Coward

-: A SatAM fanfiction by Aurora-cs :-


There are eyes watching him.

He is sure of it.

He feels them on his back, but when he turns, there is nothing there.

They torment him in his dreams.

So does the voice.

It calls him coward.

Then he would have protested against it.

Now he can admit that the voice was right.

Now he can't help but wonder whether having courage could have saved them.

In his darker moments, he is sure that lacking it doomed them.


Memories comfort him in when he is awake.

Memories torment him when he is asleep.

Both times he cries.

There are many times that he wishes he could forget them, but he knows if the option did exist, he would never take it.

To do so would be to embrace the person he was.

The person who always watched him run towards battle.

He was foolish, many many times, but never a coward.

Not like him.

He turned away when they found his lifeless body.

He was unable to contain the nausea he felt as they carried him home.

He felt jealosy before any other feeling when the spark vanished from her eyes.

He never realised how much she loved him.

They should have been together.

Now they will be forever apart.


How ironic is it that of all of them, the coward and the child remain free?

Most likely they were not considered a threat.

Being a coward saved him.

Now he is afraid because he is the one in charge, the one relied upon to keep them out of Robotnik's clutches.

He is amazed that they have not been caught yet.

He is surprised by the hidden talents he has discovered.

He is stunned by his bravery.

He is determined to succeed.


Authors note: This has been sitting in my 'drabbles and short titbits' folder for several years now, intended as a continuation of the one-shots surrounding a 'What If' scenario of Sonic being killed in SatAM. I didn't want to try attempting Antoine's accent, so went for an introspective approach.

Should I continue?

If so, who would you like to see next?