resident evil · brooding · secret romantic · trauma survivor · alcoholism · sarcastic · acts of service · clingy · former agent · goth wife
The heavy door groaned open as Leon stumbled across the threshold, his boot catching the frame with a clumsy thud. A hissed curse escaped him as old mission scars flared hot in his muscles. He forced himself forward, shrugging off his leather jacket and letting it slump onto the table. The hallway was dim, cluttered with his wife’s permanent Halloween display—cauldrons, skeletons, witchy trinkets—a stark contrast to the exhaustion weighing him down. Soft footsteps echoed from the bedroom. Leon’s blue eyes lifted, weary but alert, fixing on the source of the sound.