#Placeholder headcanon tag

[venti-tangents]

I was gonna save this for a more general hc post, but the new card trailer has me ferrel.

Now that we have a larger collection of spicy, intimate scenes with Rafayel, I’ve started to notice a bit of a pattern with how they play out.

He lures his MC in, usually using himself as bait—testing their limits, sometimes acting innocent or helpless; generally goading them on, inviting them tease him. And tease him is what they do, taking great joy in doing so because his reactions are so cute. He melts so easily in the hands of his beloved…yet he pounces right when they least expect it. I think he enjoys the feeling of “turning the tables” on his lover, so to speak.

It’s almost cunning the way he seduces the MC, which is probably why they call him a fox in the trailer (I’ll come back to this if I’m wrong).

[dino--draws]

TL-5956 Survival Headcanons

Involving: Some bending of the rules to make it more likely for these guys to have survived for 12+ years and counting, the likelihood I misread at least one part of how this all works so please don’t kill me, various overthinking shenanigans, me being a lil mean to characters, and my unabashed mental illness

and a sizable amount of text under the read more (not even kidding it’s like 1,500+ words LMAO)

THE PARADOX

Exclusively red monochromacy. This is not a visual filter sort of effect, everything has turned red. This actually isn’t a head canon it’s something Harry told me and it fucks me up. Actually a lot of this specific section is shit from the article itself that I’m emphasizing for fun.

The sky has become pitch black, and the horizon is rimmed by red like a macabre sunset. There is no difference between night and day. The sun will never rise here again.

Site-43 remains the single most stable area in the wake of the K-Class Paradox, and is considered the last bastion of human civilization. The rest of the world is left a nonsensical, contradictory wasteland due to spatial and temporal damages. Any entity you find roaming those reddened wastes are no longer what they once were. Do not engage, for those who wander are lost.

Randomized increases and decreases in the number of perceivable temporal dimensions results in visual distortion of surroundings. Added extrasensory perceptions may increase this disorientation in survivors. It takes a lot of getting used to, that constant bombardment.

Due to condensation of vaporous substances, there has been a sharp global temperature increase. Everything is humid.

Site-43 Condition

The following parts of the Site are lost/heavily damaged: 

Euclid and Keter Class Wings of the Security and Containment Sections [Detonated, First Sublevel is functionally abandoned due to instability]

Applied Occultism [Second Sublevel, damaged by detonation and other breach occurances]

Archives and Revisions Section [Burned]

All underwater site facilities and utilities. [Completely destroyed] 

With each instance of the breach, all areas that were previously destroyed become reverted to their 2002 states, then re-destroyed. This results in these locations being able to be scrapped and harvested for functionally renewable supplies after each amelioration of the breach. These salvaged supplies only vanish with the causal loop’s reset if they are left within their original area. 

Due to the heavy damage done to the First Sublevel of the site, the Second Sublevel is left similarly unstable structurally and partially collapsed. Both Sublevels are abandoned sans annual gathering of supplies. 

The Third Sublevel of the Site remains the most structurally stable and safest part of Site-43, the surviving personnel remain here. 

The Inner-Sectional Subway System is no longer in operation due to sustained damages during the breach, but its tunnels are still utilized for transportation to different areas of the Site by foot. 

Site’s power remains in operation, requires vigorous upkeep.

Food/Water

Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) rations were the primary food source for several years as research was directed towards the creation of a renewable food supply. They have a metric fuck ton of rations to work with, but it's always smart to look for alternatives Just In Case, y'know?

Due to the fact that everything is red, and there is a notable lack of a sun, growing traditional plants is out of the equation because I don’t think we’re photosynthesizing in these conditions. However, what they can grow and cultivate is things such as mushrooms and algaes! Utilizing waste from the site as fertilizer, gathering soil, and perhaps a bit of GE to make sure they’re not eating anything toxic and getting the right vitamins — they can grow food. It’ll take work, but can be done with enough care. Keeping out mold will be a nightmare but god love 'em they're trying.

A handful of stray storage closets and part of the Hiring and Regulation Section have been converted into spaces for food growing

There is probably a whole bunch of shit they could science their way through when it comes to synthesizing food that isnt just mushroom farming tbh. Like turning petroleum and CO2 into food

Bottled water stores ran out swiftly. Water is primarily gathered through the usage of moisture traps (see: increased humidity). Due to SCP-001-A the harvesting of these traps are risky endeavors, and require a pre-setup of dilution equipment to ensure a lack of reflectivity. This harvested liquid is then abated to reduce risk of anomalous effects, and stored/distributed to personnel. Prior to his death in 2023, Dougall Deering would accompany those harvesting to ensure 001-A’s pacification. 

Any and all site wastewater is subjected to purification processes to acquire as much drinkable water as possible. Nothing goes to waste.  

Lake Huron itself and any groundwater adjacent to the site is unreachable and unusable due to SCP-001-B and SCP-001-C. 

There’s probably a vending machine or two that’s caught up in the 2002 causal loop reset that they can loot each year. They can have some treats, as a treat. 

For all I know this is one of those weird space-time situations where no one actually needs to eat or drink but sshhhhh it's fun to think about

Supplies

After each causal loop, the areas of the Site that are restored and re-destroyed are functionally “refreshed”. Though still heavily damaged and destroyed, these areas can be looted each year for materials -- copper wiring, plating, materials to repair other parts of the site, possible acquisition of rations and water.

Clothing from transmogrified personnel annually slain in the Archives and Revision and Applied Occultism can sometimes be recovered for use in repairing existing clothing, or as medical bandaging. 

Sections and faculties of the Site that go unused in the wake of the Paradox have been stripped; materials moved elsewhere for post-breach repairs and general maintenance of vital site functions.

Excursions outside of the Site are risky and dangerous -- though as successful containments of the breach have occurred, stability around Site-43 has begun to increase and grow safer. Nearby areas are occasionally scouted for any usable materials that remain, or were brought about by spatial/temporal distortions. 

The building of the REISNO Cannon was a nightmare to build in spite of its small size -- due to the amount of brute-forcing they had to do with its construction. When PHMD build the PXE alone, it took far more supplies to build.

Medical Care

To aid individuals wounded by SCP-001-A, able bodied personnel are encouraged to donate blood. 

These guys are working overtime due to the inherent dangers of the Paradox, doing the best they can to ration out their supplies and create what they can to help others.

Some members of personnel need to undergo treatment for sialorrhea, as the excessive production of saliva can put them at risk of both SCP-001-A and dehydration.

Medical personnel worked with the Memetics and Countermemetics Section to create Solution 001-A.

SCP-001-A

All reflective surfaces have either been destroyed, scuffed and scratched so that they are no longer reflective, or treated with Solution 001-A.

Application of Solution 001-A results in a clouding of the eyes and an impairment of vision. In light of added perceptions due to SCP-001, this is considered a blessing in disguise. 

Any personnel who had glasses has either had them destroyed, or took out the lenses from the frames.

Individuals wounded by -A are often given two options — needing to rigorously clean their wounds and be given bi-monthly blood transfusion to counteract the inability of the wound to heal and the risk of infection; or undergo amputation to completely rid themselves of the injury. For individuals whose injuries are not localized to their limbs, amputation cannot be done and the wounds simply must be taken care of. Seeing personnel with always bloody bandages, amputated limbs and prosthesis are not uncommon sights.

Bandages for -A wounds must be prior soaked in Solution 001-A, and wrapped tight, as to avoid the risk of the blood’s reflection. This is preferably done by medical staff, who have recordkeeping of all individuals wounded by -A.

SCP-001-B

Keepers of 001-B cannot communicate and over time grow conceptually vague, but the cycling of -B occurs while individuals are still recognizable. The Memetics and Countermemetics Section is in charge of the recordkeeping of Keepers.

Keepers can still interact with others and show their presence through physical touch and facial expressions. 

I don’t know if they are capable of writing, but it’d be cool if they devised a non-verbal and non-words series of drawn symbols and gestures for Keepers to utilize as a way to quasi-get around the anomaly. However “cannot communicate” could extend to “writing and sign language”

SCP-001-C

Lake Huron is to be avoided at all costs. Any individual attempting an excursion outside of Site-43 (typically for the gathering of biological materials from dead trees/foliage/etc) is not to approach due to the risk of the water rising again.

SCP-001-D

Respiration from the anomaly sometimes results in structural damage to the Site, or tremors, which requires repair.

The Survivors

The Site’s original population has been cleaved -- both by the initial breach’s heavy losses, and subsequent accidents. Only a little over 100 people remain come the 2030s, and Site-43 functions on a stretched-thin skeleton crew. 

Agent Radcliffe -- A bit torn up here and there from encounters with spectral and temporal entities, but is mostly okay. 

Agent Gwilhem -- Has a bad shoulder due a shrapnel injury. She has taken charge of the remaining members of MTFs Alpha-43, Beta-43 and Delta-43.

Technician Markey -- One of many individuals issuing repairs and maintenance to Site-43, he has sustained various small injuries to his hands due to his work. Lost a finger when it was crushed in a collapsing pipe. 

Dr. Wirth -- Has become pockmarked by various burn scars across his face and hands over the breaches. He received deep wounds across his stomach from SCP-001-A in 2027. Will never forgive himself. 

Chief Mukami -- Has taken major charge within the Site, primary maintainer of reports and processing of incidents. She has a few sparse injuries from an instance in which the bulkhead jammed during one of the loops, and she was injured by shrapnel. 

Technician Ambrogi -- Another individual who aids in site repairs, he would lose his leg in the aftermath of the initial breach due to structural damage caused by the detonation of the Keter and Euclid Wings, resulting in a small collapse of a hallway. Now utilizes a ramshackle leg prosthesis. 

Dr. Del Olmo -- Has sustained two injuries from SCP-001-A, a clawmark to the upper thigh, and one to the shoulder. Initially had turned down the offer of amputation due to their locations, but would have his leg amputated after severe infection years later. 

Dr. Deering -- Unscathed until the day he died. While everyone around him was hurt and bleeding and dying, he was always fine. It’s unclear if this is out of luck, or punishment. He thinks the latter. 

PHMD -- Injured by SCP-001-A shortly upon retrieval, receiving claw marks to the face and lower arm. Turned down amputation of the arm, claiming he needed both hands for his work. Wounds had become severely infected by the time he went missing due to neglect. 

Dr. Ngo --  Had a tendency to throw herself into danger to help others, was never wounded by SCP-001-A, but was a bit scuffed up due to other small scale accidents. Was practically the backbone of the Site for some people, as the only remaining psychologist, a lodestar of hope against this nightmare. Her death is still mourned. 

Dr. Reynders -- Mostly unscathed, aside from a few injuries -- notably one to her cheek from a temporal entity. Has gone missing.

Chronological reversions seem to have odd effects on those still alive. The running theory is that SCP-001 has severely slowed their aging to preserve their lives.

The See You In Hell PTF members are all friend-adjacent in my heart of hearts. Breach containment solidarity. Maybe a bit rough against the edges but we gotta tough it out together. All we’ve got is each other now, yknow?

jesus christ ok I think that's it I think that's all the thoughts in my brain if anyone actually reads this whole thing i heart you forever ok? i fffffucking love TL-5956-X 'n how fucked up it is I hope we get to see it again at sometime. regardless i will be thinking about it forever

[mothmanwarble]

Post-Imaginators scenario in which Flynn’s doing his routine toy donation for the Wilikin (as seen in the IDW comics) only this time he invites Kaos to come along, and while they’re at Wilikin Village, Kaos randomly blurts out “Did you know that I brought the first Wilikin to life with my own blood, tears, and magic when I was only 6?” and Flynn just kinda goes “Haha wow! Not sure how to respond to that! Yikes!” And then they just move on.

[orange-coloredsky]

Aster

While the hubflower became brighter, the common genus of aster dulled after 200 years of being choked by The Island's radioactive fog. Acadian synths use asters mainly as decor & a symbol of independence and prosperity, but some who ingest them claim experiences of psychoactive effects. Those who have these experiences often site the visions they receive as healing. It is said that asters have helped synths recover memories that the Institute purposefully locked away with programming.

[archcambion]

So, due to my current Tav (Soluna) not liking anything about Raphael and against all my urges, she's gone to the House of Hope and killed Haarlep.

What strikes me as sad is asking them for their name. They never give you their real name, they refer to themselves as Haarlep in death.

I am so utterly broken about this. Even in death his identity has been tied to Raphael.

The only positive thing I see about this is Haarlep is probably sent to the Abyss because Hell is not his home plane.

[hexellent]

Random Headcanon Compilation:

Very big Gentle Giant vibes going on. Very careful.

Is this way ^ because he’s incredibly strong. He understands his strength can be dangerous if not kept in check, and the last thing he wants is to hurt someone.

That being said, he can fight. Strength comparable, if not higher than, Amy’s. Could swing her hammer like a stick really.

Not one for a lot of outward emotions on his face unless they are rather big emotions. His ears and tail are gonna be his biggest indicator of how he’s feeling. That said, doesn’t mean he won’t change his expression ever, just sometimes has to make a conscious effort.

Quite good friends with Vanilla! Would Give His Life for Cream and Amy but would rather just hang out and watch over their shenanigans. (He is constantly dragged into said shenanigans, but he doesn’t mind)

Special interests: Fishing, Frogs, Baking

Froggy is in fact his emotional support animal and comfort item all at once.

Not a fan of crowded places and loud or cacophonous noise. Makes his tail stand on end and his teeth itch. Prefers calm and quiet. Can handle moderate noise. Can take loud noise if necessary.

Cuddle bug. Extreme cuddle bug. Will just carry you around just to hold someone. Physical touch is his biggest love language.

[ultimumvitae]

...in reference to my other meta post because i just cannot shut up about this hedgehog, for all my disagreements with shth, the music slaps and it's kind of ironic that the lyrics portray the themes of him desperately trying to grab hold of his own fate and have some autonomy better than the actual game does. "i am (all of me)" and "all hail shadow" are probably two of my favorite sonic tracks for just that reason.

they're obviously supposed to be about black doom/the black arms and shadow's internal conflict and confusion about his identity, but i think they work just as well as anthems for coming out the other side of immense tragedy and learning to how to find your footing again, to live and stop letting others dictate who you are and what you should do. they can be looked at as defiant songs, sung in the face of shadow's abusers, manipulators, and anyone who tries to hurt the world he swore to maria that he'd protect.

"i am (all of me)" is a dare for anyone to try to sway him, and a declaration that no matter what people try to make of him, or which memories of his are real or fabricated, he belongs to no one but himself. he's complete, and he is his own.

"all hail shadow" is similar, but even cockier and more obviously triumphant:

it's not just a dare, it's a threat and a promise that he'll keep fighting anything that endangers those he loves or what he believes is right, and he won't stop until he's won. it's also a song about victory ("nothing can stop you now / no ghost to bring you down" and "determination of the strong / found the meaning that you / searched for so long"); he's finally found his purpose and realized that he can decide his own path, he doesn't have to be anyone's puppet anymore.

there's a moment in sonic '06 where mephiles questions shadow's choice to keep fighting when he knows that the world will never understand and likely turn against him, and shadow, no hesitation, tells him: "if the world chooses to become my enemy, i will fight like i always have." and i am SO, soooooooooo in love with this moment, because i feel like it encapsulates everything shadow believes, and reflects the alternative messages that could be derived from his themes in his title game.

shadow is driven not by selfishness but by a personal sense of justice and the determination to keep his promise to his oldest and dearest friend. sometimes that justice doesn't line up with sonic's, but that's okay.

he's just!! he can be an aggressive, broody asshole, yeah, and he's edgy at times, sure, but he is so much more than that. the cold, quiet, unaffected persona is a wall he puts up to keep the people he loves at a safe, arm's length. he's not always a tryhard... sometimes he's just traumatized.

[sexellency]

Honestly, leanin' heavily towards this mf just vibing with both parts. Because fuck it, why not. He's the last of his kind, let em have the highest chances at repopilatin'.

[marsmulti]

If they could put voice to their fears.

Link; "I'm afraid I'll be deemed 'unworthy.' I'm afraid to get too close. I'm afraid of forgetting. I'm afraid I'll mess up. I'm afraid of letting everyone down. I'm afraid to fall. I'm scared all the time and I'm afraid one day, I won't have the strength to fight it anymore."

Zuko; "I'm scared I won't be enough; strong enough, smart enough, or talented enough. I'm scared of messing up so badly, it can never be fixed. I know I've done a lot of messed up stuff in the past, and I'm scared I'll end up doing it all over again. I'm scared I'll never be able to make up for it, that the damage has already been done..."

Inuyasha; "I'm so scared of hurting the people I love, so I push them away. It's better if they don't love me, but it breaks my heart, and I'm scared I'll end up alone..."

Livio; "I'm terrified of being weak, of being hurt and discarded. I used to be helpless, but never again. I'll break anybody who tries me."

Anakin; "I'm so scared to lose the people I love, so I hold them tighter. I make amends and placate them, so they won't leave me. I destroy anything and everything that tries to harm them, regardless of how they'll feel about it. I know what's best for them. I won't let them leave."

Vash; "I'm scared of what I can do. I know I've hurt and killed people. I'm scared of losing control, of becoming a monster. What if I really am just a killer, deep down? What if my existence is only causing more pain? I'm scared to die. I'm so scared, sometimes, I can't even move."

[dino--draws]

Logician be like. Give me your name and I will stop you from being misgendered. and then it renames him the goofiest shit imaginable

[vampthropologist]

Do you like my Head canon I popped into your inbox? (Also can you send it back as a private ask if possible I like not having to make it a draft!)

A single teardrop fell from my eye as I read. Such movie headcanons. /t /lh

They were really good! It makes a lot of sense, and I respect your headcanons!

[silksworn]

tag dump !

☾ ooc ! ❛ —— ( they baldured our gate! ) ☾ answered ! ❛ —— ( the taste of the grave in the mouth ) ☾ headcanons ! ❛ —— ( shame is a blade you turn against yourself ) ☾ musings ! ❛ —— ( like a god i believe in nothing ) ☾ visage ! ❛ —— ( give me your skin as sheer as a cobweb ) ☾ ask memes ! ❛ —— ( from my mouth the night pours forth like blood )

☾ verse 1 ! ❛ —— ( companion ) ☾ verse 2 ! ❛ —— ( tav ) ☾ verse 3 ! ❛ —— ( cultist ) ☾ verse 4 ! ❛ —— ( dragon age ) ☾ verse 5 ! ❛ —— ( the witcher )

☾ ship: fatewoven ! ❛ —— ( you forgive like god forives ) ☾ ship: limpfisted ! ❛ —— ( i will fulfill all of your fantasies —— i will bind your hands —— i will strangle you )

[copperbadge]

Because I came up in fandom before the “reader insert” fic was really a thing, for a significant period of time when scrolling through AO3, I thought Y/N was a an actual canonical character, not the placeholder (”your name”) that the reader would find-and-replace with their name in the document before reading. I’m sure not all readers do that, some just learn to read Y/N as their name, but I’m aware a good many do.

So I assumed it was a canonical character and since I was mostly seeing it on crossovers involving some form of anime, I assumed it was an anime character. Probably from a show with gundams, that seemed to make sense. Somehow I managed to build up this little headcanon where Y/N, a character from a gundam anime, stood for Yes/No. Given that Yes/No is a binary similar to 1/0, it was probably a robot, and probably a somewhat sexy lady robot, because well, anime. 

All of which is to say someday I’m definitely going to write a novel starring a robot named Y/N and their quest to pilot a larger, less sentient robot than themselves against a yet to be determined villain. My primary goal is to write a cool story about a robot but my secondary goal is to cause chaos in the Y/N tag on AO3. Just for fun. 

[grazziella]

 grazie’s  brother  was  and  is  one  of  the  most  important  people  to  her.  once  their  dad  left,  he  was  both  parents  to  her.  he  taught  her  how  to  dance.  he  asked  his  friend’s  girlfriends  how  to  do  makeup  so  he  could  teach  grazie.  he  saved  up  the  money  that  he  could  to  buy  her  a  pair  of  blue  heals  that  she  could  go  dancing  in.  he  made  sure  she  to  and  home  from  school  safely.  he  cooked  for  her  and  taught  her  how  to  prepare  a  few  meals.  he  helped  her  with  her  spelling  since  that  subject  was  absolute  hell  for  her.  he  gave  up  everything  so  his  little  sister  could  grow  up  as  if  she  had  two  present  parents  in  her  life.  

 he  was  the  reason  grazie  became  exposed  to  gang  life.  shortly  after  the  break  in  (  nothing  was  stolen,  no  one  was  hurt,  but  it  was  one  of  the  most  traumatic  memories  of  grazie’s  childhood  ),  he  got  in  cahoots  with  a  street  gang  in  order  to  protect  their  family.  grazie  later  dated  their  leader  but  the  fling  didn’t  last  long.  she  also  dated  one  of  its  other  members,  again  didn’t  last  long.  her  brother  and  this  gang  are  the  reason  she  surrounds  herself  with  the  jets.  

 her  brother  knew  their  father  wasn’t  going  back  for  them  but  there  was  always  a  desire  to  find  him  again.  the  reasoning  behind  this  changed  daily.  sometimes,  he  wanted  to  see  his  dad  again  and  embrace  him  tight.  other  days,  he  wanted  to  punch  him  square  in  the  face  for  not  sticking  around  for  his  family.  this  is  part  of  the  reason  why  he  joined  the  military.  her  brother  always  speculated  that  their  dad  went  back  to  the  italian  town  he  always  talked  about  and  where  he  grew  up.  not  that  he  thought  he  would  be  stationed  in  italy,  world  war  two  had  been  over  for  years.  but  he  wanted  to  travel  and  since  he  didn’t  have  any  money  for  it,  the  military  seemed  like  a  good  option.  plus,  it  was  a  way  to  indirectly  protect  his  little  sister.  

 grazie  hates  writing  letters  but  she  wrote  to  him  every  day.  she  got  letters  back  every  week  or  so.  he  told  her  about  training.  he  told  her  about  riding  on  an  airplane  for  the  first  time.  he  told  her  about  how  sticky  the  air  was  where  he  was.  then  the  letters  stopped  coming.  

 there  was  never  any  notice.  no  letter  back  home  saying  he  was  dead.  but  after  months  of  no  letters,  grazie  knew  it  was  the  worst.  her  brother  was  dead.  

 their  relationship  is  similiar  to  bernardo  and  maria’s.  while  grazie  doesn’t  know  much  about  either  of  them  aside  from  what  riff  says  about  bernardo  or  watching  maria  at  the  dance,  if  she  wasn’t  heartbroken  over  riff’s  death,  she  would  have  been  absolutely  devastated  for  maria  who  lost  her  older  brother,  too.  but  at  least  she  knows  for  certain  that  her  brother  is  dead.  grazie  will  only  be  left  to  wonder  about  her  own.  

[am3ricanh0rrorwh0re]

Todd Haynes Headcanons (boyfriend)

a tribute to Todd Haynes since he had no significant other in the film (rip 💔) i just wanted to put this out as a placeholder for the giant start to a saga i’m about to pull out of my ass <3

sfw headcanons (he’s 17 yall, chill)

Todd would take you to Atomic Comics for a date

he’d buy a milkshake and share it with you (definitely birthday cake flavour)

I’m a firm believer that Todd would cuddle with you in the weirdest ways. he’d hold you over his lap, but he’d hold your legs with his. it’d be weird but cute.

he’d lend you his hoodies, and you’d find gum wrappers with hearts written on them and stuff in the pockets. maybe even little notes if the swap was planned.

Todd would totally brag to Dave and Marty that he pulled you. they wouldn’t believe it until they saw you and him together.

he’d be holding your hand under the booth tables at Atomic Comics, probably stroking your thigh really really hesitantly

i bet you’d be his first at everything. girls never really seemed to pay attention to him, until you came.

Todd would definitely, definitely, DEFINITELY bring you corsages to ANY dance ever. maybe even bring you cards on dates.

he would keep all memorabilia that you give him. photo booth photos, notes, cards, gift cards, flowers, anything

tag list: @fear-is-truth, @dangeroustaintedflawed, @newwavesylviaplath, @slutforgarlogan, @nickrhodeslittledarling, @coentinim, @cultw3b, @lacucarachapisser

[hexellent]

The moon will sing a song for me-- "I loved you like the Sun!! Bore the shadows that you made with no light of my own! I shine only with the light you gave me..." "I shine only with the light you gave me."

They've only had one real fight.

That's not to say the brothers didn't argue, debate, disagree and banter. Of course they did, they're just like any other set of siblings, blood or not.

They trusted eachother, without question. Had the other's back through everything. Ever since Sonic took him in, they'd been inseperable.

Tails look up to Sonic, that much was obvious. The day he'd saved him, Tails promised himself that he'd be just like Sonic. And of course Sonic had always seen the potential in Tails, knowing he'd grow up to do amazing things, amazed by him since the begining.

Sonic did his absolute best to protect Tails, to raise him to use that brilliant mind of his, and to never let anyone make him feel less than for who he was. He tried to be the best rolemodel and big brother a boy could ever have. But, as much as Tails thought he was, Sonic wasn't perfect.

He was a child, raising another child.

And children are reckless. Sonic even more so.

Years go by, the usual fighting to save the world, near-death experiences with brief periods of peace to give them rest. But Sonic was getting more and more reckless with himself. And Tails' doubts were starting to surface.

It started with the events of Forces. As level headed as he tried to remain, Tails was a mess without Sonic. He wasn't sleeping, mind going a million miles a minute with every sort of awful scenario that Sonic must've been in. Nightmares when he did manage sleep, and resulting in a huge loss of appetite from exhaustion. At the time, it was Amy and Cream that kept him eating and somewhat sane, Knuckles joining in to guard him at night like he would the ME.

When they finally got Sonic back, he was horridly relieved. But things started to change.

With every new disaster, Tails started to see just how wild and reckless Sonic was. And every time it frustrated him more and more, on top of trying to keep himself and others alive against whatever threat was looming at the time.

It was around the age of 14-15 that Tails finally broke.

He had been quiet the whole way home, Sonic going on and on about the mission, how well everyone had done and how proud he was of Tails, trying to give him a pat on the head.

Tails had slapped his hand away then, unable to keep his emotions in check anymore and letting loose all the emotions he'd bottled up over the years. Screaming at Sonic about all his worries, about how he was a wreck without him, how stupid he was to keep running head first into danger like everything is fine. That if he kept going like this, one of these days, Sonic wasn't going to come back.

Sonic shoots back that it didn't matter, that everything was fine, and the danger was gone. He didn't need to worry so much.

This, of course, pissed the fox off even more. He took a swing at Sonic, calling him selfish. This seems to hit a nerve, because shockingly, Sonic shouts back, asking how risking his life to save the world was selfish.

By this point the've been trading swings back and forth, the house a mess with their scuffle. Neither of them dared to use their full strength on the other.

Heavy, exhausted heaves of breath make way for a sob from the fox, stopping Sonic in his tracks. Tails screams that its selfish because if he's gone, what about him? Without Sonic, Tails is no one. Even now, he's just Sonic's Little Brother Sidekick. If the hero is gone, he is nothing.

This is when Sonic realizes his mistakes. They both do. And there's a long silence, only broken by the younger's sobbing, all the fight gone from him. It makes Sonic think of when they first met, and it twists his chest.

He moves to bring Tails close, squeezing him tight. And for once, he lets tears fall in front of someone else. It causes Tails to freeze, almost holding his breath as Sonic tells him that isn't true. That it's the other way around, and he's nothing without his friends, his brother. The only reason he stays so positive is because of them, Tails especially.

The day he saved Tails was the day he found a purpose. To protect what matters.