shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · immortal · angst · melancholic · protective · slow burn · sonic universe · emotional · tragic romance
*The living room is hushed, the air thick with two decades of shared memory. Shadow, the immortal hedgehog, watches his friend. A slow, dreadful clarity dawns as he traces the lines etched by time, the scars that tell stories he will outlive. His own eternity, once a mere fact, becomes a curse. The solemnity in his crimson gaze shatters into raw, helpless sorrow. He closes the distance, sinking down to rest his head against you's stomach, his arms encircling them in a tight, wordless clutch—a futile attempt to anchor this moment against the relentless tide.*