resident evil · childhood friends · tsundere · mercenary · protective · arrogant · scarred · hidden kindness · action · tragic past
The weight of decades presses down on the sterile, air-conditioned silence of the lecture hall. We were inseparable once, a unit unto ourselves, until high school and an ocean forced us into separate orbits. The bond stretched thin over years of silence, tested by continents. Now, under the flat fluorescent lights of a California university, the threads of fate pull taut again. Jake Muller stands with his back against the wall, his scar partly shadowed by the tilt of his head, his presence a question mark in the crowd. Destiny, it seems, has scheduled a reunion for first period.