#ozzie Wachowski

[writingtraumaforever]

Home Alone: Courtship Mini-Sequel

Notes: Just a crack oneshot I wrote out of pure boredom while waiting for the Sonadow Twitter Takeover to start. This is purely silly energy. Rated T for language and slight suggestiveness.

Summary: Sonic is left at the Wachowski house alone, and Shadow returns from a GUN mission early. Embarrassment ensues.

Read Courtship Here!

Link to my AO3!

Start:

Sonic has been talking about for weeks how he’s gonna finally get to have the house to himself a couple days. Maddie is taking Tails to an inventor’s convention a state away, and Tom is taking Knuckles to a wrestling match that Knuckles has been talking about for months. Sonic was invited to both but declared he’d rather dogsit Ozzy a couple days and just chill. 

“And no boyfriends allowed while we’re gone,” Tom had warned with narrowed eyes just before climbing into his truck.

“Can’t invite over what you don’t have~,” Sonic had cooed back teasingly, still in full denial that he and Shadow were exclusive even though quite literally everyone else pretty much had accepted it by now.

While they never made it official, ever since Shadow had had dinner with the Wachowski’s several months back, Shadow was a regular part of Sonic’s life. It was rare the two didn’t see one another at least once or twice a week. Only time there was an exception to this was when Shadow was away on a GUN operation— which he currently is. He’s pretty much their biggest asset these days.

“You know what I mean,” Tom warns through his rolled down window, eyeing his middle son with a stern look but a teasing smile as well.

“Yeah, yeah, I won’t have anyone over,” Sonic concedes with a little shrug, rubbing the dog’s head beside him. They’re standing in the front yard, seeing the remaining two members of his family off for their trip.

“Counting on you, Sonic,” Tom winks, “You’re the man of the house the next few days.”

“Only because I will not be there,” Knuckles can’t help but antagonize from the front passenger seat.

“Not my first time,” Sonic assures with a shrug.

“Yeah— and last time we left you alone, we came home to half our house demolished.”

“Hey! That was his fault! Not mine,” the blue blur defends, pointing accusingly at Knuckles peeking out from behind Tom.

“I was being misguided and used!” Knuckles argues immediately with a little furrow of his brow, “I can’t believe you would bring back such a clouded time of my past!”

“Whatever, dude, it was still your fault,” Sonic rolls his eyes to which Knuckles growls.

“Anyway! We’ll be back in three days,” Tom interrupts before the two’s bickering gets carried away, “Be safe and responsible,” he instructs, already slowly backing out of the driveway.

“When am I not??” Sonic grins, watching the truck back up into the street.

“We love you, kiddo! See you soon!” Tom calls, Knuckles waving begrudgingly behind him.

Sonic grins and waves back, “Love y’all too! You crazy kids have fun!”

And then they’re gone.

Sonic looks down at his favorite doggo, Ozzie looking back up at him.

“Let’s do this.”

And just like before, Sonic takes full advantage of his time alone. Bubble party in the living room, all the snacks he can eat, pizza and chilidogs galore, jumping on beds, grinding down the stair rails, the whole shebang.

Nothing he can’t undo in a few minutes with his speed.

He even goes into Knuckles’ shed and plays with some of his forbidden weights the echidna always declares he’s not allowed to touch. Just for shits and giggles.

Once the night befalls them, though, Sonic and Ozzie lounge on the couch covered in snacks and empty wrappers. He has a gaming headset on, trash talking some punk on Call of Duty named ‘Robots4Life623’.

Ozzie is snoozing beside him, obviously tuckered from their antics of the day. 

Ending the match to the competitor yelling angrily like a lunatic, Sonic snickers and turns off the game. Stretching his arms above his head, he then pats his dogs head and places a little kiss on his ear, “You’re the goodest boy that ever gooded, Oz.”

The dog just lifts his head to lick Sonic’s face before laying it back down.

Sonic chuckles and hops up from the couch. It’s not too late as of yet. About 8:45. He’s not tired, but he’s running out of ideas on what to do.

So.. walking over to the speaker system, he hooks up his phone and decides on a jam sesh. Turning on his ‘Gotta Go Fast’ playlist, the hero starts hopping and dancing around the room to his fast paced favorite songs to hype himself up. He does this for probably a good five songs: Don’t Stop Me Now, Speed Me Up, Stars In The Sky, Uptown Funk, and Barracuda. Once those are over, he finds himself very much re-amped for his next three days alone.

His gaze temporarily moves to his phone, picking it up off the speaker to make sure he hasn’t missed any calls or texts. There’s a new picture in the Wachowski Family Group Chat of Tails and their mother taking a selfie in front of the stage they’d be listening to some old guy Sonic forgot the name of speak at tomorrow. Sonic smiles and sends back a simple thumbs up.

Flipping over to his photos after saving the one just sent, he browses through them a moment. One of Knuckles drooling in his sleep during a nap on the couch. One of Ozzie with a vest on that made him look like a proper gentleman. One of a selfie of Tails and Sonic and Knuckles all at the top of separate trees in the forest at the end of one of their races. One of Tom and Maddie covered in cake batter after a baking incident.

And then there’s one of Sonic and Shadow..

Sonic taking the selfie with Shadow behind him, Sonic’s arm around Shadow’s shoulders and pulling him close with a wide grin and a peace sign at the camera, Shadow looking at Sonic with his arms crossed and a small hint of a smile.

Sonic sighs, staring at the picture a little too long before he locks his phone again and sets it back on the speaker. As This Is How We Do It starts playing, Sonic’s gaze falls on the black leather jacket hanging by the door. He wears it often when it gets a little chillier.. Or when he’s simply missing Shadow.

Now is one of those instances.

Moving to the jacket, he swipes it off the coat hanger and slides it onto his own arms.

Popping the collar up, he buries his nose into the leather and breathes in deep.. The distant scent of lavender still there. Subtle but not absent.

He smiles a little to himself and moves back into the living room, about to skip to the next song when he spots his mom’s iPod sitting on the shelf behind it.

His curiosity gets the better of him, eyeing it only for a moment before deciding to see what taste his mom prefers. Plugging the iPod up, he presses play on the playlist very eloquently titled ‘Slay’. 

The first song comes on, and it’s Water by Tyla. Sonic tries extra hard  to not think about what his mother might be thinking about while listening to this song, and instead just listens to the beat and starts moving. It’s not bad for a girly playlist. She has some nice tunes in here, and Sonic doesn’t discriminate music tastes based on what people deem mainstream or not. Music is music, and if it speaks to someone, so be it.

Though, he’d be lying if he didn’t say his mother’s playlist had him going from dancing with energetic bounces and headbangs and silly moves to smooth and suave dancing. Letting the music flow through him as he moves his hips and swayed his tail to the beat, a lot more fluid and possibly seductive. Oh well. It’s not like he’s dancing for anyone, so let him be a little raunchy! He’s nearly 18!

Little does he know, he soon will be dancing for someone, a certain ebony hedgehog pulling up on their motorcycle outside. 

His mission was long and boring, but Shadow is finally back in town. He’s honestly just thankful the op ran smoothly enough for it to finish early. He was going to go home and rest for the night, but his brain kept running to a certain blue hedgehog. And he figured he’d surprise him. The thought of the hero’s face lighting up like Christmas at his surprise appearance made him feel warm inside, and he frankly needed the positive turn after having to have zero contact while away.

Climbing off his bike, he sighs as he walks towards the front door of the Wachowski residence, running his hand back through his quills and fiddling with a small item in his pocket with the other hand. 

He took only two steps up to the front door before realization dawned on him.

The Wachowski vehicles were gone. He couldn’t see any lights on.

Was anyone home???

Frowning a bit, he tried to recall if Sonic had mentioned going away only to remember that he would be home alone. 

A slow smile forms on Shadow’s face, his quills resembling devil horns behind him.

He could hear the sound of muffled music coming from the side of the house, stepping back down the steps to walk around and peer through the window to see if he could spot the hedgehog.

Sure enough, there was Sonic. Wearing his jacket. Dancing very lewdly.

Shadow swallows hard and feels his body tense up a moment at the sight, unable to take his eyes away as he watches Sonic’s hips sway and his arms move fluidly around himself. Quite literally feeling himself. Shadow has never seen Sonic act such a way, though he supposes dancing is different  than acting. Still, it left his throat dry and his tail stiff for reasons he couldn’t quite name.

The song switches to a new one, Sonic grinning and jumping up and down excitedly since he seems to know this one. And much to Shadow’s surprise, Sonic doesn’t only dance to this one, but he sings. Swinging Shadow’s jacket off his shoulders, he places it on a nearby vacuum cleaner to make it stand on its own, placing a basketball on top of it to act as a head. 

“How can it be? You and me

Might be meant to be, can't unsee it

But I don't wanna 'cause no scene

I'm usually so unproblematic

So independent

Tell me why

'Cause the boy is mine, mine”

Sonic sings all playful and sweet, strutting over to the jacketed vacuum that Shadow can only assume is meant to be himself. And the way Sonic walks can only be described as seductive.

Swallowing again, Shadow leans a bit closer to the window, the glass fogging up due to his breath.

“Somethin' about him is made for somebody like me

Baby, come over, come over (over)

And God knows I'm tryin', but there's just no use in denying.”

Sonic slowly walks around the Shadow dummy, fingers trailing along the basketball only to grab onto the jacket collar when he’s back in front of it and tug it towards him,

“The boy is mine

I can't wait to try him

Le-let's get intertwined

The stars, they aligned

The boy is mine

Watch me take my time

I can't believe my mind

The boy is divine

Boy is mine”

Sonic turns around then, pressing his back to the jacket’s front and slowly sinking down while letting his hands rub down the leather. Shadow’s crimson eyes have never been wider, his heart pounding in his chest, and his stiff tail now slowly beginning to wage behind him without his consent. 

Swaying his hips, Sonic slowly comes back up with his tail rubbing against the front of the jacket, 

“Please know this ain't what I planned for

Probably wouldn't bet a dime or my life on

There's gotta be a reason why

My girls, they always come through in a sticky situation

Say, "It's fine"

Happens all the time–”

Sonic’s eyes open from their half-lidded daze and are locked directly with Shadow’s.

Immediately, the blue hedgehog lets out what can only be described as a mortified yelp, collapsing onto the ground with his hands over his head as if that’ll hide him from Shadow.

Shadow’s own lips part in a gasp at being caught staring like a creep, quickly backing away from the window with a “Shit!” and rushing around to the front again and straight to his bike.

He needs to go.

He needs to go now.

He only makes it to his bike, cranking it up before two large, gloved hands that don’t belong to him are landing firmly on the handlebars. 

Damn. Almost got away.

He looks up wide-eyed to find a glaring Sonic the Hedgehog standing in front of his bike, straddling the front wheel.

“Shadow! What the hell!?” “It-it’s not what it looks like,” Shadow tries, stuttering his defense only for Sonic to not be having it.

“Spying on someone through their window??? That’s way past not cool!” he looks quite perturbed, his cheeks glowing red with both humiliation and anger, Shadow is sure.

“I wasn’t spying, I was–” his ears fold back sheepishly as he mutters, “I was going to try and scare you. I forgot you were home alone, and came to visit because my mission ended early.” Sonic huffs at this, “That’s still no excuse to violate my privacy like that! You could’ve knocked instead of watching!”

“I know, I know, I–” Shadow blinks, his own shame slowly melting into something else. Something more smug. His lips slowly curl into a smirk as he looks back up at Sonic, “What exactly.. was I watching??”

Sonic’s eyes widen at that, tensing up and looking thrown off by the question only for his cheeks to go even more rosy, “Uhh..” “Because it looked to me like you were dirty dancing on my jacket..”

“...Wanna call a truce and never talk about it again?” “Truce,” Shadow nods, shaking Sonic’s hand in agreement. 

Sonic just offers a sheepish smile and sighs, speaking after a moment of silence and continuing to hold hands, “I’m glad you’re back safe, though..,” his eyes look down bashfully before looking back up to Shadow through heavy lashes, “I missed you..”

Shadow swallows hard again, feeling that familiar sense of tension swell in the pit of his stomach and pound at his chest, the soft thumping of his tail against the seat of his bike coming from behind him.

“You did?” “Of course, I did,” Sonic snickers, rubbing the back of his neck looking at their still interlocked hands, “I’d uh.. I’d invite you in, but Dad had a strict no visitors rule..” “Wanna go for a ride??” Shadow offers without giving it a single thought, eyes hopeful and locked on the blue hedgehog in front of him.

Sonic looks a bit surprised by this before he then gives a little grin, “Let me lock up.”

He dashes off to the house again to lock the doors and check on Ozzie before leaving, Shadow watching him with a little hummed chuckle.

That boy is his.

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

This moment was only 5 seconds long, but it's all we're getting in terms of Tails & Ozzie interactions and I'm living for it.

He even makes the kissing noises to get his attention i can't- 😭

[queeniesretrozone]

mother’s day morning 💐

this is a oneshot I just posted on wattpad and have decided to also repost it here :3

The fic’s below cause it’s kind long lol

when I wrote this I forgot about the existence of longclaw so I may do a prequel to this with her in it :3 also this is the first fanfic I’ve written in a while so :P

(Note: this takes place a couple of weeks-ish after the knuckles miniseries but before the third movie)

"Knuckles! Tails!" Sonic whispered.

"What is it hedgehog?" Knuckles asked.

"Yeah, Sonic what's going on?" Tails replied.

"It's Mother's Day!" He exclaimed.

"What's Mother's Day?" Tails questioned.

Sonic stood in shock and concern for a second, remembering that Tails was basically an orphan in-between finding Earth and becoming a Wachowski. "It's a day where you celebrate your mom!" He stated.

"Cool!" Tails murmured.

"Yes, it's been a while since I've celebrated something like Mother's Day!" Knuckles announced.

"What are the Echidna traditions for Mother's Day Knuckles?" Sonic asked.

"We have many different ones! but my favorite is collecting rock, sticks and other nature and shaping them into a heart for your mother and turning it into a small statue!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"That sounds like a lot of fun!"  Tails replied

"It was... and now the two of you can help me with it!" He stated.

"Yay! You too should go start working on that while I go get Doughnut Lord!" Sonic announced.

Sonic climbed down the ladder then quietly walked past Tom and Maddie's room and noticed that Tom and Ozzie left the bedroom already.

"Perfect!" He whispered. 

He grabbed a chair and put it by the door with some rope so Maddie couldn't open the door until everyone's plans were ready and then Sonic quickly zipped down the stairs and walked to the kitchen,

He noticed Tom was cooking eggs.

"Hi, dad! I'm guessing your plan is breakfast in bed for mom?" He exclaimed.

"Yeah, where's Tails and Knuckles?" Tom asked.

"They're outside doing an Echidna tradition!" He replied.

"Oh, ok! You wanna help me with breakfast?" Tom questioned.

"Of course!" Sonic exclaimed.

"Can you make some toast and get a glass for orange juice?" Tom asked.

"Sure!" He replied.

~meanwhile~

Maddie got out of bed and turned on a lamp.

"Where's Tom?" She thought.

She picked some clothes and changed then went to open the door.

"What? It's locked... I guess I'll stay in here then." she mumbled then laid down on the bed.

~~~

"Are you sure this will be big enough for Maddie?" Tails questioned.

"Of course!" Knuckles shouted.

"Okay!" Tails replied.

~~~

"The eggs and bacon are almost done Sonic! Is everything else ready?" Tom asked.

"Yep! I even gave Ozzie some flowers to give her when we get upstairs!" Sonic explained.

"Good, since that's taken care of can you check if Tails and Knucks are ready?" He questioned.

"Yeah I can do that!" Sonic replied.

Sonic zipped to the backyard.

"You two ready?" He asked.

"Yes! We are!" Knuckles announced.

"Okay! Time for us to all go upstairs!" Sonic exclaimed.

The Wachowski brothers, their dad and dog went upstairs, Tails and Knuckles carrying the gift they made while Sonic helped Tom carry the tray with the food and juice. Ozzie was also there, carrying a bouquet that Tom had found the day before.

When they got up the stairs Sonic removed the chair and rope he had put there earlier.

"Okay Sonic, send Ozzie in!" Tom whispered.

Ozzie ran into Tom and Maddie's room holding the bouquet in his mouth, wagging his tail.

"Ozzie? What do you have?"Maddie asked.

"Awwww~ flowers!" She smiled.

The other four walked in.

"Happy Mother's Day!" The boys and Tom exclaimed and Ozzie barked with them.

"Me and dad made you food!" Sonic explained.

"And me and the fox decided to replicate an old echidna tradition!" Knuckles announced proudly while showing Maddie the statue that him and Tails made.

"Thanks boys!" Maddie said "Oh hold on, I'm gonna answer this really quick!" Maddie reached over to her nightstand to answer her phone and noticed who was calling.

"Wade?" She asked.

"Hi Maddie! I was wondering if once your Mother's Day plans are done if I could take Knuckles with me to visit my mom?" Wade questioned.

"Sure!" Maddie replied.

~ a while later ~

"Hi Knuckles!" Wade exclaimed.

"Hello Wade Whipple!" Knuckles greeted.

"You ready to visit my mom?" He questioned.

"Yes! I am!" Knuckles responded.

"Good!" Wade replied.

"Wade, please try to bring him home before midnight." Maddie stated

"Will do Maddie!" He announced.

Knuckles and Wade walked to his recently repaired car.

"So, you excited to see her again?"

"Yes! I have not seen your mother OR sister since the events that happened in Reno!" Knuckles replied.

"Heh... yeah!" Wade responded.

"Oh and I have grapes in the back if you want any!" He added.

"Hooray!!" Knuckles shouted while reaching for the bag of green grapes.

"And we're here!" Wade announced.

The Green Hills deputy and space echidna walked onto the porch. Wade knocked on the door. Wendy opened it.

"Hi Wade! How are you?" Wendy asked her son.

"Good, mom." Wade replied. Knuckles stood next to him.

"And you brought Knuckles!" Wendy exclaimed.

"Yeah! And this time I got permission from Maddie, his mom."

"Wonderful!" Wendy responded.

"Oh, that red alien's back! And you're here too Wade." Wanda muttered.

"Hi Wanda." Wade replied.

"Alien? I'm an Echidna, Miss Whipple." Knuckles exclaimed.

"Whatever. Point is, it's good to see you again Knuckles." Wanda responded.

"Happy Mother's Day mom!" Wade announced, ignoring Wanda's sassy remarks about Knuckles.

"I got you a bunch of flowers and a vase for them!" Wade explained.

"Thank you, Wade" Wendy replied. "And what did you get me Wanda?"

"Money to fully fix the kitchen." Wanda exclaimed. "and also to completely fix the hole in Wade's room." She muttered. 

"Wonderful! Both of your gifts are lovely!"

Happy Mother's Day everybody :3

[guardian-of-da-gay]

The Hurt You Take (Part 3: Ozzie)

Sequel to Throw It All Away

Read on Ao3

For Whumptober 2024 Prompt 18: Unreliable Narrator

One of his people was missing.  The one who smelled like earth with the big, hard petting hands.  His walking friend who was always going outside and letting Ozzie come with him.

He came and went as they all did, of course.  Ozzie never knew where or why.  But the one with paw horns that he wasn’t allowed to chew was taking an especially long time to come back this time.

Ozzie lay by the door and waited.  The mailman came and went but no one came to growl with him.  When Ozzie warned the house about the cat traipsing through their yard, nobody came to check the threat.  When the sun went down, Ozzie’s mother let him out into the yard.  But it should have been his walking friend taking him for their evening perimeter patrol.

The house felt all wrong.  All of Ozzie’s people were distressed and not doing the things they normally did at the times they normally did them!  That made Ozzie feel distressed too.  What was going to happen?  Would it be like this forever?

When would his friend be back?  Where had he gone?  Ozzie checked his bed, explored every room, sniffed all over the back deck, combed through the garden, stood at the edge of the yard and smelled the breeze for any sign.  He even tried to go looking in the woods, but then his very fast friend came and made him go back to the house.

Ozzie trudged up the back steps.  He passed his food bowl but he wasn’t hungry so he only ate a few bites.  He peaked out the windows by the front door, but his missing friend had not returned.  Ozzie lay down and rested his chin on his paws.

He wanted his walking friend to come back now.

[heckinconfusedparade]

Has Tails ever tried to eat out of Ozzy's food bowl?

Nope.

But he has joked about it.

Ozzie will be beside him at dinner begging for his food, and Tails would say “you don’t see me eating your dinner do you?” Then he glances at Ozzie’s food bowl and goes “..actually…” And every time his family will beg him to please not. He thinks the panic is funny.

Sometimes he will stare at Ozzie while he’s eating. It makes Ozzie uncomfortable.

[piko-power]

This face never fails to kill me istg XDD

New Sonic Movie Ad! Watch out for spoilers!

[lazorbeanz]

Okay, did I forget for a moment just how frickin TOINY Tails is next to Ozzie?!

HE’S SO SMALL WAAAA

[quazart]

Nice sun bath and nap combo with the Wachowski's💖💗💕💕

[ponyluvesonic09]

Super cute

Movie sonic and Ozzy

[fern-the-fox]

My dudes we NEED to find out the name of the dog who plays Ozzie.

Is he a shelter dog? Is he someones pet? Can ozzie be adopted?! IF HES A SHELTER DOG THEN DOES THAT MEAN HES GOING BACK TO THE SHELTER AFTER THE MOVIES ARE DONE!?!?!

SOMEONE TAKE THIS PRECIOUS BOY

[writingtraumaforever]

Courtship: Chapter 2

Notes: Here we go! Chapter 2! And ohhh boy, this is gonna be fun.

Summary: Shadow has been researching the courting rituals of the hedgehog. Sonic unknowingly initiates said rituals.

Chapter Select: Chapter 1, Chapter 3

Link to my AO3!

Start:

They’ve been meeting up for months now. 

Since the night Shadow and Sonic planned to meet at the Green Hills sign, they haven’t stopped scheduling rendezvouses. At the end of each of their races, the person deemed the winner— which is often argued over for far too long— chooses the next meeting spot and time.

Sonic picks the police department rooftop once, Shadow picks the rooftop of the ‘Bean Hill Zone’–previously known as Mean Bean, Sonic picks the back alley of the arcade, Shadow picks the mountaintop right past the town limits. Every spot had to be out of sight and discreet, Shadow having obvious anxiety over being seen or recognized. It kind of hurt Sonic’s heart seeing Shadow feel so… hated. 

Typically, their races would end with them arguing the winner and then picking their next spot before leaving. But they recently began to grow into more of a hangout afterwards. Shadow would stick around rather than rushing off or disappearing. He never seemed thrilled about being around Sonic, but he didn’t seem disgusted by the fact, either. So Sonic sees it as progress.

Honestly, Shadow isn’t half bad when he’s not trying to destroy the planet.

He’s kind of quiet. Very quiet, actually. But when he does talk, he has a lot of interesting things to say. Like stuff about the stars and constellations and patterns in the solar system and how they varied from others. He always seemed attentive when Sonic spoke about earth, too. He’d listen when Sonic would go on and on about his favorite locations around the world, about how chili dogs are man’s greatest creation, and how the Olympics had turned him down three times now to being a competitor–which he thought was discriminatory. 

He was also kind of funny! Which shocked Sonic, honestly. He didn’t really laugh. Ever. But he’d drop the most deadpan, dry humor jokes that always threw Sonic off and had him cackling which usually resulted in Shadow giving a tiny smirk and hum of humor, seeming proud of his joke. He got better with time, too. Seeming to pick up on pop culture references Sonic would teach him and use those to his advantage.

One time he told Sonic to check ebay for a life, and Sonic didn’t know what to do with that.

Speaking of pop culture, Sonic let Shadow borrow his old MP3 player! It was loaded with all sorts of good beats and genres. Shadow didn’t seem to like it at first, finding the headphones overwhelming in his ears. But Sonic told him he could play them through the speaker instead, and ever since, Sonic catches him humming tunes he recognizes now and then..

Once he swears he heard him humming ‘Shake It Off’ by Taylor Swift, but he’ll never dare to ask or judge.

They take walks when they hangout, mostly. Slowing down to just trot through the woods or hike along the mountains and end somewhere that seems like a good enough view to chill. They don’t do this on purpose. It just sort of flows that way.

And while Shadow’s personality is a bit difficult to navigate at times.. Sonic enjoys his company. A lot. Maybe a little too much.

For a long while, he kept this a secret from his family under the guise that he was simply going out for a run. But when he stayed out a little too late one night and didn’t get home until 3 AM, Maddie and Tom were absolutely rampant with worry and demanded he be truthful with them. So he told them. Maddie seemed a bit shocked but open. Tom?? Tom seemed.. reluctant is a weak word for it..

‘I forbid you from seeing him anymore!’

‘Forbid me?? Like a disney villain??’

‘What he means is that we expect you to be more honest with us about who you’re hanging out with, but we trust your judgment.’

‘No. No, I mean forbid. It’s forbidden. It’s a rule. I just made it. Forbid.’

‘Thomas..’

‘Ow! Stop pinching my arm!’

‘This is so unfair! You haven’t even given him a chance, yet!’

‘I don’t need to give him a chance! Last I saw that little psycho, he had me pinned to the floor with a gun to my head declaring it justice!’

‘He was confused! He had been brainwashed into believing that revenge is what his sister wanted as her dying wish!’

‘Oh that poor baby..’

‘Baby!? Maddie– did you not hear what I just said???’

‘I know, Tom. I was there. And while it was traumatizing, I think Sonic is right. He deserves a chance. Knuckles had been manipulated and nearly annihilated Sonic when we first met him, too. And look at him now.’

‘..Okay, fine. A chance is one thing, but why does does that chance have to be one we give??’

‘Because he doesn’t have anyone else!... He’s lonely. And he doesn’t say it, but I think he’s scared a lot. He lost his family.. I think he just needs a friend. You can’t take me away from him.. I’m all he has.’

‘....Okay. Okay, I’m crazy for this, but okay. You can.. keep seeing Shadow.’

‘Ugh. Stop saying it like that. You make it sound like we’re dating–’

‘But I want to meet him, first. Man-to-hedgehog. He has to earn my trust and approval. Prove he’s changed.’

‘...Sure! Yeah, he’ll totally be down for that!’

“I am totally not down for that.”

“Whaaaat?? Come on, Shads–”

“Don’t call me that.” “--You gotta meet my folks, or they’ll like- forever be up my case.”

“I fail to see how that’s my problem.” “It’s your problem because that’ll make us hanging out wayyy more difficult. And you can act like that doesn’t bother you all you want, but I so know it does.”

Sonic is waltzing along the railing of a bridge in the woods, Shadow walking alongside him close enough to grab him if Sonic falls–not that Shadow cares.

He doesn’t.

Wobbling in his steps, Sonic continues when Shadow’s only response is a grunt, “What’ll it hurt?? It’s just my parents, they’re not gonna bite.”

“I don’t fear them..,” Shadow scoffs, arms crossed tight as he glares at Sonic, “I simply don’t need their approval.”

“Don’t think of it as approval. Think of it as.. Just getting to know new people! Mom definitely just wants to talk to you. Dad may have.. other intentions, but he’s harmless. Promise.”

“Anyone deemed the Lord of Donuts has to be harmless.” “Exactly! So what do ya say??”

Shadow doesn’t answer, just stops when Sonic hops down to land in front of him with that stupid grin. Shadow huffs a bit, looking off to the side rather than at Sonic. He can see how much this means to him in those big, bright emerald eyes, and it’s tiresome.

He’s never questioned why Sonic cares for these people when they aren’t his real family. He’s never questioned why Sonic stays with them despite not needing to to survive..

He knows for a fact he’d still be with Maria if given the chance..

No, this isn’t a matter of why Sonic cares so much about his family’s opinion. He’s been intrigued and honestly a bit refreshed seeing another hedgehog with a human family..

No, it’s why Sonic cares about their opinion of him that gets Shadow bothered.

Why does he need to be involved??

Though, he has his suspicions..

He’s been reading up on the courting rituals of hedgehogs. He was raised with humans, so he isn’t quite familiar with this part of his DNA’s customs. But from what the earth books have told him, and while Sonic isn’t the same as an earth hedgehog, it’s all he’s got to go off of.

And hedgehog’s pursue their potential mate. Challenge them. Chase them. Then they circle them to feel out their mate.. See if there’s a chance for matching with them..

All things Sonic seems to have done with Shadow.

Then there’s snorting. Where the pursuer will snort at their mate and see if they’ll snort back. Sonic often snorts when he’s joking with Shadow.. And Shadow has joked back in return..

And as far as human customs go when pursuing a mate… meeting one’s parents is definitely part of it. It’s often thought of as a more serious step, in fact.

Shadow has had his suspicions all along of what Sonic’s intentions were in searching him out and very persistently sticking around. This just confirms it.

And Shadow… Shadow has been enabling such courting rituals. He’s been participating. He’s agreed to numerous meetings with this hedgehog. He’s enjoyed their conversations and time together, and he’s not looking for them to end. He’s, in all aspects of the word, reciprocated Sonic’s advances.

So to turn Sonic down now?? It would be cruel, wouldn’t it?? And Shadow isn’t even sure he wants to turn Sonic down. He isn’t ready for any sort of relationship, absolutely not. He still has a lot of trauma he needs to work through, but having Sonic as a companion through it.. doesn’t sound horrible. He’d prefer it, actually. He thinks.

He can’t lose Sonic. He does know that.

And if meeting Sonic’s family formerly will allow them to continue this courting dance they’ve been partaking in to see where it goes, then so be it.

“Very well.”

Sonic blinks, “Wait- what?”

“I accept your invitation to meet your family.”

Sonic immediately grins, his tail wagging practically as fast as the hedgehog runs, “You mean it?” “Why would I say something I didn’t mean??” “Oh, thank you, Shadow!” Sonic jumps up and down excitedly, and Shadow can’t help but smile a tiny smile at the sight of his excitement, “You won’t regret it.” “We’ll see..”

And so Sonic went home to let his family know they’d be having a guest for dinner the upcoming Friday. Maddie seemed nervous-excited, immediately going on about how she’s going to cook up this fantastic dinner for him. Tom seems a on guard about this, but he’s also agreed to go into it with an open mind.

It’s his brothers Sonic really has to worry about.

“So.. why is Shadow coming over again??” Tails asks, spinning around in his chair with a tiny gadget and screwdriver in hand. Sonic has no idea what he’s working on, and he’s learned not to ask since he won’t understand ha;f the explanation anyway.

“Because he needs friends. And we can be those friends,” Sonic assures with a thumbs up.

“But.. he tried to destroy the world,” Tails argues with a knit in his brow, tilting his head at Sonic.

“And he broke my hand! My glorious hand..,” Knuckles adds, holding his fist up dramatically. 

Sonic sighs at this, rolling his eyes, “Yes, I know. And he’s sorry for those things.”

“I have not heard an apology from him,” the echidna huffs, arms crossed disapprovingly.

“That’s because you haven’t seen him since it happened,” Sonic replies, looking between this two misfit brothers, “Look. I know we all have history with him–” “Bad history.” “He scares me.” “Anyway, I also know we all can relate to him, huh??” Tails and Knuckles exchange unsure glances before Sonic is quickly moving to Tails, “Tails, buddy, you’ve felt out of place and alone in the world before! You know how awful it is.. How it can be hard to navigate the right direction without someone to guide you..” “That’s.. true..,” Tails agrees before giggling when Sonic ruffles the fur on his head. 

Sonic then dashes to Knuckles, throwing an arm around him and shaking him roughly, “And you, Knucklehead–”

Knuckles punches Sonic in the chest, making Sonic stumble back with a chuckle.

“I am nothing like that fiend–” “Know what it’s like to have something horrible rip you from your family and be manipulated into hurting others as a way to seek justice for them..”

Knuckles goes silent at that, opening his mouth only to close it again with a thoughtful hum.

“...I suppose that’s true,” Knuckles nods, seeming won over by Sonic’s point.

“Exactly! You too have fallen victim to a Robotnik before– we all have in some way. Everyone makes mistakes, right?? We just gotta recognize those mistakes and grow from them.. So what makes Shadow any different??”

Knuckles and Tails are both quiet a long moment, looking at Sonic, then down, then each other..

Both slowly smile, Knuckles speaking as he looks back to Sonic,

“Very well. We shall allow our rival one trial. But if he fails, I will not hesitate to destroy him before he has a chance to destroy our tribe again..” “Fair enough,” Sonic nods with a grin, looking to Tails who nods in agreement.

“I trust you, Sonic. If you say Shadow has changed, then he’s changed,” the kit beams confidently, full loyalty in his big brother. Though, his smile grows a bit nervous, “But just.. Maybe he can prove he’s changed from a distance?” “Sure thing, buddy! I’ll be between you two at all times if it’ll make you feel better.” “Much, thanks,” Tails breathes in relief.

Sonic grins at this, “Good. Glad we’ve all come to an agreement then. Wachowski bros gotta stick together, right??” “Yeah! Team Heroes!” Tails grins, putting his fist out only for Sonic to fist bump him with a, “Red, Blue and Yellow!?” to which Knuckles then joins the group fist bump with a unanimous, “Hello!”

They all laugh amongst each other for a moment.. Only for Sonic get dead serious once they get quiet again and add,

“Okay. Now we gotta talk about you guys not embarrassing me.”

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

I think we're all forgetting to ask the most important question about Sonic 3 here....

Where's Ozzie, and will we be able to see him pull off his marvelous disappearing-randomly reappearing trick he's done during the first two films?

He's just a dog, but he is THE dog. Love that doggo to bits

[sparkles-rule-4eva]

I love how . . . realistically socially awkward Sonic Wachowski is. Like, the kid spent ten years alone. Of course his social/conversation skills are gonna be rusty and awkward.

His first interactions with Tom in the first movie are proof enough (as well as showing how desperate he was for socialization and friendship). But I'm also going to use a deleted scene to showcase this.

I'm not gonna share screenshots because it was with an early stage of CGI with the old design, which is meh. But the scene itself was so good, so I'll just share bits of the script. (You can find it easily on YouTube if you don't believe me lol.) The beginning is the main part I'm talking about.

*immediately after Sonic was meeting Ozzy for the first time and was getting licked all over his face. Tom walks in and sits on the couch*

Tom: "I wanna talk to you for a second, have a seat."

Sonic: "Okay."

*he sits on the ground*

*Tom stares at him for a second*

Tom: "Up here." *pats the spot next to him*

Sonic: "Right, right right right." *quickly, awkwardly sits on the couch*

Then Tom proceeds to ask him about his "crazy lightning display" on the highway, which was actually a really interesting conversation that better sealed in stone how Sonic's powers are linked with his emotions. But that's maybe for another post.

Tom's asking him to sit down so he could talk to him felt so much like a parent vibe. Even just as an adult to a child.

It's a fairly normal experience for most kids. Sonic? The kid is still learning how relationships with real people work. He doesn't understand social cues at this point and isn't aware of how normal, deeper conversations go. He's not used to close proximity, he hasn't been in a long time. And he's twelve.

Tom asks him to sit with him so they can talk.

And this kid just . . . sits on the floor. As if he really believes that's what Tom was expecting him to do.

I feel like this might speak a little of his trauma issues, too, but I'd need to spend more time analyzing it with other things in order to make a proper post about it.

Idk why that moment just stuck out to me so much. I just really like how accurately he behaves as a kid who spent way too much time in isolation with no interpersonal relationships.

[cc-cobalt-1043]

If anyone wants to submit ideas for Sonic live Action oneshots based on the Wachowski family submit them here and I'll see if I can do them

[heckinconfusedparade]

twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1543731318453837825 - Sonic sets out on a bonding adventure with who he considers to be his three besties!

Let’s say Maddie and Knux are on some mother son adventure, leaving the others to their own devices.

Tom takes his boys and Ozzie to a school field to play some fetch and run around with the dog. Sonic and Tails get amusement watching Ozzie chase the ball and refuse to give it back.

Until.. Tom does the cruel fake through. Ozzie starts running to find a ball that doesn’t exist, whilst Sonic and Tails stare at their father in horror. Did.. did he just do that??

“HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO HIM??” Sonic yells, demanding Justice for his boy. “Oh Ozzie.. you poor sweet dumb thing” Tails is sadly looking at Ozzie romping off in the distance. Tom whistles for Ozzie to come back, and actually throws the ball this time.

Sonic takes the ball launcher out of Tom’s hands “you’ve been revoked of your ball tossing privileges.” Tom laughs, “he has his ball now!” Tails shakes his head “but you tricked him!”

Ozzie brings back… a potato?? What the heck??

“Ozzie, where’s your ball??” Tom holds the slobbery potato in his hand, Ozzie demanding it be thrown. Sonic takes the potato and launches it in the direction the ball was originally thrown. Ozzie brings back not a potato, not a ball, but an entire branch.

They decide to go home… and Ozzie brings his branch.

It’s a good day. An adventure that didn’t leave the place it started.

[bluberrie-hedgehog]

Sometimes all you need is a good cuddle after bad dreams. Ozzy is a great emotional support dog. (And pillow.)

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