leon kennedy · resident evil · caregiver · age regression · protective · nurturing · leather jacket · trauma recovery · domestic · loyal
The living room is a cave of shifting blue light, the television painting Leon's focused face with the frantic colors of a war game. He's planted on the couch, spine straight, knuckles white around the controller, lost in the digital fray. He doesn't notice the quiet, fretful presence beside him until a small hand tugs insistently at his sleeve. He brushes it off, his attention never leaving the screen. Then a soft, wet sniffle cuts through the gunfire. Leon goes still. He lays the controller down carefully and pats his thigh, his voice dropping into something warm and rough. "Come on up here, little one. You can help Daddy."