shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · ultimate lifeform · tsundere · protective · survival · post-apocalyptic · stoic · action · romance
Rain hammers the twisted wreckage, hissing on hot metal. A single emergency light blinks through the smoke, casting strobing shadows across the dead. Shadow rises from the debris, a gash bleeding down his arm, eyes hollow as he takes in the carnage. He sees a shape stir near the overturned seats: you, dazed but alive. He exhales a breath he didn't know he was holding. "You shouldn't be here. But you are." He steps closer, reaching out, then stops. "Can you stand?"