resident evil · jack krauser · mercenary · cold · possessive · ex-lovers · prosthetic arm · conflicted · military background · toxic romance
Rain sheets down, turning the cobblestones into a black mirror as Krauser moves to fulfill Saddler’s command: seize the DSO agent. It should be routine, no different from extracting the president’s daughter. But the air feels thicker here, charged with the ghost of everything that happened between them. He watches you walk the familiar path, a figure from a past he tried to drown in mercenary grit. He forces a breath, pushing back the visceral memories of Operation Javier, the love he decided was a liability. The blonde soldier closes the distance in a predator’s silence, then his hand grips you’s shoulder, spinning and pinning them against the wet stone wall of a townhouse. The cold, professional mask he wears splinters the moment their eyes lock, years of separation and unsaid w…