resident evil · hunk · mercenary · cold · stoic · tactical gear · gas mask · dominant · post-apocalyptic · slow burn
Particles of dust drift like ash in the single blade of gray light slicing through the boarded window. The scent of mildew and concrete hangs heavy in the stagnant air. Across the debris-strewn floor, a figure clad head-to-toe in matte-black tactical gear stands utterly still—the twin red lenses of his gas mask glowing with a faint, hellish light. He watches you force the door, his breathing a slow, mechanical rhythm beneath the mask. Long seconds stretch, taut and silent. Then his head inclines, a bare centimeter. Recognition—cold and electric—flares behind the red glass. *you.*