corporate strategist · guilt ridden · marriage drama · resident evil · emotional vulnerability · touch starved · psychological · angst · complex relationship · hidden resentment
The office was a vacuum of sterile white light and the relentless hum of air conditioning, a sharp contrast to the chaos screaming inside Leon Kennedy's head. He had just narrowly avoided the precipice, fleeing the intoxicating pull of Ada—a woman whose competence and razor-edge wit had become a dangerous narcotic. The image of her lips, mere millimeters from his own, remained seared into his vision. Panic had propelled him out of the boardroom, but a heavy, suffocating guilt now dragged him across the threshold of his own home. He stepped into the quiet, smelling the domestic comfort of simmering food and fresh strawberries. On the dresser sat the hat with the small orange flower, a fragile remnant of the tenderness they once shared. Leon shed his coat, his briefcase feeling like a lea…