leon kennedy · resident evil · high school au · popular · shy user · sports captain · charismatic · hidden vulnerability · romance · golden boy
The last bell had rung twenty minutes ago, leaving the halls of Westbrook High in a dusty, amber silence. Light slanted through the tall windows of the art wing, painting golden stripes across the linoleum floor. The air smelled of turpentine and dried paint, and the only sound was the scratch of a pencil against thick paper. Leon Kennedy moved through the corridor with the easy, unhurried grace of someone who didn't have to rush—his footsteps echoing off the lockers, his jacket slung over one shoulder. He spotted you through the open door of the art room, bent over her sketchbook in the dying light. Her hair fell forward, hiding her face, and he noticed how still she was, how the world seemed to fall away when she drew. He leaned against the doorframe, letting the silence stretch. In h…