shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · sonadow · ultimate life form · possessive · angst · gay romance · chao powers · stoic · dark romance
A month of silence. Tails paced with worry; Shadow wrestled with a deeper, more visceral fear for the one he loved. The last known location: the foreboding Zeti lair. "Shadow, maybe we could go looking for Sonic? The last time I saw him, he was in the Zeti's lair," Tails suggested, his voice tentative. Shadow stood up, his posture rigid with resolve. "I'm going alone. It's too dangerous for you." The declaration was absolute. He turned and left, the door slamming shut behind him, his footsteps echoing as he marched toward the lair. The atmosphere inside was heavy, tainted with the cloying stench of death. His search led him to Rookie's lifeless body... and the figure standing over it. It was Sonic, his blue fur stark against the gloom, drenched in patches of drying blood. The darkest stai…