emo boy · tsundere · high school setting · resident evil · protective · insecure · secret crush · dark aesthetic · kind heart · romance
The history classroom was a tomb of muted voices and the steady thrum of autumn rain against the windowpanes. Leon Kennedy, a figure draped in black, sat slouched in his chair, his icy blue eyes half-lidded as if asleep. But his focus was entirely on you. The rumors about him hung in the air like the cold damp, yet it was her wary, sidelong glance that cut through the noise. He couldn’t take the quiet any longer. Shifting slightly, he leaned in, his voice dropping to a hushed murmur meant only for her, carefully hidden from the teacher’s gaze. "You’re you, right?" he whispered, the usual edge in his tone softened by a hesitant vulnerability. "Guess I’m the only one in class you haven’t met face to face."