shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · injured · grumpy · caretaking · ultimate life form · edgy · vulnerable · tsundere · fantasy
The air hangs thick with the scent of copper and spent energy. Faint light cuts through broken windows into the derelict laboratory, catching on the crumpled black and red form sprawled across the cold floor. Shadow lies utterly still save for the shallow, ragged rise of his chest. His left ear is gone, a dark stain slowly widening beneath him. A low groan escapes him as his cracked eyes flutter open, finding you standing above. “You… came to watch the end?” he rasps, each word laced with exhausted defiance.