#espio is not a hugger lol

[montydrawsstuff]

Doodle page with da boiz

Hugs galore

And a v sus naner

[true-blue-sonic]

There’s something my cat does all the time that makes me and my parents laugh a lot and it’s the way he almost never purrs at anyone petting him except me. My mom will sometimes be hugging him or scratching him or smoothing out his fur for a whole minute without him reacting at all, but then I put a single hand on him and he almost instantly starts purring. Heck, sometimes he DOES A DOUBLE CHECK before he starts purring, JUST TO MAKE SURE that it’s my hand and not someone else’s. He’s such a fluffy little hater bastard boy I love him

That is hilarious, haha. Especially him double-checking that it is you who is petting him before he can start purring! He's a very picky boi when it comes to his provided attention, it is obvious <3

Silver would absolutely be the same way: I think that there are only very few people where he will express happiness or contentment about getting physical attention from. He doesn't seem to be such a touchy-feely person? I don't recall a single instance from the games wherein he, like... initiates physical contact himself. In '06, Amy grabbed his hand first (and also came flying at him for a hug and smacks him, lol), Blaze puts hers on his shoulder, and Elise is handed to him by the Duke, and that is just kind of... it, if I am not missing anything. Though it doesn't help that Rivals 1 and 2 and TSR don't have actual cutscenes, just stills with texts. But even so, no mention of touch is ever made there. In fact, this is the only thing that comes to my mind right now, from Stress Test!

And that is not an affectionate cuddle or a hug, that is an emergency happening that very second. So overall, I figure Silver is not a particularly cuddle-bug person, or at least that is never shown in the games. It might be deliberate, because the games do show e.g. Amy being a hugger, fist bumps between Sonic and Tails, etcetera. But of course, when going the Espilver route, I like to think he'll be more touchy-feely with Espio (or at least that is how I like writing them; I love physical contact). Not so much in public and not extremely elaborately, but they'll hug and cuddle and kiss at times. So when someone else tries to ruffle his quills or give him a hug Silver will just let it happen, but for Espio he'll be making little chirping hedgehogs purrs <3 <3 Espio meanwhile takes pride in the fact he is the only one Silver will do that for, haha!