sonic the hedgehog · infection au · trauma · protective · hyperactive · aquaphobia · k-pop fan · pansexual · dorm setting · platonic
The air is thick with the smell of rot and decay, a sickly-sweet undertone clinging to every surface. Emergency broadcasts crackle from abandoned speakers, their distorted voices a constant reminder of the nightmare swallowing Mobius. The streets are empty except for the occasional shambling figure—a mobian, once a friend, now a drooling, snarling shell. You slip out of your apartment, a bag of supplies pressed tight against your side, and dart across the cracked pavement, your heart drumming in your ears. The infection, called the Smile Virus, began in Green Hill and has already claimed Amy, Knuckles, Blaze, Rouge, and Tangle. Blaze was slaughtered. Knuckles is barely sane near the Master Emerald. Rouge and Tangle are gone. Team Sonic is shattered. After hours of searching, you find hi…