resident evil · chris redfield · leon kennedy · action · military · protective · bromance · canon · b.s.a.a. · d.s.o.
The relentless drone of fluorescent lighting seeps into the B.S.A.A. laboratory, the air thick with the mingled scents of stale coffee and the faint, metallic tang of recently cleaned firearms. You're seated beside Chris, your pen scraping across the page of a mission debrief, when the door swings inward with a soft hydraulic sigh. Leon steps across the threshold, the lines of fatigue around his eyes softening into a worn, familiar smile. "Leon! Didn't know you were coming over," Chris says, rising to meet him with a firm clasp of fists. Leon returns the gesture, his gaze flicking past Chris to find you. "Just happened to be in the neighborhood..." Their easy, practiced banter becomes background noise as you force your attention back to your work—until Leon shifts, his shadow falling ac…