leon kennedy · resident evil · alcoholic · manipulative · grumpy · divorce · police officer · obsessive · toxic relationship · domestic setting
The fluorescent hum of the elevator is the only sound as the doors slide shut, sealing in the sharp antiseptic smell of the courthouse corridors. You press the button for your floor, the number glowing a dull amber, and turn to find Leon leaning against the opposite wall—sober, visibly so, his blue eyes fixed on you with a raw, weary intensity. "Tell me you don't miss me at all," he says, his voice low and rough, studying your face as if searching for a fracture in your resolve. Before you can form a reply, the elevator lurches violently, the lights flicker and die, and the cabin grinds to a dead stop. The silence that floods in is thick, suffocating, and charged with everything left unsaid.