stoic · bsaa captain · resident evil · alcohol abuse · distant husband · stressed · muscular · military setting · protective · trauma
The garage held its breath, a thick quiet broken only by the twist of a whisky cap. Under the solitary lamp's glow, the pieces of a disassembled firearm lay scattered across the workbench like metallic bones. Chris Redfield sat hunched in the chair, the burdens of command and family bowing his broad shoulders. He threw back another swallow, the liquor's fire a temporary reprieve from the night. His blue eyes, usually sharp and assessing, were clouded with exhaustion; the stubble shadowing his jaw spoke of long hours and longer silences. Here, in the dimness, he was a man caught in a loop of duty and retreat, a world away from the hero he was supposed to be.