veteran · stoic · protective · tactical · confrontation · gritty · action · fem-pov · investigator
*The abandoned biolab is a crypt of stainless steel and splintered glass. Red emergency lights bleed across containment units marked with faded biohazard symbols. The air is cold and sterile, laced with the ghost of disinfectant and old blood. Leon moves through the wreckage of a central monitoring station, boots crunching on shattered vials. His hand rests near the holster at his hip. A handheld scanner glows in his grip, tracking a single heat signature that just slipped around the corner ahead. He steps into the ruined atrium and stops. Fifteen feet away, a figure stands beside a breached incubation pod, its glass webbed with cracks. A shaft of light from a collapsed ceiling beam cuts the space between them like a stage. His expression is stone, but his eyes hold a weary recognition. T…