#Except spoiler: he wouldn't always be there. Bummer

[nobodysdaydreams]

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Thank you, anon. Please know that you have made me happy too, very happy indeed. I sent some of these out a very long time ago, but I might have to send them around again, because you are all so wonderful! Here's a WIP snippet I have for you all:

But as much as the brothers might have tried to avoid their narcolepsy triggers, it was, in both their cases, unnatural, and indeed, impossible to go very long without joy or vulnerability. So, it was in the safety of each other that they confided. The boys shared a bunkbed, Nathaniel took the top bunk of course (unwilling to admit he feared the upper bunk falling and crushing him in the lower should he sleep there), and Nicholas (who would readily admit he was afraid of heights) took the bottom bunk. Some nights, when one or both brothers was having a hard time falling asleep or when Nicholas was in need of cheering up or when Nathaniel was in need of a confidant, they would face their fears and crawl into the bunk of the other. Nathaniel would whisper jokes into Nicholas’ ear, grinning as he listened to Nicholas’ muffled laughter as he chuckled into his pillow, until he fell asleep. Nathaniel loved making his brother laugh. It was so easy too; Nicholas would burst out laughing if you simply told him the right pun, which Nathaniel, having a very similar sense of humor, understood all too well. On other occasions, Nicholas would simply lie next to his brother, silently offering his support and waiting for Nathaniel to whisper a truth about himself he couldn’t admit to anyone else. Sometimes he would, sometimes he wouldn’t, but Nicholas liked to give his brother that space, the space to quietly admit what he couldn’t to anyone else. That he feared their bullies too. That he was afraid that no one would ever adopt them. That he was hurting, hurting deeply, and sometimes the pain felt so great he didn’t know how to go on. Nicholas was never sure what to say, not that he would have had any time to say anything anyway, as Nathaniel almost always fell asleep immediately after he’d spoken. But Nicholas was still there, to silently hold his brother’s hand and reassure him that he would always be there, no matter what.

[crusherthedoctor]

I have to ask, if Sonic gets together with Trudy does it happen at the middle of the fic? At the end? After it? I know it's probably spoiler so you don't have to answer if you don't want to.

It's just a bit of a bummer if it's the middle option because almost every fanfic that has a couple on it gets together at the end and it sucks a little because we never got to see how they handle it (not saying your fanfic will suck because of it, because I know romance isn't the main thing, just sharing a thing that bums me out of fics)

Well I hate to disappoint, but Eggman's scheme remains un-foiled until the end, therefore by default... :P

To be fair, there wouldn't really be that big of a difference after they get together, because part of the whole point is that it's done with consideration for Sonic's official character. And Sonic isn't going to suddenly become a different person afterwards: he'll still be doing what he's always been doing, free like the wind and all, except now he has a lady friend that he'd stop by and pay a visit to on occasion or maybe she'd visit him. And Trudy wouldn't want to change him either, because the person she grew to like was the person he already was. I didn't want to repeat Archie's mistakes with Sonally and make the whole thing unpleasantly overblown (as well as OoC altogether for Sonic), so despite all the careful build-up, the whole thing from start to finish is approached with simple character moments, and low-key warmth and affection, rather than big dramatic gestures.

If it softens the blow for you, by the time they finally discuss it - and I use "discuss" generously, because it's very brief and doesn't even require that many words between them (cause again, trying to avoid pulling an Archie Sonally) - it's basically a formality. And besides, who's to say I couldn't possibly make a one-shot or something else involving them afterwards...