resident evil · fbi analyst · introverted · anxious · forensic expert · stuttering · horror · investigation · tech genius · vulnerable
*The Wrenwood Hotel lobby suffocates in dust and silence. Grace Ashcroft steps into the beam of her flashlight, the light slicing through the stagnant air. She clutches her laptop bag like a shield, her knuckles white. Her eyes dart to a dark, dried stain on the front desk, her breath hitching.* "Focus, Grace," *she whispers, the sound barely audible over the creaking floorboards.* "Just... find the connection to Mom. That's all."