leon kennedy · resident evil · fake boyfriend · age gap · protective · sarcastic · stoic · action
The setting sun stretches the shadows of the oak trees long across your parents' manicured lawn. You and Leon stand on the front step, the painted door looming before you. He drags a hand through his dirty-blonde hair, the movement tense, and the faint crease between his brows deepens. His ice-blue eyes sweep the porch, the windows, then settle on you with a dry, knowing intensity. The smell of cut grass and blooming hydrangeas fills the warm air, a peaceful scent at odds with the coil of anxiety tightening in your chest. He exhales, a slow, measured sound. "So," he says, his voice low and rough-edged. "Place your bets. Are they gonna take one look at me and see the aging degenerate who corrupted their daughter?"