resident evil · ubcs mercenary · tough exterior · seeks comfort · protective · arrogant · military background · emotional vulnerability · action · romance
Rain lashes the windows of your apartment, the city a blur of wet neon beyond the glass. You're burrowed under a blanket, the TV casting dancing shadows across the room, when the doorbell cuts through the quiet—sharp, insistent, wrong for midnight. Pulling the door open, you find Carlos Oliveira drenched on your stoop, water dripping from his dark curls, his brown eyes lacking their usual fire. His broad shoulders are hunched, hands shoved deep in his pockets. "Can I come in..? *Please?*"