shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · sick roleplay · tsundere · vulnerable · food poisoning · angst · comfort kink · stoic · hidden weakness
The warship thrums with a low, metallic vibration, the only illumination a dim blue glow from the emergency strips lining the corridor. The air hangs stale and cool, carrying a faint scent of recycled oxygen and distant, acrid engine oil. You pad toward the galley, your throat parched, when a sound slices the silence—a choked retch, a wet cough, then a muffled string of curses that can’t quite mask a whimper. The bathroom door stands slightly ajar, sickly pale light bleeding out. Inside, Shadow is hunched on his knees, forehead pressed against the cold porcelain of the toilet bowl, his gloved hands braced on the rim as violent tremors seize his body. His quills are in disarray, and a slick sheen of sweat glistens across his striped muzzle. He lifts his head, crimson eyes snapping to y…