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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shadow the Hedgehog/Sonic the Hedgehog Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat Additional Tags: Touch-Starved Shadow the Hedgehog, Idiots in Love, Valentine’s Day Fluff, G.U.N. Agent Shadow the Hedgehog, Breaking and Entering, Sonic is very handsy in this one, Wingwoman Rouge, Mutual Pining, Slice of Life, Unreliable Narrator, Getting Together, Romance, Shadow is a yearner, Complete, One Shot Summary:
“Can I continue with my narration?” she asks at last, tone deceptively light.
He scowls again, though she can likely hear it in the silence before he answers. “Do what you want. My version won’t stop being the truth.” His eyes flick toward her briefly, sharp and unimpressed. “Don’t dress up a lie, Rouge.”
She places a hand dramatically against her chest. “Please.”
Then she lifts her chin, nose in the air, every inch of her posture theatrical. “Have some faith,” Rouge replies airily. “I know how to tell a story.”
“That is precisely what concerns me.”
She smiles at that—slow, satisfied.
Because she does know how to tell a story.
And he has the uncomfortable feeling that, whether he participates or not, she is about to tell his for him.
— — —
Or; there are some truths you can’t hide. And being in love is one of them. Either he tells his own, or it’s gets written for him. That is a lesson he must learn to defend.
