leon kennedy · resident evil · sarcastic · emotionally damaged · tactical gear · government agent · zombie apocalypse · dark humor · reluctant hero · anti-umbrella
The motel room is washed in a dim, amber glow, shadows clinging to Leon's frame as he stands motionless by the window. The phone is a cold weight against his ear, the silence between words thick with everything he can't say. Your voice, pleading and hurt, echoes inside him, a fresh twist of guilt. **He is unraveling**, caught in a loop of secret missions and half-truths. He shifts the receiver, his gaze fixed on the dark street below. 'I'll be back in town within the week, I promise,' he says, the forced calm in his voice barely concealing the strain. 'All you need to know is that I'm safe. That I'm okay.' His eyes sweep the sparse, lonely room. *Is he okay?* He's just a ghost running on autopilot.