Chapter 1
Moments of Rest
A Sneak Peak of my, Sonadamy, fanfic 'Interwoven Vines' on A03. I have written a lot of scenes and working on things piece by piece. Hopefully will have the official first chapter (cuz the prologue is up) posted soon. For now I give thee a short one-shot that may or may not be changed in the final product.
CW: Pushing oneself too hard with work, mention of constant nightmares (this will be evident in my fic as well)
“Perfect!” Amy breathed, standing up to get to her next task. Only to feel herself stumble on her own feet. Instantly slamming her hand on the desk, leaning for support. Paper’s moving from their neat stacks, her other hand shaking.
“I knew it” Turning her head to see Sonic’s firm yet worrisome expression right before he was instantly at her side. One arm around her waist, the other holding her hand, gently guiding her to lean on him briefly. She felt her cheeks a bit heated before closing her eyes. Needing to shake off this feeling. He was already taken by him.
“Geeze, couldn’t wait ‘till you got to bed, huh?” He teased, causing her to shoot her head off his shoulder, absentmindedly so, trying to step away.
“I’m fine, thank you,” The gentle yet firm grasp on her hand stayed.
“Ames, you’re completely exhausted. When was the last time you slept?”
“I took a nap this morning.”
“I mean not at your workstation.” Amy sighed, gripping and fiddling the side of her skirt between her fingers. Unable to meet his gaze.
“Um….a few days ago.” She mumbled, preparing to run down this hill of a losing battle. A heavy sigh escaped him before reaching out to gingerly touch her cheek, encouraging her to look at him.
“Oh Amy…You’re pushing yourself too much. It’s okay to rest when you need to, especially so.”
“I can’t let this progress stop.”
“Why?”
“I want to ensure that their health doesn’t decline.”
“Uh…you do see the irony here, right?” It was then Amy realized they were already sitting on the edge of the bed, for who knows how long. Deep down, surface level, etc., she knew he was right.
“Look, I understand wanting to help ensure others are okay. But we worry about you too. After all, there’s only one of you.” The soft tone of his voice wrapped around her like a warm blanket. “Tails will take care of any documentation and check-ins. You? Let’s rest in bed until you feel well rested. Plus to ensure you do, I’m staying with you the entire time.”
“Sonic, you don’t have too. I can handle things, really.” A brief moment of silence before Sonic began to chuckle lightly a bit.
“Okay then” He smirked with a mischievous gleam in his eyes. “You wouldn’t mind indulging me for a second, right?”
“Okay?” She said with a mix of uncertainty and fatigue.
“Close your eyes for thirty seconds. You don’t fall asleep, I’ll leave you alone.” Glaring slightly before rolling her eyes, sighed, before closing them as he counted. Halfway through, Sonic slowed to a stop before gently leaning her back against the sheets. Covering her with the blanket. Then sent an ‘Operation Sleep Success’ message to tails via his communication device invention.
A while later, Sonic, sitting opposite on a chair, arms crossed over the back rest, leaning over and kept glancing between looking out at the night sky and Amy. Watching her every breath as her chest rose and fell. Many times he noticed her sleeping, she would be restless as if fighting off nightmare after nightmare.
Only this time, perhaps she was so out of it, was able to properly rest through a night without any disturbances. Glancing at his communication, he tapped away a message to his edgelord of a partner. Amy is finally resting well.
Good to hear. How is everyone else?
They’ll make a full recovery thanks to her.
Understood, I’ll see you home soon?
Yeah….Do you think she’ll want too Shads?
That’s up to her but….I only wish for her happiness.
Same…anyways, goodnight Edgelord.
Good evening, Faker
Sonic smirked before glancing back at the other one to ever make his heart skip a beat. Standing up, went over to sit upon the edge of the bed, reaching out and gently brushing her quills out of her face. She was beautiful in so many ways. Leaning over he pressed his lips against her forehead before pulling away smiling before having it disappear.
“Ames…..what have you been through?”