Hmmm... How about tails and knuckles' first day living with the Wachowskis?
This one was a really hard one to keep short because I’ve been wanting to write like a 15k fic about this very concept but i have to keep this short or i’ll be up all night and i have school tomorrow :’D | 1k
Wachowski House Day 1:
“Why don’t you just stay here?”
Tail’s tails flicked.
“Really?”
“Yeah, I mean, where else would you go?” Sonic laughed. “Come ooon, we’re friends now! I can’t just let my pals go live in the garage.”
“I would pulverize the garage.”
“Do you even know what a garage is?”
“Of course I do.”
“I don’t think you do.”
Tails had genuinely never thought the Sonic the Hedgehog would ask him to stay, but he had. And he had never felt so giddy and relieved and terrified all at once.
“We’ll do sleeping bags first,” Maddie said. “Just until we get you two real beds.”
“I have no need for a bed,” Knuckles declared, thumping his fist against his chest. “As an Echidna warrior, I am accustomed to sleeping outdoors.”
“I’m sure an Echidna warrior like yourself wouldn’t pass up having a roof over your head if it was an option. You’re wise after all.”
Knuckles hesitated. Then he nodded. “Yes, I am wise.”
“Glad that’s settled then,” Maddie said. “Here’s your sleeping bag.”
Knuckles accepted it, bowing his head over it as he did so. “Thank you for this gift. I will guard it with my life until the time you wish for it to be returned.”
“How about tomorrow morning.”
“I, Knuckles the Echidna, swear to you that I will guard this bag of sleeping until morning.”
When Maddie handed Tails his sleeping bag, he almost bowed over it too. It felt like he’d been handed something important; it meant he was staying.
Sonic excitedly led them up to the attic.
“Just so we’re all aware, I do not snore, and anyone who told you that shouldn’t be trusted.”
“You do snore though,” Tails said without thinking as he looked around the room in awe.
“Aw man,” Sonic groaned. “You heard that too? Is there any time you weren’t watching me?”
Despite his complaining, he seemed relaxed as he sat on the edge of his bed. He wasn’t upset by it.
Knuckles was unrolling his sleeping bag with an intensity that wasn’t really required of the task.
Tails whipped out his scanner to find the place with the least draft while still being close to Sonic’s bed. He ended up sacrificing some of the best spots so he could be closer to Sonic anyway.
Snoring caught his attention. Sonic was laying down, his legs hanging over the side of his bed, dead asleep.
Tails had to muffle a laugh. “Only Sonic the Hedgehog,” he shook his head. He felt too giddy to fall asleep.
Or at least that’s what he thought until he blinked his eyes open and moonlight was streaming through the window.
Knuckles was sitting on his sleeping bag, eyes wide open.
Tails felt a little awkward around him still. He didn’t know how Sonic was so comfortable with him when they’d been fighting less than ten hours ago.
“Go to sleep, fox,” Knuckles told him. “I will keep watch.”
“Nobody’s gotta keep watch,” Sonic mumbled, rolling over, off his bed, and landing on top of Tails who gave a yelp.
“Are we killing the fox?” Knuckles asked, tilting head.
Tails' face was flushed from a weird mix of self-consciousness and panic.
“Sorry, Tails,” Sonic slurred out. He pushed himself off him. But instead of getting back onto his bed he just flopped down next to him. “Hey, Knuckles, would it be better if you were over here if you’re gonna stand guard?”
Knuckles considered that very seriously. “Very well.” He stood and dragged his sleeping bag over to them.
Tails tried not to flinch. But he did anyway. His tails curled around him.
Sonic noticed despite the fact that he didn’t seem fully awake, and he gave his arm a pat. “I gotchu.”
Without meaning to, Tails let out a long exhale. Somehow he felt less nervous after that.
Knuckles sat at their feet, piercing gaze fixed on the window.
“You could try sleeping.” Sonic suggested. He pat the ground next to him.
“No,” said Knuckles.
“What are you guarding for? The doors are locked.”
“Enemies can come at any time, hedgehog.”
“Yeah but what enemies are gonna know you’re here?”
Knuckles frowned.
Sonic yawned. “We’re tough enough to take anybody anyway. Even if they try a surprise attack, right?”
Knuckles looked like he hadn’t thought of that before. “Very well,” he said. “I will sleep. For a while.” He laid down on the wooden floor next to Sonic, his sleeping bag pulled over hsi torso, staring up at the ceiling.
He was snoring within seconds.
“There we go,” Sonic mumbled, his face squished against his forearm, hand under his head. “You good, Tails?”
“Yeah,” Tails whispered. Sonic had done all that just to help Knuckles relax enough to sleep, he was sure of it.
“How’d you feel about snuggles?”
Tails blinked. “What?”
“Hugs, y’know? Sleeping? Snuggles. Like, we hug, and then sleep. It’s really nice. I’ve done it with Tom and Maddie on the couch a few times.”
“Okay,” Tails whispered, despite how his fur seemed to itch.
Sonic gave him a smile even though his eyes were closed and opened his arms.
Tails buried himself into them after a brief moment of hesitation, worried he might change his mind.
“Oof,” Sonic huffed. His hand came to rest on Tails’ head. “Comfy?”
“Yes,” Tails said, his voice nearly lodged in his throat. He couldn't remember anyone ever letting him get this close, let alone put their arms around him like this.
“Cool,” Sonic drawled out, trailing into a yawn. “‘Mm gonna sleep now.” And just like that, he did. No comments on his tails, no comments on how weird it was to hold him, no pointing out how stiff and awkward Tails must have felt in his arms.
Tails tried not to move. He held his breath for as long as he could until he had to let it out, then he held it some more. He tried to take up as little space as possible. Sonic was already letting him this close, he couldn’t risk taking too much or he might ask him to leave, and that was the last thing Tails wanted.
Sleep didn’t exactly come easy after that, but he thought Sonic might be disappointed in him if he didn’t at least try to close his eyes.
do you have any tips for me as somebody whos trying to accurately write a character with npd?
hi!!!! okay so I can try on this but beware beware i'm low on spoons and shit at typing today wah wah wah
SO big glaring tip, don't villainize the NPD symptoms or anything like that,, if that makes sense!! i've seen so many narc-coded characters written as horrible villains and it sucks
if they are a villain make sure to make is obvious its not just because they've got NPD
ALSO make sure the character isn't just a one-note "I want all the love in the world" narc,, because while wanting and needing attention is part of it it definitely isnt everything!!
remember to write their low-moments such as a black split or narc crash or anything like that!!! it can help flesh out the character and keep them from getting steriotypical
more stuff that seems really NPD coded are things like focus on outward appearance, a lower inner-self esteem while portraying a perfect image, a general focus on what others could be thinking, whatever whatever im not the typer rn
hope these help somehow,,,!!!!!! you should ask some other blogs for help too
