Scourge tends to keep his interest in Sonic quiet except for when they're alone. So people tend to like the green hedgehog. Sonic does not. Fortunately his charisma won't work on someone like Shadow. Black Arms don't take competition lightly.
not exactly a shipping question, although the thought is nice but-- are sonic and shadow a couple in this au, following its canon? how do you interpret their relationship in this one I'm curious to know owo
Sonic and Shadow are extremely close. Their personalities click together well, they understand each other, fight great as a team, and so they are often paired for patrols. They talk for hours all the time. Sonic will play the guitar and sing for Shadow sometimes when they are on their own and Shadow will tell Sonic stories.
Sonic develops a pretty big crush on Shadow, and Shadow has the same feelings for Sonic, but they are both completely oblivious about the other’s feelings. Silver, on the other hand, can read them both like a book. He hasn’t seen Shadow so happy and content in a very long time. So he does what he can to get the two together with varying degrees of subtlety
Eventually, at a town celebration, Silver gets (forces) Sonic to ask Shadow for a dance. As they dance, something finally clicks between them and they slowly lean in at the same time...