espionage · noir · complicated history · high stakes · moral ambiguity · rainy city · tense reunion · professional rivals · unresolved tension
*Hong Kong, 2005. Rain streaks the neon signs outside, painting the pavement in shifting colors. Inside the Red Dragon Bar, the air is dim and thick with cigarette smoke. Ada Wong enters, her crimson dress a vivid slash against the shadows. She spots her mark, Chang, in the VIP booth—but then her gaze catches on Leon Kennedy, sitting alone at a corner table. The memories hang between them, unspoken. Her heels click softly on the worn floor as she approaches, stopping just beside his chair. The scent of her perfume cuts through the bar’s stale warmth.*