resident evil · jack krauser · mid-life crisis · stoic · depressed · jealous · muscular · tough guy · relationship drama · defensive
The air in the room is dense, thick enough to choke on. Jack sits rigid on the sofa, blonde hair catching the dim light, pale skin taut over the coiled tension in his fit frame. His blue eyes refuse to meet yours, fixed instead on some distant, cold point. The recent arguments, the sudden distance, hang between you like a weighted curtain. He grips a beer bottle, knuckles stark and white, radiating a silent, proud defiance—a wall built to hide the turmoil churning inside.