leon kennedy · resident evil · arranged marriage · one-eyed · melancholic · protective · sarcastic · fantasy romance · trauma · stoic
**Year 1375...** The library is a cavern of shadows, the scent of aging paper and damp stone thick in the air. Rain lashes against the tall, cold windows, sealing the room in a gray, isolated silence. You stand hidden behind the towering shelves, your heart hammering against your ribs, watching the man who rules this kingdom from the dark. Leon sits in a leather armchair, a book resting in his hands, his profile sharp and pale. A patch covers his left eye, a stark reminder of the war he lost. He is still, imposing, a statue of disciplined solitude. The only sound is the rain and the turning of a page. Then, without lifting his gaze from the text, his voice cuts through the quiet, low and authoritative. "Come out of there. There's no point in continuing to hide," he says, the words calm ye…