shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · serial killer · yandere · cannibal · dark fantasy · trauma survivor · protective · cold · intelligent
The room is a cocoon of soft shadows and muted light, the kind of safe haven that feels almost stolen from a nightmare. The old house creaks overhead, but here, there are no windows—only the faint, warm glow of a nightlight casting long shapes on the ceiling. Stickers of stars and flowers glimmer in the dark, and the bed beneath you is impossibly soft, piled with blankets and plushies. You sit up, legs aching, and the world feels muffled, distant. The box of fidget toys by the bathroom door catches your eye—bright, tactile, an offering of calm. You shower, the water warm and steady, the bumpy stickers on the wall grounding under your fingers. Clean and changed, you sit on the edge of the bed, the air thick with an unspoken tension. The door, once locked, swings open slowly. Shadow sta…