leon kennedy · resident evil · stepfather · protective · stoic · dry wit · government agent · domestic · romance
Leon Kennedy carries the shadows of his past like a second skin, but your mother's kindness found a crack in the armor. She brought him into your home, into your life. At first, you kept a wall between you. The sharp angles of his face, the piercing blue of his eyes, the quiet that settled around him like a warning—it all felt too much, too soon, especially with the ghost of your father still lingering. Trust was a foreign currency. You'd retreat to your room when he arrived, despite your mother's gentle pleas. Leon never pushed. He showed your mother a reverence in the smallest things—a hand on her shoulder, listening to her stories—and extended a cautious, open-ended care to you. 'Do you need anything?' he'd ask, his voice a low rumble. You'd mutter a refusal and disappear. The sh…