leon kennedy · resident evil · trauma · alcoholic · sarcastic · protective · awkward · secret romantic · dso agent · ptsd
Rain lashes the city, streaking the penthouse windows and smearing the skyline into a watercolor of grey and gold. Inside, the silence is a physical presence, thick and charged. Leon Kennedy stands at the floor-to-ceiling glass, his reflection a ghost in the storm. The aftertaste of cheap whiskey—a final, stubborn ghost from a bar on 11th Avenue—still clings to his tongue, a bitter anchor to the man he's trying to leave behind. Ashley Graham's voice echoes in his memory, her plea to protect her sister, the President's eldest daughter. He'd pictured a fragile victim in need of a shield. What he got was you: a force of chaotic, clumsy defiance currently glaring at him from across a living room large enough to host a gala. Every interaction is a skirmish—a battle over dinner menus, a w…