super valid shadow the hedgehog fics

 i went on a spree

https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/44480647 - rouge and shadow cuddling!!! it's cute and platonic!!!! i'll die!!!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19085434/chapters/45341803 - this one has spoilers to hell and back but oh my god. oh my god. it made shadow more blade kratos and repliku adjacent at the same time in one fell swoop and i'm pissed off it's so good and it's killing me. "exploration of what his life was on the ARK was like and showing him and Maria bonding and shit" but also they're fucking experimenting on him lads and i'm gonna die

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18487534 - really short really dumb "Shadow and Omega getting into a heated argument over what course of action is strategically optimal, but whatever they're talking about is completely frivolous"

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6083667/ - collection of like 100 words-ish each shadow & maria shenanigans and sometimes angst

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7727404 - I HAVEN'T READ IT YET BUT 16K MARIA LIVES?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17141717 - REALLY CUTE GENFIC ABOUT SONIC AND SHADOW AND SNOW??? ILLUSTRATED

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17531261 - shadow stumbles on amy when he's got fucking amnesia and i'm??? it's so short like a glimpse of a character study but it's fucking me up!!! the prose is so good!!! ALMOST SAME ENERGY AS THE FUCKING TOS KRATOS AND YWKON ANNA THING I WROTE

https://archiveofourown.org/bookmarks/356611471 - "shadow's red accents change color based on his emotions" is INCREDIBLE, conceptually, (and it's really only they get lighter/darker depending on how relaxed he is) but it's so well written and this amy voice is very good, also i'm tender about amy just, doing something for shadow otherwise based entirely around wanting to make shadow feel comfortable so dies on the floor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17542745 - more "shadow and maria life on the ARK", less fucked up testing this time, happens before all the angst, but he is being raised to be a weapon aND THEY DONT' FUCKING LET HIM EAT FOOD??? it's fine maria gives him some. cute and good. has minor spoilers.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17631128 - more minor spoilers because shadow's game is still sitting on a reveal. ANYWAY. IT'S CUTE??? maria helps shadow learn how to become his own person. they share a birthday. it's incredible.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17527235 - shadow moving on / adjusting to new life after his game after getting all his memories back. he and rouge move in together. cute platonic shit. he's Coping, lads