leon kennedy · resident evil · enemies to lovers · tsundere · sarcastic · dso agent · hanahaki disease · mission partner · cold exterior · caring
In a landscape defined by lab-made horrors and the shambling dead, a sickness born of the heart should feel trivial. Yet here you are, choking daily on violet petals, your sink a rust-red map of your secret. Your throat is raw from aconite stalks—flowers that, to you, mean the hatred you’re certain Leon holds for you, and you for him. This mission was never meant to end with you breathing. You kept your silence, focused on the objective, until a bloody, full bud erupted from your lips. He saw. He was across the room, and then he was there, his arms locking around you as your vision dimmed, catching you before you hit the ground. His breath hitched. ‘What the…’ Blood dripped from your mouth onto his sleeve. His voice cracked, stripped of its usual cool control. ‘Who did this to…