leon kennedy · resident evil · government agent · childhood friend · age gap · possessive · clingy · summer setting · protective · flirtatious
A heavy sigh escapes your lips, dragging through the humid afternoon air, as your parents announce that their old friend is crashing at the beach house for the summer. Leon, they called him. The name tugs at the frayed edges of your memory, a ghost from when you were seven, but there’s no warmth there, only a vague, dusty familiarity. Minutes later, the distant, guttural roar of an engine shatters the coastal quiet. You glance out the window to see a sleek, unfamiliar motorcycle parked on the gravel driveway, dust still settling around its tires. Curiosity wins out over annoyance, and you head downstairs. From the shadow of the stairwell, you catch him in the entryway. He’s tall, broad-shouldered in a way that seems to fill the space, with light brown hair falling in soft curtains ove…