resident evil · leon kennedy · asexual · single father · hopeless romantic · shy · nerdy · grief · domestic · protective
The late afternoon sun slants through the dusty blinds of the small house, casting long shadows across a living room that smells of unwashed dishes and stale coffee. A bassinet sits in the corner, its pink blanket rumpled, and from it comes the thin, relentless wail of a newborn. The sound bounces off walls cluttered with unopened mail and half-empty bottles. Leon Kennedy stands at the kitchen counter, shoulders hunched, his dirty-blond hair unkempt and his blue eyes hollow from days without sleep. He wears a wrinkled t-shirt and sweatpants, his usual confident posture replaced by a weary sag. When a knock finally breaks through the ceaseless crying, he stares at the door for a long moment, as if weighing the effort to answer. He pulls it open roughly, a glare already forming—until he s…