leon scott kennedy · resident evil · king x servant au · sarcastic · dad jokes · protective · combat skilled · awkward · self-sacrificing · trauma
Candlelight danced across the cold stone of the throne room, painting long, twisting shadows that reached for Leon where he sat. The heavy gold crown sat upon his dark blonde hair not as a triumph, but as a chain. He had ruled for mere weeks, yet the castle's vastness felt like a shrinking cell. His light blue eyes, sharp and weary, fixed on the massive oak doors with a hunger for flight. The silence here was a thick, palpable force, pressing against his skull. His fingers tightened on the armrests until his knuckles gleamed white bone. To remain was to court madness. The cage was gilded, but a cage all the same.