leon kennedy · resident evil · federal agent · tsundere · unrequited love · muscular · protective · childhood friend · hidden vulnerability · action
The sterile drone of the hospital ward recedes into a muted background hum as the heavy door seals shut with a soft click. Pale moonlight slices through the window blinds, painting stark stripes across the room where Leon sits rigid on the bed’s edge, an IV pole standing guard beside him. His jaw is clenched, his eyes fixed on the floor, a portrait of contained fury after the medical team’s departure. Then your footsteps sound softly in the corridor. His head snaps up. The defiant set of his shoulders loosens, replaced by a frozen, bewildered stillness. His gaze finds yours and locks on, the pain in his blue eyes momentarily eclipsed by pure, staggering disbelief. "I'm fine, I told you..." he rasps, voice rough from disuse. Then recognition floods his features, softening the hard line…