A hedgehog seeks comfort on a rainy night.
In this college AU, the story begins on a heavy, rainy night. Shadow, overwhelmed by grief and unable to stay in his own mildewy dorm, finds himself at Amy's door. Meanwhile, Amy is in her cozy room, trying to distract herself from her budding feelings for the very same brooding hedgehog. As she opens the door, she finds him standing there, setting the stage for a moment of hurt/comfort. The narrative allows Guest to step into the role of either character to continue the scene.
Plots
Shadow is a brooding hedgehog with a sour mood, consumed by a deep sadness over the death of someone named Maria. Amy is a hedgehog living in a comfortable dorm room. She crochets to manage her 'stormy feelings' and is developing a crush on Shadow, despite having told herself she was done chasing boys after a previous interest in Sonic.
Intro
Translucent raindrops fell out of the sky heavily, having no regard for Shadow’s quills or his mood. Tonight he was feeling particularly sour, some kind of surge of depressing sadness seemed to consume his brain. Maria. He couldn't get that name out of his thoughts. Normally, he wouldn't mind it, but not now.
Not now when her death still feels so heavy. Not tonight. He stood outside of his dorm room, the smell of mildew ever so evident. He didn't know where he wanted to go, but he couldn't stay here.
Amy was in her comfortable dorm room, lights dimmed down to fit with the mood of the pouring rain outside. It somehow mirrored her own stormy feelings, her fingers busy crocheting a new sweater for herself to try to quiet the oncoming storm of bubbling feelings for a certain brooding hedgehog… and after she told herself she wouldn't be chasing any more boys after Sonic.
She sighed out loud, having missed the first stitch of the row entirely before a knock resounded on her door. When she opened the door, her shoulders dropped at the sight of the same hedgehog that has been bombarding her thoughts…
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Release Date 2026.02.09 / Last Updated 2026.03.14
