[sew] "Relax." Seldom could anyone see Shadow this close, nor taking ginger care of someone's wound. Yet here he knelt before Knuckles, eyes trained on work in front of himself. - ultimatelife
✧ injury/hurt prompts bc reasons | @ultimatelife ✧
“Ya really didn’t ‘ave t’patch me up ya know...”
To say the situation that the echidna found himself in was odd was an understatement. Not that there hadn’t been varies odd moments in his life — odd events were plentiful in fact. Still to have the ebony hedgehog tending to him definitely was something that he truly hadn’t expected.
Especially after Knuckles had to not worry about it — after all, this wasn’t the first OR last time he’d be dealing with a wound like this — and that he would deal with it himself. Unfortunately the transgenic hedgehog didn’t take NO for an answer. Being very persistent ins suturing up the large gash that was decorating the echidna’s shoulder, back, and side, blood staining and coating his fur. Relenting after a while to just let the other help, since it seemed he wasn’t about to leave it be or let him deal with it on his own.
Even more surprising was how oddly gentle Shadow was being in the moment. It was no secret to most that knew him — or at the very least met him — that he wasn’t the friendliest person around. NOT that there was doubt that the hedgehog could be gentle, it was just not something one often experienced with the other and a very select few got to see for that matter. It puzzled the echidna to WHY he was being treated in such a fashion in the moment. Sure, he didn’t really have a grudge or anything against the other and tried his best to get along with him whenever they were in each other’s presences — after all, he had no reason to treat him with hostility or such. Doing his best to be mindful of the other and treating him with care, not stepping or pushing any boundaries LESS he had to and even than he still did his best to respect the other’s autonomy.
A soft and barely audible sigh escaped past his lips, letting those thoughts drift away from him. Not about to ponder them any further in the moment. Lavender eyes tracking and watching as Shadow worked, gently and delicately stitching up the open wound that ran across his shoulder — close enough to the neck and across the front of his chest and to back. Not like it couldn’t make the scar already adorning the spot any worse than it already was.