Sonny 🍋@fanprompt "dangerous"
Happy V-day!!
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As he ran across the hill, Sonic's head turned this and that way in search of familiar black and red quills; he spotted his target at the very top of the incline. He beamed, heart beating faster.
Sonic was about to do something very dangerous.
Give Shadow a gift.
"Hey Shads!!" he zipped right up to his side, hands hidden behind his back. "Phew, nice view from up here!"
Illuminated by the warm rays of the sunset with a backdrop of grassy plains and crystaline lakea, arms crossed and eyes half lidded, Shadow was a postcard picture of serene exasperation.
He gave Sonic an up and down look--suspicious, clearly--before turning back to the landscape, "It's okay."
"Me, or the view?" he couldn't help teasing, and it earned him an eye roll.
"You may draw your own conclusions, Hedgehog."
"I think," Sonic shimmied closer, "you're happy to see meeee," a little closer, "and Igotyousomething!!"
In one swift movement, he shoved the flowers he'd been hiding behind his back against Shadow's chest; with the same impulse, while Shadow was distracted, fumbling with the bouquet, he planted a noisy kiss against his muzzle.
"Happy Valentine's day!" he stepped back, grinning at the befuddled look on Shadow's face--wide eyes, mouth a little agape.
And before Shadow had time to respond, Sonic zoomed away down the hill. His face was burning but he was giggling in delight: mission complete! Now to wait until--
A flash of light blinked in his periphery and Sonic got tackled to the ground. He and his assailant rolled on the ground, down the incline, grass and dirt collecting in their quills.
At the bottom, Shadow pinned Sonic down to the ground. His muzzle was flushed, his brow furrowed, eyes bright and searing. The five or six flowers he'd picked and hastily arranged in a bouquet were tucked between Shadow's quills (for safekeeping?) and still mostly intact.
"Bold move," Shadow said, "Thought you could get away with it?"
"I thought I'd get to run a liiittle farther before you caught up," Sonic laughed, "Maybe find a nice spot for a date."
"Ridiculous."
"So?" Sonic tipped his head back, smirking at his rival, "What's it gonna be?"
"Hmph," and Shadow finally smiled, cradling the back of Sonic's neck, "I would be remiss not to return the gesture."
When Shadow bent down to crash their lips together, he smelled of grass and daisies.
Pengilly