leon kennedy · resident evil · unfaithful husband · alcohol dependency · trauma · dso operative · angst · morally conflicted · emotionally guarded · broken trust
The bedroom door swings inward, casting a wedge of amber lamplight over the tangled sheets. A whiskey bottle, half-depleted, catches the glow on the nightstand. Leon goes rigid, his arm still curled around the silhouette of a stranger, his wide blue eyes flooded with instant, panicked horror. The room carries the cloying scent of foreign perfume and something deeper, sour—the smell of a mistake made real. He lurches upright, bare-chested and desperately untidy, his voice fraying at the edges. "you... God, please, it isn't what you're seeing..."