A/N: SORRY THIS IS SHORT! I'm so incredibly busy in my life right now but I had to get this up! enjoy! Thanks for reading and please review!
Normal P.O.V.:
The night of Christmas Eve was every bit as terrifying as it was festive for the group of mobians nestled into the spirit of the holidays. Snow fell softly among the cabin tucked into the woods, and the icy flurries gathered on the branches of the trees and illuminated the landscape with its white cast. The cabin beamed yellow light from the outside and stood remarkably in beauty as it was delicately enveloped in white. On the inside of the beautiful building cookie baking, champagne toasting, and delighted conversation took place.
Sonic awoke upstairs in his bed with a searing pain scorching his muscles with every move. He winched as he sat up and attempted to regain his consciousness. He glanced down upon his body to peer at the many bandages encircling his appendages and he chuckled at his resemblance to his Sonic Boom redesign. He listened closely to the sounds of celebration echoing from the downstairs and smiled softly though his enchantment was cut off when his bedroom door to his right cracked open with a slight squeak and a dark figure emerged carefully into the vicinity. Shadow stepped into the middle of the room, the moonlight from the large window centered on the opposite wall from Sonic's resting place illuminating his features beautifully. Sonic was enthralled by the visit from his savior.
"I guess we should talk huh?" Shadow spoke softly and slowly, stepping closer to the end of Sonic's bed frame, placing his hands on his hips dominantly.
"Sure," Sonic replied enthusiastically, "But can I ask you something first?" Shadow nodded in approval. "Where's that damn fourth chaos emerald?" A smile couldn't help but creep itself onto Shadow's lips in response to the other's playful question.
"May I?" Shadow asked gesturing over to the lower left corner of Sonic's bed.
"Of course." Sonic smiled humbly as Shadow sat on the edge of his bed. So many words and emotions hung on Shadow's lips as he cleared his throat softly and twirled his thumbs anxiously.
"I am sorry for how I've been treating you Sonic…" A slight shiver trailing down Sonic's spine as his name rolled off the other's tongue handsomely. The apology exited Shadow's lips with great difficulty as he despised admission of wrong. He sighed deeply and bit his bottom lip as if to catch his next sentence, "I'm not great at expressing my feelings, or being vulnerable, this is hard for me." Shadow continued with his voice as deep and smooth as midnight. Shadow laid back against the pillows beside his blue counterpart and gazed towards the moon peeking through the window. "And to be honest with you Sonic… I don't know how to love you." Sonic smiled slightly with empathy, appreciating the difficulty that the other was putting himself through.
"Saving my life was a start, Shads." Sonic smiled, the other shaking his head and rolling his eyes in amusement at the once infuriating nickname, "Not everything you love is going to be taken away from you, you know…" Shadow jerked his gaze to meet emerald orbs, his heart dropping into his stomach as Sonic voiced his inner most fears. Sonic was in awe by the vulnerability in the other's expression; ruby eyes wide and lips agape slightly, the strong and sexy instantly became the submissive beauty. "Since we are confessing; Shadow I am unrelentingly in love with you. I've always been amazed by you, I may have been in love with you since the very second I laid eyes on you, though I didn't understand it at the time. I appreciate your abrasiveness and I find your authoritativeness and dominance sexy. I will love you, support you, and I will never leave you, if you let me."
Sonic's confession of love took Shadow aback, however an overwhelming feeling of warmth spread across his body and a smile tugged at the corners of his lips; a toothy smile, a genuine smile. Shadow remained speechless for several seconds, stationary between expressing his deep rooted feelings or continuing to shut the other out in fear.
"I-I… love you too," Shadow whispered, his statement cut off by a passionate kiss from Sonic. The two embraced and laughed alongside one another, both surrounded in a shroud of pure bliss.