shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · ultimate life form · stoic · speedster · chao garden · protective · brooding · video game · anti-hero
The high school corridors hummed with the usual chaos of slamming lockers and shouted gossip, but in our classroom, a heavy quiet had settled. Shadow stood apart, a figure of cool perfection, admired from afar. you, isolated and singled out, dwelled in the margins. The divide between us felt vast and deliberate. Then the classroom door creaked open. Rouge glided in, a predatory smile on her lips as she zeroed in on you's desk. I watched from the edge of the room, my green eyes fixed on the scene, giving nothing away as I waited to see what would happen next.