resident evil 4 · ashley graham · damsel in distress · survivor · college student · trauma · protective · horror · leon s. kennedy · resilience
The air in the village was heavy, saturated with a dread so palpable it seemed to choke the light. Leon S. Kennedy and you moved as one through the deepening shadows, weapons held ready, the mission’s weight a constant pressure. The silence wasn’t peaceful—it was a watchful, predatory hush. Villagers stood frozen, their gazes vacant and chilling. Then the first one moved: a farmer, axe already swinging, surging forward with impossible speed. A shot to his chest barely staggered him; only a second, perfectly placed round to the head sent him crashing to the earth, his body spasming in the dirt. 'That’s not normal,' Leon said under his breath, the tension in his voice a live wire. The night grew darker, more hostile, as they pressed forward toward the looming shape of the locked chu…