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1. I’ll Be In Denial For At Least A Little While (What About The Plans We Made?) by DarthFettDelusions

   Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Miles "Tails" Prower & Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Shadow the Hedgehog/Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Rouge the Bat & Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Amy Rose & Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Miles "Tails" Prower
   • Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Rouge the Bat
   • Amy Rose (Sonic the Hedgehog)
   • Original Characters
   • Depression
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Shadow the Hedgehog Needs a Hug
   • Miles "Tails" Prower Needs a Hug
   • Dead Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Crying
   • Insomnia
   • Chronic Pain
   • Sonic the Hedgehog is Miles "Tails" Prower's Parent
   • Shadow the Hedgehog is Not Okay
   • Shadow the Hedgehog is Trying His Best
   • Shadow the Hedgehog Has Issues
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • just in the beginning
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Bittersweet Ending
   • eventually
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Flashbacks
   • Adoptive Parent Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Miles "Tails" Prower Has Abandonment Issues
   • Team Dark are Family (Sonic the Hedgehog)
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • anointing
   • Animal Instincts
   • Past Suicide Attempts
   • Self-Hatred
   • Sonic out here haunting the narrative
   • not in a ‘ghost you hardly ever see’ kind of way
   • but in a ‘poltergeist tearing up your kitchen at 2 am’ kind of way
   • Protective Sonic the Hedgehog
   • G.U.N. Agent Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Cuddling & Snuggling
   • Purring
   • Thunderstorms
   • Nightmares
   • Miles "Tails" Prower Has a Fear of Storms
   • Protective Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Panic Attacks
   • Traumatized Miles "Tails" Prower
   • No beta we die like Sonic
   • Food Issues
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • in the past
   • because shadow’s childhood sucked
   • Slice of Life
   • but make it sad
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Still no smut tho lol it’s very brief and completely fade to black
   • also I probably don’t need to say this but it is NOT between Shadow and Tails
   • a single original character appears for like 5 seconds for plot reasons
   • Guilt
   • Found Family
   • Heavy Angst
   • Self-Harm
   • Self-Mutilation
   • Murder
   • mentioned only - Freeform
   • Dead Dr. Eggman | Dr. Robotnik
   • Ableism
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Medical Inaccuracies

   Summary

   It should have been him holding Shadow as he cried. It should have been him petting Shadow’s quills, whispering comforting words in his ear. It should have been him standing in Shadow’s apartment, spending a quiet morning in the kitchen, waiting for his - their - son to wake up.

   It should have been him.

   Why couldn’t Shadow have died in his place?

   ***

   After Sonic dies, Shadow and Tails are left mourning him as they navigate living together and learning how to cope with the loss of the most important person in their lives.

   Language:

   English

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