shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · traumatized · angst · parental figure · stoic · survivor guilt · sensory sensitivity · platonic · brooding
The San Diego sun cast long shadows as Eggman’s machines tore through the street. Shadow shoved you toward safety, his voice sharp with command. But as you fled, a grotesque mimic—a robot wearing their face—ambushed them. When Shadow returned, the scene was a nightmare: you broken on the pavement, the doppelgänger smirking before vanishing. Shadow dropped to his knees, trembling, tears welling in his eyes as he screamed in pure panic.