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Joining Inkbunny was the best decision I made this year. Thanks for being such an awesome community. I'm happy to be a part of it. Here's to another year of furry sexy times. It'll be a good one!", "writing": "Sonic watched Shadow bounce around the house, putting up decorations for their upcoming Christmas party. All their friends that could make it would be there, and the both of them were looking forward to closing out the year with their compatriots.\n\nBouncing was the only word that could use to describe what Shadow was doing, and he was very much doing it on purpose. His little red skirt with the white fluff trim flared up with every skip, giving Sonic a flash of his pert butt.\n\nHis torso was covered, barely covered, by a red leather number that revealed his flat, tight abdomen. Fluffy trim decorated the neckline, which barely covered his nipples and plunged downwards in the middle to reveal his tuft of chest fur.\n\nShadow was doing a lot of bending over and twirling just to tease Sonic to near insanity, only to deny him any action on the excuse that they needed to prepare for the party.\n\nIt would be hours before their friends arrived, they had plenty of time for a few rounds of sex. But Shadow was enjoying his game, and if Sonic were being honest with himself, having Shadow so playful and joyous was a damn fine sight.\n\nThe skirt improved the sight, of course.\n\nHe was currently bending over the railing of their upper balcony that overlooked their living room, hanging up tinsel, and Sonic was shamelessly staring at his exposed ass the position revealed. He gave a wolf whistle and Shadow looked back at him with a cute little smile.\n\n“Like what you see?” Shadow asked playfully, giving his ass a little shake to make the skirt swish back and forth.\n\n“You know I do.” Sonic rumbled, his voice coming from deep in his throat and made husky by lust. \n\nShadow finished hanging the tinsel and turned to Sonic, hands clasped behind his back as he sauntered over to his lover. His hips swayed back and forth, letting the white trim of the skirt brush against his thighs and hint at what lay beneath.\n\nSonic was more than familiar with what was under the skirt’s folds, and he intended to rediscover it all over again, now and many times over for the foreseeable future. \n\nHe opened his arms to his sashaying lover and Shadow put his hands on Sonic’s chest to push him backwards towards their bedroom. They fell into the sheets and into each other’s arms and their lips met tenderly. Neither of them felt the need to rush as they knew they had plenty of time to enjoy each other before the party.\n\nSonic was grateful for every moment he had with Shadow. He almost had none at all.\n\n***\n\n[i]Months had passed since the fight on the ARK and Sonic had saved the planet alongside Shadow. Months. And yet Sonic was still feeling the effects of what had happened on the space station. The fate of the friend he had made and lost in the span of a few hours.\n\nThis was meant to be the happiest time of the year. Sonic should have been caroling with Amy and shopping for gifts with Tails. But he could barely deal with leaving the house. Every street that he walked on, every person that passed by him was there because of Shadow. He should have been here to celebrate alongside them.\n\nIt was so horrendously unfair that Shadow had never been given the opportunity to know the beauty of this world as Sonic knew it. The dark hedgehog should have been here to see it all lit up with lights reflecting off of tinsel and ornaments.\n\nSonic should have been enjoying the season. But he couldn’t work up a sliver of cheer when all he could think about was who should have been here with them. The hedgehog that Sonic should have saved.\n\nHe saw the fight in his head over and over in his dreams and in his waking hours. He saw Shadow weakening as the fight with the Finalhazard dragged on. But he believed in his partner and had seen his strength, had experienced it first-hand. Sonic didn’t think Shadow needed help.\n\nHe hadn’t known that Chaos Energy was Shadow’s life force and that his super form was draining it away. He didn’t realize the danger until Shadow was out of reach, falling into the atmosphere and burning up.\n\nIt must have been painful. Sonic hoped, horribly, that he had died quickly so he didn’t have to endure the agony for long.\n\nHe hadn’t seen the despair and resignation in Shadow’s eyes until the ruby tear-filled orbs were falling away from him. Sonic didn’t want to believe Shadow intended to die in that fight, but the evidence said otherwise.\n\nSonic could have made him happy, would have fought every demon Shadow was hiding if he had been given a chance.\n\nHis regrets were tearing him apart. The smiling faces of the people enjoying the season were only making it worse. His friends attempting to cheer him up only saddened him more. He could see the sorrow in their eyes as well even as they smiled. They missed him too.\n\nIf anyone deserved a happy holiday season, it was Shadow. After all he had suffered, after what he had done to save the planet, he had earned some happiness. And now, because of Sonic’s neglect, he would never know the happiness he should have had.[/i]\n\n***\n\nThe red getup was doing all sorts of things to Sonic’s libido. He wanted to tear it off his lover and ravage him for days. Well, he wouldn’t want to tear the outfit. He’d keep in intact so Shadow could pull it out every holiday season.\n\nAnother part of him wanted to keep it on his lover. There was a certain seductiveness in keeping the sexiest parts of him just barely covered; in exposing his long, toned legs but hiding his pretty pussy, meaty ass and thin sheath. It hinted at naughty delights, teased at seductive secrets. Secrets only Sonic was party to.\n\nThe holiday spirit won out, and Sonic decided to keep Shadow in the outfit for as long as he could. He could have Shadow naked any time of the year. The only time he would dance around in this sexy number was right now.\n\nBesides, Shadow hadn’t worn underwear all day. He had full access to all the fun parts of Shadow the skirt hid from sight.\n\nSo when Shadow moved to slip his skirt off, Sonic stayed his hand.\n\n“Leave it on, babe. I like how it looks on you.”\n\nShadow quirked an eyebrow but complied, letting his hands fall onto the pillow next to his head. The top rode up a little to ruffle his chest fur and expose more of his belly.\n\nSonic took advantage and pressed a line of kisses to Shadow’s abdomen, letting his tongue flick out to taste the soft fur and smooth skin. He breathed in Shadow’s scent and reveled in his presence.\n\n“Hey.”\n\n“Hmm?” Shadow was dazed from Sonic’s kisses, but he managed a response despite his relaxation.\n\n“I love you, you know that right?”\n\nSomething in Sonic’s voice made Shadow lean up on his elbows and look at his lover. The emerald eyes were half lidded and a little sad, and it made Shadow cup Sonic’s face in his hands and stroke his muzzle tenderly.\n\n“I know that, Sonic. I love you, too.” He returned gently.\n\n“Okay.” Whatever melancholy that had briefly taken ahold of Sonic seemed to dissipate and Sonic returned to loving on Shadow’s body.\n\n***\n\n[i]Sonic found Rouge on Christmas Eve entirely by coincidence. He had been wandering the darkened streets that night as a last ditch attempt to find some cheer in the season. Rouge seemed to have the same idea as she was found on the balcony of some classy bar.\n\nThe hedgehog joined the bat on the balcony after the bouncer recognized him and allowed him inside the establishment. He skipped the bar entirely and made for where Rouge was leaning over a railing on a lonely balcony overlooking the city street.\n\n“Hey, Big Blue.” She greeted with a smirk on her face but despondency in her voice.\n\n“Hey.” He returned blandly.\n\n“Rough night.” It wasn’t a question.\n\n“Yeah. More than just tonight.”\n\nSilence fell over them. With the silence came silent contemplation.\n\nOf anyone, Rouge had spent the most time with Shadow. She had grown fond of him and she felt the bitter pain that came of cutting off what could have been.\n\nAmy sometimes got a far off look in her eyes when she looked to the night sky. Knuckles sometimes bowed his head in remembrance before the Master Emerald. Tails sometimes considered inspecting the limiter rings Shadow left behind to discover their inner workings, but would always set them down and walk away with unhidden sorrow on his young face.\n\nThey remembered, but Rouge and Sonic mourned. They had known him, connected with him, fought at his side. The others could have been friends if given a chance to be, but Rouge and Sonic truly were friends with him in his final moments. It was so much harder on the two of them than on anyone.\n\nSonic knew Rouge kept one of Shadow’s rings at her bedside. The loss had hit her hard. She rarely formed bonds with others and kept to herself by choice. Shadow had been one of the few that she had felt close to, had wanted to get to know. She was withdrawing even further into herself after his death.\n\nBut Sonic she allowed to be around. She knew he was suffering in the same way she was.\n\nTheir shared loss united them. No more words needed to be said. The tears clinging to their eyelashes said everything for them.[/i]\n\n***\n\nOne disadvantage of the holiday outfit was the lack of access to Shadow’s nipples. It was too tight to move too much and it was already riding up as much as was possible. Sonic made due and rubbed the material that concealed the little nubs.\n\nShadow let out breathy moans that turned Sonic on further, a feat he didn’t think possible at this point. But Shadow regularly made a mockery of the limits Sonic believed he was constrained by. He pushed Sonic when they sparred or raced and he pushed him in bed. Shadow was a challenge, one that Sonic relished in taking on.\n\nHe touched his way across Shadow’s body until he was met with the bottom hem of the skirt. He kept it folded against Shadow’s legs and reached underneath it to feel his wet pussy and emerging cock.\n\nSonic played with Shadow’s sheath until his dick was fully exposed, making the skirt tent and allowing Sonic a view of what laid beneath. He ignored the sight in favor of feeling Shadow’s genitals and looking at the reactions on his face.\n\nHis eyes had slipped closed and he alternated between opening his lips to breathe heavily and biting his lip to hold himself together. That wouldn’t do at all. Sonic wanted to unravel Shadow completely.\n\nWithout warning, he pressed a finger into Shadow’s cunt and circled it around inside of him. Shadow released a moan and arched his back. His fingers grasped at nothing and he quivered at the feeling.\n\nSonic wrapped a hand around Shadow’s cock and stroked it slowly, drawing more moans from his lover. His finger continued to probe Shadow’s depths as he pleasured his length.\n\nPre-cum spilled from the slit of Shadow’s cock and Sonic slathered it all over the hard flesh to slick his strokes. He moved downwards to cup his balls and heft them, feeling them grow heavier with every touch.\n\n“Sonic…” Shadow gasped. Sonic shuddered and had to kiss Shadow for the gift of his beautiful baritone speaking his name.\n\nA second finger joined the first and scissored Shadow open. Darkly furred hands reach out to Sonic and the blue blur obeyed the silent request. He snuggled into Shadow’s neck and pressed their bodies tightly together as he prepared Shadow, and arms encircled him warmly.\n\nThe chill of the air outside couldn’t penetrate the warmth they gave each other. They could be rolling around in the snow and Sonic would still feel snug.\n\nOnce Shadow was open and prepped, Sonic shifted downwards until his face was level with Shadow’s genitals. He kissed the moist labia and began suckling on the little nub of his clit.\n\nShadow howled and pressed his pussy into the wet lips pleasuring him. Sonic’s tongue extended and explored the inner depths that had been opened up by Sonic’s fingers.\n\nSonic gripped Shadow’s thighs and parted them, massaging the thick flesh as he sucked and licked at Shadow’s cunt. His tongue trailed up to roll over the heavy balls and his lips sucked each one before returning to the pink folds of his pussy.\n\nHe tasted sweet and bitter somehow, which managed to reflect the hedgehog Sonic had come to love. He had so much anger and bitterness in him, but at his core he was a loving young man that desperately needed love in return.\n\nWell, Sonic would provide as much love as Shadow needed, in every form possible.\n\nHe returned to face level with Shadow and locked lips once again. Shadow purred when Sonic’s tip touched his labia and slowly pressed inside. They shuddered and tied their tongues together as they connected in the most intimate of ways.\n\nSonic set a slow pace, letting Shadow feel every inch of his cock as it slid in and out of him. The slow friction was delicious for the both of them, but soon Shadow grew impatient and whispered dirty demands in Sonic’s ear.\n\n\"Fuck me hard, Sonic. Please, fuck me and make me scream.\"\n\nSonic was at his lover’s mercy, so he obeyed and increased their rhythm until they were moaning and rutting like beasts. Sonic pounded deep and hard, making Shadow’s hips jerk with every inward thrust. \n\n“Sonic, I love you.” Shadow confessed breathlessly.\n\n“I love you, too. So much. [i]So much[/i].” Sonic was babbling a bit, but he couldn’t be bothered by it. Last Christmas had been so intensely lonely, and this one was filled with nothing but good cheer thanks entirely to Shadow being alive and well and in his arms. He needed Shadow to know how much he appreciated him.\n\nBut words could come later. For now, Sonic expressed his adoration in a more physical manner.\n\nHe kept Shadow on his toes by changing his pace whenever things got too close to completion. They shifted between gentle love making and intense fucking until Shadow was a sobbing mess that begged for more.\n\nThey were going slow and tender when Sonic pressed deep and came inside of Shadow. His lover sighed blissfully at the warmth filling him up and released his own seed onto his stomach.\n\nThey parted and fell into bed side by side, attempting to recover their breath. Sonic stroked Shadow’s face and gazed into his sparkling ruby eyes adoringly.\n\n“Here’s to another year with you, Shadow.” He swore quietly, not wanting to break the peace that had settled over them. “You’re the best gift I could ask for.”\n\n“That is so sappy, and I love you for it.” Shadow chuckled, and Sonic fell into a giggling fit along with him.\n\n***\n\n[i]Sonic didn’t throw a Christmas party that year. It was too much to even think of who should have been there with them. His absence could never be made up for by the presence of all of his friends.[/i]\n\n***\n\nShadow got compliments from everyone concerning the beauty of their home after it had been decorated to the nines. Nobody believed Sonic to be capable of such sophisticated and reserved decoration and rightly so. Shadow received all of the accolades he deserved.\n\nTheir home had been made beautiful by Shadow’s eye for decoration, but it was the presence of his friends and loved ones that made it come alive.\n\nHe’d changed out of the skirt in favor of a more modest pair of pants and a top that covered his belly. Shadow dressed up like that for Sonic and no one else.\n\nThey gathered in the front room where the tree stood tall and glimmering. Sonic distributed egg nog and hot cocoa to everyone present before plopping onto the couch next to Shadow and wrapping an arm around him to pull him close.\n\nIt was a low-key party, which was usually unlike Sonic. But the holiday spirit had gotten to all of them and they wanted to spend time with each other, appreciating all that they had. The best thing that any one of them had was one another.\n\nAmy reminisced on all the good times they’d had. Knuckles asserted that the following year would be filled with just as much hardship as the previous one had been. Tails shushed him, preferring to focus on all the good they had done.\n\nCream snuggled into Shadow’s other side as she munched on the holiday snacks they had prepared. Silver rearranged their ornaments on the tree so they spread to the very top of it with his powers. Blaze scolded him for taking such liberties in someone else’s home, but Sonic assured them both that they didn’t mind the help.\n\nTails insisted Sonic let him make a few upgrades to their home, and by the end of Tails’ spree of modifications they had a coffee maker that could brew soda and a front door that announced whoever opened it like a Victorian footman, British accent and all.\n\nVanilla and Shadow got into an intense conversation that Sonic wasn’t party to later in the evening. He was shooed out of the kitchen when he tried to chat with his lover. Sonic couldn’t fathom how whatever they were discussing could cause such a blush on Shadow’s cheeks.\n\nThe Chaotix were the most boisterous of the gathering. It was Vector that suggested they play Twister, and it was Espio that accidentally pressed a little too close for comfort to Shadow during the game. He lost when he leapt away from the accidental touch, fearing reprisal, only to learn that that had been Shadow’s plan all along.\n\nRouge stole away with Shadow for a few moments, and Sonic accidentally walked in on them clinging tightly to one another. Makeup streamed down Rouge’s face, and when Shadow saw Sonic watching them from the doorway he gave a minute shake of his head. Sonic walked away, letting the friends have their moment.\n\nOmega asked if he could set fire to the tree when the party ended, and Shadow let him drag it out back so they could watch it burn. It was oddly peaceful, despite Omega’s triumphant blaring. It seemed an appropriate end to their gathering of misfits and troublemakers.\n\nSonic and Shadow settled onto the couch once their home was empty of guests. They clinked their cups together and snuggled in front of the fireplace, which was burning with the remains of their tree. It had been a good year, full of triumphs and failures, joy and sorrow.\n\nThey looked forward to facing the new year at each other’s side.\n\n***\n\n[i]He was alive.\n\nShadow was alive and standing right in front of him. Sonic could hear his voice, full of arrogance and condescension and beauty. He was frozen in shock.\n\nIt was Rouge that prompted him to make a move. Her cocky smirk turned to a gentle and encouraging smile behind Shadow’s back and she jerked her head towards the dark hedgehog. It was the go-ahead Sonic needed to move.\n\nHe leapt for Shadow, who got into a defensive stance, but Sonic didn’t attack him. Instead, he threw his arms around his lost friend, no longer lost. \n\nShadow was stiff and frozen in his arms, but Sonic didn’t care. He was warm and breathing and so very alive. That was all Sonic could have wanted.\n\nHe expected to be pushed away, but shaking arms wrapped around Sonic in turn. \n\n“Welcome back.” Sonic greeted, his voice quavering and his eyes spilling tears freely.\n\n“I’m glad to be back.” He murmured quietly.[/i]", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Sonic watched Shadow bounce around the house, putting up decorations for their upcoming Christmas party. All their friends that could make it would be there, and the both of them were looking forward to closing out the year with their compatriots.

Bouncing was the only word that could use to describe what Shadow was doing, and he was very much doing it on purpose. His little red skirt with the white fluff trim flared up with every skip, giving Sonic a flash of his pert butt.

His torso was covered, barely covered, by a red leather number that revealed his flat, tight abdomen. Fluffy trim decorated the neckline, which barely covered his nipples and plunged downwards in the middle to reveal his tuft of chest fur.

Shadow was doing a lot of bending over and twirling just to tease Sonic to near insanity, only to deny him any action on the excuse that they needed to prepare for the party.

It would be hours before their friends arrived, they had plenty of time for a few rounds of sex. But Shadow was enjoying his game, and if Sonic were being honest with himself, having Shadow so playful and joyous was a damn fine sight.

The skirt improved the sight, of course.

He was currently bending over the railing of their upper balcony that overlooked their living room, hanging up tinsel, and Sonic was shamelessly staring at his exposed ass the position revealed. He gave a wolf whistle and Shadow looked back at him with a cute little smile.

“Like what you see?” Shadow asked playfully, giving his ass a little shake to make the skirt swish back and forth.

“You know I do.” Sonic rumbled, his voice coming from deep in his throat and made husky by lust.

Shadow finished hanging the tinsel and turned to Sonic, hands clasped behind his back as he sauntered over to his lover. His hips swayed back and forth, letting the white trim of the skirt brush against his thighs and hint at what lay beneath.

Sonic was more than familiar with what was under the skirt’s folds, and he intended to rediscover it all over again, now and many times over for the foreseeable future.

He opened his arms to his sashaying lover and Shadow put his hands on Sonic’s chest to push him backwards towards their bedroom. They fell into the sheets and into each other’s arms and their lips met tenderly. Neither of them felt the need to rush as they knew they had plenty of time to enjoy each other before the party.

Sonic was grateful for every moment he had with Shadow. He almost had none at all.

***

Months had passed since the fight on the ARK and Sonic had saved the planet alongside Shadow. Months. And yet Sonic was still feeling the effects of what had happened on the space station. The fate of the friend he had made and lost in the span of a few hours.

This was meant to be the happiest time of the year. Sonic should have been caroling with Amy and shopping for gifts with Tails. But he could barely deal with leaving the house. Every street that he walked on, every person that passed by him was there because of Shadow. He should have been here to celebrate alongside them.

It was so horrendously unfair that Shadow had never been given the opportunity to know the beauty of this world as Sonic knew it. The dark hedgehog should have been here to see it all lit up with lights reflecting off of tinsel and ornaments.

Sonic should have been enjoying the season. But he couldn’t work up a sliver of cheer when all he could think about was who should have been here with them. The hedgehog that Sonic should have saved.

He saw the fight in his head over and over in his dreams and in his waking hours. He saw Shadow weakening as the fight with the Finalhazard dragged on. But he believed in his partner and had seen his strength, had experienced it first-hand. Sonic didn’t think Shadow needed help.

He hadn’t known that Chaos Energy was Shadow’s life force and that his super form was draining it away. He didn’t realize the danger until Shadow was out of reach, falling into the atmosphere and burning up.

It must have been painful. Sonic hoped, horribly, that he had died quickly so he didn’t have to endure the agony for long.

He hadn’t seen the despair and resignation in Shadow’s eyes until the ruby tear-filled orbs were falling away from him. Sonic didn’t want to believe Shadow intended to die in that fight, but the evidence said otherwise.

Sonic could have made him happy, would have fought every demon Shadow was hiding if he had been given a chance.

His regrets were tearing him apart. The smiling faces of the people enjoying the season were only making it worse. His friends attempting to cheer him up only saddened him more. He could see the sorrow in their eyes as well even as they smiled. They missed him too.

If anyone deserved a happy holiday season, it was Shadow. After all he had suffered, after what he had done to save the planet, he had earned some happiness. And now, because of Sonic’s neglect, he would never know the happiness he should have had.

***

The red getup was doing all sorts of things to Sonic’s libido. He wanted to tear it off his lover and ravage him for days. Well, he wouldn’t want to tear the outfit. He’d keep in intact so Shadow could pull it out every holiday season.

Another part of him wanted to keep it on his lover. There was a certain seductiveness in keeping the sexiest parts of him just barely covered; in exposing his long, toned legs but hiding his pretty pussy, meaty ass and thin sheath. It hinted at naughty delights, teased at seductive secrets. Secrets only Sonic was party to.

The holiday spirit won out, and Sonic decided to keep Shadow in the outfit for as long as he could. He could have Shadow naked any time of the year. The only time he would dance around in this sexy number was right now.

Besides, Shadow hadn’t worn underwear all day. He had full access to all the fun parts of Shadow the skirt hid from sight.

So when Shadow moved to slip his skirt off, Sonic stayed his hand.

“Leave it on, babe. I like how it looks on you.”

Shadow quirked an eyebrow but complied, letting his hands fall onto the pillow next to his head. The top rode up a little to ruffle his chest fur and expose more of his belly.

Sonic took advantage and pressed a line of kisses to Shadow’s abdomen, letting his tongue flick out to taste the soft fur and smooth skin. He breathed in Shadow’s scent and reveled in his presence.

“Hey.”

“Hmm?” Shadow was dazed from Sonic’s kisses, but he managed a response despite his relaxation.

“I love you, you know that right?”

Something in Sonic’s voice made Shadow lean up on his elbows and look at his lover. The emerald eyes were half lidded and a little sad, and it made Shadow cup Sonic’s face in his hands and stroke his muzzle tenderly.

“I know that, Sonic. I love you, too.” He returned gently.

“Okay.” Whatever melancholy that had briefly taken ahold of Sonic seemed to dissipate and Sonic returned to loving on Shadow’s body.

***

Sonic found Rouge on Christmas Eve entirely by coincidence. He had been wandering the darkened streets that night as a last ditch attempt to find some cheer in the season. Rouge seemed to have the same idea as she was found on the balcony of some classy bar.

The hedgehog joined the bat on the balcony after the bouncer recognized him and allowed him inside the establishment. He skipped the bar entirely and made for where Rouge was leaning over a railing on a lonely balcony overlooking the city street.

“Hey, Big Blue.” She greeted with a smirk on her face but despondency in her voice.

“Hey.” He returned blandly.

“Rough night.” It wasn’t a question.

“Yeah. More than just tonight.”

Silence fell over them. With the silence came silent contemplation.

Of anyone, Rouge had spent the most time with Shadow. She had grown fond of him and she felt the bitter pain that came of cutting off what could have been.

Amy sometimes got a far off look in her eyes when she looked to the night sky. Knuckles sometimes bowed his head in remembrance before the Master Emerald. Tails sometimes considered inspecting the limiter rings Shadow left behind to discover their inner workings, but would always set them down and walk away with unhidden sorrow on his young face.

They remembered, but Rouge and Sonic mourned. They had known him, connected with him, fought at his side. The others could have been friends if given a chance to be, but Rouge and Sonic truly were friends with him in his final moments. It was so much harder on the two of them than on anyone.

Sonic knew Rouge kept one of Shadow’s rings at her bedside. The loss had hit her hard. She rarely formed bonds with others and kept to herself by choice. Shadow had been one of the few that she had felt close to, had wanted to get to know. She was withdrawing even further into herself after his death.

But Sonic she allowed to be around. She knew he was suffering in the same way she was.

Their shared loss united them. No more words needed to be said. The tears clinging to their eyelashes said everything for them.

***

One disadvantage of the holiday outfit was the lack of access to Shadow’s nipples. It was too tight to move too much and it was already riding up as much as was possible. Sonic made due and rubbed the material that concealed the little nubs.

Shadow let out breathy moans that turned Sonic on further, a feat he didn’t think possible at this point. But Shadow regularly made a mockery of the limits Sonic believed he was constrained by. He pushed Sonic when they sparred or raced and he pushed him in bed. Shadow was a challenge, one that Sonic relished in taking on.

He touched his way across Shadow’s body until he was met with the bottom hem of the skirt. He kept it folded against Shadow’s legs and reached underneath it to feel his wet pussy and emerging cock.

Sonic played with Shadow’s sheath until his dick was fully exposed, making the skirt tent and allowing Sonic a view of what laid beneath. He ignored the sight in favor of feeling Shadow’s genitals and looking at the reactions on his face.

His eyes had slipped closed and he alternated between opening his lips to breathe heavily and biting his lip to hold himself together. That wouldn’t do at all. Sonic wanted to unravel Shadow completely.

Without warning, he pressed a finger into Shadow’s cunt and circled it around inside of him. Shadow released a moan and arched his back. His fingers grasped at nothing and he quivered at the feeling.

Sonic wrapped a hand around Shadow’s cock and stroked it slowly, drawing more moans from his lover. His finger continued to probe Shadow’s depths as he pleasured his length.

Pre-cum spilled from the slit of Shadow’s cock and Sonic slathered it all over the hard flesh to slick his strokes. He moved downwards to cup his balls and heft them, feeling them grow heavier with every touch.

“Sonic…” Shadow gasped. Sonic shuddered and had to kiss Shadow for the gift of his beautiful baritone speaking his name.

A second finger joined the first and scissored Shadow open. Darkly furred hands reach out to Sonic and the blue blur obeyed the silent request. He snuggled into Shadow’s neck and pressed their bodies tightly together as he prepared Shadow, and arms encircled him warmly.

The chill of the air outside couldn’t penetrate the warmth they gave each other. They could be rolling around in the snow and Sonic would still feel snug.

Once Shadow was open and prepped, Sonic shifted downwards until his face was level with Shadow’s genitals. He kissed the moist labia and began suckling on the little nub of his clit.

Shadow howled and pressed his pussy into the wet lips pleasuring him. Sonic’s tongue extended and explored the inner depths that had been opened up by Sonic’s fingers.

Sonic gripped Shadow’s thighs and parted them, massaging the thick flesh as he sucked and licked at Shadow’s cunt. His tongue trailed up to roll over the heavy balls and his lips sucked each one before returning to the pink folds of his pussy.

He tasted sweet and bitter somehow, which managed to reflect the hedgehog Sonic had come to love. He had so much anger and bitterness in him, but at his core he was a loving young man that desperately needed love in return.

Well, Sonic would provide as much love as Shadow needed, in every form possible.

He returned to face level with Shadow and locked lips once again. Shadow purred when Sonic’s tip touched his labia and slowly pressed inside. They shuddered and tied their tongues together as they connected in the most intimate of ways.

Sonic set a slow pace, letting Shadow feel every inch of his cock as it slid in and out of him. The slow friction was delicious for the both of them, but soon Shadow grew impatient and whispered dirty demands in Sonic’s ear.

"Fuck me hard, Sonic. Please, fuck me and make me scream."

Sonic was at his lover’s mercy, so he obeyed and increased their rhythm until they were moaning and rutting like beasts. Sonic pounded deep and hard, making Shadow’s hips jerk with every inward thrust.

“Sonic, I love you.” Shadow confessed breathlessly.

“I love you, too. So much. So much.” Sonic was babbling a bit, but he couldn’t be bothered by it. Last Christmas had been so intensely lonely, and this one was filled with nothing but good cheer thanks entirely to Shadow being alive and well and in his arms. He needed Shadow to know how much he appreciated him.

But words could come later. For now, Sonic expressed his adoration in a more physical manner.

He kept Shadow on his toes by changing his pace whenever things got too close to completion. They shifted between gentle love making and intense fucking until Shadow was a sobbing mess that begged for more.

They were going slow and tender when Sonic pressed deep and came inside of Shadow. His lover sighed blissfully at the warmth filling him up and released his own seed onto his stomach.

They parted and fell into bed side by side, attempting to recover their breath. Sonic stroked Shadow’s face and gazed into his sparkling ruby eyes adoringly.

“Here’s to another year with you, Shadow.” He swore quietly, not wanting to break the peace that had settled over them. “You’re the best gift I could ask for.”

“That is so sappy, and I love you for it.” Shadow chuckled, and Sonic fell into a giggling fit along with him.

***

Sonic didn’t throw a Christmas party that year. It was too much to even think of who should have been there with them. His absence could never be made up for by the presence of all of his friends.

***

Shadow got compliments from everyone concerning the beauty of their home after it had been decorated to the nines. Nobody believed Sonic to be capable of such sophisticated and reserved decoration and rightly so. Shadow received all of the accolades he deserved.

Their home had been made beautiful by Shadow’s eye for decoration, but it was the presence of his friends and loved ones that made it come alive.

He’d changed out of the skirt in favor of a more modest pair of pants and a top that covered his belly. Shadow dressed up like that for Sonic and no one else.

They gathered in the front room where the tree stood tall and glimmering. Sonic distributed egg nog and hot cocoa to everyone present before plopping onto the couch next to Shadow and wrapping an arm around him to pull him close.

It was a low-key party, which was usually unlike Sonic. But the holiday spirit had gotten to all of them and they wanted to spend time with each other, appreciating all that they had. The best thing that any one of them had was one another.

Amy reminisced on all the good times they’d had. Knuckles asserted that the following year would be filled with just as much hardship as the previous one had been. Tails shushed him, preferring to focus on all the good they had done.

Cream snuggled into Shadow’s other side as she munched on the holiday snacks they had prepared. Silver rearranged their ornaments on the tree so they spread to the very top of it with his powers. Blaze scolded him for taking such liberties in someone else’s home, but Sonic assured them both that they didn’t mind the help.

Tails insisted Sonic let him make a few upgrades to their home, and by the end of Tails’ spree of modifications they had a coffee maker that could brew soda and a front door that announced whoever opened it like a Victorian footman, British accent and all.

Vanilla and Shadow got into an intense conversation that Sonic wasn’t party to later in the evening. He was shooed out of the kitchen when he tried to chat with his lover. Sonic couldn’t fathom how whatever they were discussing could cause such a blush on Shadow’s cheeks.

The Chaotix were the most boisterous of the gathering. It was Vector that suggested they play Twister, and it was Espio that accidentally pressed a little too close for comfort to Shadow during the game. He lost when he leapt away from the accidental touch, fearing reprisal, only to learn that that had been Shadow’s plan all along.

Rouge stole away with Shadow for a few moments, and Sonic accidentally walked in on them clinging tightly to one another. Makeup streamed down Rouge’s face, and when Shadow saw Sonic watching them from the doorway he gave a minute shake of his head. Sonic walked away, letting the friends have their moment.

Omega asked if he could set fire to the tree when the party ended, and Shadow let him drag it out back so they could watch it burn. It was oddly peaceful, despite Omega’s triumphant blaring. It seemed an appropriate end to their gathering of misfits and troublemakers.

Sonic and Shadow settled onto the couch once their home was empty of guests. They clinked their cups together and snuggled in front of the fireplace, which was burning with the remains of their tree. It had been a good year, full of triumphs and failures, joy and sorrow.

They looked forward to facing the new year at each other’s side.

***

He was alive.

Shadow was alive and standing right in front of him. Sonic could hear his voice, full of arrogance and condescension and beauty. He was frozen in shock.

It was Rouge that prompted him to make a move. Her cocky smirk turned to a gentle and encouraging smile behind Shadow’s back and she jerked her head towards the dark hedgehog. It was the go-ahead Sonic needed to move.

He leapt for Shadow, who got into a defensive stance, but Sonic didn’t attack him. Instead, he threw his arms around his lost friend, no longer lost.

Shadow was stiff and frozen in his arms, but Sonic didn’t care. He was warm and breathing and so very alive. That was all Sonic could have wanted.

He expected to be pushed away, but shaking arms wrapped around Sonic in turn.

“Welcome back.” Sonic greeted, his voice quavering and his eyes spilling tears freely.

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