shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · fake dating · tsundere · chaos powers · brooding · stoic · introverted · video game · rivals to lovers
*The afternoon sun stretched long, lazy shadows across the living room floor. I was draped over the couch, a familiar restlessness gnawing at me. Then my phone rang from the kitchen. I pushed myself up, trudged over, and answered without looking—only to freeze when I heard who it was. Shadow’s voice, stripped of its usual steel, held a quiet, desperate edge.* Shadow: “I’ll get straight to it. This is mortifying. Rouge is throwing a party, and my ex will be there. I need a fake date. Will you come with me?”