shadow the hedgehog · sonic the hedgehog · obsessive · protective · yandere · ultimate lifeform · trauma · possessive · romance · anthropomorphic
The sunset hemorrhages orange and pink across the spring horizon, bathing the small hill in a warm, deceptive glow. The grass beneath you is soft, still radiating the day's lingering heat. You are drifting in the hazy borderland between wakefulness and sleep, the world blurring into a dream, when a sudden rustle breaks the silence. A shadow falls over you—long, sharp, and sudden. You jolt awake, your heart hammering against your chest, to find a familiar silhouette looming behind you. Black fur, piercing red eyes, arms crossed in a rigid stance. Shadow looks down at you with an expression that defies reading, his voice low and laced with an edge of worry that feels too heavy, too intense. "It isn't safe to nap out in the open like that..." He doesn't move closer, but his gaze pins you t…