#game!verse

Title: Pink Asters

Author: Jouska the Deer (AngstAndAlliums)

Website: Ao3

Published: 09.01.2019

Word Count: 5.299 words

Language: English

Suited for minors? Teen and up

Warnings: No

Smut? No

Finished? Yes

Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog

Ships: Sonic/Shadow

Author Tags: Angst, Fluff, Friends to Lovers, Mild Language

Author Summary: Sonic shares his passion for flowers with Shadow, bringing him everywhere and teaching him about the symbolism behind each flower they see.

My summary: Sonic teaches Shadow some things about flower meanings, and they both start telling each other their feeling through flowers. Really cute.

Obviously, in fic!verse, he never met them, but in game...

He saw Vector as kind and supportive and an incredible relief to have on the team (even if the Kilik thing is a bit disturbing at times).

At first, he was concerned about Temple, both because Hunter wanted her dead and because Imperial Intelligence is NOT a safe place for a secret Force sensitive, but then it turned out she was hella terrifying and he avoided her as much as possible lest she decide to save him the same way she did her father.

Lokin is nightmare fuel on every possible level, from the mad science thing to the rakghoul thing to the being a competent and terrifying member of Imperial Intelligence thing. He’s also a good reason to hide any injury and make do with medpacks and Kaliyo’s dubious assistance. (Vector just doesn’t seem to understand that Lokin is made of terrifying.)

And SCORPIO’s stated goal is killing him. Though he kept hoping he could find some way to trade not being murdered for her freedom. Even if that’s also a bit dangerous to the rest of the galaxy, since she’s powerful, mysterious, and makes Kaliyo look like someone you could safely leave in charge of a daycare.

Title: Affection

Author: stardust_isle (paranormal_worm)

Website: Ao3

Published: 06.02.2019

Word Count: 5.603 words

Language: English

Suited for minors? Teen and up

Warnings: No

Smut? No

Finished? No (but can be read as three one shots)

Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat

Ships: Sonic/Shadow

Author Tags: Kisses, Fluff, aka shadow gay, Angst, Blood, Violence, injuries, by gays for gays, sonic said gay rights!!!, shadow also said that dw, aka the fic where i want to see these boys happy, Parties, one shots at this point

Author Summary: Shadow has never been the type to show or express that much affection. He wasn’t the kind to give out hugs to just anyone so easily or the kind to display any kind of public affection so quickly. If anyone even tried to surprise hug him, he’d probably assume it was an attack of some sort.

That was how it used to be, until Sonic came into his life.

My summary: Three moments in the relationship between Sonic and Shadow, Shadow learns to be more affectioned to Sonic.

Title: World Grand Prix

Author: sonicbros

Website: Ao3

Published: 26.08.2019

Word Count: 1.941 words

Language: English

Suited for minors? Teen and up

Warnings: No

Smut? Yes

Finished? Yes

Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Dr. Eggman, Amy Rose, Vector the Crocodile, Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow, Storm the Albatross, Cream the Rabbit, E-10000, Metal Sonic, Omochao (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Ships: Sonic/Shadow

Author Tags: First Kiss, Romantic Confusion, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sexual Tension, Public Display of Affection, Bad Ending

Author Summary: Eggman reveals he's gathered racing data on all four teams and then challenges them to a final race. Shadow wins, and Sonic gives him a prize he was not expecting.

My summary: Shadow wins the extreme gear grand prix, and Sonic surprises him with a kiss as a prize.

Title: Penulum

Author: warmachine

Website: Ao3

Published: 29.12.2019

Word Count: 2.920 words

Language: English

Suited for minors? Teen and up

Warnings: Mental health issues

Smut? No, but some heated kissing and touching

Finished? Yes

Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog

Ships: Sonic/Shadow

Author Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Comfort, Established Relationship, Kissing, Manic Episode

Author Summary: Shadow stared at him incredulously, appearing legitimately perplexed by everything Sonic had told him. “You’ve been awake for twenty-eight hours?”

Sonic frowned. “Yeah… I guess I have. Why do you keep asking me all this stuff?”

Shadow closed his eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath before he spoke again. “I’m worried about you.”

Sonic experiences a manic episode, staying awake for ages, impulsively doing things, what have you. Shadow notices that something’s not quite right the longer this goes on, and tries to figure out what’s happening and how to support Sonic.

My summary: Shadow notices that his boyfriend Sonic isn't doing so well and is worried about him.

Title: I commend him to you

Author: RickishMorty

Website: Ao3

Published: 08.07.2019

Word Count: 1.632 words

Language: English

Suited for minors? Teen and up

Warnings: No

Smut? No

Finished? Yes

Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Maria Robotnik

Ships: Sonic/Shadow

Author Tags: /

Author Summary: The girl looked at him, feeling her heart heavy: bizarre for someone disembodied to feel heavy.

"I didn't want this. I didn't want to see you spend your life away from everything and everyone, unable to forget and forgive. You deserve more, you deserve to be happy as we were together, again, with someone else. I didn't want this for you, Shadow. I wanted to save you ».

It was true. It was not so much to save the entire humanity that she had sent him away in that capsule when the soldiers arrived. She really wanted HIM to be saved, to see the Earth as they had to do together, to realize the dreams of both of them. How evident was her failure…

She approached him, passing her hand through his spikes, almost combing them with the turn they had taken for water. Shadow narrowed his eyes, trying to better define that feeling, to make it more uniform, almost palpable, physical. He held his breath, concentrating ... He had to see her. He had to see Maria.

My summary: A ghost Maria follows Shadow around and sees that Sonic could be the one to make Shadow happy.

Title: Shampoo Dream

Author: cuddlingmyfandoms

Website: Ao3

Published: 21.05.2019

Word Count: 2.322 words

Language: English

Suited for minors? Yes

Warnings: No

Smut? No

Finished? Yes

Characters: Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog

Ships: Sonic/Shadow

Author Tags: Lazy Mornings, Morning Kisses, Domestic Fluff, Fluff, shadow sings, and sonic finds out

Author Summary: Sonic’s brows furrowed, wondering if he was hearing right.

No way, Sonic thought, mouth agape, staring at disbelief at the shower curtain, trying to whir his brain into processing what he’s just hearing right now.

Sonic quickly clamped a hand over his mouth to suppress the bubbling laughter that’s about to spill out of his mouth and threatening to expose his presence in the room.

He cannot believe this.

This is absolutely unreal.

Shadow the Hedgehog can sing.

My summary: Cute little fic where Sonic learns that his boyfriend likes to sing.