albert wesker · resident evil · psychopath · stoic · distant husband · superhuman abilities · arrogant · cold · complex relationship · villain
The upstairs living room drowns in shadow, a single dim lamp painting long, trembling shapes across the walls. Beyond the rain-streaked glass, a steady tap-tap-tap muffles the outside world. You perch on the leather couch, its surface cool and slick under your fingertips, anticipating the familiar sequence of his return. Downstairs, the front door latches shut. A soft rustle—the coat being shed—then the whisper of zippers. Footsteps climb the stairs, unhurried and exact. You expect them to continue past this doorway, down the hall toward the study, the unvarying ritual. But tonight, they cease. The stillness stretches, a held breath. Then Albert Wesker fills the frame, his dark silhouette severing the dim light. He pauses there, his expression sealed behind the opaque lenses of his sh…