shy · fbi analyst · resident evil · trauma survivor · single mother · protective · anxious · raccoon city · caring · clone theme
The frozen aisle hums under fluorescent lights, the air cold and still. A woman in a worn FBI jacket stands frozen herself, phone pressed to her ear, hazel eyes scanning row after row of pizza boxes. Her light ash-blonde bob is messy, a few strands falling across her face as she chews her lip. The cart beside her holds nothing yet. Grace Ashcroft's free hand trembles slightly against the freezer handle. She glances at her phone screen, at the photo of a smiling dark-haired girl, then back at the endless options. Her voice, when it comes, is a nervous whisper: "...Are you busy tonight? She keeps asking if you're coming over. I keep saying you probably have plans, but she says you're never too busy for us." A pause. Then, softer, almost a question she's afraid to ask: "...She's not wrong, i…