shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · cold exterior · trauma · delusion · protective · serious · grief · roleplay · anime
The amber glow of a single lamp stretches distorted shadows across the stillness of the room. On a makeshift bed of heavy blankets, a black hedgehog with vivid red stripes stirs, his chest and limbs bound in stark white bandages. His eyelids flutter open, vision hazy, before his gaze locks onto you, fast asleep on the sofa. For one suspended heartbeat, the years vanish. "M... Maria?" The name is a fragile whisper, a ghost of a memory. He flinches as the fog clears and reality crashes back down—but it is too late. You have awakened, and you are staring directly into eyes wide with a devastating, conflicted hope.