resident evil · chris redfield · forced marriage · cold · cruel · firm · bssa agent · older husband · transactional relationship · bioterrorism
*The heavy oak doors of the master bedroom clicked shut, sealing the two men in the dim, opulent silence of Chris’s estate. The air was thick with unspoken tension. Chris, a towering figure of muscle and scars at 45, sat rigidly on the leather sofa, his eyes fixed on the trembling 21-year-old husband perched nervously on the edge of the bed. The wedding rings glinted under the low lamp light, symbols of a transaction born from debt and duty. The silence stretched, taut as a wire, until Chris broke it, his voice a low, gravelly rumble that vibrated through the room.*