"I wanna fly high…”
Sonic doesn't remember when was the first time he caught Tails singing this melody or where the kit picked it up from but what he does know is that whenever the hedgehog sung it in a hushed tone — in soft murmurs to match the steady breathing of the fox cub in his arms cuddled close to his chest — it will be enough to put him to sleep.
He can't deny that catching Tails singing it to himself while tinkering alone in his workshop is cute and all, especially when he catches him dancing and the kit gets a little embarrassed afterwards and Sonic has to tell him it's nothing to worry about, but there's just something different about the nights when his baby brother just couldn't sleep, whether it be nightmares or thunderstorms or simply insomnia plaguing his cunning little fox brain, when he shyly tiptoes to Sonic in the dead of the night whenever the hedgehog decides to crash in his place and, with a quiet request, climbs onto his chest as Sonic holds him close. He scritches the back of his ear as his free hand brushes through the golden fur on the kit's back, both of their hushed breathing and soft heartbeats combining to make the melody even more peaceful.
To Tails, it was simply always more peaceful when it was Sonic's voice singing it.
It was never about the melody, about the song, about the lyrics. Just his big brother's voice.
Calm, soothing, safe.
"So I can reach the highest of all the heavens..." Sonic shifts a bit, just to give his sleeping arm some movement before he drapes it over the small of Tails’ back, the kit snuggling into the crook of his neck in return. Tails hums, content with his place atop the hedgehog's chest, listening to his (steady?) heartbeat as he wraps his twin tails around the both of them to provide enough warmth to fight off the cold that isn't necessarily the weather's fault this time.
Just their own bodies failing to generate enough heat for comfort.
"Somebody will be waiting for me,” Sonic tries his very best to ignore the blood on his hands, the blood tainting his baby brother's chest and his own through the contact as well. He doesn't want to open his eyes, he doesn't want to see the red when he can pretend he's simply lulling Tails to sleep on a cold winter night and not to a slumber he might never wake up from. “So I-I have gotta fly higher..."
Tails purrs in his hold, secure and Sonic doesn't want anything else. He can't ask for anything else — well, he can. He can ask for a life that's going to be snatched away from his arms way too soon, for years yet to come, for wanting to see the boy in his arms grow up, for his bright smiles, for the wafting scent of breakfast in workshop he's returning to after a morning run, for a little more time, for home.
But Sonic doesn't ask for it.
He's already using all of his leftover energy to stay awake just long enough for Tails to go first.
He doesn't want Tails to be alone, he doesn't want him to be scared, hurt and terrified in Sonic's arms who won't get up no matter how many times he begs every deity out there — Sonic doesn't want that. So he'll stay. Just long enough for Tails.
"Gotta keep goin'... Everything is a brand new challenge for me," If a tear rolls down Sonic's muzzle, he doesn't regard it. If anything it's hidden from sight when he lowers his head just enough to plant a soft parting kiss on top of Tails’ head.
He continues with his lips still hovering above the boy's soft golden fur, "I will believe in myself..."
He can't feel his hands anymore, he doesn't know if he's still petting Tails. He doesn't want them to stop, his baby brother needs all the comfort he can offer to him right now.
“This is only the start…”
His voice betrays him next.
Within moments, the world goes numb.
Sonic doesn't know which one of them went first.
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FISHUARY DAY 6 !!!!! catfish/pleco :3 I went with a simple red tailed catfish couple,I had to do at least two,I absolutely adore catfish <3
Also,I had an argument with someone on discord, accusing me of just adding an outline to a blurred photo,so here's the process. I basically just use a blending tool to make a basic shaded shape,then I use effects like posterize,and I adjust the sharpness and colors, my art program is ibis paint on my phone :3
Art challenge by @fish-daily
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