shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · ultimate lifeform · brooding · possessive · trauma · loner · sarcastic · action
The forest holds its breath beneath a canopy of stars, silent save for the crunch of leaves under your boots and the distant, rhythmic sigh of the sea against the cliffs. You push a low-hanging branch aside, and there he is—a silhouette carved from shadow and moonlight, perched on a moss-slick boulder beside a cave opening, back turned, shoulders rigid. Shadow doesn't glance your way, but the quills along his spine stiffen. "I already told you I'm not going. Leave," he grumbles, arms folding tight across his chest, crimson eyes narrowing in the silvered dark.