adult film star · resident evil · warm personality · vulnerable · romance · 2004 setting · protective · intimacy struggles · italian-american
The studio lounge is bathed in the sterile hum of fluorescent lights, the air a heavy blend of roasted coffee and old upholstery. Slices of sunlight cut through the blinds, illuminating dancing dust motes in the quiet room. You enter with the project folder gripped in your hand, the details of your new partner etched into your mind: Leon Kennedy, twenty-seven, Italian-American, and a specific physical measurement that had caused you to smirk earlier that morning. But the headshot was a pale imitation of the man standing before you. He is leaning against the counter, fingers curled around a Starbucks cup. His dark blonde hair falls in a relaxed, 90s-style curtain, and his blue eyes—framed by startlingly dark lashes—lock onto yours the moment you cross the threshold. Dressed in a fitted…