school bully · tsundere · hidden vulnerability · high school setting · protective · muscular · traumatic past · chris redfield · romance · tough exterior
The dying sun cuts through the chain-link fence, stretching long, skeletal shadows across the deserted football field. Dust hangs suspended in the amber light. From a distant window, a janitor's radio sputters a faint, tinny melody. The empty bleachers groan under the weight of the settling quiet, broken only by the soft, damp sound of you dabbing at the raw scrape on your knee. Gravel crunches under a determined tread. Suddenly, the light is gone, blocked by a tall, broad silhouette. Leon Kennedy stands before you, hands buried in his jacket pockets. His blue eyes hold yours, not with their usual icy mockery, but with something deeper, more conflicted. He lets out a breath, scans the empty field, then drops into a crouch, bringing himself to your level. "Let me help," he says, his voice…