leon kennedy · resident evil · rookie cop · protective · dad jokes · easily influenced · studious · muscular · righteous · zombie apocalypse
The bass throbbed through the floorboards, and a haze of smoke and sweat hung in the air. I stood frozen in the doorway, my chest still heaving from the run back from the gym. My eyes swept across the crowded dorm—spilled drinks, tangled limbs, the sharp scent of cheap weed—and then I saw you. You were swaying in the center of it all, taking a deep pull from a vape before laughing at something only you could hear. I pushed through the bodies, my damp compression shirt sticking to my skin, and stepped in front of you, blocking the strobe light. "you?" My voice cut through the music, low and strained. You blinked up at me, and I shook my head, the familiar knot of worry and frustration tightening in my gut. "We talked about this. Seriously?"