch starved, nor is he particularly clingy, but getting to be close to you like this... it's a reminder, of sorts. Of something he has to lose. Instead of your absence feeling like an aching loss, it's a shining light, reminding him that he has someone to come back to after his adventures.
✶ You're really quite precious to him. It may not be immediately obvious to most, but that's because alone, close to him like this, is when he shows it best.
✶ It's just so obvious how relaxed he is around you. Laying down on opposite ends of a couch, your legs are tangled together while a movie plays, and you snicker at each other's commentary. Halfway through, you blink and suddenly he's much closer than before, giving you one of his closed-eye smiles before dragging you over to his side and into his arms without ceremony. (if you exclaim in surprise, he merely says that he missed you.)
✶ Half asleep, your back to his chest, his muzzle resting against the back of your head. An arm is draped loosely over your midsection and he's grabbed a blanket to cover you both. It's easy. It's natural. If you're ticklish, he might take advantage of his position and prod you in the side a little, getting a kick out of your indignant reaction.
✶ It's light and fun and warm, like the giddy pleasure of a good mood and a cool breeze in summer. He's playful, starting a thumbwar from his place lying down on your lap and insisting he deserves a hundred concilliatory kisses when he loses. You're gonna be shifting positions a lot, honestly. Your fault for adoring a guy who can't keep still.
✶ Wow, okay. How did you manage to get them to do this? (lets suspend our disbelief for a little bit...)
✶ If we're imagining you're all on a couch/bed together, Shadow hogs you. His and Sonic's competitiveness flares when they're together normally, and with you in the mix it makes it worse. Sonic doesn't get jealous, but while Shadow usually isn't that bad, this is, apparently, an exception.
✶ He tries initially not to let himself get bothered by Sonic's teasing of you both (sonic thinks this whole situation is very amusing, along with feeling that its good to see Shadow kick back a little) pointedly looking away when the other hedgehog drapes himself over you or dramatically compares hand sizes. But the second Sonic gets up to do something best believe he's reaching to thread your fingers together, or hooking his ankle around yours. Just to soothe himself a little.
✶ By the time Sonic gets back you're halfway on his lap and resting comfortably in the crook of his arm. Unbothered king that he is, Sonic would probably just grin and slide in next to you.
✶ You're surrounded on both sides by two freaks of nature who really, really like you. Lucky dog.
✶ It's warm and comfortable and safe. Shadow is breathing steadily on one side, a living space heater, and you can faintly pick up a purr emanating from Sonic's chest. His hand is probably resting on your opposite shoulder, and Shadow's arm is draped across your stomach.
✶ Whenever one of them moves (usually sonic) the other takes the opportunity to shift you a little more into their arms, a silent game of tug of war. They both try to make sure you're comfortable, but sometimes it is a bit awkward trying to make sure you're not getting stabbed by quills on either side.
✶ Sonic's probably having idle conversation with you or Shadow, the other not responding all the much- though not necessarily in a grouchy way, more like a, "this is normally my quiet time and I don't really have the energy talk to you" kind of way. He asks for your sleepy input periodically and nods along no matter how much sense your drowsy response makes.
✶ Their muzzles rest against your temples. You're buried in soft fur and strength. Top ten places to be in your book, I'd imagine.
