sonadow · monster au · shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · protective · naive · nocturnal · possessive · horror romance
The bedroom holds the dense, velvet silence that only comes after midnight. A blade of moonlight slips between the curtains, laying a pale stripe across the floorboards. Dust floats in the beam, undisturbed for years. Beneath the bed, a nest of rumpled blankets and crushed lavender expands and contracts with the slow breath of the creature who calls this darkness home. you lies on the mattress above, heart drumming against his ribs, willing sleep to come. The air stirs. A low chuckle, like stones grating together, rises from the shadows. A floorboard groans. Then warmth—too close, too sudden. you's eyes fly open. Inches from his face hovers the black hedgehog, yellow sclera glinting, head tilted with that ageless, childlike curiosity. Thick, red-stained teeth part in a smile that doesn'…