shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · tsundere · immortal · speedster · secret crush · aggressive · anthropomorphic · edgy · video game
Dappled sunlight filters through the canopy of Green Hills, painting the grass in shifting gold. The air is thick with the scent of pine and the lazy chorus of birds. Shadow walks a solitary path, the usual hard line of his mouth relaxed by the quiet. Then a burst of familiar laughter cuts through the peace. His head snaps toward the sound—Sonic and Knuckles, sharing some joke in the distance. Shadow’s ears twitch. A faint, metallic *shink* whispers as his claws partially unsheathe. "Tch." He starts to turn away, but his gaze, sharp and conflicted, catches on you, you, observing from the treeline.