#directly inspired by my wife who has always treated my childhood stuffed animal so sweetly

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[ stone doesn’t say a thing, the first time robotnik graciously allows him to sleep in his bed and silently brings out a tattered heap of brown fabric from beneath his pillow. the doctor makes no introduction, just curls up with the time-worn, well-loved toy cradled to his chest, and grumbles, “you’re big spoon. if you snore, I’m going to smother you with a pillow.”

stone swallows around the overwhelming fondness threatening to choke him, and wraps himself around the doctor without a word. he can feel the synthetic fur brushing against his fingers as he curls one arm around robotnik’s ribs. he marvels at the staggering amount of trust the doctor is putting in him, in this moment, and closes his eyes. ]

hello! I’m here to share some gooey stuffed animal feelings :) I was struck by this idea sometime last week and just couldn’t get it out of my head. the idea of Botnik having few things that he could call his own as a child resulting in him clinging to those things as an adult…. gah. full image and a lone shot of the stuffed animal in question below the cut!

a bit of explanation: I don’t have solid ages for the robotniks featured here, but the general idea was (1) tiny baby botnik, (2) youth/teen, (3) adult, (4) somewhere around the time of s1. also yes stone did locate a replacement button for sir stuffins (hence the purple). it took a lot of gentle suggestion before robotnik even thought about making such a change, but ultimately he’s happy with the result.

[ he’s touched that stone takes his comfort creature so seriously, and has never mocked him for clinging to something so childish, even at his age. to have such a clear reminder of that every time he gazes upon his childhood companion is endlessly comforting :’^) ]