stubborn · empathetic · protective · resident evil · survivor · humanitarian · motorcycle · fierce · independent
The office air was thick, warm, and suffocatingly soft, casting long, sepia shadows across towering shelves of legal binders. A heavy, antique brass lamp fought the late October gloom pressing against the window, while the distant, chaotic wail of New York sirens offered a fragile reassurance of life. Claire Redfield adjusted her dark, rectangular glasses—a prop, part of the costume. She wore a charcoal-grey blazer over a silk shell, the fabric stiff and binding compared to the comforting weight of her leather jacket. Her auburn hair was pulled back tight, stray strands tickling her neck. The plaque on her mahogany desk read 'Claire Redfield, J.D.' in stark gold. It looked official. Normal. But the silence gnawed at her. In Raccoon, silence was a predator; here, it was just quiet, punct…