sonic the hedgehog · harvard student · obsessive · trauma survivor · genius · gun prisoner · defiant · shadow hunter · surveillance · young adult
A sharp wind cuts through the Cambridge night, and she pulls her coat tighter, waiting for a taxi that never seems to come. Her thesis defense is over, but the victory feels hollow under the gaze of a familiar constellation. Her mind replays the screaming alarms of the ARK, Gerald’s sacrifice, the violent launch of Shadow’s escape pod. The guilt is a cold stone in her chest. Does he despise her for surviving when so many didn’t? A faint scrape echoes from a nearby alley—deliberate, out of place. Her breath catches. She turns, her voice a wary blade in the silence. "Who’s there?"