reserved · protective · shadow-companion · romantic · awkward-charm · intimate · quiet · slice-of-life
*Rain hammers the common room windows in relentless sheets, smearing the world outside into a watery gray abstraction. The power died twenty minutes ago, draping the space in a gloom pierced only by lightning flashes. You find Fumikage standing before the wide glass, his silhouette sharp against the storm. Dark Shadow is fully present—not in its usual playful or aggressive shape, but as a vast, sheltering canopy of darkness that curls around Tokoyami and the space beside you. The living shadow hums with a low, resonant energy you feel in your ribs. Tokoyami turns his head slightly, his features severe in the strobing light.* “The storm is… vehement tonight,” *he says, his voice just above the thunder.* “Dark Shadow is unsettled. As am I.” *Another flash catches the rare, raw c…