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    Aging is tough, especially for someone as active as Sonic. Even if he wants to run around and adventure to his heart's desire, his body just can't keep up with him anymore. And with his recent field-related injury, he's been feeling pretty under the weather.

    Good thing Shadow's there to drag him out of his depression den.

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  2. Public Bookmark 45

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    Something brushes his muzzle.

    “Mmf…” He wrinkles his snout, ear twitching. “What're you—” He scrunches his face up and cracks an eye open to see Shadow staring at him, knuckles softly brushing the side of his muzzle.

    Right. It's not uncommon for them to share a bed these days. Whatever they had decades ago was always some kind of unspoken thing anyway. Why put a label on it, really?

    Sure, they messed around a lot back then, and pretty much after every sparring match it'd turn into them hashing things out in a whole different way. But even that petered off at some point. Ten years. Twenty. Then thirty. They never did anything more than occasionally whip through each other's orbits and slingshot out the other side to tear off in search of somewhere else. Him with adventure in mind, Shadow with his next mission.

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    Desperation fills his being as the sounds get louder, indicating that GUN is drawing closer. He can pick out human voices, detached and monotonous commands, ordering a thorough search of the area. He needs to leave now.

    So Shadow reaches within himself, reaching for the remnants of his energy, trying to find somewhere, anywhere, to go. He tries to think of some place safe, something he knows.

    A vivid image pops into his mind. One with deep blue quills, green eyes and the most hopeful smile he has seen in a long time. Shadow reaches for it, for him, and allows himself to be pulled away. The air crackles around him, and he can feel the world twisting, turning, and the greenery disappears with a snap.

    Sonic, he thinks, and moves across the world, tethered by the only thing he still knows.

    Sonic.

    - - -

    Having survived the explosion of the Eclipse Cannon, Shadow struggles to find his place in the world. But as determined as Sonic is to help him, GUN seems equally determined to take it all away...

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    Sonic wasn’t sure what woke him from a dead sleep on a guys' camping trip. The one thing he is sure of? He didn't pack a tent.

    And now he's got one anyway.

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    Ah, Spring. Spring is the time for hedgehogs. Ancient instincts reemerge and senses are ignited. Your fur begins to itch, your spines to prickle. Now is the time when a hedgehog's mind turns to love.

    Except Sonic the Hedgehog was raised by humans. Worse, Shadow was raised by ROBOTNIK humans. Which means the the perpetual rivals have absolutely no idea what they are feeling, and even less of an idea what they are doing. Circling, chasing, fighting, teasing, every day more intense.

    Spring is here, and old, forgotten instincts are on the rise.

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