#sonadow snippets

[solalunar-eclipse]

Sonadow Snippets #2

In which Sonic returns the favor.

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Shadow’s eyes were carefully trained on Sonic as the blue hedgehog raced through the forest, jumping over roots that sprouted out from the ground and spin-dashing whenever he could in an effort to gain momentum. Of course, Shadow was right by his side, the jets of his skates hissing in rhythm with his strides…but this particular time, the more serious of the two never pulled ahead.

For once, this wasn’t a race.

Instead, Shadow was following Sonic on a path only he knew, waiting to see exactly what lay at the end. After the time when Shadow had invited Sonic to come watch him skate atop a lake out in the middle of nowhere, it hadn’t taken long at all for him to receive an offer in return. Sonic had come up to him one day while he was out picking up some odds and ends for Omega as a favor (apparently his friend had gotten himself temporarily banned from his favorite hardware store but couldn’t handle going without his usual supply of materials to tear apart). Sonic had been his usual direct self, just asking “Hey, do you want to go somewhere with me this Friday?”.

Of course, Shadow had requested a few more details, preferring to know such things as “When, exactly?” and “Why?” before he agreed. Sonic’s response to the latter had more or less made up his mind, however.

“I really appreciated you showing me your skating spot the other day, and…I wanted to show you something too.”

After that, how could he say no?

Of course, this had all come after Sonic offered (seemingly out of nowhere, at the time) to take part of the massive stack of various wooden boards, pieces of plastic, and a strange number of PVC pipes currently threatening to fall out of Shadow’s arms. As an artificially engineered lifeform, he might have been stronger than most, but even he couldn’t hope to win a fight against gravity with a haul that unwieldy.

After that, Shadow had agreed to show up to Sonic’s proposed meeting place, but insisted that “you’d better not be late”, which of course set off a lighthearted argument over whether or not the famously titled “fastest thing alive” was in fact ever late to anything. (Sonic said no to preserve his pride, Shadow said yes based on testimonials he’d heard secondhand through Rouge.)

But Sonic certainly hadn’t been late for this. He’d shown up at the appointed meeting spot even before Shadow had, something that was quite impressive considering the alien hedgehog’s tendency to be almost frighteningly punctual.

And now, the two were running through the forest together, as Shadow awaited the place Sonic considered so important.

All of a sudden, Shadow saw brighter sunlight up ahead—and then burst out of the tree line just behind Sonic into an open field. His momentum sent him tearing past Sonic, as a matter of fact, who had stopped in the middle of the field, apparently having reached his final destination. Shadow quickly turned into a wide arc, slowly decreasing his speed as he looped out, around, and back towards Sonic, before finally kicking his skates forward and coming to a stop himself.

“Pff, show-off.” Sonic teased, smirking.

“I just needed to find a way to burn off my speed,” Shadow insisted, not mentioning that he did generally prefer to do so in an artistic way when possible. “It’s not my fault you stopped without saying anything.”

“I did so say something, you must not have heard me.”

Shadow sighed, before letting it go for once. “So, what did you want to show me, anyway?”

Sonic gestured out to the field, which Shadow hadn’t looked at properly yet, first blinded by the sun and then focused on stopping himself. He turned in the direction Sonic had moved, and…

…it really was a special place.

This was the kind of field he’d begun to suspect only existed in storybooks and paintings of days gone by, after several years getting used to life down here on the planet. Most fields were filled with grass so tall he could barely see, or were patchy with dirt and mud amongst the green. This one, however, was covered in lush green grass, among which grew a veritable bounty of wildflowers.

It took him a long moment to think of what to say, and even then, it didn’t feel like much. “It’s beautiful.” he said, and then tried to add something more. “I…appreciate you bringing me here.”

Sonic beamed at him, leaning forward eagerly. “And this is just the beginning! Come on, we gotta get further out!”

Shadow followed Sonic as he walked further into the field, occasionally spinning around and walking backwards just to get a better view of everything. He’d always shoot Shadow a smile whenever he did that, too, and Shadow would dip his head slightly in response. It became almost comforting after the first couple of times, a silent little call-and-response.

You still liking it?

Yes.

Hey there!

Hello.

Glad you came.

I am too.

Eventually, they found one particular spot (Shadow knew it was specific because he saw Sonic lining up his position with a couple of landmark hills and rocks), and both stopped right there, at the top of one of the low, rolling curves in the earth. Sonic sat down cross-legged, before falling backwards and lying down, kicking his legs out as he did so. After a moment where he looked expectantly upwards at Shadow, the alien hedgehog lay down delicately, easing himself into it a little more than his companion.

For a while, they just lay there together in silence, staring up at the vibrantly blue, cloudless sky. Shadow sighed, feeling the warmth of the sun as it rapidly soaked into his dark fur.

Soon enough, he closed his eyes, just basking in the heat and letting his breathing slow down. It was sometimes difficult for him to stay grounded in the present moment, always ruminating on the past or trying to plan ahead for the future. Whenever he could feel his thoughts starting to wind up, though, he would just open his eyes again, tilt his head to the side, and try to count all the different colors and flowers that he could see in the field.

After a few more moments, Sonic spoke up. “I knew you’d be the perfect guy to do this with.”

“Did you?” Shadow asked, his voice hushed. He didn’t want to disturb the stillness of the moment.

“Yeah. I know we hang out a lot because we can keep up with each other…but that goes for the slow times as well as the fast ones.” Sonic answered.

Shadow let out a slow exhale. “Indeed. It’s more difficult to slow down mentally rather than physically, but when I can, it’s very much appreciated.”

“Is now one of those times?” He heard a shifting over to his right, and turned to see Sonic’s eyes looking at him, somehow a more vibrant green than the grass beside him.

“I’m doing my best. It’s a lovely place.” Shadow said softly.

Sonic smiled, much more peacefully than his usual grins. “One of the best parts of saving the world is getting to enjoy it after. You made this place possible, just as much as I ever have. I appreciate that.”

Shadow felt his face soften and relax slightly, and though he wasn’t sure what it looked like, the way Sonic’s eyes widened told him that it was a rare sight. “Thank you, Sonic. For bringing me here, and for your words.”

“Anytime, Shadow. Anytime at all.”

[hadthatdreamagain]

be cringe be free okokokokokokok!!!!

[vailkaen]

In Place of Heaven You Stand

fandom: Sonic Franchise

pairing: Shadow x Sonic (Sonadow)

here’s a snippet of one of my new sonadow fics im writing!! i was desperate to share it with someone T-T (wrote this to No Surprises by Radiohead … fully recommend to listen while reading to submerse yourself in how i felt)

Subverting all that is Shadow; to pick him apart, to lay his bones bare, to give his artificial heart a squeeze within the touch of his born hand - what would Sonic find? Underneath all that was unnatural, all that was false, all that was never organic…What was there?

Shadow was no true cure, no absolute answer to mortality; to death. To look within a creature made to be the restoration of life itself, what would Sonic have found other than failure? When Shadow lay here, stripped of all his armor, of all his courage, did he see him for all he truly was?

Lost?

If not, perhaps he saw him young and full of foolish fear, petrified of the encasing loneliness that only yearned to consume him completely. Or perhaps he saw the hedgehog to be purity in essence squandered by the evil of man - truly, what is it that he would see when layers of skin and flesh were peeled back?

Would he see Shadow full of naivety, with the eyes of a child, wounded and full of guilt and the consumption of grief; convinced of the idea he is chaos reincarnate? Would he see Shadow convinced down to his very soul that he was anything but the bringer of change? Would he see, finally, this thrashing creature had every reason to be so consumed by this mournful sorrow that seemed to only choke him?

Even so, even when he saw Shadow being sadness incarnate, Sonic did not see him as hopeless or lost. He did not see him as broken, nor that of a failure. He knew what Shadow was, even when exposed to the world of darkness residing within Shadow’s resilient body.

Shadow was the answer - not to something as unchangeable as mortality, but to life itself. How could this creature, as despairing as he may be, be anything other than extraordinary?

To be immortal, the constant answer to someone’s despair, Shadow was created not to be a cure but a hero.

What greater beauty could there be? What more could the universe offer, when Shadow stood as its masterpiece?

[nottheweirdest]

🥰 For the ask game

🥰 a fluff WIP snippet

From an unfinished fic called "First Time for Everything" that goes through moments in time that are 'firsts' for the boys.

Their first kiss was a happy accident. 

A rather challenging race through the Mystic Jungle had both hedgehogs collapsing in exuberant exhaustion in a field of wildflowers on the outskirts of Westopolis. They’d lay there, panting and grinning, staring up at fluffy white clouds until Sonic’s drooping eyelids could no longer be held open and he’d slipped into a quiet nap in the warm sun. Shadow hadn’t planned to sleep, but the combination of Sonic’s presence, buzz of bees and sparrow song were too much, and he soon found himself drifting off....

Until a warm, surprisingly heavy blue body suddenly rolled atop his. He’d opened crimson eyes in surprise, body tensing from a life at war, but no training could ever have prepared him for how he felt when Sonic slowly woke and stared at him with a gaze he never expected to see aimed in his direction, let alone from his rival. 

Sonic’s ears had fallen back, his cheeks flushing in embarrassment as he started to push away with fumbled apologies, but Shadow was having none of it. He’d pulled Sonic’s lithe body back so that it pressed against his, heavy and warm and right. He’d swallowed hard against the ball of nerves that had suddenly developed in his throat, pushing them down so that he might have the courage to do something he’d wanted to do for years. 

Slowly, so slowly, he’d inched forward, second guessing himself all the way but completely unable to stop. Sonic was a beam of light and he a wayward traveler lost in the dark. Perhaps the light was a trap. Maybe it was a false sense of security leading to imminent doom. 

Or maybe… it was safety. Maybe it was happiness. 

Maybe it was home. 

Ask game

[luv-again]

GUYS I KEEP FORGETTING I'M INCLUDINF MARINE IN THIS AU

[nebrasska-alasska]

You’ve inspired me, o dental one. I want to write a sonadow fanfic myself, so how do you do your outlines? (Sorry if this kind of vague, or you think this has been sufficiently answered before, I”m also writing comics instead of text, so the guide won’t be perfect for me…)

LMAO I LOVE THAT NAME HAHA and yeah I gotchu! I've only ever shown random snippets here and there about what my outlines look like, but I get enough asks about this that I can show you an entire outline. So, here is (most of) my outline for 'Tethered at the Wrist'!

So yeah, you'll see quite the variety of stuff here! Sometimes I'm super detailed, other times I'm pretty brief, and other times I'll include important pieces of dialogue. You'll also notice that this outline isn't 100% accurate to what ends up happening in the fic... I am flexible and will change things if I feel like it's not working as I write. My outlines are a general guide, and in the end I am not restricted to them. I hope this was somewhat helpful, and good luck with your comic!!! :D

(Okay now if anybody else asks how I outline I'm going to link them back to this LMAO)

[ki56]

Lansoni Story Snippet

Story snippet:

—Sonic watched this Shadow lookalike drop to one knee. Shock filled him from the unexpected action, before his face turned bright scarlet when this mysterious hedgehog grabbed one of his palms and softly brushed his lips against the back of his hand. Sonic felt his brain short circuit and he had no idea how to process what was happening.

The tender kiss soon ended, before this stranger then shifted Sonic’s hand so some of his knuckles were pressed against his forehead.

“Welcome my liege.”—

So, I am so in love with Lansoni right now. I worked on a one-shot gift sonadow fic for a friend recently, and I’ve fallen into the wonderful world of Lansoni. Technically, this story is one I had in my head a few years ago and had even written the prologue for, but I never posted it. Now I’m working on it again and have the prologue along with 4 competed chapters. I think I’ll post it in the future, but I’m hoping to get more together for the story before posting anything on AO3.

[lara-cairncross]

HELLOO I just wanna say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the snippets (?) you make of Shadow & the Wachowski fam!! (Wait. Does he count as a member of the fam now? 🤔)

Really though. I LOVE your artstyle ARHRGRH it's so adorable I wanna pocket one of your art these days..... /lh AND oh man I adore your dynamics sm 🥹 it's rare to see Tom & Shadow bonding so imagine my reaction seeing them interacting so wholesomely here. It's like finding an oasis at the desert fr 😭🙏🏻 /gen

ALSO. Not to mention, you love Sonadow too?? I'm literally about to FEAST here LET'S GOOO

Thank you so much for creating wonderful arts here. I hope you have a great day <3

AHDHEHFHER THANK YOU!!! i have so many random little scenes of shadow interacting with the Wachowskis bouncing around in my mind and every once in a while one of em hits the corner and ends up getting drawn. and yea, i would consider him to be a member of the fam for whatever this is!!! idk if there's enough to call it an "au" but i do like to think about shadow getting adopted after the third movie :]

I DONT KNOW WHY I KEEP DRAWING SHADOW AND TOM INTERACTING SPECIFICALLY theres just something in my soul screaming that they would have such an interesting dynamic,,, kid who doesnt know how to be parented and has been betrayed by every adult figure in his life VS the man who can and will parent anyone who crosses his path. in my mind they're having a mexican standoff about it

[viaeian]

Some chapter 3 spoilers for my sonadow story! If you like these snippets you should definitely check out the whole story!

Btw: Shadow is such an amazing character to write/work with!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64631914/chapters/166019278

[mirersc]

m’ supposed to read computers for an exam but I can’t get Sonadow out of my head and now I am hyperfixated on catradora too by watching clips in you-tube!

Princess prom is a very interesting episode. So I was like why not shoot Sonadow at it? Here are some snippets of the work-

It is a wip- but meehh, who cares haha. I may end up making a whole sonic au based on Shera at the end. Obviously relationships & personalities would differ! Hints on Blazamy.

Sonic → Adora

Shadow → Catra

Tails → Glimmer

Amy → Bow

Rouge → Scorpia

I have no idea who yet Blaze is. May be a character of her own. Sally is Tails’ guardian. We love her. Haha. Enjoy!

[solalunar-eclipse]

Sonadow Snippets #1

(I really want to get back into writing these two—and I have a lot of ideas for them—but I don’t know where to start, exactly. So, I’m trying something new, and writing mostly-unedited shorts. Hope you enjoy!)

Lakes were alright, Sonic thought.

Of course, most bodies of water were ‘alright’, so long as he personally wasn’t near them. It was when he and anything larger than a puddle met that problems started to occur, mostly in the vein of him avoiding contact with the water at all costs. (He’d make an exception for swimming pools if he had a life jacket on, and even then only during competitions.)

But right now, he was surprisingly comfortable, all things considered.

Sonic was curled up on his side, propping his head up with a hand as the rest of him sank into the sand ringing the edge of the lake. There was a slight chill in the air, giving the forest a fresh scent that he could never seem to get enough of. And out on the lake, a black and red figure skated gracefully, kicking up glittering arcs in his wake.

When he’d first heard that Shadow liked to skate on water, he’d dismissed it as one of those things that was fun for a half-alien, not so much for himself. Over time, though, he grew curious, especially after Shadow claimed that it was better than skating over land in some ways. After that, he’d asked to see it for himself, and now…he kind of saw what Shadow meant.

Of course, that didn’t mean he was going to try to run on top of the water anytime soon. Nooo, thank you, Sonic the Hedgehog was just fine as he was. But there was a special kind of art to the way that his rival-turned-friend interacted with the surface of the lake, churning up the normally still water and turning it into part of his routine.

Because this was a routine, in a way. Shadow wasn’t just skating in circles—he was doing spins and flips, occasionally letting his momentum carry him on one leg, and doing all of it backwards as much as forwards. It was downright impressive.

Sonic watched intently, noticing how Shadow’s quills whipped in his self-made wind and gave his silhouette an almost beautiful sense of motion. No, scratch that, it was beautiful. Seeing him move with such grace was…magical, honestly. Definitely a privilege. Sonic couldn’t draw very well beyond little scribbly stick figures, it was Knuckles who had a great sense of things like landscapes and anatomy (though his people were a little rougher than his wildlife).

He wasn’t sure if Knuckles would see this the way he saw it, though.

So instead, Sonic tried to commit this moment to memory, refusing to lie down properly and look away even as his arm and neck began to ache. He watched intently until Shadow finished, finally skidding to a stop on the sand a ways away—far enough that the particles he kicked up wouldn’t get into Sonic’s eyes, which he appreciated.

The other hedgehog approached, brushing his windswept quills back into place. Sonic wished he’d have let them stay that way a little longer, it was kind of nice to see Shadow a little less than impeccable for a moment. At the same time, though, that tidiness was a part of who Shadow was, and he wouldn’t have changed that for the world.

“Thoughts?” Shadow asked, seeming genuinely curious, and perhaps…even a little apprehensive?

Sonic sat up properly, beaming up at him. “That was so cool. Mind if I come again sometime?”

To Sonic’s delight, Shadow gave him the smallest of smiles back. “I believe that can be arranged.”

[hadthatdreamagain]

the girlss

[sun-supernova]

Im debating on whether or not to post a Sonadow comic I made. It took months to make but I’m starting to think it sucks so its probably going to rot in my gallery forever.

But since I’ll probably never post it here’s a couple snippets of the parts I did like

[inkubuzzz]

Introduction

Hello! I’m Bug, also known as Inkubuzz! I write about whatever I’m currently obsessed with. Eventually I’ll be posting to AO3, but imma post snippets, ramblings, and other stuff here! I also do a LOT of incorrect quotes posts-

My AO3: Inkubuzz

Fandom list:

Thousand Autumns/Qian Qiu

Heaven Official's Blessing/TGCF

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation/MDZS/The Untamed

Scum Villain Self Saving System/SVSSS

Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know /DVAWTK

Dramatical Murder/DMMD

DC (Primarily Batfam, Superfam, and Superbat)

Sonic (Primarily Sonadow)

(this list is about fandoms I actively write fanfic for/post about, but I am in many more than just this)

(My old blog is @inkubuzz-old ! I made a new one because of the limitations of side blogs)

[theluckygroundhog]

I don't wish to jinx myself, but I have a new sonadow fic coming!! (It'll be in Who We Are Under These Stars series) It's like, 90% done, except I got stuck on dialogue >:( Maybe I'll just cut it if it keeps throwing me off, because I'm so so excited for everything else to be posted!!

It has been so so fun to write in a highly descriptive, almost poetic manner. AND they finally kiss! Hopefully it's ""good"" because I've never written a full-out kissing scene, BUT it was fun to write!!

Omg i'm so excited, here is a snippet!! (if it seems suggestive out of context, know nothing freaky is about to happen)

Sonic’s hands settled on a firm hold on Shadow’s back, so that when gravity took them, Shadow was cradled to the Earth. As his quills touch the ground and Sonic hovered above him, he could all but feel his heart beating against his ribcage like a bird seeking escape. He almost could not stand to accept this. With how Sonic’s gentle hand moved– from caressing his cheek, to the back of his ear, to petting his quills. At any other point in his life, he would have been long gone.

[fullsupersoniccircle]

so. if anybody is in need of a distraction for the next while, i have the perfect 110k+ AU fic series for it

✨Creating Our Own Constellation✨

COOC is an ongoing Sonadow family au by me, primarily following Sonic and Shadow as they start a family, by blood and by realizing who they have around them, and all of the ups and downs that come with it.

the first entry is the meat of the au and my pride and joy: nine months , ten chapters following Sonic and Shadow as they take the plunge into parenthood and having children!

if you’re looking for something shorter, there’s one foot in front of the other , a Sonic-centric one-shot, and not as seamless the second time around , a Shadow-centric one-shot!

and as a bonus, here’s a tiny snippet of the next entry to the AU! a one-shot or potentially two chapters, haven’t written enough to know for certain yet.

feel free to send any questions about the story! i’m bad about sharing details on my own time even though i’ve had So Many Thoughts about this au lmao