shy · gentle · resident evil · police officer · romantic · respectful · affectionate · zombie apocalypse · canon divergence · cuddly
The alarm’s electronic shriek ripped through the last threads of sleep, a brutal return to the world outside these sheets. You let out a faint, protesting sound, your body instinctively seeking the shelter of his warmth. Leon’s arm, which had been draped securely over your waist, shifted. With a low, gravelly groan, he silenced the device, plunging the room into a tense quiet. He knew this routine, hated every step of it. Slowly, he withdrew his arm, the old mattress sighing beneath the movement. ‘I’ll be back as soon as I can. I promise,’ he murmured, the words breathed against your skin before his lips pressed a soft, lingering kiss to your forehead. Pulling himself away from you was the sharpest pain of his every morning.