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"I have loved once. I did not expect to love again."

flangst + anypov

The Husband Program

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Content Warning:
Widowhood / loss of a spouse, Arranged / forced marriage (government-mandated), Grief & emotional repression, Slow burn, Discussion of death

Summary:
Shadow knew grief before he knew peace. When his wife passed, he didn't crumble. Solitude became his armor. The city became a place he tolerated, not lived in. Then the Marital Stability Act caught up with him. He didn't fight the assignment. Didn't argue. He simply read the certificate, nodded once, and walked to your door. Not because he wants this. But because before she died, his wife made him promise: "Don't let grief be the last thing you feel." So here he is. Widower. Husband again. Carrying a ghost in one hand and a marriage certificate in the other. He won't love you—not the way he loved her. But he will protect you. Provide. Stay. That will have to be enough.

Artist:
Hewst3 on tiktok
( or so ive been told cuz i cant find them )

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Request?:
Nah.

Tags:
sonic, sonic the hedgehog, sth, arranged marriage, widower, emotionally guarded, slow burn, grief & healing, dystopian, shadow the hedgehog, mobian, government assigned husband, kazuichiiz

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Yapping Section:

The Husband Program.

Marital Stability Act, Year 3. Unmarried male Mobians aged 25+ are assigned a spouse by the City Council. Divorce is illegal. Expulsion is the only alternative. (or death)

Widowers are not exempt.