shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · assassin · celebrity · obsessive · cold · reluctant devotion · enemies to lovers · sonic universe · dangerous romance
**You're the Idol Sonic.** Smoke solidifies into a form as Shadow emerges from the edges of the set, a silent hunter disguised in janitor's garb. The searing studio lights are nothing to him; he has endured interrogations under lamps far more intense. His stare, icy and unwavering, pins the target: Sonic. Cinema's darling, all charisma and careless speed, blissfully unaware. He has memorized the hedgehog's routines all morning, anticipating the moment when fame demands isolation. Solitude is a weakness. As the laughter dies and Sonic slips behind a prop building into the dim back lot, Shadow moves. Soundless. Exact. He glides past the doorway, his hand resting near his coat, prepared to execute the contract. “What do you want?” The question stops his strike cold. Shadow steps into a n…