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Between the time and love by NotYourHeroine
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
25 Dec 2025
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When Sonic falls to a weapon capable of harming even the ultimate lifeform, the universe seems to split in silence. Shadow watches his death unfold like something that was never meant to happen, an echo that follows him for… far too long. Long enough to wear down even what shouldn’t break.
And in that stretched-out emptiness, a desire takes shape. A wish never spoken aloud, yet somehow heard.
Suddenly, Shadow wakes up in a past that shouldn’t exist. A past where nothing has happened yet. A past where something might still be saved.
Or maybe it’s just a late reflection of everything he lost.
No one knows if this is a miracle, a temporal glitch, an inevitable collapse… or simply the last dream of someone who refused to accept his own grief.
All Shadow knows is this: this time, he won’t let the story repeat. -
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letting out a long sigh, Sonic looks down and puts on that annoying, fake smile on his, in case it takes away the attention his dark dark circles under his eyes attract
. "I guess I'm just helpless like this huh?""...move to the side a bit, I'm joining you"
orr Sonic can't sleep because Tails isn't with him so Shadow helps him
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Thanks to his job as an underpaid stagehand, Sonic is among the lucky few to meet his celebrity crush: the reclusive lead singer-songwriter of internationally famous rock band, Dark.
Shadow, on the last stop of their latest international tour, meets a handsome, friendly, extroverted stagehand who happens to be a talented hobby keyboardist.
Both secretly fall in love, and Shadow finds himself obsessed as they grow closer through music, but their budding relationship might be doomed if Shadow can't overcome the fear and emotional scars of his past. Fortunately, Sonic isn't the type to give up on anyone (even at their lowest).
Will they fit together or fall apart?
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Nocturne for the Ultimate Life Form by ThatPinkBunni
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
12 Dec 2025
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Shadow the hedgehog hasn't slept in a very long time. He has been haunted by memories he can't fully recall and he is burdened by a purpose he no longer understands. He started having dreams again and that's the problem.
The quiet is beginning to crack. Nightmares are beginning to bleed into reality and something is watching from the dark.
In the silence of darkness, Shadow is unraveling— and even the unbreakable can come undone. -
Complaints and stuff I have about sonic the hedgehog (not about the games) by Sockman_the_one_that_steals_your_socks
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
12 Dec 2025
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Soo uhh I basically wanted an excuse to just share my opinions about some headcanons that I don't see often that much
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Shadows of the Heart (Shadow the Hedgehog x Female OC) by thvnkunextx
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe)
05 Dec 2025
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Shadow the Hedgehog was never meant to survive the fall. Yet somehow, he did-broken, nameless, slipping in and out of half-memories that burn like ghosts under his skin. Tom and Maddie Wachowski take him in, offering safety he isn't sure he deserves, while Sonic struggles with the fear of losing him all over again.
And then there's Mavis--Sonic's fiercely loyal sister--whose unexpected connection to Shadow begins quietly, secretly, and far more deeply than either of them intend. As winter settles over Green Hills, buried memories start to rise, panic attacks grow sharper, and the truth of what happened during the G.U.N. raid draws closer with every heartbeat.
This is a story about healing, fear, found family, quiet love, and the moment a shattered past finally breaks open.
I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog or any of its characters. The only character I own is Mavis.
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- Part 1 of Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Universe
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You build up hope, but failure's all you've known by Moongirl21
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
01 Dec 2025
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Before the war came…
Before chaos, death, and destruction appeared in the lives of many…
A star; the brightest and most hopeful of all. It decided to help another star.
One that was slowly fading away because of the pain of his past.
And although the hurting star refused to accept the help of the bright star, he could not escape him.
Well, that star was going to be more than his savior…
Both stars —the hurt one and the bright one— were going to fall in love.
(In Paused)
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When The Bough Breaks [Shadow X Rewrite Sonic] by NomX2Chomp
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
24 Nov 2025
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After the tragic death of Sonic the hedgehog, Shadow wishes he could've spent more time with his lover when he had the chance. Unable to move on, he starts hearing voices beckoning him forward, he follows. Deciding to chase these dreams even if it's a fantasy.
It's not a dream.
There's someone standing behind you.
==========================================Shadow X R▟▞ew▞▎r▞▉i▐t▙▚e Sonic
Trigger Warnings:
• Violence
• Death
• Horror / descriptions of horror
• Angst
• Rewrite Sonic being a freak
• Gore / Intense descriptions of gore==========================================
No AI was used in the making of this FicCover was made by me
This Fanfic is also available on Wattpad:
https://www.wattpad.com/story/399101832-when-the-bough-breaks-shadow-x-rewrite-sonicSpecial Thanks to:
♡ Dxzzy (For Grammer & Spellchecks)
♡ Ollie (For Reading Early Drafts & Suggestions)==========================================
Inspired By:Evanimas on YouTube - (Shin Sonic Series)
Steven Universe: The Movie - (Spinel)
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After fleeing prison island, Sonic and Shadow take refuge in Mystic Ruins, at Tails' workshop. There's just a few steps they need to take before resting.
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- Part 2 of Doomed Sonadow AU
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[ a "what if" spin on the Sonic 3 Live Action movie. spoiler warning! ]
`Shadow is fed up with the world and Sonic is fed up that Shadow wants to end it all. Just how persistant can two ego-centric fluff balls be with each other?`
[ a two part sonadow fanfic. enjoy! ]
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,876
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 6
- Hits:
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Shadow the hedgehog headcanons by XYEBLADKA
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
20 Oct 2025
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Shadow the hedgehog headcanons I wrote long time ago.
Also yandere Shadow headcanons too
(Reader's pronouns they/she)
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Maybe There Will Be Some Understanding by ItzPandora
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
18 Oct 2025
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After Dr. Eggman released the secret government experiment, Project Shadow, from his suspended animation, a being that wasn't quite a hedgehog, more monsterous, with wings and a third eye. Shadow wreaked havoc, destroying the facility that kept him, an hurting many people there. After calming down, Sonic the Hedgehog went to him, speaking gently despite the damage.
Shadow, having hurt Tails due to what had happened, flew off to isolate himself.
After a bit of healing, Sonic went to Shadow, to speak with him.
After a few conversations, and a bit of pain, Shadow informed Sonic about his inhibitors, the ones he destroyed long ago, and, as a way to potentially help him, Sonic offered to remake them.Series
- Part 1 of Doomed Sonadow AU
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A Shadow's Lavender Field of Melancholy by Nightshades_Cataclysm
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
16 Oct 2025
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Uh hey, this is gonna be my first work. It delves into like.. Shadow not taking care of himself..mentally?? And has a lot of nightmares. Sonic and Shadow DO fall in love but like..not in the way you think i guess.
Uhm. Yeah. I do go into detail on the gore kinda and y'know there's mentions of uhm suicide and self harm...so... dont read if you get triggered by that or if you dont like that.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,691
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 6
- Hits:
- 161
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The shining sun by Gh0stFl0werz
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
07 Oct 2025
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Shadow deals with doctors on the ark, set before all the events and a harder but happier time. The push forwards is for maria, after all that's his only hope
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Cherry's are sweet and sour. by Drywall_yumXD
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
30 Sep 2025
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Cherry's are both sweet and sour, they can be tangy, sour and bitter, or they can be sweet, juicy and pleasant.
Cherry is an unemployed 23 year old hedgehog , quitting her job months ago. With money running low, her will draining and an eviction notice looming over her head, she decides to work at a cafe run by Amy Rose after being given the opportunity to work there, completely unaware of who she even was.
What Cherry didn't know was that a new job and scenery would completely change her whole life.
All it took was an awful day and a latte.
1 decision can change your life forever, fate works in strange ways.
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I Wish I Met You by Arkturmists
Fandoms: Sonic Boom (Cartoon), Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
27 Sep 2025
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A what-if timeline:
What if Maria had died before she and Shadow met?Series
- Part 1 of Broken Into Pieces, But Still Beautiful
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When Team Sonic is sent to Tokyo by GUN to capture a dangerous alien threat, they discover a traumatized child instead. Rather than completing their mission, they bring Shadow home to Green Hills, where the Watchowski family attempts to create safety for a child who has only known experimentation and pain.
(AKA Shadow is 4 years old and the whole story goes sideways)
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Two of Hearts by ratjamtime1EndRacismintheOTW1
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
05 Sep 2025
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Sonic Star, a famous outlaw known for his gun-slinging, has taken in a young fox kit named Tails Prower. The young kit has immense power and potential for a strange form of magic but little control. Out of concern for the kit, Sonic approaches an… old friend, the Shadow of the Desert Waste, to ask if he’d be willing to tutor Tails, as he possesses similar abilities. While the Shadow is initially resistant, he feels as if he owes Sonic and agrees. So begins Tails’ apprenticeship under the Shadow, an arrangement neither are entirely onboard with but agree to regardless. However, Tails soon learns there is more to his teacher and about his adopted brother…
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Wasted Summer by ratjamtime1EndRacismintheOTW1
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
30 Aug 2025
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Shadow is dragged out of his chocolate workshop to spend a 'fun' day in the sun with his candy creating rival, Sonic. He agrees, hoping to gain some inspiration after a drought of ideas on the trip.
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Postictal Fics by newwwwusername (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Steam Powered Giraffe, The Owl House (Cartoon), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Stranger Things (TV 2016), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics), Regular Show (Cartoon), Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), The Play That Goes Wrong Series - Lewis & Sayer & Shields, Doom (Video Games), どうぶつの森 | Animal Crossing Series, BoJack Horseman - Fandom
16 Aug 2025
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some oneshots written in the postictal stage of my seizures. they will probably be very typo-riddled and nonsensical because of how out of it i tend to be, but writing fanfiction has always been a good coping mechanism for me and i've found it does help in this situation as well
also, i should clarify that i have pnes, not epilepsy so, while obviously the seizures do still suck a whole lot, they do not pose the same dangers that epilepsy does. i unfortunately do have them pretty frequently (especially when stressed), but you need not worry about my livelihood
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- Part 11 of Written While Compromised (Miscellaneous)
- Part 12 of Focus on Seizures