#mentioned: charmy

[askthehedgehogs]

[Hello and welcome to askthehedgehogs Wedding 2.0! If you're not familiar with the ask blog, check it out for context, or just enjoy a contextless fic + art in which Sonic and Shadow get married (again). Pt 2/6! PREV | NEXT]

Wedding: 2.0 Chao Gardens 2nd Mission: Get married in front of hundreds of people!

Shadow would have waited ten lifetimes for Sonic. He was glad, though, to only have to wait ten minutes.

Wedding guests stood from white chairs adorned with red, blue, and gold ribbons. A commotion had started around the cave that marked the entrance to the Hero Chao Garden. A group of Chao chimed in with singing, trumpets, bells, and drums to signal the arrival of the wedding party.

The first to enter was Cream, stepping gracefully down the aisle holding a plush velvet cushion, atop which sat Darkness in her new collar. By her side was Charmy, who looked rather like he didn’t want to be there; but since Cream was holding the cat, someone had to accompany her and distribute flower petals along their path.

Next came Amy, arm in arm with Knuckles as she guided him through the step-stop-step-stop walk down towards where Team Dark stood waiting. Knuckles winced as her sharp elbow jabbed into his side, punishment for stepping with the wrong foot first.

A hush fell over the crowds as Amy and Knuckles took their seats. Everybody turned once again towards the garden entrance, craning their necks to catch a glimpse. Somewhere, the opening notes to It Doesn’t Matter were plucked from a harp.

Shadow hadn’t realised how tense his body was, the suspense of waiting to see his husband coiling his muscles, until Rouge placed her hand delicately on his arm to ground him. He briefly tore his gaze away from the garden entrance to give her a questioning look.

“Patience, hon.” She smiled at him. “You’ll see him soon enough.”

He grumbled and turned back to the aisle. “Not with all these people in the way…”

He was soon proven wrong as the final pair stepped into the aisle. Tails was the first to come into view, dressed in nothing but a snazzy bowtie. Shadow held his breath as the figure beside Tails slowly emerged, his arm looped around the fox’s.

It was a sight to behold, and well worth the wait.

Sonic wore a cropped suit jacket, brilliant white (oh it wouldn’t stay that way for long) to contrast Shadow’s longer, ebony jacket. Whatever designer Rouge had roped into this wedding was talented. A gold button held the jacket closely fitted to Sonic’s outrageously gorgeous silhouette, and complemented the gold threads in Shadow’s own suit. His bowtie was a ruby red satin, and Shadow suddenly understood why his own was emerald green. He smiled, remembering Knuckles intently looking into his eyes a few months prior, likely committing the colour to memory in order to pass it on to his somewhat visually impaired girlfriend.

Sonic’s figure held Shadow’s attention a little too long before he thought to take in the rest of him. And oh, how cruel to keep him from seeing that face… the gold glitter around Sonic’s eyes matched his own, and a small star was painted on his temple. Fresh flowers had been braided into his quills in a way that looked almost natural, as though he had just run through a field of flowers on his way to the wedding.

Knowing Sonic, perhaps he had.

The flowers woven into Sonic’s quills connected him to the Earth: to the gardens and forests of the planet he called home; to the friends he held dear.

The tinsel threaded through his own quills tied Shadow to the stars: to the inky expanse of space; to the ARK; to twinkling fairy lights and Maria’s bright eyes.

Shadow reached up to touch the single flower Cream had tucked into the quills at his own temple. It had confused him at the time–Rouge told him his theme was stars, so a flower seemed out of place–but seeing the golden star painted above Sonic’s cheek made it all make sense.

They were connected to one another, as well.

Too transfixed by Sonic’s beauty, Shadow failed to notice just how close they now were as Sonic took the last few steps up to where Team Dark awaited. He was close enough now for Shadow to appreciate the beaming smile splitting his face, shining brighter than the mid July sun.

He could also see the shine in Sonic’s eyes, happy tears that would likely remain unshed until they were alone in each other’s arms later that night.

And just the slightest, almost imperceptible hint of nervousness, which dissipated as Tails gave his brother one last bear hug before taking a seat.

Shadow wondered why his face hurt so much as Sonic took his place beside him, until a gloved hand resting on his cheek confirmed that he was grinning like an idiot.

“Hi~” Sonic’s voice was uncharacteristically soft. He had spent the entire walk down the aisle drinking in the sight of Shadow, dressed all in black and gold. The cut of his suit accentuated his slender figure, elongating his torso, and the stark black stood out against the bright blue sky. The back of the jacket, Sonic noticed, was significantly longer than the front, almost mimicking the train of a wedding gown. He looked more beautiful than the day they met, more beautiful than when they fought side by side against the impressive backdrop of the planet they both protected.

“H… hello.” Shadow’s muzzle reddened as Sonic laughed at the falter in his voice. “You look stunning,” he whispered, too quiet for their guests to hear.

Sonic winked, and Shadow thought he might need to kiss him before this ceremony even started. “You clean up pretty good, yourself~ hey, whaddaya say; wanna give this crowd a real show?”

Shadow could only nod. If he were honest, the crowd had stopped existing the second he laid eyes on Sonic.

“ATTENTION ALL LIFEFORMS IN ATTENDANCE.” Omega’s booming, robotic voice broke the spell Sonic had over Shadow. The crowds settled into their seats, all eyes on the two hedgehogs. “ALL GUESTS ARE INVITED TO WITNESS A CONTRACTUAL DECLARATION OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN SONIC, THE HEDGEHOG, AND SHADOW, THE HEDGEHOG. OBSERVATION: THIS CONTRACT IS NOT LEGALLY BINDING. THEY ARE ALREADY MARRIED.”

Quiet laughter bubbled throughout the seated guests. “SILENCE IS REQUESTED.”

Shadow rolled his eyes, wondering why the hell he’d agreed to let Omega officiate this time. But silence fell once more, so the robot continued.

Shadow waited impatiently as Omega rolled robotically through his version of a wedding ceremony script. He looked like he was starting to wilt under the gaze of the crowds; the camera flashes were making his head hurt, and he tugged at his cuffs as though the suit made his skin crawl. Avoiding Sonic’s gaze, he looked to Omega, then to Rouge, then finally to the ground between himself and his husband. He snorted under his breath at the sight of Sonic’s already scuffed shoes.

“THERE ARE MANY POSSIBLE REASONS TO HALT THE WEDDING. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ATTENDEES TO ANNOUNCE–”

“Stop. Stop!”

A gasp rippled through the crowds. All eyes turned to the one who had spoken. If Omega had the required physiology, he would have raised one eyebrow sky high.

“SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG. YOU OBJECT TO YOUR OWN MARRIAGE?”

Amy looked about ready to blow a gasket. Everyone was at the edge of their seats, murmuring to one another, eyes wide in shock as they all wondered what was going on. The only guest who appeared unbothered was Rouge, who looked more like she was regretting not having a bottle of wine and a bucket of popcorn on her person.

“Shads..? Dude, don’t just leave us hanging, we’re kinda on a schedule–”

“Shut up,” Shadow growled through gritted teeth. “This is wrong. This is all wrong. I can’t go through with this.” His objection was uncharacteristically loud, echoing throughout the garden.

“What? Hey, newsflash, buddy; ya already did. We’re married, remember?” Sonic smirked, hands on his hips. “Can you wrap this little crisis up fast so we can move on?”

“Hah! I never would have married you looking like that.” The crowd gasped, jaws dropping.

Sonic looked down at himself as Shadow gestured to his suit. When he lifted his gaze, there was a dangerous glint in his eye and a smirk on his lips. “Oh yeah? You think I’d wanna marry you looking like that? The 80s called, they want their shoulder pads back!”

Another wave of exclamation traveled through the crowds. Amy looked like she might either faint. Rouge put a hand on her arm to steady her.

“I wasn’t awake in the 80s! I’m allowed to experience the trends I missed!”

“You sure are! But you won’t catch me marrying you like that~” Sonic flicked Shadow’s nose. 

Cream held onto Darkness tightly, worried the protective cat might jump in to protect Shadow. She was, in fact, just sleeping.

“At least I don’t look like a damn marshmallow. White suit? Really? Pisses me off just looking at it.”

“Oh yeah?!” Sonic had stepped closer, pushing firmly into Shadow’s personal space, their noses almost touching. “You gonna do something about it, or do you just wanna stand here whining?”

A growl rumbled deep in Shadow’s chest. Sonic was probably pressed close enough to feel it. “Oh, I’ll do something about it, all right. You’ll regret ever showing up looking like–”

“I’ll make you eat those words!”

Before anyone could stop them, Sonic and Shadow were at each other’s throats. They zipped through the Chao Garden, faster than their guests could keep up with. They paused beneath a tree, just for long enough to catch everyone’s attention. Shadow lunged forward to grab at Sonic’s neck, but he dodged, escaping and leaving nothing but his red bowtie in Shadow’s grasp.

“Get back here, faker!!”

The chase continued, this time resulting in Sonic sitting at the top of a palm tree, swinging Shadow’s bowtie on one finger in triumph. “Who’re you callin’ a faker, faker?”

Somebody actually screamed when Sonic fell from the tree, only to be grabbed by Shadow, who tore off his jacket as he threw him across the garden. He smirked, dropping the suit jacket to the ground. “2:1. Your move.”

Sonic picked himself back up and began circling around Shadow. “That was a little rough, dude!”

“Oh? Too much for you?”

“Hah. We’ll see about that!” He picked up speed continually, trapping Shadow in a whirlwind as the helpless hedgehog shielded his eyes. When Sonic finally broke away, he had Shadow’s jacket and shirt in hand. “Looks like it’s 3:2 to me~”

Shadow looked down at himself, bewildered. He growled and took off after Sonic, weaving effortlessly through the helpless crowds on his Airshoes. They continued this dance, with Shadow ripping off Sonic’s jacket and, finally, his shirt.

They ended where they had started, stood between Omega and their stunned guests, panting now from the exertion of their fight. Shadow loosened his grip around sonic’s arms, expression instantly shifting from a snarl to a smirk as he straightened up. “There. Better.”

Sonic threw his head back in a laugh, face flushed and smile wide. A few of the flowers in his quills had loosened during the chase, but most had stayed put. “Yeah, much better.”

They both turned to gauge the reactions from their guests, grinning expectantly.

They were met with crickets.

Until Amy, who had stood up at some point during the fight, yelled at them. “You PLANNED this?!” She turned to Rouge, who was still gently holding her back. “And you were in on it?!?!”

“Sorry, sweetheart! I had to make sure the suits would tear away like that! Couldn’t have anything snagging or getting stuck, now, could we~?”

“But–why–”

“We wanted to get married as us,” Sonic chimed in, squeezing Shadow’s hand. “Hedgehogs in suits just... isn’t us.”

Amy stared at the two of them. “Then why didn’t you just say something??”

“We wanted you to have your perfect wedding moments, too.” Shadow cocked his head towards the photographer, who was frantically replacing their SD card after capturing all of that. “That’s why we waited until we were sure you had photos.”

“You’ve been planning this wedding all year, Ames! We wanted you to get your chance to see it all come together. Buuuut we also wanted to make sure we got what we wanted–a naked wedding and a little drama!”

They waited for Amy’s reaction. Shadow tensed, expecting a hammer to appear any moment. But to his surprise, Amy just laughed. Rouge slowly let go of her, sitting back with a smirk. The rest of their guests began to laugh, murmuring to one another, some appreciating the show while others complained. The pink hedgehog sat down with a shake of her head. “You boys! You’ll be the death of me, you know that?!”

Sonic smiled apologetically. “We’ll try not to be.”

If a robot could clear its throat, that’s what Omega would have done. He stepped forward, imposing his presence on the hedgehogs. “YOU ARE FINISHED.”

Shadow wasn’t sure it was a question, but he answered anyway. “Yes. Sorry.”

“THEN I WILL CONTINUE.”

“Heh. Yeah. Go ahead, Megs.”

“RESUMING WEDDING SPEECH . . . THE GROOMS HAVE PREPARED SHORT DECLARATIONS OF DEVOTION. SHADOW, YOUR VOWS–”

“Wait, can I go first?” Omega gave Sonic a Look. “Only, I didn’t write mine down, and I’m totally gonna forget every word ever if Shadow goes first.”

“. . . IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. PROCEED.”

“Phew! Okay…” Sonic rolled his shoulders and took Shadow’s hands. Shadow was looking at him expectantly. He couldn’t falter now.

“When I first met you… well, I didn’t know anything about love. Much to, uh, a certain pink hedgehog’s disappointment.” He glanced at Amy, who laughed and rolled her eyes. “It was some sappy concept other people seemed really into, but I didn’t get it. I thought maybe I never would, maybe I was like Tails and it just wasn’t my thing. But now I think, maybe it just had to be you.”

He cleared his throat, squeezing Shadow’s hands for reassurance.

Shadow nodded. “Keep going.”

Sonic took a breath. “I’d never met anybody like you. You were incredible. At first I was a little jealous; you were everything I thought I should be. Strong, devoted, fearless… all the things I faked. Heh, guess I really was the faker all along?”

Shadow smiled, running his thumbs over gloved knuckles.

“And I gotta say, you had me totally mesmerised. Obsessed. Wasn’t long before I actually couldn’t imagine a world without you. But it took a looooong time before I started falling in love with you.

“You were patient with me. You didn’t push. You didn’t ask for more than I could give. Even when we started dating and I wasn’t on the same page as you yet, you let me catch up at my own speed. You’re always like that. Waiting for me to catch on, waiting for me to figure stuff out, waiting for me to find my voice again… honestly, I don’t know how you can be so patient.”

“Takes practice.”

Sonic smiled. “You get plenty of it, with me~ and like… you never ask anything of me. Ever. Like, seriously, dude, you know you can ask for stuff, right?”

Shadow laughed. He looked down, tears beginning to gather along his lower lashes. “I know…”

Sonic lifted one hand to cup Shadow’s cheek. “Living with you for this past year, and the five years dating you before that, has been incredible. We have fun together. And you’re one hell of a cook!” His voice dropped to a murmur, for only Shadow to hear. “You’ve helped me heal from things I didn’t even know I was struggling with. Helped me love things about myself I didn’t even realise I was starting to hate. Brought me back when I lost myself, more than once. Loved all the parts of me I hide from everybody but you.”

“Of course,” Shadow whispered, voice hoarse as tears wet his muzzle. “How could I not?”

His voice rose again, “I’m not good with words, especially all this mushy stuff. But I just wanna say… I’m glad I married you. And I’m super psyched I get to marry you again.”

Shadow snorted wetly, smiling through stray tears. “Bastard. Should have known you’d naturally excel where I’ve had to work hard…”

“Yeah, that’s kinda my thing~” he winked and brushed a tear away with his thumb.

“TOUCHING. YOUR MOVE, SHADOW.”

Shadow's eyes scanned the crowds. Well, he wasn’t the only one crying. In fact, Amy and Tails seemed to be competing for the most cartoonishly huge tears shed. He took a steadying breath and squared his shoulders, closing his eyes to better shut out everything but the hedgehog holding his hands.

“Well…” Shadow began, “I did prepare vows. But the paper was in my jacket pocket, so…” a few stifled chuckles brought their weeping guests back to attention. “I will also be winging it.

“From the moment I met you, hedgehog, I knew you would be a thorn in my side.” His voice had its usual monotonous quality as he spoke, but anyone who truly knew him could hear the slight waver of emotion. “You have consumed my thoughts ever since that day, save for a few bouts of amnesia offering me some temporary relief…”

Sonic laughed, squeezing his hands.

“I knew that you would change me. That you would ruin everything I had fought to become. Ruin everything I was made to become.” His brow crumpled as he pushed down thoughts of scientists, of Black Doom, of his own hands, all moulding and shaping him into the Ultimate Lifeform. Behind closed eyes, he saw Sonic, brilliant and golden as he was when they first fought side by side. The true Ultimate Lifeform. The blueprint. Everything he should have been and never wanted to be, out of reach and yet right here in front of him, his to hold and to love and to cherish in a way that was never intended for him.

It suddenly occurred to Shadow that he probably should have been saying some of this out loud.

He opened his eyes. “Sonic. You changed me. You changed my whole world. Worst of all, you made me realise that I could have changed myself all along. That I’ve always had it in me. That I was using the things I've been through as an excuse not to let go of my past, not to move on, not to heal…

“You say you’re not good with words. But it’s always been your words that were able to reach me. To touch a part of my heart that… that I thought only Maria could reach. That I thought I had successfully burnt away after losing her.

“I never in all these years thought I could be so happy after everything. I doubted I could fulfil my promise to Maria, because happiness felt like something that could never belong to me. But now, I wake up each morning next to you, and I smile because I know I’ll get to do it again and again for the rest of our lives. I have a life worth living now, with friends at my side, a mischievous cat, and a sense of purpose without the pressures of perfection… and you, at the centre of it all. Always.

“We’ve both grown. We’ve changed, we’ve healed, and proven time and time again that we’re both more than the expectations placed on us. I thank you for allowing me to love you. I thank you for loving me, as broken and imperfect as I may feel.”

Shadow tugged Sonic closer, dipping his head to rest his muzzle against his husband’s shoulder. “I love you, Sonic. I may not always feel like I deserve it, but I’m glad I’ll live out the rest of my life with you by my side.”

Sonic nodded, face hidden from their guests by Shadow’s quills. He wasn’t crying, but he was thankful nonetheless for the opportunity Shadow gave him to hide his vulnerability. “You do deserve it. Love you, Shads.”

“VOWS ARE COMPLETE. YOU MAY ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL AFFECTION TO SEAL THE DEAL.”

“Really?” Sonic lifted his head, blinking. “That’s it? We’re all done, time to kiss?”

“AFFIRMATIVE.”

“No ‘do you take this hedgehog, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health blah blah blah’?”

“. . . YOU ARE ALREADY MARRIED.”

“Fair enough!”

Looking out to the crowds of people waiting expectantly, some dabbing their eyes with the lacy handkerchiefs Amy had provided on each chair, Shadow reminded himself that he was amongst friends. Well… a select few friends, plus more people who knew Sonic, plus a few hundred near-strangers. He turned his full attention back to Sonic. “Well? What are you waiting for, then?”

The blue hedgehog bounced on the spot. Clearly he had been waiting all day for this moment. He sprang at Shadow, holding his face steady in both hands as he kissed him once, twice, three times all over his flushed muzzle. He finally pressed his lips to Shadow’s own, practically vibrating with excitement as their lips locked together.

Honestly, Shadow thought, you’d think we’ve never kissed before…

Their guests erupted with applause and cheers, some throwing flower petals at the happy couple. Charmy flew up above them and dumped the rest of his basket directly onto their heads, the petals raining down on them and catching in their quills. By the time they eventually parted, they were both covered in a blanket of petals.

Shadow stared at his husband, drinking in the sight of him. By the looks of his lidded eyes, Sonic was doing the same. Oh, a drained social battery was so worth it for this…

“Well, guess it’s time to eat–”

“There’s one more thing.”

Sonic blinked up at Shadow, clearly confused. Everything up until this point had been a carefully planned dialogue between the two hedgehogs, with only the actual contents of their vows a surprise.

“Cream, could you..?”

The rabbit nodded enthusiastically, jumping up from her seat and running over to Shadow with Darkness in her arms. She bobbed a curtsy and held the cat cushion out to him. “Here, Mr Shadow, I kept them safe!”

The blue hedgehog eyed Shadow curiously as he gave Darkness a kiss on the head before lifting the cat into his arms. He revealed a hidden pouch in the cushion, from which he pulled a large velvet box. He handed his cat back to Cream and nodded his thanks as she took her seat once again.

“Sonic.”

“Yeah..?”

“I know we tried rings before and it didn't work, and I know we have the tattoos now, but... I still wanted to give you something special today.” He opened the box, carefully checking the contents over to make sure they were perfect. “I figured bracelets are the easiest item of jewellery for us to wear…”

Sonic’s eyes widened as he watched Shadow pull two golden rings from the box, similar to the ones already on his wrists, only these had a band of colour running through the centre and a single, brilliant cut gemstone. “Is–is that–”

“I had Tails help me. And Rouge, of course. The stone is cut from the fake Chaos Emerald Tails synthesised all those years ago, set into a gold band. He was already working on new inhibitors for me, so I also had him set one into one of my new rings,” he fidgeted with his cuff, rotating the ring on his right wrist to remove it. “I... I hope you'll wear yours. But I understand if you'd rather–”

“No! I mean—yes. Of course I'll wear it. Everyday. I love it. I love you! But—it's really from that fake emerald?”

“Yes. So it maintains the same properties. You wouldn't be able to use Chaos Control, but you should be able to feel some... energy.” Shadow selected the ring with a blue core, taking Sonic’s left hand to clasp the bangle around his wrist, over his glove.

“Wow... Shadow, I…” Sonic carefully took the red-cored ring, gentle as he placed it on Shadow’s wrist. Shadow seemed to relax as the slight ache of Chaos overflow was neutralised. “I don't know what to say…”

“Say you love me.”

“I just did.”

“Say it again.”

Sonic laughed, pulling Shadow closer by the waist to kiss him. “I love you…”

“I love you, too.” Shadow rested his own hands on Sonic’s hips, thoroughly enjoying the proximity. 

“Ahem?” Amy stood, hands on her hips, all business. “Should we leave you boys to it while we get on with the dinner?”

Sonic grinned, pulling away enough to admire his husband. “As much as I’d love to stay here and smooch, there’s a mountain of chilli dogs with my name on it waiting for me~”

Shadow scoffed, jabbing Sonic in the side. “We’d better get going, then.”

With a carefree laugh and a wave to the crowds, Sonic made his way back up the aisle with Shadow in tow, fingers intertwined like they were each the other’s lifeline. Neither one of them so much as noticed the annoying cameras and people reaching out to congratulate them, far too wrapped up in their own wonderful world.

[firecurls-27]

TEAM CHAOTIX WEEK!!!!

Day 6: home

@team-chaotix-week Vector and Espio are assigned a mission, but it’s one that’s a bit too dangerous to bring Charmy along. They have to keep him with a guardian while they’re gone, much to charmy’s disliking.

They’re gone for a few days, as charmy’s worry begins to increase. Eventually, one faithful day, he sees the familiar faces pull up to the house, and immediately runs up to greet them with open arms. He never wants them to leave again.

Bonus:

They’ve been gone 2 hours, calm down-

(I’m posting this earlier than I should but it’s bc I’m tired lol)

[team-chaotix-daily]

156. babygirl

why espio doesn’t let charmy have his phone ever

[trappedinchemicalplantzone]

me and my friend had an idea yesterday of Team Chaotix having their own show, each episode is a different case and each character has their own style for their thoughts

Charmy's is in bright crayon drawings

Vector's is in a film noir style

Espio's being in some kind of gritty comic style or something, my friend said something like the Spawn comics

so yeah you got these silly guys solving cases and such, Sonic would barely appear in it, tbh Team Dark would appear more due to the Chaotix getting in over their heads and stumbling into something they probably shouldn't have.

They might even make things worse sometimes,,, leaving a bit of a mess for Team Dark to deal with (Rouge making sure the other two members of her team don't 'punch/shoot first ask questions later' to the detectives) but hey, maybe they end up paying rent due to G.U.N. buys their silence,,, maybe Rouge pulled some strings for them.

the episode names would follow a theme of "the case of the-" or something, even if the job they have that episode isn't exactly a case. like idk babysitting duty or something, or just running errands and we get to see small interactions with the other characters (like helping Vanilla with groceries, or running to grab flour for Amy, getting parts for Tails since Sonic is out)

idk, something fun like that

[sintogs]

Chaotix headcanons !! (mainly for my au :) fic still in progress </3) very self-indulgent so they're probably mischaracterized HAHA my bad

Subject to change/stuff might be added!

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Vector

→ 29

→ He's a straight ally 🏳️‍🌈 loves his little gay kids

→ Boston accent. This will never not be funny to me. Is he from New York? Does he just talk Like That™️? Who knows

→ Chronic gambler. Even if it's not money he's always gambling with something

→ Anger issues </3 he's me I am him he's working on them though and doing pretty good

→ Married Vanilla 💗 they're very sappy and do that thing where they show a lot of pda in front of each other and it annoys the shit out of their kids but they're adorable together so they get away with it

→ Eventually starts charging people for his services. Now that his family's expanded, he needs all the money he can get

→ Can't sing for shit. It devastates him he wants to learn so badly

→ Djs on the side. Pretty good at it

→ Despite having mostly sons, he's such a girl dad. Goes on daddy-daughter dates with Cream a lot he loves hanging out with her

→ Not allowed in the kitchen. He'll find a way to burn it down, blow it up, and kill every living thing within a five-mile radius

→ Likes boxing/stuff life boxing. Trains with Knuckles :)

→ Will jump you if you look at his kids wrong. Very defensive of them even though they can take care of themselves

→ Amy's like his daughter too? Vanilla considers Amy her kid and Cream considers her her sister, so Amy's technically in the family

→ His kids consist of (oldest to youngest): Espio, Knuckles, Mighty, Amy, Ray, Cream, Charmy. Gemerl counts as his kid too but idk where he would fit in the lineup. Only Espio, Cream, and Charmy are legally his but he considers the others his own too

→ Speaking of, when he broke the news to Espio and Charmy he adopted them, they both freaked out in their own ways /pos. Charmy started bawling immediately and Espio stood there silent and wide-eyed. He smiled eventually, then freaked out again because where did Vector get the money for that ??????

Espio

→ 25

-> Achillean, demiboy (he/they) but also low-key doesn't care what you call him

-> Japanese

-> Inherited Vector's tendency to gamble. He's not as bad but he would definitely run straight to the slot machines at a bar

-> Dating Silver </3 shameless Espilver propaganda um been dating for 9 years

-> Pretty close with Blaze as well since he's dating Silver

-> Trains with Charmy a lot, teaches him (forces him to learn) how to use kunais, shurikens, improve his stealth, etc. Charmy's actually not that bad a listener

-> Also teaches Charmy Japanese!

-> Autistic 💥 or some form of neurodivergent.

-> Semi-strained relationship with Charmy. They love eachother through thick and thin, but sometimes Espio wonders if Charmy prefers Vector's company over his

-> Low-key excited to have sisters after all the years Charmy's driven him insane. Let's Cream give him makeovers and bakes with Amy from time to time

-> Feels like he's not allowed to make mistakes. His family literally could care less but to Espio if he fucks up it's the end of the world

-> Loves to read. He likes poetry (really good at it too), classics, distopians, etc

-> Him and Knuckles fight a lot. At each others throats constantly they're eachothers #1 hater

Charmy

-> 15

-> Bi trans ftm (he/him but he also doesn’t care), started transitioning (socially) early childhood, 'bout around the time he started living with Vector

-> If he was a human he'd be black. He's black to me

-> Like Espio and Knuckles, he fights with Kit a lot. Like. A lot. More than Es and Knux ever do

-> Inherited the anger issues from Vector. It's bad. Very temperamental

-> Vector's gayest kid somehow ??? Even though he's like one of the only single ones

-> As well as training with Espio, he trains with Knuckles too

-> Archie comics are semi-canon to my au so his whole backstory happened </3 r.i.p. bee family (he was 6 when it happened though to keep the timeline of the games consistent, still fleshing that out)

-> Because of said incident ^ he has abandonment issues. Can't be left alone for more than 3 hours without tweaking

-> Besties with Marine. Don't leave these two alone they'll either find a cure for cancer or unleash a zombie virus on the world

-> Chronic copier. He studies and copies most of the adult figures in his life (his family, Shadow [especially Shadow], Don & Nite, etc)

-> Speaking of Don and Nite, they're like his 2nd dads! If Vector ever needs someone to babysit his kids, he sends them to the birds

More to come </3 I'm lazy

-> Only musically inclined one of the group. He loves singing (pretty good at it), playing instruments, writing songs, etc

[faburin]

when your coworker wants to do the new tiktok trend and he mentions your situationship from years ago that traumatized you and never really moved on

[sonicschilidogs2]

so like, I made art again bc I forgor and I was bored..

AHEM..

WARNING: CHAAILS MENTION.

(if you don't like- simply scroll. I have no time for dramatic lama)

Anyways, on to the art !!

(2 versions!)

EAT UP MY MOOTS !!

(I mean the art..)

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[owlphibiaisthebest15]

This cutscene makes it seem like this was the plot Sonic Forces was going for, but then the game developers aborted it for whatever reason. It's too bad. I think that it was one of the many things that could've made Sonic Forces work if Sonic wasn't rescued so early in the game.

[sleepingstarandorea]

"I don't wanna lose you again."

Team Chaotix oneshot fanfic.│Angst with Comforting at the end.│Enjoy! <3

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It was night time located at the Chaotix Detective Agency, in Seaside City. It was a calm night, everyone resting peacefully, all except for one. In Espio's bedroom, he was trying to sleep but something seemed to be bothering him. His body was shaking, his breathing was heavy, and his tail curled. Espio is having a nightmare, again. He holds his blanket tight, murmuring something in his sleep. He’s having another nightmare about the Metal virus events, and it was the same nightmare where he lost Vector and Charmy back at Restoration HQ.

"... N-no… No...V-vec… Char…my… No, no...Vector d-don’t...please stop…No no no—” Espio was tensing up as the nightmare became more heavier for him. He grabbed the blanket even tighter, shutting his eyes forcefully. Each time passing became more painful for Espio until he woke up as he screamed

   "AAH!... " he gasped standing up from his bed, he was now sitting down still holding his blanket tightly, his breathing felt heavier, and he felt his chest tight. Espio tried to catch his breath, panting as tears streamed down his face. 

He was crying without him realizing he was. Espio talked to himself for comfort, but no matter how many times he told himself it was “okay” he couldn’t stop crying. Espio covered his defeated face, sobbing in silence so no one could hear him.  

A few minutes passed, Espio glanced at the clock to see what time it was: 2am of the night. Espio gave a deep exhale and got out of bed to go to the kitchen to get a glass of water. He walked to the kitchen, opened the cabinet, grabbed a cup of glass and served himself water from the sink. Espio then took a sip from his glass of water and sat down over the dinner table, he stayed there with only the deep silence around him. 

He spaced out, lost in his own thoughts. He couldn’t stop to think of those horrible moments he had to go through.

 He still blamed himself for not being cautious enough and letting everyone be in danger. He felt like a failure, as a ninja and as a detective. If it wasn’t for Sonic and Silver, he would have lost everything. How can he call himself a ninja detective if he can’t even save his own family. 

All those negative feelings were affecting him, thankfully someone touched Espio's shoulder making Espio snap back to consciousness. Espio flinched when felt something touching him and when he turn around he saw Vector. 

“Hey, I was talking to you—” Vector paused. “Are you okay Espio?” 

Espio was still progressing, but he then shook his head and cleaned his tears up. “Vector, I a-apologize. I didn’t hear you, I’m fine.” Espio responded, not wanting to worry Vector, but the crocodile wasn’t convinced in his claim. There was a moment of silence, before Vector took a chair and sat in front of Espio. 

“You had a nightmare, didn’t ya?” Vector spoke again, looking at the chameleon who stayed quiet. “I figured by the scream I heard earlier, and by the look on your face. Wanna talk about it?” Espio continued to stay quiet, he wasn’t even looking at Vector, his gaze was looking down to his hands. “Hmm. Got that.” Vector got the message that he didn’t want to talk about it, he thought of another way to comfort Espio. 

“Well then, listen. Whatever it is bothering ya, just know that. I’m here for you, Espio.” 

“And when you're not?…” Espio said, finally spoking. 

Vector was caught by this. “What? Oh.” Vector sighs, before speaking again. “Espio, what happen wasn’t your fault—” 

“Of course it was!” Espio stood up from his chair and interrupted Vector. His voice sounded a painful guilt in his tone. 

“I knew it was a dangerous idea to go after Charmy after he was already infected. We put the whole restoration HQ in danger by bringing an infection without no cure yet. Not only that, I almost thought that I had lost you and Charmy, all because I wasn’t smart enough to come up with a better solution to keep both of you safe. I should have done more!” 

“That wasn't you, there was already someone on board infected, remember?! We had Charmy secured in that container, until everybody started to get infected. I had to keep you safe, I couldn’t let you or anyone else get infected so I took the choice to stay behind. It was to protect you, that wasn't your fault Espio!” 

“So you just decide to give up your soul, leaving me to think that I lost you forever and I wouldn’t ever see you or Charmy?!”  

“I've already lost Charmy once because of my fault, I wasn’t gonna take the chances of losing you too!”

Espio and Vector had a continuous back and forth argument between one another over whose fault it was. Espio blaming himself for not protecting the team and Vector blaming himself as well for also not protecting the team. All these arguing left Charmy woke up, peeking out of the doorway upset hearing Espio and Vector fighting with each other. He never sees them fight like this, and they never have.  Charmy couldn’t bear much longer so he spoke.

 “ G-guys…” This caught the attention of both the chameleon and the crocodile to glance over the small upset bee hiding behind the doorway. They realize that their argument had accidentally woken up Charmy, and felt guilty for having Charmy to see them like this.

“Charmy, we…We didn’t mean to wake you up little guy.” Vector apologizes to Charmy as he kneels down, opening his arm for Charmy to come to his arms, and Charmy does just that. He went to Vector and hugged him tightly.  “We're sorry little guy.”

Charmy sniff, the little bee seems to be crying from all the screaming and fighting. He didn’t like when their dad and big brother fought like that. “P-please don’t fight because of me…It's n-none of your guys fault, it's m-mine.” Charmy said, shocking Espio and Vector of what the small bee had said. They both disagreed and tried reasoning with Charmy that he didn’t need to blame it on himself.  

“Charmy, what on Gaia are you trying to say buddy?!” said Vector 

“No, Charmy, if anyone is sure it is not yours.”  said Espio, kneeling too beside Vector and Charmy. 

“But…I didn’t listen to you and I got infected. I…I just wanted to help.” Charmy’s eyes welled in tears, on the edge to start to cry. Vector comforted him, hugging him and patting his fluffy head.  

“Kid, you have a good heart and you thought about what was right at that moment, like us…” Vector pause and glance over Espio. 

“We all did our best to do what was right. It wasn’t anyone's fault, we did the best we could. Let’s be grateful that Sonic and Silver fixed everything and we were reunited once more” He pulled Espio into a big family hug, he squeezed his two boys closer to him. Espio hesitated but he warmed up and hugged Vector back, couldn’t hold but to sob into his arms.

  “WAAA, I LOVEE YA PAPAAA” Charmy hugged back crying along Espio and Vector.

“I love ya boy’s too. Never forget that.” They stayed in that position for a while just comforting one another, feeling safe in each one's arms. Vector chuckled as he cleaned his tears “Ya know, I think we deserve some time off. What you boys think of a one week vacation, just the three of us. No case, no work, no dangerous missions, just a calm family road trip. Eh? Seem nice, no?” 

Charmy seems to like the idea. “A road trip!? yes yes yes!!” As for Espio, he was skeptical. “But what about the rent?” 

“Aah, we can worry about that later. Come’n Es! Let’s take a small vacation  and enjoy some quality time together.” Vector tried to cheer up the chameleon. Espio thought for a moment. A small vacation would be nice, though he knew this could catch up with them with the rent but as Vector said, they could worry about that later. 

“Hmmh, a road trip does sound nice.” Espio smile warmly. 

“Then road trip it is!” Vector said with excitement. “Well plan out everything for tomorrow, I think we should all go to bed now.” 

Espio and Charmy agreed. Vector carried Charmy and took him to his bed to tag him in bed. Charmy fell asleep very fast, all that crying made him very tired. After Vector had tagged Charmy to bed, Espio went up to him and touched his shoulder. 

“Vector.”

“Hmmh? Yes, Espio?” Vector glance down to look at the chameleon.

“I would like to apologize for earlier. I don’t wanna lose you again, dad.”

Vector eyes widen hearing Espio calling him dad, sure Charmy calls him by that but it’s sure was heartwarming for him to hear Espio say it too. Vector raises his hand and places it on his head to pat him. 

“It's alright kiddo. You just need to get some steam off, that's all. Don’t worry, you ain’t getting rid of me that easily, haha.” the detective playfully chuckles, lighting up the mode. Espio also chuckled slightly too. 

“Hmm, thanks.” Espio gave another hug of appreciation to Vector, which he gladly accepted and embraced.  

“Com'n, lets go to bed.” 

The team Chaotix slept together that night. Vector lay in bed snoring, having Charmy on top of him and Espio beside him. All sleeping peacefully together, enjoying each other's company and warmth. 

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Thank you for reading!!♡♡

[azuredrg]

patient zero of toxic yaoi

[askthehedgehogs]

So I’ve heard a rumor [headcanon] that Vector adopted Charmy at some point. Is that true?

I mean, nobody's got actual adoption papers or anything like that. But unofficially? Vector would say so, yeah. Charmy would deny the hell out of it though.

[firecurls-27]

Whiteboard comic w luci n the gang

[team-chaotix-daily]

166. protective

sometimes being a good dad is beating the hell out of someone for your newly transitioned son

some context. this is a lil bit post heroes so espio just got top surgery and some client came in and purposely misgendered him a ton and eventually vector got pissed and beat the shit out of them

[sonknuxadow]

you know i do wonder how many sonic characters actually have living parents. like knuckles is the last of his kind so obviously his parents arent around anymore. both guys who could be considered shadows dads are 100 percent confirmed dead. sonic is canonically an orphan im pretty sure. and on the other side of the coin cream is like the only character in the game cast who has a living parent we actually see onscreen. but what about everyone else i dont think theres a straight answer for any other character. other than rouge's mom being mentioned a couple times i Guess but we dont even know anything about her or if shes still alive just that she existed at some point. are these kids constantly putting themselves in danger because they dont have parents around to stop them or because their parents just dont care

[disabled-battlekukku]

Espio, at the ending of Sonic Rivals 2: Damn, I forgot to ask for his number :(((

Vector, who had just picked signal for Espio's walkie-talkie: whose number

Espio:

Vector: espio you didn't let go of our suspect because you found him cute have you

Espio:

Vector:

Vector: espio.

[faburin]

What do vector and charmy look like in your style?

Gonna be honest with you, i CANNOT draw Vector. I'm good at drawing Espio and Charmy but Vector is so hard, sob. But i have some sketches from strawpage at hand to show you.