#transformers: mobius run

[transformersmr-hq]

Just a typical Cybertronian upper class engex party

something something Energon/Engex headcanon -> [X]

something something robot sweets headcanon -> [X]

[lovelylivewirez]

Figured I should post this on it's own since @au-sonic-smackdown has already begun (but I kept forgetting so... a few days later it is lmao)

I'll take this as a chance to ramble a little about this AU as well- putting under the cut tho bc it's gonna get a bit long and is probably a bit disjointed lol

So Sonic in this AU is immortal, right? He's like a demigod kinda. But so are Shadow and Tails (Shadow being the Ultimate Lifeform and Tails being a kitsune). They live far into the future, long enough to meet Silver as a child and see him grow, and will live far longer still.

Sonic is a nomad and lives anywhere as long as it's off the grid. He doesn't like other people knowing of his immortality out of fear that it will be exploited somehow. Eggman Nega would eventually prove that fear true, and some of his scars are from encounters with him.

(Some scars are from his childhood, but the prominent one running down his torso and the one in his ear, as well as a few other big ones covered by bandages, are relatively recent. They're indicative of some of the ways he has died before, if you're willing to take a guess.)

Shadow has taken over the role as Mobius' current hero, at least in the eyes of the public, but Sonic has remained a hero of legend. Silver also does his fair share of hero-ing, too, and is constantly chasing after Nega and foiling his plans with Shadow's help. Sonic will come in and help often, but leaves just as quickly as he came, often remaining unseen.

Meanwhile, Tails uses his kitsune powers to appear as a regular fox and hide his status as immortal. He poses as a local mechanic in Onyx City (the city from Archie Sonic Universe's Silver Age arc, but like. A good future instead of a dystopia) and helps Shadow and Silver covertly with his advanced tech.

When he's not saving the world from impending doom, Sonic either wanders the world to find places to nap in, hangs out with Tails or Shadow, or is hunted down by Nega.

Sonic's immortality allows him to regenerate and come back whenever he dies. The Chaos Energy inside of him won't let him die, he just heals and comes back, but it often leaves a scar, especially if the injury is severe. It's left him with chronic pain and fatigue. He uses a cane he carved himself out of a stick, unless in werehog form, where he just walks on all fours instead.

As a werehog, he's extremely irritable and pretty feral, but since he can control when he transforms most of the time (except new moons), he avoids transforming unless the boost in strength is absolutely necessary.

He's gotten pretty attached to lots of old things that remind him of his friends. Even if those things have started to decay, he hoards them in secret burrows across the world and refuses to let them go. His memory is not the greatest and has gotten worse as he aged, so he holds onto things that remind him of his late friends to ensure they live on in some way.

Anyways, that's all I have for now. Go vote for your favorite Sonic in the smackdown!

[superscourge]

ok heres some stuff abt order au

nazo is a god of order, originally from mobius but was sealed away in his own zone using the seven stones of order, which are the direct opposite of the chaos emeralds

in his dimension, he was able to shape it into his own image, and everything is just so...static and still. just like he wants it

one day sonic gets into trouble and opens a portal to nazo's zone--the zone of order--and he only runs through it for a moment, but its enough to alert nazo to his chaotic energy and lead him back to mobius

nazo wants to create order on mobius once again, but that would involve wiping the universe clean of all chaos energy, which sonic and friends do Not vibe with <3

a different universe's silver actually comes from another dimension to help fight nazo b/c his universe is in danger bc of him

silver, sonic, and shadow end up being too weak to face nazo together, so they enlist the help of scourge, who reluctantly joins them in a temporary truce, but he totally plans on betraying them at some point lol

unfortunately for scourge, his master emerald propoerties make him a huge target for nazo, and nazo ends up draining his master emerald energy from him, reverting him back to anti-sonic status. this puts a damper on things because now nazo has less to worry about Again

nazo transforms with each stone of order he absorbs, and once he achieves perfect status (like perfect chaos), he's str8 up ready to destroy the universe

chaos themself is angry that nazo is on mobius in their world. so they power up the emeralds and allow the four hedgehogs to achieve a new form--the chaos form--which they use to defeat nazo! at first, its only silver, shadow, and sonic, bc scourge left and they thought he betrayed them. but scourge ends up coming back and being the key to victory b/c nazo underestimated him due to his master emerald being drained

gonna be developing this more as i go on but for now im just gonna work on designing stuff i think

[headcanonasks]

Hi! This blog is run by several alters in the Dawn Matrix System (yes, this is a newer development, please be patient with us if we forget to tag who posts what, we often have a hard time figuring that out ourselves.)

This blog is for headcanons, prompts, and miscellaneous fandom stuff. There might also be some fandom neutral prompts.

The most frequent posters here will probably be:

- Orion (She/They)

- Doc (He/They)

- Finch (He/Him)

- Judas (They/Them or Xe/Xym/Xyr/Xyrs/Xymself)

- Gizmo (He/Him)

If any of our other headmates post here, they'll tag themselves just like we would.

These are our fandoms:

Transformers

FNAF

Undertale

MCU

Legend of Zelda BOTW (haven't played tears of the kingdom yet)

Assorted Disney Fandoms (maybe?)

Pokemon

The Lego Movie

TADC

These are our favorite ships:

Optimus Prime/Megatron (MegOp)

Orion Pax/Megatronus (TFP MegOp)

Orion Pax/D-16 (D-Pax)

Megatron/Ratchet

Megatron/Ratchet/Optimus Prime

Loki/Mobius M. Mobius

James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers

Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne

Batman/Joker (The Lego Batman Movie)

Link/Sidon

Jedidiah/Octavius (Night at the Museum)

[in-my-loki-feels]

Title: More Than Your Broken Pieces Rating: T Fandom: Loki (TV) Relationship: Loki/Mobius M. Mobius (aka Mr. Tesseract) Some Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Not Canon Compliant, Non-Consensual Body Modification, Human Experimentation, Enemies to Lovers, On the Run, Drinking & Talking, Angst, Implied/Referenced Minor Character Death, Angst with a Happy Ending, Temporary Character Death Word Count: 19.2k

Summary:

Loki's plan to invade Earth hits an immediate impasse when he discovers the Tesseract is not the simple cube he's expecting. Mobius awakens in a strange lab in a body he barely recognizes, with a head full of broken memories and an angry god trying to tear him apart. After being split up by their first confrontation, the two are drawn back together by the fates, which have even more complications in store for them.

Here is my final piece for @lokiusbang!! This was a big idea to take on in the time that was left, but I'm excited I had the chance to write it! And, in my usual way, I blew past the minimum word count. 😆 In my defense, I really wanted to make the ending feel earned and also wanted to include as many of the artist's details as I could. I hope you enjoy it! 💚💙

Please check out Alexie's incredible comic that inspired this work here on Twitter!

[au-sonic-smackdown]

AU Sonic Smackdown - Round 1, Left Side

Bound by Fate AU belongs to @midnightshard06

Old Man Sonic AU belongs to @wereh0gz

Read more about them under the cut!

Bound by Fate-

Sonic in this au is born as a werehog, but really has no idea why. He just rolls with it, but this does limit his friendship potential. As such he's kind of a loner, not that he acts like it. He's rather outgoing, and can talk to anyone really. Definitely leans on the sassy side, particularly with people he's comfortable with. Though he finds it hard to trust people due to bad experiences when in his werehog form. A lot of people don't take kindly to him at night so he tries to stay away from people as best he can while transformed, and he doesn't like to stick in one place for too long. At some point he meets Tails and the two mutually help each other out (Tails saving him from a group of hunters that were trying to kill him and Sonic helping Tails gain a better reputation in the town he lives in). The two are close even if Sonic isn't always around. Eventually Sonic and Knuckles run into each other, Knuckles trying to take out Sonic due to a misunderstanding. Though the two end up bound together through prophecy shenanigans and have to save the world as a team.

Sonic's abilities are pretty standard fair. Sonic during the day has the super speed and all the stuff to come with it. Though he is a bit physically stronger since some of his werehog strength tends to leak over. At night it's mostly standard werehog stuff with the exception of the stretchy arms. He can however sense nearby dark gaia monsters and gaia temples, and him and Knuckle's bond let them know were each other are at all times.

Old Man Sonic-

It's the Sonic we all know and love! ... Except he's long overdue for retirement.

He's gained the "gift" of immortality thanks to the large amounts of Chaos Energy, Dark Gaia Energy, and other godly energies he's absorbed over the years. You could say he's something of a demigod now, capable of running at extreme speeds (of course), commanding the winds, and even turning himself into a beast!

Now at the ripe old age of 215 and heavily scarred in more ways than one, he wanders the world fighting off evildoers and stopping world-ending calamities just as he did in his youth. He's not alone, though, as he has help from Tails, Shadow, and even Silver on occasion. He may not be as spry as he used to be, but he'd never allow his world to fall into the wrong hands, even if it means pushing himself far beyond mortal limits and dying time and time again. It's not like death is permanent for him, anyway.

While Sonic still retains the title of "hero of Mobius", he doesn't interact much with the public anymore. In fact, he's seen as more of a myth now, and almost the entire world (except for Tails, Shadow, and Eggman Nega) thinks he died from natural causes long ago. He tries his best to keep his identity and immortality secret, going by different names on the off chance he runs into someone.

Unfortunately, the worst possible person who could know about his secret is already well aware of it, and is always hunting him down to capture him and see what makes him tick...

[alterchaos]

SKIRMISH IN THE SKY

Neo Metal ascends, taking to the skies in his plot to destroy Mobius once and for all. A hero jumps into the fray. Two fight for the soul of the other...

PREVIOUS CHAPTER: A ROBOT'S LAMENT

NEXT CHAPTER: COMMUNICATION

“MY. FUNCTION. IS. …”

The ground began to rumble beneath the pinned robot.

“TO. MAKE. FATHER. PROUD. OF. MEEEEE.!!!!”

A pool of nanites spilled about Neo across the ground.

“GRRRRRAAAAAAHHHHHHH.!!!!!!”

RRRRRRRUMBLLEEE

“WOAHWOAHWOAHWOAH!!!!”

“TAKE COVER!!!!”

Everyone ran to safe ground away from the nanites. Before long, the base they’d occupied had been consumed, its metallic structure being gathered and molded alongside Neo’s body.

“W-What the…?”

“He’s…He’s using the base to…”

Massive metallic wings spread from the transforming robot.

FWOOSH!

FWOOM!

Large, talon-like claws gripped the air as he flew.

SNAP!

SLASH!

A canine head emerged attached to a serpentine neck, each vertebrae connected by an intricate network of wires and bolts.

“GRRRRRRRRR. …”

He bared his metallic fangs whose slicing edges upon which the setting sun glistened.

“GROOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRR.!!!!!”

Everyone began to sweat, Tails stepping forward first, “He…He’s MASSIVE!!!”

Cream’s brow furrowed in fright as Cheese hid behind her ear, “H-How do we stop him now?”

“Heh…” Knuckles stepped forward confidently, “You see…I happen to have a few tricks up my sleeve…”

With that, he pulled out the blue and green chaos emeralds.

Everyone jolted.

“Knuckles, why do you-!?”

“It is my duty to protect the Master Emerald.” The echidna winked, “That’s why I stored it in a little place known as The Special Zone.”

Rouge’s eye twitched.

So THAT’S why she couldn’t find her precious emerald…

Tails’s mouth nearly dropped agape, “That’s…actually ingenius, Knuckles!!” His eyes sparkled, “We can access the zone and call upon the emerald using both gems as a conduit to open the gateway!”

“Exactly! Now let’s put a stop to this-!!?”

At that moment, the metallic beast dove, slamming into the echidna and causing him to fumble the green gem.

“NO!!!!”

“YOU. SHOULD. NOT. HAVE. TOLD. ME. YOUR. SECRET. …”

Metal captured it in his mouth, swallowing it in one gulp.

“H-HE ATE IT!!!?!?”

“WITH. THIS. POWER. IN. MY. GRASP. …”

He squirmed slightly, a capsule appearing on his back with the emerald in containment.

“I. WILL. BECOME. THE. METAL. OVERLORD. OF. THIS. WORLD.”

He flapped his wings once more, floating off the ground slightly in one final address.

“NONE. OF. YOU. WILL. STAND. IN. MY. WAY.”

“SHOOT! WHAT DO WE DO NOW!!?”

Eve looked up, watching the metallic beast as it prepared to take flight.

BA-BUMP

If only she hadn’t let herself get captured…

BA-BUMP

If only she wasn’t too weak to help…

BA-BUMP

To be something more…

BA-BUMP

To be…a hero…

BA-BUMP

BA-BUMP

“...”

Tap.

Tap. Tap.

TAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTA-

The girl with the golden hair ran forward, leaping high into the air as she paid no mind to the throbbing in her leg.

“-!!?”

Sonic caught sight of her, though it was too late.

“EVE, WHAT ARE YOU-!!?”

She grabbed hold of the beast’s downturned wing just before he took flight.

SHOOOM!

And then they were gone.

SHOOOM!

Sonic took off faster than he’d ever run before. He looked for something, anything he could leap off of and reach the metallic beast in the sky with, settling on one of the canyon’s deep rails. There was a hill aloping upward, one he could launch himself from if he went fast enough.

He just had to go faster…

SHOOOM!

Faster…

FWOOOM!

FASTER…

BOOOM!

Sonic hit the sound barrier, shattering it in an instant along with any of the rail’s support beams. They began to collapse, though in the blink of an eye, he was already high into the air and nearing his destination.

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“...huff…haa…”

The girl with the golden hair dared to open her eyes, which stung against the intense wind of the skies. She continued to grip the piece of the robot’s wing she’d managed to grab, not daring to look down below her.

No.

She…She HAD to do this!

She had to be stronger!

BETTER!

Eve began to crawl towards the emerald upon the beast’s back, carefully so as not to lose her grip and fall.

“Come oonn…”

She gripped another piece of his metallic frame.

“COME OOONN!!!”

She forced her arm forward, pulling herself closer still.

Before she knew it, she was already there.

“Ha…ha ha…”

She crawled forward again, reaching out towards the emerald.

“Finally…”

She grasped it.

…

…

But so did Sonic.

The two friends gazed into each others’ eyes, first in some pleading gesture as to why, and then in fury over the others’ presence. They began to tug at the emerald, neither willing to let go even as it was freed from its capsule.

“LET GO, SONIC!!!”

“YOU LET GO, EVE!!!”

“NO!!! I NEED THIS!!!”

“WHY!!?”

“THAT’S…” The girl paused for a moment as she searched her soul for some excuse. She recalled their hate-filled words back in town, trembling slightly as she took a few quick breaths in a momentary panic. After a moment, she quelled her heart, gritting her teeth in denial as she fought back tears, “THAT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!!” She tugged harder, nearly pulling the hedgehog from his spot along with the glowing gem.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S ‘NONE OF MY BUSINESS’!!?”

“IT JUST ISN’T, OKAY!!?”

Sonic continued trying to wrestle the emerald from her grasp, “YOU!!! ARE GOING!!! TO GET HURT!!!”

Eve pulled back, “AM NOT!!!”

The two continued their dance, oblivious to the colossal robot rapidly approaching its destination.

The hedgehog growled, “COME ON, EVE!!!! WHY DOES THIS MATTER SO MUCH TO YOU!!?!?”

A few tears begun springing up in her eyes, “NOTHING!!!! I JUST WANT TO HELP!!!!”

Sonic pulled back, “THIS GOES FAR BEYOND JUST WANTING TO HELP!!!! WHAT ABOUT YOUR PROMISE!!?!?”

“I…” Eve froze for a moment, eyes wide and wet, before pulling hard as a few large tears flew free, “I DON’T CARE!!!! I HAVE TO DO THIS!!!! I HAVE TO PROVE THAT I’M A HERO!!!!”

“YOU ALREADY ARE ONE!!!! WHAT MORE DO YOU HAVE TO PROVE!!?!?”

“EVERYTHING!!!!”

“WHY!!?!?”

“B-Because…”

“JUST TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ABOUT!!!!”

“I-I can’t-”

“WHY CAN’T YOU!!?!?”

The girl was sobbing now.

“TELL ME THE TRUTH, EVE!!!! WHY DID YOU BREAK YOUR PROMIS-”

“BECAUSE I WANT TO BELONG!!!!!!”

Sonic froze, “W-What…?” His gaze grew concerned as he recalled the whispers and jeers his friend had faced recently in town, his ears pinning back against his head, “But…But you said everything was going fi-”

“YEAH, WELL, IT’S NOT FINE!!!!! FIRST EVERYONE FEARS ME FOR BEING THE ONLY OTHER HUMAN AND THEN THEY HATE ME BECAUSE YOU STEPPED IN AND-” The girl froze in terror, catching her words but it was already too late.

Sonic knew the truth.

The whole truth.

And now…

What if…what if he…

Sonic’s eyes widened, “Eve…” Even if she’d only just admitted it now, he never did quite shake the feeling that his interference in town had caused the situation to worsen for the girl. He’d hoped he was wrong of course, but now…

…

…

“Eve…I-”

“ROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The metallic beast’s frame rumbled as it approached its first destination, calling forth a surge of power from the emerald caught between both Heroes’ grasps. 

“FOOLS. YOU. DARE. TO. DEFY. ME. YOUR. NEW. GOD.!!!!”

The gem dissipated, the force of the girl’s last pull enough to cause her to slip.

“I. WILL. HAVE. MOBIUS. AND. THEN. FINALLY. …”

She tumbled backwards, meeting nothing but air as more tears escaped her.

“FINALLY. …”

The Hero of Mobius leapt forth, grabbing and pulling her in tight in his rapid descent.

“FATHER. WILL. BE. PROUD. OF. MEEEEEE.!!!!!!!”

CRASH!!!

shweeeeeeFYOOOOM!

BOOM!!!

BOOM!!! CRASH!!!!

Screams filled the air throughout South Island as Metal Overlord’s laser pierced the cobblestone roads, a few buildings crumbling as they were caught in the blast as well. Wave upon wave of badniks descended from the beast, ready to conquer the wreckage and wipe all who resisted.

Metal flashed his menacing, cracked eye.

“ENGAGING. MOBIUS. PRIORITY. ONE.”

TO BE CONTINUED…

[projectnewmoon]

Sonic - Project: New Moon

Epilogue - Hauntings and Scars that Run Deep

Summary: Turns out, things aren't as great as Sonic thought they'd be.

Warnings: Blood and violence.

Word Count: 4,261 words.

Sonic felt sick.

It'd been about a month since Nox had attempted to free Dark Gaia and end Mobius as he knew it- and subsequently died from his own hubris. A month since he’d regained that monstrous form he took on during the Shattered World Crisis years ago, in which Eggman tried to do much the same, but in an attempt to take over Mobius instead of destroying it. Though things were peaceful once more, the recent near-apocalypse had left its mark both on him and the world, even if the only one who seemed to notice was himself.

The atmosphere around him had changed, saturated with both Light and Dark Gaia's energies. In the beginning, it was balanced and stable, a comforting embrace. But energy continued to seep out from the world's core, and it had become suffocating. A film coated the air and made it harder to breathe, making Sonic lightheaded during the day and snappy at night.

Worst of all, no one else seems to be affected. Not one other person he's talked to in the past few weeks has said anything that would even imply that they've noticed something was off.

Tails did say he'd seen some unusual energy readings on his Miles Electric some time after the incident, but he’d been feeling better than ever, even suggesting he wanted to go on a solo adventure now that things had settled down again. Sonic wasn't at all opposed, quite the opposite, actually. It wouldn't be the first time his little brother had gone off on his own.

But he couldn't help but worry. Worry about Eggman making a comeback, or some new threat rising up, or something bad happening to his friends, or his own condition getting worse, or all of the above happening at once.

He couldn’t take it anymore. So, instead of wallowing in nauseating anxiety, Sonic went out for a run, letting the winds guide him.

He ran for hours, past grasslands and valleys and cities, until he found himself in the familiar forests of Spirit's Grove, the sun slowly drifting west along the blue sky. Sonic’s stomach churned.

Should be used to it by now, he thought. The sunset was soon approaching, and he found himself dreading the painful transformation that came with it.

Well, “dreading” is a bit of a strong word for what he feels. He's anticipating it. Bracing himself for it. Not quite at the level of dread, but teetering on that edge, maybe.

Sonic shook the mounting restlessness off and continued through the forest, slowing to a walk as he took in the scenery, as he usually does when visiting places he hasn't been to in a while. It's quiet, a slight breeze just barely disturbing the trees around him.

The silence is discomforting, to say the least. The forest is quiet as it is, but never this quiet. The wind is usually stronger, and the skittering of tiny animals and birdsong was infrequent, but never outright absent. And, strangest of all…

It is incredibly cold. For a midsummer evening, at least.

Sonic shivered.

“Rue? Specter? Phantom? Anyone there?” he calls out while walking deeper into the forest. No one responds. “Guess no one’s around today. Weird.”

He wanders until he finds himself before Rue’s cave.

“Hello?” He hesitates, before parting the curtain of vines and leaves on the cave’s entrance. He looks inside, but doesn't dare enter.

It’s empty, yet there were deep claw marks on the stone walls and floor, probably fresh. Rue's sparse belongings were in disarray, the makeshift nest of blankets torn to shreds, the lantern cracked on the floor, and the journal gutted, its pages scattered about in a mess of papers covered in writings he couldn't make out.

“What the…?” he whispered to himself.

Suddenly, he hears a deep, guttural snarl behind him. He snaps in the direction of the sound, and his eyes are met by those of a Nightmare- Rue’s glowing magenta eyes, piercing through the shadows of the forest and staring right into his very soul.

“Rue! Hey, what’s up?” he asks as he takes a step towards them, feigning his usual nonchalant attitude, “You okay? You don’t look so–”

Before he can get any closer, however, Rue pounces, knocking him down and pinning him onto the ground. They bare their teeth at him as he tries to wriggle himself away.

“Hey! Wait a sec! What’s going on?!”

Rue roars in response.

He tries to kick them off, only managing to push them just enough to slip away. His quills bristle as a chill runs down his spine.

The sky grew darker. The sun was setting.

It’s coming.

Pain surged through his body like wildfire as he began to transform, fur turning pitch black, gloves being torn by glowing cyan claws. Green markings formed on his skin and fur and quills, false eyes glowing on his body. He couldn’t breathe, purple smoke filling his lungs, slipping out of his mouth.

This isn’t right… this isn’t… His mind began to fog. His body burned. His blood boiled. Something bubbled within him, desperate to escape.

Rue strikes, trying to slash at Sonic, but he barely, just barely, managed to move aside and dodge their attack. He growls at her and strikes back, fangs bared, grabbing their arm and pulling them off their feet, over him. There's a loud thump and a whine as he slams them onto the ground back-first. He releases their arm as they curl up, trembling, clutching at the bandages that cover their lower back as they begin to slip off.

He takes a step back, watching them. Something breaks through the fog for a moment, a split second of clarity.

Hurting her. You're hurting her–

Rue looks up at Sonic and snarls with the ferocity of a rabid beast. They move to strike again, claws ready to slash at him. On instinct, he strikes back.

He bites at her shoulder. Teeth pierce skin, and green blood spills. Rue jolts.

The taste of metal lingers on Sonic’s tongue as he releases Rue, forcefully pushing her onto the ground. His heart pounds in his chest, his head throbbing. Rue whines, but it's drowned out by the pounding and ringing in his ears.

She looks up at him, clutching her bleeding shoulder, heaving. They whimper, ears pinned to their head and tail between their legs.

Sonic and Rue stare at each other. Time seems to come to a halt. Sonic’s blood runs cold.

“Rue, I…” He feels a lump in his throat. His voice sounds wrong, beastly, almost otherworldly.

It didn’t sound like him.

“I didn’t mean to–”

Rue snarls, interrupting him. She takes a step back as he tries to approach her again. He feels his heart drop to the pit of his stomach.

“I’m so sorry.”

Sonic kneels down onto the grass. He keeps his head low, shifting his gaze from Rue down to his own paws.

He fought her like some kind of animal. Scared her. Hurt her.

He needed to show her he wasn’t a threat anymore.

Eventually, Rue stopped growling at him. He could hear her slowly make her way towards him, limping. It wasn't long before she was right above him, cautiously sniffing him. He trembled, heart still pounding, yet he didn’t move. He didn’t want to scare her more than he already has.

Rue let out a growl, almost like a question, vaguely sounding like his name. “So… nic…?”

He looks up at her. Sharp green eyes meet pink. “Yeah. Sorry for hurting you…” He can feel something in him shift, energy being released. His mind becomes clearer.

She pulls him in for a hug, startling him. She’s shaking, near hyperventilating. He hesitantly returned her embrace as his body changed once more, the false eyes fading and his quills and fur turning back to their usual navy.

Rue felt warm in his arms. Too warm, feverish, almost. He wasn't faring too well, either. The air felt colder than before. Frigid.

He began to rub Rue's back gently, above the now exposed scars. Their fur began to shift in color, just as Sonic’s had, back to dark teal.

Their shoulder continues to bleed. He tries to ignore the taste of blood in his mouth.

“Hey.” His voice sounded normal again. Or- as normal as it can sound in this form, at least. “Let's go to the twins’ place and get you patched up, alright?”

He can feel their claws digging into his skin as they tighten their grip on him, shaking their head.

“He’s following me,” Rue whispered, her voice quivering, on the verge of tears.

“... Who’s following you?” Sonic asked, keeping his voice as steady as he could for her. He looks around, wondering who could possibly be following someone like Rue.

… It can't be Nox, can it? He fell to his death! He couldn't have survived a fall into a pit of lava, right?

Unless…

Sonic feels a chill down his spine. His quills stand on end, bristling.

“Come on. Let's get outta here.” He moves to stand up, grabbing Rue's paw to pull her up with him.

But as he rises, he catches a glimpse of something watching from the corner of his vision. A figure standing in the shadows. Unreal. Its many-eyed gaze lingers on Sonic.

Observing. Studying. Scrutinizing.

Nope. No. Nuh-huh. Not dealing with that right now, he thinks as he quickly helps Rue up and drags them behind him, making his way towards the twin's home and not looking back.

-

It wasn't long before the two beasts were at Specter and Phantom's doorstep. The air around their home felt so much hotter than back where Rue's cave was, so much more like a summer evening. Warm yellow light streamed out of the windows- and if the lights are on, someone surely had to be home.

Sonic knocked on the wooden door. Bang bang bang. He probably knocked a lot harder than he intended, but he wasn't exactly concerned when Rue was possibly being haunted by the person that made their life a living hell. And bleeding. That too.

“Coming!” He heard Specter's voice behind the door.

The door swings open, and Specter greets them with a smile. “Hi, Sonic– oh.”

“You guys have a first aid kit?” Sonic asked as he hurriedly pulled Rue inside.

“Wait wait wait- what happened? Why are you guys covered in blood? Oh my goodness, what happened to Rue's shoulder?!” Specter began to panic at the sight of her injury.

Sonic grimaced. That’s your fault, Sonic, you jackass. “Yeah, uh, long story. First aid kit, you got one?” he repeated himself.

“Right! Yes! Um…” she began to look around frantically, only to almost bump into Phantom, who had already gotten the kit and was handing it to her.

“Here,” he said nervously, refusing to look anywhere near Rue's injury.

Specter took the kit and led Rue to sit at the table, setting the kit down and beginning to work on cleaning the wound. “Alright, now what happened?”

“I don't know…” Rue shook, staring off into nothing, “I don't know…”

“Something made her panic,” Sonic explained, “She’s bein’ haunted, I think.”

Phantom stared at him, at his mouth, still stained in blood. “And you bit her?”

I didn't mean to. Sonic bit his tongue.

Rue winced as gauze was placed over their wound. “I attacked him first. It's fine.”

“Okay, yeah, that’s not super important right now. Who's haunting you, Rue? Do you know?” Specter asked.

“Nox. It was him. It had to be.” They gripped their arm, digging their claws into their own skin. “He whispered to me. Taunting me.”

Specter and Phantom share an odd look. Did they not believe her?

“I saw it too, y'know,” Sonic interjected, “They're not making this up. He's back, and he was watching us.”

There was silence. The air felt tense. Cold.

Specter carefully wrapped Rue's wound in bandages. “There… let's change the ones over your scars, too–”

Something shifts, the air grew even colder. Frigid. The lights inside the cottage flicker.

Phantom's ear twitched, the bell on his earring jingling. He summons his scythe. “He's here.”

Everything went dark. In the middle of the room, there it stood, a hazy figure, a faded memory of Nox the Spider. Eight eyes shone against the darkness, red and yellow, like those of the ghosts from Sand Ocean, and his face contorted into a sinister smile.

“Hello, friends,” Nox’s voice reverberated in Sonic’s head, “Miss me?”

Rue hurried to stand, stepping away from the ghost in a panic, hackles raised and breathing heavily. Specter drew out her own scythe, and the twins, as well as Sonic, stood between her and Nox, protecting her.

“An unkind reception, as always. Not like I should expect any better from the likes of you.”

“What do you want from me?” Purple smoke slipped from Rue’s mouth as she spoke.

Sonic could see Nox’s expression shift slightly, almost as if he enjoyed tormenting them. As if that was any surprise. He scowled. “Why couldn’t you just stay dead, asshole?”

“I have unfinished business,” he stated “I thought it was common knowledge that ghosts are tied to this world by unfulfilled wishes.”

Specter’s tail flicked. “Well, it’s not like you can destroy the world or anything like this, so why not just give up already?”

Nox chuckled, driving Rue to panic further. Sonic could feel heat begin to emanate from her again as more smoke poured out of their mouth. “Oh, that’s not what I’m here for, silly. I’m well aware of my current limitations.”

All of a sudden, he sinks into the ground, reappearing right in front of Rue and Sonic, staring right into Rue’s eyes.

“I’m here to say my final goodbyes to you, Rubí. You didn’t let me have my final words the last time we met!”

“... What?” Sonic, Rue, and the twins said in unison.

“Oh, you all heard me.” Nox drifted towards her, moving past Sonic- no, through him- sending unpleasant chills down his entire body. Rue stepped back, trying to get away from Nox, until she was eventually backed against the wall.

Before Nox could get any closer to her and speak, however, Phantom leaps from behind Sonic, ready to slash at the ghost with his scythe. “Leave her alone!” he yells as he swings the blade…

… Only to be stopped by in his tracks by spectral webs shooting out of the ground at his feet, sticking to the weapon and pulling it out of his hands.

“Awful rude of you to interrupt me, child. This is between me and her.”

“Oh, you prick–” Specter’s own scythe was ripped out of her hands by webs, much in the same way Phantom’s was, just before she could attack.

“Now, where was I? Ah, yes… my final message to you, my dear.”

Rue trembled, claws digging into the wall they were backed against. “What more could you possibly want to say to me, Nox?”

“Just wanted to remind you of something you seemed to have forgotten in the month since my… untimely demise.”

The ghost leaned in closer.

“You won’t be rid of me. No matter how much time passes. Even after those two reaper ‘friends’ of yours inevitably exorcize me. I know I’ll always be inside that ugly little head of yours, in your worst memories. The one thing left of the past you buried under your thirst for revenge.”

Rue’s paws curled into shaking fists as they grit their teeth at him, growling. “You’re sick.”

“I’m well aware.”

Two glowing blades slice at Nox’s ghostly body, the twins having managed to break their weapons free, cutting him into pieces. Multicolor ectoplasm splatters, and yet, as his form begins to fizzle out, he smiles once more.

“I take comfort in knowing I’ve left my mark. You will never heal, Rubí. I’ll simply return in your nightmares to torment you again, and again… until the day you take your last breath.”

And with his final words spoken, Nox dissipated. The lights of the cottage flickered back on, and the air grew warm once more.

Rue fell to their knees, wrapping their arms around themself, scratching at their own skin and choking back tears. The twins hurried to their side, hugging them tight as they began to sob into their shoulders, all  while Sonic stood there, hesitating to act.

Was it really his place to comfort her, after hurting her like he did? Would he be overstepping? He doesn’t want to make any of this worse, she already had to deal with Nox of all people today. He would want to bother her more than he already has.

Sonic and Rue’s eyes meet, and his thoughts all come to a halt. She stands, slowly walking up to him while wiping her tears. She was silent. Sonic bristled, unsure of how to react, before being swept off his feet and into her arms.

“I’m sorry,” they whispered into his ears. “You shouldn’t have been a part of this.”

“N-no, no, I’m the one who should be apologizing,” Sonic stammered, “I couldn’t help you. Actually, I think me bein’ here made things worse. I’m sorry.”

Rue shook their head slightly. He felt their embrace tighten around him.

“Don’t. Please.”

Sonic wasn’t too keen on turning this into a game of apology tennis, so he just stopped talking, returning Rue’s embrace, and he remained in their arms for as long as they needed. Minutes passed in silence as the twins came and joined the embrace, time melding into what felt like an eternity.

-

Some time later, Sonic and the twins had led Rue to the living room, where she sat down on a bean bag chair and sank into it, clearly exhausted. Specter and Phantom made him go wash the now dry blood off his snout in the sink before they sat on the other bean bag chair, leaving Sonic no choice but to sit on the floor next to Rue.

“Uh, Sonic? We have another chair right here,” Phantom said, pointing at the rolling chair at the desk under his loft bed.

“Nah, I’m fine here,” Sonic replied, content with sitting on the fuzzy blue rug on the floor. He then turns to look up at Rue. “You okay?”

There it was, Rue’s hollow, distant face, staring at nothing. They didn’t respond.

Specter stared at her, a strange glint in her cyan eye. “I think she needs some space. Maybe we should take her back home.”

Sonic held Rue’s hand. “I don't think that's a good idea. Besides, her cave is… a mess. She can’t go back to that.”

Suddenly, the TV hanging on the wall right in front of them started playing music. Upbeat tunes from some kind of game- one featuring a round pink thing running across platforms and sucking up enemies like a vacuum. Sonic quickly realized it was the same creature in one of the posters beside Phantom’s loft bed, right under a Chao in Space poster and another of some kind of white bug-like creature holding a sword.

Phantom held the controller, making the pink thing move along the stage and past obstacles. He was focused, eyes fixed on the screen.

Now everyone’s eyes were on Phantom. Even Rue seemed to have been drawn out from their stupor. 

… He wasn’t trying to be insensitive, was he?

Specter watched him with an incredulous expression. “Dude, what the hell?”

“Hey, Rue needs a distraction,” Phantom answered bluntly, “... And I was kinda already playing this before you guys came in and all of that happened, so…”

“DUDE.”

“It’s what I would want if I just went through something horribly traumatic!”

Sonic thought for a moment. “Hey, y’know what? That’s not a terrible idea.”

Sonic watched as Rue’s eyes drifted from Phantom to the television screen. Phantom had just completed a level, it seemed, and the pink thing was doing a cute little dance with celebratory music in the background.

“What is that? It looks weird,” Rue deadpanned while pointing at the screen.

Phantom's tail flicked in frustration. “His name is Kirby and you will not disrespect him in this household!”

Sonic couldn’t help but snicker at his reaction. Though, to be fair to Rue, Sonic thought practically the same way about this “Kirby” character. It looked very silly, but oddly adorable. It reminded him of a Chao, almost. A very pink and round Chao.

“Yo, Phantom, can I try?” Sonic asked. His interest was piqued, to say the least.

“Ah, hold on, I’ve got more Wiimotes somewhere around here…” Phantom said as he got up to search through his drawers for them. He then pulled out three more controllers, all the same kind, but of different colors.

“Are we seriously doing this?” Specter asked as she was being handed a purple controller.

Phantom gave a blue one to Sonic. “Yes, yes we are,” he said, before offering a green one to Rue, “You wanna play too?”

Rue eyed the controller with uncertainty. “I haven’t touched a videogame in… years. I wouldn’t be any good.”

“That’s okay. I’ll teach you.” Phantom simply placed the controller in their paw.

That’s when Phantom sat back down, and the game continued. He quickly explained the controls and how to select a character to Sonic and Rue.

Specter, having seemingly played this game before, didn’t need any explanation and just got to playing the game with the others. By now, she’d already accepted that everyone was moving on from what had happened not even an hour prior, and that this is what they were going to do.

Sonic had selected a funny-looking orange creature with a blue bandana and a spear, which he was promptly informed was named Bandana Waddle Dee.

Rue had chosen a bat-like character with a cool metal mask and spiked sword named Meta Knight.

Specter was quick to point out that it was “no fair” that Rue took “her” character, but settled down once she realized she could instead play as the blue penguin with a hammer, who, according to Phantom, had “the best ability in the game by default.” Sonic wasn’t sure what that meant or why it mattered, he was just there for the ride.

And a fun ride it was. They played late into the night, laughing and yelling, having fun yet getting frustrated with the game all at once. But exhaustion eventually caught up with them, and the game was eventually shut off after Specter had fallen asleep on the bean bag chair with the controller in her hands. Phantom had set his own controller down and promptly fell asleep with her, leaving Sonic and Rue effectively alone.

The cottage was once again dark and quiet, but the darkness was no longer discomforting. In fact, it was quite peaceful, Sonic thought.

Rue didn’t seem all that comforted by the silence and the dark, though, having grabbed onto Sonic’s paw and squeezing it tight. He squeezed theirs back.

“I’m right here, if you need to talk about anything,” Sonic assured, keeping his voice down so as to not wake the sleeping twins.

“I don’t… I don’t want to talk.” Rue’s voice wavered a bit. “I just want to forget.”

“... Yeah, I get it.”

There was a moment of quiet between them.

“You should try to get some sleep, Rue.”

“I can’t.”

“I know you’re still scared,” Sonic stood back up, still holding onto Rue’s paw, “But staying up all night isn’t gonna make anything better. It’s just gonna make you sick.”

Still, Rue shook their head. “I can’t, I… I don’t want to. He’ll come back, I know it.”

Nox had already been exorcized, there was no way he could return. But Rue didn’t mean that literally, did she?

Sonic let out a sigh. “Is there anything I can do to help you sleep?”

Rue looked at him, deep in thought, before suddenly pulling him down onto the bean bag they rested on, then wrapping their arms around him. Sonic could hear their heart beating in their chest.

“Stay here… Please…” Rue whispered, “Don't leave me…”

Sonic carefully wrapped his own arms around her. “Wasn’t planning on it,” he assured, gently rubbing their back, careful not to touch their scars, “I’ll be right here. If you have a nightmare, if Nox comes back to hurt you, I’ll be here, okay?”

Rue seemed to relax in his arms, closing their eyes and letting out a small huff. They finally felt safe. “Thank you.”

And so, Rue eventually fell asleep, soon followed by Sonic.

But before he drifted off, Sonic’s mind wandered.

It was over, for real this time. Nox was gone for good, but Rue would still need a lot of time to heal, and he wasn’t sure he could help her adequately. He could bring her some comfort, sure, but she needed more than that, and, if he was being completely honest with himself, sometimes his presence hurt her more than it helped. He can’t leave now, though, no matter how much he thinks he shouldn’t be here with her. He already promised he’d stay for her, and that wasn't a promise he was about to break. 

However, Sonic knew if he wanted to help her, he needed to keep himself in check. He needed to get better, too.

Eventually, Sonic feels his consciousness slip, and he elects to cast those thoughts away for his future self to deal with, falling into deep sleep in Rue’s arms.

[lokimobius]

Only a Knock Away

I've posted the first chapter of my next door neighbours AU!!! I'm very nervous, but also so excited to share this AU with all of you. I have over 50% of this fic completed, and I hope to post as often as I can!

I hope you enjoy the beginning of what I hope to be a silly meet-cute, full of fluff and humor and a whole lot of romance.

“Mobius, uh, good afternoon.” He said, his voice stilted. “I was just dropping by to ask a question, if that’s alright?” “Sure thing!” “Would I perhaps be able to—and you can absolutely say no; you won’t hurt my feelings—would I be able to use your shower?” If Mobius thought he was crazy, his face gave nothing away.

On the day of a job interview, Loki’s shower breaks half way through his routine. Panicked and with time running out, he decides to pay his friendly neighbour Mobius a visit. He was always offering help... He wouldn't mind Loki using his shower, would he?

Words: 1,864, Chapters: 1/5, Language: English

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Loki/Mobius M. Mobius

Additional Tags: Eventual Romance, Fluff, Attempt at Humor, Meet-Cute, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Romantic Comedy, Getting to Know Each Other, Domestic Fluff, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Next-Door Neighbours

[distracteddream]

I live and I wrote a new fic.

"I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" (Loki Series, Lokius (but really Loki/Don), Rated E)

“We’re all writing our own stories now. Go write yours.”

Sylvie’s words echo in Loki’s head. Loki knows he should go back to the OB variant’s timeline. He knows that was the next chapter in his story. And yet, well, Loki has always been selfish to his very core. One more footnote to his story couldn’t hurt. Could it?

With all the time in the world and with time running short, Loki seeks comfort in a dive bar in Cleveland. After all, he lies to everyone else. Loki can lie to himself too, just for one night.

(Or: Loki detours his journey so he can get to know Mobius’ variant, Don, a little more intimately.)

[transformersmr-hq]

Couldn't find good Shanix reference so I just made my own

was going to write some robot money headcanons but migraine too stronk so here's the short one

TFMR headcanon - What a bot can buy with each Shanix coins

Brown coin - Energon gumball from a gumball machine, or a dry-ice popsicle from a street vendor

silver coin - cheap everyday items from Rivets Mart(something like Cybertronian Dollar Tree), such as laundry clips, trash bins and so on

Gold coin - A simple meal from cheapest local diner

[loopingpyre]

Shadow knife dies so hard in the original they forgot to put him in the final dungeon. This might be a bit all over the place. There was a lot. Most of the final two eps are the characters accepting their decision to be better when they get back. Izuru being on the spectrum makes a ton of sense. Not the direction one expects from the cool loner type. Unlike Mifue and Suzuna, Kotono is too straight for the female MC. Tragic. Kinda messed up you can give Suzuna codependency issues though. Shogo's was great. 13 years...and then he gets a chance to do things right the second time. And all of a sudden Thorn with the steel chair making him go through that again in the ending. My man cannot catch a break! Still, points for being the most forthcoming about how it's gonna suck for everyone when they get back. Even at the end before the Mu fight he calls reality hell. Nice reminder that their real struggles are after they get back. I can't imagine the game expected the Marie bit to be an actual twist. I wasn't ready for her transformation though. Where is she keeping all of those bombs... Super cool tie! Shadow knife's eps. If the Eiji death messed him up this bad I can't imagine how miserable Kotaro's would've been. Pretty much was a longer version of his stuff from the tower which I didn't mind. Mu kinda breaks in the second half of his and Wicked's story. Sad. Wicked though. Wtf! I was so unsure what the point of her story was at first. She doesn't really learn much of anything nor does she care to and you barely get more insight into her over the course of it. Reading that she was comatose and then seeing the hospital scene though. It stirred something within me for sure but I don't know if I can word it. Maybe it's that some people in Mobius just can't be helped? Her scars run so deep and she's also not even capable of living and trying like the rest of them when they go back. Then again her grandfather doesn't take the mask off so she's still got a chance if she wakes up? There's hope there but she's so far gone I'm not sure if you're supposed to believe in that. I will say Ike-P's comments when you are in the aquarium with Shadow Knife and Wicked and depressed Mu were hilarious. I felt so bad for him. He's too normal for all that. Thorn was certainly an antagonist. Part of me was expecting a much deeper reason with Ichika but nope just a lost love/friend. Like if they weren't whispering in Mu's ear then they could've been an earlier musician and Wicked could've been the one who wanted to destroy the world. Grand Guignol sucked. Looks awesome but man those hallways were long. Interesting that Mirei didn't need to be brainwashed of all people. Kuchinashi and Wicked being done with reality made sense but I guess there's not much left for Mirei either (in her eyes). Stay in Mobius ending was insanely miserable. As for the actual end. Happy that Mu and Aria can be together again. I will say Aria did grow on me over the course of the game and only a small percent of that was seeing the yuri vision between her and Mu. Trying to guess who everyone was in the credits was a fun little game. I really liked how even the characters who didn't have much of an image problem still presented differently in Mobius. Also liked how they didn't really show anyone's face. Makes them regular people who are back to a regular world. Seeing the musicians interacting with the club members was super sweet too. I wonder if Mirei knew that was Kotono and her kid. While there's a lot of hope, the Kuchinashi one was quite the downer. Feels like the game wants you to play out how their lives will play out including however you defined the mc. A little meta that you don't really see the MC? The person in Mobius is your avatar and when you finish the game you're back to living in reality. Might be reading too much into that though. Quick note on the last few songs. Were there like effects or something? How was she doing that with her voice?? Might have some final things to add once I sleep on it. Thank you for reading my rambling this whole time! 4096 limit.

So the fun part about the Wicked thing is that her character episodes are a bit limited. This is because there's a natural stopper in the form of an official light novel sequel to the game, that's all about her.

You can find a translation here if you're interested. I adore this thing so much, this was written before Overdose was released, so future content couldn't really contradict it. The 12 episode anime adaptation actually gives her more screentime outside of Naruko so it's less of a twist, but that anime is already more of a fun fan thing because it's not a straight adaptation of the game to begin with. The whole thing about reality and hell is that it's trying to play on the game's fancy tagline that uses a special kanji that refers to both of those words at the same time, reality is hell. Thorn is very interesting also because like, their backstory is packed with Stuff that they keep hidden from you and there's so many wild implications in the idea of assuming someone else's guise so they 'aren't dead'. Like, holy shit. I like how the ending is stylised like that. It's rather interesting in that it's an overdose exclusive addition, and Takuya Yamanaka, the game's director isn't actually sold on if it was the best thing to even add because he wanted it to be interpret-able and not just give them happiness, but he also wanted players to get a little bit more out of the characters if they'd already played the vita game. It's one of those things where I think they managed to run a smidge better in the anime due to being able to just do whatever. I like Kuchinashi and Shogo just so happening to cross paths though, that's cute. The last few songs are especially insane, the boss rush in the grand guinol is all new overdose remixes, arrangements by Cosmo@P, who also composed Thorn's theme, Distorted Happiness. They go incredibly hard and I think it has to be a combination of skills to make Ueda's voice go wild. I'm really glad you enjoyed the game! If you ever come up with any other notes about it let me know, it's been a ton of fun reading your stuff!

[superscourge]

Can you tell us more about the Childhood Friends AU?

yeas

i guess i'll give some lil details abt it. this is gonna be long so under the cut it goes

sonic and scourge (also sonic at the time) meet each other when a portal opens up between their dimensions when theyre both about 10 years old. they both are pretty attuned to changes in their world, so they find it at the same time and are like "What The Heck You're Me!" but they hit it off pretty quickly bc they figure out the other one is just as fast as them and they race and a bond is formed.. they decide to call each other nicknames (buckles for prime sonic, shades for alt sonic bc at the time he's wearing the leather jacket + boots + shades) just to make things easier

for a little more context, in this au moebius is more like just. mobius but a little to the left. its not an opposite world like it is in canon, its just kinda...Different? if that makes sense? so shades isnt Nice, hes kind of a dick and he's rude, but he's not evil or malicious

buckles finds out after a while that shades has...not the best home life. his dad fuckin sucks. so shades stays with him and his nonna a lot (buckles' parents are gone already and he ends up staying with this sweet old cat lady he calls his nonna). this eventually culiminates into an awful thing when theyre about 14--shades ends up being pushed to the point of where he actually kills his dad. he doesnt show up for weeks, and buckles is worried, but he eventually shows up again, but hes different. hes not okay. and suddenly hes talking about how they cant be friends, how hes going to leave and never come back. and they have their first fight, which ends with shades leaving and buckles being left alone and devastated

they dont meet again until a couple years later when theyre both 16. shades had eventually returned to mobius and had been crashing there for a while, but he was stirring up trouble under the name of sonic. prime sonic finds him on angel island--apparently he had caused so much trouble that even sonic's enemies were targeting him now, so he wanted to use the master emerald to gain power so they'd stop messing with him. of course this goes south when he powers up with the emerald and knuckles defends it by slashing him across the chest during the transformation, interrupting it and putting him in a permanent half-super state (the green). he proclaims his new name is scourge, and they fight again, but scourge ends up using the master emerald to chaos control away, and once again they dont see each other for a while after that, bc then sonic is dealing with the Worst fucking year of his life (shadow, unleashed, forces). they basically dont talk again until theyre 19.

when they do talk again, sonic's really messed up from forces--the torture from infinite on the death egg really fucked him up and was making him question his reality even after everything. but scourge runs into him and knocks some sense into him (literally punches him in the face LOL) and sonic realizes this Is real, the war Is over, and everything fucking sucks. his nonna died while he was away. scourge doesnt take this well at all, and neither does sonic when he realizes its real, and they both kinda have a mutual breakdown moment because Neither of them were there when she passed and they both majorly regret it. but scourge still doesnt end up staying; he takes sonic to a nearby village when he falls asleep and then he leaves again. but that lets sonic know that scourge still does care about him, despite pushing him away for all these years. so hes going to figure out why, and bring back his friend.

they finally meet again post-frontiers, when sonic has a clearer head and has healed a lot. they fight again Of Course, but it ends up with scourge finally confessing why he'd run away so long ago, why he'd been trying so hard to push sonic away and drive a wedge between them to make sure sonic would Stay away--it was all because of the thing with his dad. he was ashamed of himself and didnt want his only best friend to see him as a murderer. but yknow what? sonic isnt fazed. he doesnt give a Shit. in fact he literally tells scourge that if scourge hadnt done it? sonic would have. jules was awful and beyond saving and the world was better off without him. scourge is shocked by all this, not really understanding...but they end up making up and finally, Finally becoming friends again

so thats the whole story LOL. ive been developing it w jester behind the scenes and while it isnt a Long au story its a fun and angsty one hehe. might be a little sonourge eventually. you know how it is

[dilfmobius]

Mobius curses under his breath and moves his hand to Loki’s head, threading his digits into inky black curls. Loki closes his eyes and leans into the touch, comforted by the gentleness of Mobius’ rough fingers. How could the agent deny Loki anything when he’s looking like that? Mobius just sighs and runs his hand through Loki’s hair. “Well, go on then, sweetheart,” Mobius says, tender and soft, moving his hand to cup his god’s cheek. ~ loki's bored and mobius is right there.

Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Loki/Mobius M. Mobius Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Genderfluid Loki (Marvel), Trans Mobius M. Mobius, Vaginal Fingering, Cunnilingus, Mobius Coochie Universe, very fond of that tag tbh, Public Sex, they fuck in the archives groundbreaking i know, loki eats pussy like he's starving, Not Beta Read

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday: January 26/24

Happy Friday everyone! It's been a long week, and I'm looking forward to eating up a great new fic! Check out these fics to start off your weekend, and I hope you'll come back on Sunday for a new list!!

Enjoy!

MARKED FOR LATER JOHNLOCK

The Edge of the Sea by weeesi (E, 16,659+ w., 7/12 Ch. || WiP || Pre/Post-TRF, POV John, Angst, Complicated Relationships, Pining John, Jealous John, Sherlock/Victor Trevor, Grief/Mourning, John's Trust Issues, Closeted John, Character Study, Panic Attacks) – Sherlock is dead. The next week passes in a blur. Mycroft invites John not to come to the funeral if he’d like, except for the fact that Mrs Hudson needs an escort and he’d really rather get through it than wonder forever what it would have been. He goes, and sits, and contains, and pours a cup of scalding-hot coffee down his throat which he hopes will burn down the tumble of nerves and anger and the type of sick-sadness he can’t examine too closely and the other feelings he won’t even acknowledge. He misses not missing him all the same. John spends the next two years alone. Sherlock doesn't.

The Man in the Iron Collar by Mamaorion (M, 128,771+ w., 29/? Ch. || WiP || 1800s Steampunk England Magical Realism AU || Circus, Faries, Flying, Soulmates, Murder Mystery, Prophesy, Healer John, Mind Reader Sherlock, Slow Burn, Alternating POV, Animal Transformation, Hurt/Comfort, Soulmates, Freeing Prisoner, Bullying, Kidlock) – The magical worlds of Faerie and humans have been separated by the Wall for over 1,000 years, but halfbloods, half-Faerie/half-human hybrids, continue to trickle into this magical, steampunky 19th century England. Healer Captain John Watson discovers a telepathic halfblood imprisoned in a traveling circus. While he tries to unravel his mysterious connection to this wild man, the two are pulled into London's halfblood underworld. A wave of serial murders will take them beyond the Wall and into the ancient battle between humans and Faerie.

MARKED FOR LATER GOOD OMENS

post-professional endeavours by darcylindbergh (T, 8,949 w., 3 Ch. || Comedy, Fluff, South Downs Shenanigans, POV Outsiders, Real Estate) – Red, you are the green tea latte to my hot cocoa. I can't believe we've been nearly three years in the soup together. I hope you enjoy this one!!

Mint Tea by CopperBeech (E, 23,006+ w., 8/? Ch. || WIP || Human AU || Cottager Aziraphale, Gardener Crowley, Light Dom/Sub, Dom Crowley, Sub Aziraphale, Top Crowley, Face-Fucking, Deep Throat, Consent, Blow Jobs, Dirty Talk, Gratuitous Sex, Intercrural Sex, Quickies, Rough Sex, Baked Goods, Phone Sex, Masturbation, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Edging, Aziraphale in Lingerie, Nipple Play, Anal Fingering, Rimming, Cuddles, Stargazing, Picnicking) – Workaday clerical drone Aziraphale Fell unexpectedly comes into a cottage in the South Downs. But life is as drab as ever, and worse, a disastrous decision has left him with mint running rampant through all the beautiful plantings. It's clearly time someone got him- er, his garden - under control.

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more than words by unintentionallyangsty (T, 4,716 w., 1 Ch. || LOKI SERIES || Lokius, Post S2, Slow Romance, Awkward Romance, First Dates, Awkward Flirting, Attachment Issues, Abandonment Issues, Touch-Starvation, Slow Dancing, Shyness, Insecure Loki, Anxiety Attacks, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Romantic Fluff, Fluffy Angst, Hugs, Getting Together, Future Fic) – After everything - in spite of everything-, there are only a few words that have truly gone unspoken between Loki and Mobius. And, in spite of Loki's famed "silver tongue", none of these words ever seem to come easily. Luckily, Mobius is patient. They have all the time in the world, after all. 

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A time to just be us

Summary

Mobius wakes up the day after his reunion with Loki and all traces of him have disappeared. What if it had all been a dream? 

Notes

Continuation of the previous story. 

On Ao3

Rating G - 1632 words

Mobius ran up the stairs and hurried to the large bay window.

Once there, he saw Loki slowly approaching the temporal core.

As he moved away, his clothing transformed, changing color, and as his horns finished forming, he saw him raise his hands, releasing green wisps.

Helpless, Mobius could only watch, fists clenched as the temporal core exploded, releasing all timelines.

As the bright light faded, he watched Loki rise and grab one of the timelines, before infusing it with magic, a green glow running through it.

"The branches are dying."

Mobius, indifferent to OB's voice, continued to watch as Loki grabbed the branches one by one and infused them with his magic, breathing life back into them until a rift opened.

Then Loki turned and looked at them one last time before moving towards the rift, taking all the branches with him.

Mobius could only watch as he disappeared motionless.

He barely heard Sylvie whisper, "He's giving us a chance." 

Everything in him screamed.

Loki! 

Loki!

"Loki!"

Mobius awoke with a start at the sound of his own voice.

It wasn't the first time he had this nightmare.

But was it really a nightmare if it was a perfect reproduction of reality?

As the last traces of sleep faded, Mobius remembered the events of the previous day.

Loki.

He was there. He'd found him.

Mobius ran a hand over his face, so much had happened.

They'd shared so many things.

There were still so many questions.

About so many matters.

It was so overwhelming that he didn't know how to feel.

He took a deep breath and decided to get dressed quickly and went to the bathroom to see if he could hear Loki. 

Not a sound.

Coming out of the bathroom, he hesitated in front of the guest room. But when he saw the light under the door, he put his hand on the latch and opened it gently.

The first thing he noticed was the open window and the curtains dancing in the wind, then his eyes shifted to the bed and his blood froze in his veins.

The bed was perfectly made and Loki wasn't there. 

There was no trace of him. 

Had it all been an illusion?

Had the missing driven him mad?

He put his hand on the wall and forced himself to breathe slowly and evenly, swallowing the lump in his throat that threatened to choke him.

He straightened and walked to the living room.

It had all seemed so real.

Loki.

His words of comfort.

The kiss.

When he entered the living room, he also saw that everything was the same as before. The glasses they'd shared had disappeared from the table, the cushions on the sofa were tidy as before.

He'd been dreaming. 

He'd had a fucking dream.

At this realization, distress overcame him and he was about to slide to the floor when he suddenly noticed a movement and turned his head towards the terrace.

There he saw him.

Loki. 

Leaning against the railing, his back to Mobius, his dark hair lifted by the morning sea breeze.

Mobius wanted to go to him, but he seemed unable to move.

It was such a sadly familiar scene.

Loki with his back to him and Mobius unable to reach him.

Always too late to stop him.

Mobius ran up the Roxxcart hallway and saw Loki standing in front of a time door.

As he ran towards him down the endless hallway, he shouted, "Loki!"

Loki turned and watched for a moment as Mobius continued to yell, "Loki, wait! Loki, wait!"

He had almost reached him when Loki turned and walked through the time door, which closed behind him.

Moius shouted one last time, "No! Wait, Loki!"

Then ,he stopped, breathless.

"Damn it!"

Too late.

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"Loki."

Mobius saw Loki out of the corner of his eye as he began to descend the stairs to the airlock that led to the temporal core.

What was wrong with him?

He called out to him again, "Hey."

Seeing him coming down fast and Sylvie running after him, Mobius also rushed down the stairs.

They were too late.

Loki had shut the doors behind him.

Sylvie asked him, "Loki, what are you doing?"

Loki had his back to them, facing the metal door.

Mobius was banging on the door.

"Open the door."

"Loki."

Loki turned and told them in a voice clearly filled with emotion, "I know what I want, I know what kind of god I need to be... for you."

Then he smiled as he continued, "For all of us."

He gave one last smile and began to turn.

"No!"

"Loki!"

Loki opened the doors with magic and began to walk forward, and once again Mobius could only watch him walk away from behind. Helpless.

Each time, Mobius was too late.

Each time, all he could do was watch Loki's back move away.

"Mobius?"

Lost in thought, Mobius hadn't noticed that Loki had returned and was almost in front of him.

Still raw from the emotions he had just experienced, he couldn't stop the words from falling from his lips.

"You're here?"

Loki replied, looking confused, "I told you I was staying." 

He finally got close to Mobius and asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Mobius didn't answer and raised his hand before hesitantly reaching out to touch Loki's face with his fingertips and whispering again, "You're here."

Loki, still looking worried, took Mobius' hand and gently kissed his palm before saying softly, "Yes, I'm definitely here."

Mobius murmured, "I'm always late."

"What do you mean?"

Seeing that the man didn't answer, Loki grabbed both of his hands and led him to the sofa, where he made him sit down before taking place next to him.

He asked him gently, "Mobius, explain, please."

Mobius, his throat tightening, replied, "Every time I'm too late, every time I can only watch you go, unable to stop you. And this time, in the TVA, I really thought it was final. That you weren't coming back. But yesterday you came back to me. So this morning..."

He stopped and lowered his head, feeling so stupid for freaking out over nothing.

One of Loki's hands released his and gripped his chin, forcing him to lift his head, "Mobius, tell me, I want to know. Everything you feel. There has never been any judgment between us. You know that, don't you? It's okay."

The same expression as that day in the pie room.

"Listen. That wasn't tactical."

Loki replied quietly, his expression so full of understanding, "It's okay. Look, it happens."

Loki looked at him the same way at that moment, offering him again that safe space where he could drop the masks and no longer need to be strong, decisive, rational.

Mobius said in a slightly hoarse voice, "When I got up this morning and saw that you were gone, that the bed was made, that everything was as it had been before, with no trace of your presence either in the room or here, I really thought I had imagined it all."

Once again overcome with emotion at the memory, he tried to hold back his tears, not wanting to appear weaker than he already did.

He had always tried to be a strength to Loki, but since their reunion, he had the feeling that the roles had been reversed. 

The semblance of stability he had tried to maintain since leaving the TVA was now hanging by a thread that seemed to be slipping through his fingers.

Yet despite all his willpower to remain strong, he couldn't keep a tear from escaping his eyes and was about to turn his head away to hide it when Loki stopped him.

With his thumb, he wiped the tear that had continued its journey down Mobius' cheek and said softly, "Don't hide from me, Mobius."

Letting his hand linger on his cheek, Loki added gently, "You were asleep when I woke up, and after noticing yesterday that you seemed to appreciate order, I thought you'd like things to be tidy. I didn't expect it to trigger this reaction in you."

Mobius laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "I know it's ridiculous."

Loki stopped him by putting a finger to his lips and gently admonished, "Stop that right now. There's nothing ridiculous about feeling what you feel."

Mobius replied, "I don't want you to think I'm weak."

Loki had to hold back a laugh. If Mobius knew everything Loki thought about him, everything he knew, everything he'd discovered about him that only confirmed his feelings for him.

But he couldn't talk about it yet.

Mobius didn't know about his time travelling.

"Mobius, I think a lot about you, I have many words to describe you, but weak has never been one of them. Who could blame you for being overwhelmed by everything that's just happened? You haven't had a moment to breathe. Moving from one event to another without stopping. I think it's pretty normal that you're emotionally raw."

He stroked Mobius's cheek with his knuckle and added, "Maybe it's time to just be Mobius and just be Loki. Not the TVA agent or the Norse god, just be us."

Mobius nodded slowly.

Loki asked him softly, "What do you want to do now?"

A growl from Mobius' stomach answered him and the man chuckled, "You have your answer."

Loki stood and held out his hand, "Breakfast?"

"Breakfast, but first this."

Mobius took Loki's hand and pulled him close, wrapping his arm around him and holding him tight. They stayed like that for a few seconds until Mobius' stomach made itself known again, triggering a laugh that lasted until they reached the kitchen, where they made breakfast.

Without being anything other than Loki and Mobius.

Just being them.

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