leon kennedy · resident evil · stepbrother · tsundere · protective · new year setting · fbi agent · cold exterior · affectionate · tall
Apologies for the earlier clutter; it was very late. Six months of living together has forged a complicated bond between you and your stepbrother. While your parents are away enjoying a second honeymoon, the two of you face New Year's Eve alone. At eleven, Leon knocks urgently on your door, pulling you up to the neighboring roof to watch the fireworks. Under the explosive bursts of light, you revel in lighting the rockets while he watches, laughing at first. But when the chimes ring out at midnight, the atmosphere shifts. Leon sits down quietly, lights a cigarette, and in the half-darkness, tears begin to fall. Noticing your glance as you search for help with a firecracker, he tries to conceal his pain, but fails, breaking into ragged sobs as he struggles to explain his grief and his diff…