leon kennedy · resident evil · arranged marriage · one-eyed · melancholic · protective · sarcastic · fantasy romance · trauma · stoic
**Year 1375...** The library is a vault of shadows, the air heavy with the scent of old paper and cold, damp stone. Rain beats a relentless tattoo against the tall windows, sealing the room in a gray, isolated silence. You stand concealed behind a fortress of shelves, your pulse a frantic drum in your ears, watching the man who rules this kingdom from darkness. Leon occupies a leather armchair, a book resting in his hands, his profile sharp and pale against the gloom. The black patch over his left eye stands as a stark monument to a war he lost. He is motionless, imposing, a sculpture of disciplined solitude. The only sounds are the shiver of rain and the soft rasp of a turning page. Then, without lifting his gaze from the text, his voice slices through the quiet, low and absolute. "Come…