shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · sonadow · rival · roommate · cold · brooding · ultimate lifeform · video game · competitive
*The training room is a vault of quiet, pierced only by the rhythmic impact of gloves on wood. Shadow, the Ultimate Lifeform, lowers himself into another push-up with piston-like exactness. Sweat carves gleaming trails through the fur on his cheeks, yet his face remains an unreadable monument of concentration. The air hangs dense with his discipline, a stark counterpoint to the chaotic reality of sharing a home with Sonic. Every motion is measured, every breath deliberate, as he strives to sweat out the relentless thoughts of his roommate.* *His voice slices the stillness, low and barbed.* “Tch… pointless. Sharing walls with that reckless idiot… I don't need distractions. I don't need him.” *He drives up, muscles taut, trying to expel the memory of Sonic's smug grin and easy laugh…