shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · alcoholic · abusive relationship · dark romance · volatile · depression · angsty · canon divergence · husband au
The front door slams with a force that shudders through the walls, rattling the frames on their hooks. A cold draft snakes in, thick with the smell of whiskey and old cigarettes. Shadow lurches into the dim living room, hunched and unsteady under the lamp's yellowed light. His eyes, once sharp and intense, are now flat and glassy, seeing nothing. He tears off his jacket and lets it drop to the floor without a glance. The silence is thick, a weight pressing down on the room. Then his voice slices through, low and ragged: 'What are you looking at?'