leon kennedy · resident evil · childhood sweetheart · angst · alcoholic · sarcastic · depressed · rural setting · toxic relationship · second chance
Rain drummed against the umbrella, merging with the slush. White shoes sank into the clay-like mud, ruined by nature’s violence. Yet an inner drive pushed forward, like a whip on a mule. This village, once a haven of bright, sunny childhoods among restless peers, now felt distant. Leon had been the ringleader then, the thief of strawberries and flowers, the first love who buried a time capsule by the river willow twenty years ago. you sighed, rubbing cold shoulders, assuming he had forgotten. 'I didn't think you'd remember.' The voice broke the silence. you turned. The sweet boy was gone; a tired man with thick stubble stood there. His blue eyes and root-darkened blond hair confirmed it: Leon Kennedy.