#agent stone mentioned

[esosage]

Had an idea where robotnik was talking about stone to gerald, and gerald mistakes stone to be his boyfreind from the way robotnik talks about him.

So gerald either goes the rest of the time thinking robotnik and stone are dateing, until he calls stone robotniks boyfreind, infront of robotnik. Or he tells robotnik to go get his boyfreind for him moments after robotnik talked about stone. But, either way, it endd in robotnik haveing to frantically explain that him and stone arn't dateing, and that stone is just his assistant.

Gerald accepts it eventually, but he still doesn't quite belive it. He's been in love before, and he see's the way they look at eachother.

[dubiousdisco]

cut by realstonefan01 on twitter

"he was just kinda like looking at my face... looking at my mouth, i was like 'you wanna grab me by the inside of my mouth, don't you?' he's like 'i kinda do, i kinda do'"

we got lore of the fuckign scene

[mothric]

the dichotomy between Lee and Jim talking about Stone/Robotnik is hilarious because on one hand we've got Lee coming up with thoughtful, heartbreaking headcanons for Stone, giving genuine emotional depth to their relationship, first-naming Ivo and practically writing his own 500k found family to lovers fic. and then Jim's like "yeah they're toxic. probably boning too"

[corneredcopia]

“Multiple surgeries in Mexico”…..”He broke every bone and punctured every organ in his body when he fell off that mech”….Stone holding Ivo and looking at his lifeless body…. carrying him in a fireman’s carry���feeding him soup in his cast and looking at him solemnly…AND WHAT IF I KILLED MYSELF HUH

[bugslaststraw]

See it's funny because in the games, and in any other assorted media before the movies came out, everyone low-key just hates Robotnik. And not even in the fun dedicated way like they all seem to think he's a bit of a failure. Which sounds weird if you don't know anything about Sonic (and certainly sounded weird to me three weeks ago when I was one of those people) but it really is just genuinely the case. I think?

Obviously his family all hate him. Movie-only fans will have an idea about this one; we've got good old Geralt Robotnik who didn't give a rats ass about him in favour of his long-dead cousin Maria, whom he wants revenge for. Geralt manipulated him and used him and said "oh Ivo you're no Maria" even though Ivo probably doesn't even know who the fuck Maria is in the movie universe and so on, et cetera. Geralt sucks just as much in the games and did approximately the same thing there.

What you may or may not know is that in one of the games, Eggman runs into a descendant of his from generations into the future. That guy's name is Eggman Nega, and he absolutely hates his ancestor. He thinks he's cramping his style? He's trying to go back in time and kill him to restore his reputation as far as I remember. Not to mention he has other family and cousins, none of whom give a flying fuck what happens to him. I distinctly remember someone who's name was Collin but who's nickname was Snively and who also worked with Eggman at some point, but hated him, and then later betrayed him. I can't remember a single family member of Eggman's that actually seemed to like or even tolerate him.

He's had a lot of henchpeople too. Most of them were robots. A lot of them, like Omega, and Gamma, and Sage to an extent (although she was more like a robot daughter he built for himself) betrayed him and joined the good guys too (Sage is another outlier, she isn't exactly switching over I mean she definitely likes him but she definitely isn't loyal either so.??) I mean, Eggman isn't even surprised by the fourth time. Smaller minions like Orbot (and Cubot? another outlier) and their predecessors weren't able to betray Eggman, but definitely would've if they could've because they all disliked him because he's allegedly a shit boss. (Who says he isn't. He's evil after all.)

He "contracts" a lot of spies and stuff too. Animal characters. They all hate him as well, but he tends to hate them in return, so at least those are entirely fair game.

Not to mention all the villains he's conveniently happened to need the same thing as at the start of the game, but become inconvenient to towards the end, so they betray him as quickly as possible to get ready for their final boss fight with Sonic towards the conclusion of the story. There's more of those than I can count or care to remember. He meets his alternative universe self once and they hate each other. There's even a moment in I think the comics where Eggman loses all his memories and temporarily becomes nice, and hangs out in a village and builds things for the furry people who live there. He makes a wooden puppet style robot that also becomes like a daughter to him. She's good at engineering, just like him. Of course when he gets his memories back and becomes evil again she leaves as quickly as possible and later helps Sonic & co. She's very resentful about it all, I've heard.

None of that is surprising, of course. Eggman is an evil villain to the heroes and a loser to the villains. It's funny! It's a joke. They need to introduce scarier villains in the games to ramp up tension but they can't exactly just drop Sonic's nemesis down a hole somewhere, being as iconic as he is... So he sticks around. But as a joke, rather than an actual threat. And it's a little sad, yeah. But he deserves it! He's trying to create some sort of totalitarian egg-state and he bullies Sonic for having friends, for Christ's sake. Why should anyone want to stay loyal to a guy like that- and why should anyone do it at all? Joining the heroes is the cool thing to do! Shadow does it, Knuckles does it, Omega kinda sorta does it, Sage is toeing the damn line from what I've heard, it's...

Okay, it's kind of a lot? I mean I understand having nobody that's a good guy like the villain, but like... Not even his damn henchpeople robots? In a lot of the animated shows and comics he keeps building robot wives for himself that are explicitly created just to like him, by him. That or he's into someone who's into one of the animals, or similar. I mean, it's that bad. And it's like... Nobody? Not even once in like thirty years did anyone come up with the idea to give Eggman?? This behemoth among famous pop culture characters? A loyal henchman?

And- well, okay, nowadays this isn't true anymore. I'm sure we all know why. And that's kind of fun; in 2020, Doctor Robotnik gained his first and only loyal henchperson. Great! But...

Jeff Fowler is a Sonic fan, isn't he. Would he know..?

Would anyone involved in making the movies know that Eggman famously... Doesn't have any friends? That nobody seems to like him? That he's apparently infinitely betrayable? Do they know? Do they know? Is that why the third movie is written like that? Is it not just a character complex pulled out of someone's- I mean, when movie Eggman says that there's only ever been one person who actually liked him and one person who actually cared about him... He's quite literally right, isn't he. As in... Since 1991... Like 34 years since conception as a handful of red pixels in the hottest new platformer game there's actually, literally only been one character..? ooh I think I need to lie down for a bit

[garbean]

I find it really funny that the people who probably have the most accurate theory about robotnik's sacrifice are his stream followers. The moment they saw less of Stone and more of Gerald they probably went "Omg... He didn't approve of their marriage and now Robotnik's trying to appeal to him by doing what he wants" and they see that he's threatening to destroy the earth and it's like "No guys we're fine he forgot his boyfriend on Earth" and a few minutes later The Livestream™ happens

[miguya-stuff]

Stone's perfect flower might be the bluebell. Bluebells are symbols of humility and gratitude yes, but more importantly, they are a symbol of constancy. I think that something so important about agent Stone. Yes, he serves, yes, he cares but more importantly, he is entirely devoted to Robotnik, he is the only man who stayed by his side. He is just like a bluebell and actively embodies this idea of "I will be constant ; I will stay by your side"

That man deserves way more love and recognition I swear-

(Let me know if you also have any flower rambling related to share slsklslsk)

[personwholoveschocolate]

Ok im drifting to sleep but the thought wont leave my mind

[razziematazz]

my stobotnik omegaverse thoughts

ask and you shall receive, as i am nothing if not responsive to the people. and apparently, this is what the people want! nsfw warning but only if ur chronically online tbh

so, starting off with some context: it’s 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 time. be warned pt 2. bc that’s actually what my friend and i were discussing LMAOOO. the whole conversation was kickstarted by them sending me a drawing of stone flushed due to a fever in which everyone in the replies were saying “damn he’s in heat”, right? but the artist was like “GUYS HES NOT IN HEAT HES SICK”

and my response was “hes sick because he isn’t being knotted actually. Soon that will be fixed.”

but then i was like… Wait. bc to me, they’re both alphas … bc….

yes, stone follows robotniks every command, and he is ECSTATIC doing it! we all agree on this!!!

but but BUT…. if you’ve seen my other posts, you’ll know that i am an AVID supporter of the idea that stone was a top of the line, best of the best field agent before working for robotnik. i believe he has killed before robotnik, but SINCE working for robotnik?

he never took any sort of pleasure when he had to kill before. it was just a necessary evil. but now that he’s got something to protect? someone of his own?? he has killed for robotnik without a second thought and would kill for him again in a heartbeat. and he has lowkey enjoyed it, knowing he’s the one saving the doctor

he’s like those pictures of wolves with watermelons on their heads and etc . of tigers laying in cardboard boxes

he follows robotniks orders and follows them well because he WANTS to fiercely protect robotnik, fulfill all of his needs, and ensure his happiness at all costs, no matter if it’s shooting someone point blank or dealing with robotniks hand dragging him around by the inside of his mouth

(he likes that last one, actually.)

robotnik is just an alpha. idc. he’s literally the stereotype: taller, important, impressive facial hair, a loud and extremely confident asshole

i just feel it in my bones sorry for very little elaboration, besides how he also loves pushing people around

(in contexts other than this, however, i’ll also accept him being a beta tho. solely bc i think him proving that he’s a valuable genius despite not being anything biologically special is a good idea too)

and then i remembered this wonderful thing called bitching! and this wonderful thought that hey actually…. stone went So Hard caring for robotnik, he started becoming lowkey like a feral omega. but obviously, that can’t be EVERYTHING.

it, alongside the fact that he’s been (shamefully) wondering about robotniks knot since like less than a year into working for him, is REALLYYY getting to stone.

and finally, after some plot- perhaps around the time robotnik is recovering in the crab, where stones caretaking instincts are going haywire?- stone gets a taste of that knot !!!!

and then another. and then another. and then about a decades worth more. and what do you know? he and robotnik spedrun bitching at 100%, emotionally and physically

also, i just want you to know that during this revelation, my friend was researching if you can get sick from being too horny irl. (sex improves immune system functions is the answer)

and then this friend, word for word, spat out this wonderful idea: “bitch Stone with a 24/7 piston fuck machine w/ orgasm denial/chastity cage WHAT WHO SAID THAT”

AND HELL YEAH BROTHER

And honestly?? i’d like to add on…….

stone found the blueprints for it when he was trying to save as much as possible from robotniks lab, between the first and second movies. maybe it was even somewhere hidden among the manifesto, deep in some code stone would’ve normally missed. (if he built it at home to use whenever he was especially missing the doctor, that’s between him, the beginning of the bitching, and god)

anyways. if anyone wants to write smthn based on this. FEEL FREEEEEEEEEE just tag me pls!!!!!!

[ask--eggman]

Omg are you asking for Stone's number? 👀

What? NO! I mean, I am but it's not like that!

You told me he was a good assistant, am I not supposed to show interest in working with him and ask for a way to contact him?

I wasn't even paying attention to him being shirtless in the photo. I didn't even realize it...

[esosage]

This is more so mentioned stobotnik, if you squint. But its sorta there so i though i'd use the tag regardless.

Anyways, heres a fic of robotnik not picking up on the fact that he's being flirted with:

Yes i work wood!... i'm a carpenter.

Robotnik was currently on a very important mission: social networking. A task he'd usually leave his assistant to take care of; but, considering the two of them needed money after his latest and greatest defeat stranded them in green hills, he'd have to do some of the work himself.

And working he went. He had already made several business cards for the handy service’s he had planned to provide, pinned down a social gathering where he could be given a chance to promote said business, and thanks to one annoyingly stupid deputy, he had gotten an invite.

It was a post wedding party where all invited guests were allowed to bring a plus one, and since Wade lacked a girlfriend, he was invited as his plus one.

Now all he had to do was socialize… which was immediately harder than he originally thought.

How stone could ever stand doing it was beyond him.

Robotnik was currently at the far end of the table the others were eating and drinking at, thinking. Planning a course of attack.

His last attempt to include himself in the conversation was a massive failure, with him having to go completely silent out of embarrassme- tactically retreat, but, it didn't dissuade him.

He was dr. Ivo fucking robotnik, a genuis, a revolutionary of the feild of robotics, hed figure it out… hopefully.

All he had to do was observed, plan, and strike when the time was ri-

Suddenly he felt a tap on his shoulder.

“Hey-”

“Ah!” Robotnik yelped, swirling around to see just who dared to touch him. It was a blond women, who looked to be somewhere in her 30’s. She was wearing a quite revealing black dress, and holding a glass of wine that looked untouched.

The two of them stared at each other for a moment.

“Are, you okay?” She queried.

Robotnik scoffed.

“More than fine.” He huffed, straightening up a bit as he smoothed out the lapels of his jacket. As much as he wanted to scream at her, he needed business, and she had come to him willingly… something he could definitely use.

For some reason she found his reaction funny as she chuckled a bit.

“Right…. Hey whats your name?” She looked him up and down.

“Uuh” robotnik struggled to think up a fake name. “Ee-vo.”

She snorted.

“Ee-vo huh? How exotic.”

Robotnik blinked at her for a moment.

“I suppose it is.”

The woman leaned in.

“Say, where are you from?”

The question caught robotnik off guard, as it was strangly personal, but this was the best conversation hes had for the whole party soo…

“ireland.” He lied.

“Oh so your a foreigner?” She raised an eyebrow, a smirk playing on her lips.

“uh, Not necessarily, no. I was born in Ireland, then raised in the United states.” He hoped his attempt to cover up his shitty lie didn't seem too suspicious.. and apparently it didn't as the woman leaned in closer, her hand holding her head up.

“Wow.” She slightly whispered, now taking a sip of her wine. “and what do you do for work?”

Robotnik paused, now wondering if she was a government spy sent by G.U.N, because of all the personal questions she was asking. But..

“Woodworker, plumber, electrician, mechanic, you name it, I do it.” He recited, finally glad that he got to use that stupid slogan stone made him make.

For some reason this made the woman grin.

“So you're good with your hands.” She said rather cheekily, taking a sip of her wine.

It was a rather odd question… but- “oh please, i'm more than just good, im perfect.”

“Oh Really?”

“Yes really. I've been in the game for decades.” He hoped listing his track record would make her more likely to hire him.

It worked like a charm, as the woman seemed to perk up a bit more at his answer.

“Can you prove it?” She asked with a raised eyebrow.

Robotnik tapped his chin. Shit, he simply couldn't let this chance slip by him… but, then again, how could he prove it?...

“I could show you.” He said in another, regular, moment of brilliance. “Give you a proper hands-on experience.”

The woman giggled at his offer.

“Oh my, and where would that be? In my bedroom?”

Robotnik blinked, and then blinked again. The people in this town were weird.

“Well.” He trailed off, tapping his chin. “I suppose if I could get my power tools in there I could make it work.”

The lady looked confused for a moment, but after a while, she seemed to perk back up. A massive grin on her face when she did.

“Wow, getting… “tools” involved so soon?” She snorted. “I like it. See you at my place at 12.” She winked, handing him her number on a piece of paper.

Honestly, robotnik didnt know what the fuck she was going on about, about “getting tools involved so soon,” but buissness was buissness.

He handed her his business card.

“See you then.”

The lady, rather quickly, snatched the card out of his hand and stuffed it in her bra. Robotnik was going to say something about it, but before he could, she was already gone like the wind. Giving him a little wink before she completely vanished.

“Weird.” Robotnik muttered to himself, before going back to planning on how he could convince more people at the rundown little party to hire him.

Not realizing he was going to have a loong conversation with Stone about what just happened afterwards.

[dubiousdisco]

gerald robotnik: humanity is not worth saving, has anyone ever cared about you in your life? has anyone ever loved you?

ivo robotnik: i literally have a husband

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Agent Stone 🤝 Movie!Tails

Love interest coded in Sonic Movie 2

[espballs]

In The Best Way

Chapter 1 - Stray Hedgehog

♡ Summary: When Shadow wakes up in Agent Stone's apartment he expects that it'd just be the two of them living them together, so seeing a robot that looks like a copy of a certain blue hedgehog was the last thing he expected. ♡ Cross posted on AO3 ♡ Pairings: Sonic x Shadow, Metal Sonic x Amy

Shadow was exhausted. Falling from space after trying to destroy the world, being redeemed and then nearly dying saving it did that to you. 

Shadow had expected to die up there. But alas, fate loved him too much to let him die. 

Or it loved his suffering.

It didn’t matter, the issue was that Shadow was still alive, but now with no shelter or anything to nurture his health.

Slowly sitting up, the sand slipped off his body, he shook what remained out of his quills before realizing he may have just worsened his headache. Holding his head, he stood on shaky legs.

Distantly, he thought of Sonic. Had he survived the fall? Shadow knew they had saved the earth but had Sonic lived to know he had won? Shadow really hoped he did. In the few moments he had seen Sonic with the rest of his team, he noticed their closeness. They were like the siblings he had only seen on screens, he envied them for that.

He wasn't all there when he picked his inhibitor rings out the sand and put them back on his wrists. Almost immediately, the energy flowing through his body dulled, his muscles tensing as they adjusted to the restriction. But it felt normal, he felt a bit better now that he had them on.

Not that it mattered right now. He could barely stand as it was.

Shadow exhaled sharply, pressing a hand against his temple. His head throbbed in pain, the heat was starting to feel too much to bear, and his throat was dry with dehydration. They were all foreign and unwelcome feelings that gnawed at the edges of his consciousness.

His legs ached as he tried to step forward, almost falling. All the sand ahead of him blurred in his mind. The heat made it all look blurrier as his senses were overwhelmed by heat, pain, and exhaustion.

Had Tom survived? If Sonic hadn’t then his family would forever despise Shadow. If Sonic had survived, would he still be able to handle looking at Shadow knowing he was the one who took his father? Should he even bother looking for Sonic.

The only thing Shadow could ever bring Sonic was pain, it was best to just leave him alone from now on.

But where would he go?

Every step blended together as he drifted away from the world and retreated back into his mind. 

The ache in his chest hurt more with every passing moment, it was the only feeling he still felt in his haze. Every thought of Sonic warmed his heart before burning it with sadness, or a longing.

Maria was gone, yes, but her love remained. Sonic had reminded him that she would not want him to be lost in his grief. Maria wouldn’t want him to destroy the future to lose himself in the past.

Shadow needed to live with her wish and memory in his heart. But how could he live? After destroying the mountain he now had no shelter and he didn’t even know where in the world he was. Exhaustion weighed too heavily on his mind for him to even think about running or teleporting.

Shadow’s vision span as he finally fell forward, getting a mouthful of sand in the process. Shadow groaned as he lied their, sprawled out on the sand by choice. He was so exhausted he considered lying there and sleeping another fifty years to generate a way of life in that time.

A mechanical sound brought him back to the present. It was the hum of an engine or something. The hum growing louder each passing second, like it was getting closer.

Shadow listed his head out of the sand to see a familiar figure of blue.

Sonic.

Sonic shined like metal in the sun, that strange mechanical sound following him, and his footsteps sounded off. His eyes looked different than Shadow remembered.

Well what the hell, it's not like Shadow had even seen Sonic many times. The details were probably fuzzy in his brain. It was obviously Sonic: How many other blue alien hedgehogs were on earth? It's not like there were many aliens in general there!

Shadow buried his face back in the sand, letting Sonic approach without a word. Sonic’s presence was enough to make him feel warm and fuzzy again, but he didn’t know what to say to the blue blur or what to do.

All that mattered, was that Sonic was still alive.

The relief was enough to let him put his guard down and close his eyes, assured that Sonic would be there to help him figure out what to do when he woke up. 

The mechanical hum grew louder, but in Shadow’s dazed state, it barely registered. The sound seemed to blur in with the quiet hum of the desert wind. Shadow felt... safe. Safe in the presence of Sonic , oddly enough considering not long ago the hedgehog was on the verge of killing him.

Something cold and metallic touched Shadow’s shoulder, but he was too tried to process it. Already slipping off into sleep, he didn’t acknowledge the cold hands that lifted him up off the sand.

He didn’t even know the hands that held him were too cold to be Sonic’s.

Sonic was warm.

Shadow blinked once, then twice, the light overwhelming his senses. He was laid on something oddly comfortable with a strange pink blanket decorated with red hearts and a while cat holding a red heart in its paws. 

Shadow wondered if this was Sonic’s blanket, that’d be strangely out of the character that Shadow had depicted him as already. He almost laughed at the idea before a sizzling sound caught his attention. 

The kitchen was in clear view of his vision from the couch, but sitting up to see was a struggle. His body ached but at least his exhaustion has been eased. Shadow instinctively reached for his head, rubbing the dull throb at his temple, but then his gaze fell on the source of the sizzling sound.

A figure that Shadow knew stood by the stove, a man in a simple shirt and apron, stirring something in a pan. The sight of Agent Stone hit Shadow like a slap to the face. 

Had Sonic not been the one to save him? Was it all a hallucination?

If it wasn’t Sonic then who could it be? It wouldn’t make sense if Agent Stone was just wandering the desert unless he somehow knew Shadow would be there. Even then, how could he know and not someone else, like G.U.N?

Stone finally noticed him stirring on the couch and shot him a wide grin. "Ah! You're awake!" he said, turning from the stove to face Shadow, which seemed irresponsible, that salmon he was cooking might burn. "Figured you’d need some time to wake up! How are you feeling?"

Shadow groaned, sitting upright with his head in his hands. “Horrible” he answered simply. Feeling a-bit disappointed that the first person he saw was Stone and not Sonic.

Agent Stone just smiled, shutting off the stove like a responsible person and moving the pan off its hot surface to cool down.  “I’ll show you to your room now, Shadow. So you can wash off and get comfortable!”

Shadow felt uneasy by Stone’s cheery tone before realizing the man had lost his boss, who he was in-love with. It was probably best that Stone try to keep smiling and being as nice as possible to any aliens who came his way—as strange as his behavior was—to not end up trying to destroy the world like Shadow had.

Robotnik sacrificed himself saving the world so Stone definitely wouldn’t destroy it anyways.

“Yeah, alright," Shadow mumbled, too tired to protest as he took a shaky step up and off the couch. Stone beckoned for him to follow and led him down the hall, the silence stretching between them. 

Shadow’s head was spinning with too many questions and way too many hypotheticals, more than he had ever been comfortable with. He tried to focus on the steps ahead, but all he could think about was Sonic—or the lack of Sonic.

Sonic had been a constant thought in his mind ever since he met the hedgehog, so had the feelings brought on by said hedgehog. Shadow was starting to miss his presence.

Finally, Stone stopped in front of a door, and Stone pushed it open.

The contents of the room gave Shadow whiplash. It was… certainly colorful?

The walls were painted a pastel pink, and a frilly pink curtain covered the window. Plushies of a white cat in a variety pink dresses were littered across the room and even posters of said cat. There were two beds in the room but one was visibly occupied, telling by the pastel pink blankets and all the colorful plushies.

Sitting on the bed, was a figure that looked like a robotic copy of Sonic.

It probably was too.

Said robot was delicately brushing through a doll's blonde hair with utmost gentleness. The sight made Shadow’s heart ache, the reason unknown to him

The robot finally noticed him, beeping curiously at Stone. Stone stepped forward into the room, in between the two hedgehogs. “This is... Metal Sonic,” he said, gesturing to the robot, who was still examining Shadow. Metal Sonic beeped again, as if Shadow could even understand what they were trying to say.

Shadow opened his mouth to question the robot but Stone interrupted. “The doctor created him in the blue idiot’s image, yes I know. But I think of Metal as their own person, y’know? They’re not as annoying and…” Stone turned to look at Metal, who was back to brushing their dolls hair. “I don’t think Sonic is into the color pink or Hello Kitty and dolls…”

Shadow just nodded. He glanced back at Stone, who was watching Metal Sonic with an almost fond expression, as if he were observing a child playing, specifically a child that was his. It felt odd to see Stone speak so… affectionately about Metal Sonic despite the fact they were only a robot.

Someone could say it was odd that Maria was affectionate towards an alien, so Shadow couldn’t really be one to judge. How weird was a robot when compared to an alien? Not that weird because at-least it's man-made!

Stone sighed before clapping his hands together and turning back to Shadow. “Well! Clean yourself up! I’m gonna go set the table!” He said quickly before walking back down the hall.

Shadow watched him leave before sharing an awkward look with Metal Sonic, who beeped at him.

Shadow glared at them. “Don’t use that tone with me.”

“Kids! Time for dinner!”

Shadow hadn’t even been there for a day and he was already being dragged into their game of house. How tragic for him.

Shadow hopped off the bed and glanced at Metal Sonic, who had just set their doll down with a small, delicate motion before hopping off their bed. The robot beeped cheerfully before they hurried toward the door.

Now why would a robot with no mouth or digestive system be excited for dinner? Also why the hell was a robot excited?

Shadow couldn’t tell if Metal was strangely good at acting out their emotions or they could actually feel… Shadow shrugged it off as being too strange to be logical before he followed after.

On the table were three plates. But on two plates there was real edible food.

On the third… There were a bunch of plastic toys. Shadow momentarily prayed that it wasn't for him.

Thankfully, but oddly, Metal sat down at the third seat and excitedly —if it could even be called that—picked up their utensils.

Shadow sat down across from Metal, watching with mild horror as the robot mimicked the act of eating with perfect precision. They picked up a tiny plastic fork and “stabbed” at a plastic steak, lifting it to where their mouth should be and pressing it against the metal before placing it back down with a content beep.

Stone, completely unfazed—probably because he was the one supplying Metal with fake food—took a bite of his actual food and hummed in satisfaction. “Hope you like it, Shadow. I don’t know what you eat, but I figured salmon and rice was a safe bet.”

Shadow nodded absentmindedly before deciding being weirded out wasn’t worth it when he was so hungry.

After dinner, Shadow trudged back to the room, exhausted but oddly content. He had to admit—despite the weirdness of it all, it was better than being stranded in the desert.

When he stepped inside, he expected Metal Sonic to be back on their bed, fussing over their dolls or reorganizing their collection of Hello Kitty plushies. Instead, the robot had somehow managed to construct a fairly elaborate pillow fort in the middle of the room. Pink and white blankets were draped over stacked pillows and chairs, forming a surprisingly sturdy fort. Inside, tiny LED lights—that seemingly appeared out of nowhere because Metal Sonic’s room had no LED’s earlier—twinkled like stars.

Metal beeped at Shadow excitedly, patting the space beside them.

Shadow stared at them, unamused and also mortified. The last time he got in a blanket fort with someone, she ended up dead minutes later. Shadow wondered if being in a blanket fort with someone meant one of you would die within the next ten minutes. “You’ve got to be kidding me…”

Metal beeped again, this time more insistently.

Shadow sighed, rubbing his temples. He had better things to do… like sleeping… or thinking of Sonic and how much he hoped the hedgehog was alive. But Metal’s constant angry beeping made them hard to ignore. The expression their eyes displayed made them look angry. Grumbling under his breath, Shadow lowered himself into the fort, leaning back against one of the pillows.

“Happy now?” he muttered.

Metal Sonic beeped in triumph, clapping their hands together excitedly, settling down beside him. Metal shifted around in the fort as if getting comfortable— but how the hell would a robot get comfortable ? Shadow watched them for a moment before letting out a sigh and leaning back against a pillow. At the very least, this wasn’t the worst way to end a bizarre day.

His fingers idly brushed against the fabric of one of the pillows, adjusting it to better support his head when something crinkled underneath. Shadow furrowed his brows and reached into the pillowcase, pulling out a small, slightly crumpled photograph.

Shadow was extremely confused as to why Metal would keep a photo of a hammer wielding pink hedgehog in a pillowcase.

Shadow stared at the photo, taking in the rushed angle and the way Amy was caught mid-smile, seemingly unaware that the picture had even been taken. His gaze flickered toward Metal Sonic, who was now very still, looking Shadow dead in the eyes looking more serious than Shadow had seen them than ever.

Metal Sonic let out a single, sharp beep—one that Shadow somehow instinctively recognized as panic. The robot shot forward in an attempt to snatch the photo from his hands, but Shadow pulled it back just in time.

Metal beeped frantically, their eyes flashing with an intensity that almost made Shadow feel bad. Almost .

"You’re a little weird, y’know that?" Shadow mused, tilting the photo in his hand as he examined the photo of Earth’s third alien hedgehog. Metal let out a series of offended beeps, and Shadow scoffed. "You pretend to eat plastic food and have a crush on a girl who beat you up the first time you met, Metal. You can't get weirder than that."

Metal Sonic beeped offendedly before turning away sharply, crossing their arms. It was such a human-like motion that Shadow had to remind himself that Metal was, in fact, a robot. 

After a beat, Shadow finally handed the photo back. Metal snatched it in an instant, before carefully tucking it back into the pillowcase and pressing the pillow down to ensure it was safe.

Shadow leaned back, staring up at the tiny LED lights twinkling above them. “…I get it, though.”

Metal’s head turned slightly, their optics flickering in curiosity.

Shadow exhaled slowly. "Liking someone who doesn’t really notice you the way you want them to, you only really see them in those moments where you’re against each other and—” Shadow cut off, realizing he was on the verge of admitting something that Metal was probably already able to guess.

Shadow let out a heavy sigh, rubbing his temples. “Fine. Whatever. You wanna hear something embarrassing? I—” he hesitated, exhaling sharply, “—might have a thing for Sonic.”

Metal Sonic was silent for a moment.

Then they beeped.

And beeped.

And beeped again

And then their entire body trembled as they let out a series of rapid, delighted beeps— Oh god Metal Sonic was laughing at him… FOR HAVING A CRUSH ON SONIC…

Shadow groaned, burying his face in his hands. “You have got to be kidding me…” Metal Sonic's beeping continued, a high-pitched sequence that sounded almost gleeful. They clutched their sides, their body shaking in that unmistakable way someone does when they’re trying to suppress laughter but failing miserably.

Shadow, still hiding his face in his hands, peeked through his fingers and glared at the metal hedgehog. “Oh, shut up!” he hissed before whacking them, shutting them up instantly.

They quickly went back to beeping—or laughing?

Shadow flopped back against the pillows, glaring at the ceiling of their fort. “Unbelievable. I’m trapped in a room with a robot that thinks my love life is hilarious…”

Metal beeped in agreement.

Shadow rolled onto his side, aggressively yanking a blanket over his head. "Go to sleep, Metal."

A long pause.

Then, a soft beep—quieter this time, almost content.

Then Metal got up, and Shadow was confused as to why they were leaving till they walked up to their bed, sat down, and plugged themselves into a charger before lying down with no blanket covering them despite the ridiculous amounts of pink blankets at their disposal.

Shadow was really starting to regret not running out the door when he had the chance.

Then, a thought hit him—one so disturbing he almost threw himself out the window.

With a sudden, sharp turn of his head, Shadow glanced back at Metal, still plugged into their charger. "Hey," he whispered, but Metals eyes lit up in an instant, "Do you think Sonic and Amy have ever met?"

Metal let out a single, curious beep, then another beep accompanied by a nod.

“What if…” Shadow broke off, hesitant to share the horrifying idea with Metal Sonic, but alas… he had to. “...What if they get together?”

Metal Sonic began to shake violently, so much that Shadow feared they might explode. But Metal let out a beep so loud Shadow had to cover his ears. Shadow viewed this as Metal’s way of screaming.

As soon as Metal was done, Shadow was quick to pat them on the back. “I know… we’ve gotta visit them soon… to make sure they don’t end up falling for each-other”

With that, Metal Sonic unplugged themselves and pulled a whiteboard out the closet and created an overly detailed plan on how to prevent Sonamy.

Shadow just nodded along, with no idea of what the hell they were preventing.

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Stobotnik divorce transcends our private bubble

[best-mean-bean-barista]

dude are you okay? people have been being mean? i saw the post saying send in hurtful stuff is this self-harm??

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Nah just wanted to mess with the character, stone as in the alter (for yall that don't know this blog is ran by an agent stone introject) is fine lol