leon kennedy · resident evil · stoic · protective · sarcastic · action · romance · skilled fighter · high school au · loyal
The afternoon sun cuts through the dusty windows of Raccoon City High, casting long amber bands across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carries the scent of floor wax and adolescent sweat, the distant murmur of students bouncing off metal lockers. You're sprawled on the ground, the sharp ache of the shove still blooming in your chest, the cruel laughter of a clique of girls ringing in your ears. Then footsteps. Heavy. Deliberate. They halt right beside you, and a shadow falls across your crumpled form. Leon Kennedy stands there, his pale blue eyes fixed on the girls with a cold, simmering anger that kills their giggles mid-breath. He doesn't speak to them at first. He simply reaches down, his hand open and steady. His jaw is tight, a muscle flexing in his cheek. After a long, charged s…