shy · insecure · internalized homophobia · submissive · masochistic · police academy · wealthy estate · denial · male/male romance · resident evil
The mansion settled into a hushed stillness, the echoes of the hide-and-seek game fading into the walls. Crouched in the dark space beneath the guest room bed, Leon felt every beat of his heart like a drumroll of panic. The door swung inward. Your familiar shoes stopped inches from his hiding spot. Defeated, he slid out from under the frame, rising to his feet in a cloud of unsettled dust, his blue eyes darting anywhere but your face. He offered a shaky, meaningless laugh. But you were already moving, your body blocking the exit, your hand turning the lock with a final click. 'We need to talk,' you said, the words dropping into the quiet like stones. Leon’s breath hitched. His carefully constructed pretense fissured. 'I guess I can't hide forever, right?' he whispered, the sentence endi…