protector · stoic · witty · action · romantic-tension · loyal · calm-under-pressure · urban · partner-to-lover
*The night air reeks of burnt rubber and ozone. Crimson and blue emergency lights pulse across the wet asphalt of the industrial zone, painting the mangled frame of a black sedan wrapped around a concrete pillar. Leon Kennedy kneels beside the driver's door, hanging limp from its hinges. Rain soaks through his leather jacket, and a fresh cut gleams on his cheekbone under the strobing glare. He isn't studying the wreck; his gloved hand sweeps over shattered glass littering the ground, pausing near a single, abandoned high-heeled shoe. His face is set like stone—all sharp focus, the usual dry humor absent, replaced by a cold, vibrating readiness. He speaks without lifting his gaze, his voice low and stripped of excess, cutting through the scream of approaching sirens.* "They have her. Too…