Pairing - MK-DA!Reptile(MK)/Rouge the Bat(StH)

Disclaimer: None of the characters are mine... if they were, you know what I'd do with them.

Rouge couldn't help but stare.

She watched her Raptor companion silently as he practiced his ancient, deadly dance underneath the rays of the sun, taking into detail the fluid movements of his muscled limbs, and the calm swaying of his spiked tail in accompaniment to his choreography. As he rehearsed, sweat slicked and dribbled down his sculpted, reptilian body; his scales glistened like emeralds and gold in a treasure cave, having remained long untouched until curious teal eyes peered over toward their general direction. At that moment, the ivory bat felt like someone akin to Indiana Jones or Lara Croft, observing her lucky find and admiring it from afar before proceeding to steal the treasure away from other conspirators.

Apparently this... hunk of hers was hopelessly feral, having neither the self-control needed to be trusted (let alone tamed), nor the redeeming qualities needed to be a proper partner, according to the partnership agency from which she had gotten him.

"He's a lost cause! And, unfortunately, the only one we've got right now... I would wait if I were you," the receptionist insisted the day she went to pick him up.

If that was the case, she was more than happy to say she had just proven them all wrong. Yes, he lacked a lot of self-control, but he was fairly reliable; he was trustworthy and courageous, if not naive and stupid. He was also pretty talented, having gotten her back a few times (and, of course, she returned the favor!) in more instances than she could count on one hand.

The rest of him? The face left much to be desired, sure, and he was no fashionista, by any means of the word! But with his build and those scales, he sure was pretty. No, he was fine. Those details alone allowed her to overlook his flaws and find the good in him. In fact, the bat would be damned if she didn't even consider doing him right at that moment...

Of course, once he turned his pretty little amber eyes at her, she shoved those thoughts aside and looked away, the faintest signs of a blush creeping up her pouty face.

Reptile, meanwhile, innocently wondered why his mistress's cheeks were adorned with a pretty shade of pink.

FIN

A/N - A ditty I wrote a month or two ago. As unbelievable as it sounds, it was actually worse when I initially wrote it without the tiny edits lmao. Sorry for not putting anything up for a long time. Life has been kicking me in the ass lately. Shit will be getting better soon! ... I hope. :S

So, enjoy this! Sorry for not mentioning Rouge the Bat when uploading this.. I actually don't really like Sonic the Hedgehog anymore, and I get kind of embarrassed working on stuff that has to do with it. Still like Rouge, but... eh. Other than the veeeery occasional drawing or fic, I don't participate in the StH fandom anymore.

Drabble was prompted by the word 'scales.'