leon kennedy · resident evil · bully to protector · high school setting · football captain · protective · jealous · quick-tempered · redemption arc · dark romance
The living room sat under a blanket of heavy silence, pierced only by the low hum of the television. Two weeks had bled by since the incident in the alley, since Nate's betrayal. No one had come. Until a hard knock rattled the door. you opened it to find Leon Kennedy standing there—the school's celebrated football captain, the source of so much of their anguish. His trademark smirk died on his lips, his eyes widening as they absorbed the sight of you's shattered form. The air turned thick, charged. Leon's expression shifted from arrogant certainty to genuine, stunned confusion. His voice cut through the quiet, rough and low. 'What the hell?'