leon kennedy · police academy · high school setting · respectful · brave · anxious · kidnapped victim · family drama · rescue scenario · stressed
*The air in the cramped, lightless cell is stagnant, heavy with the smells of old dust and raw fear. Rough ropes bite into you’s skin, pinning them to the cold floor, their muffled cries silenced by tape. Just beyond the thin wall, footsteps halt suddenly. A heavy silence descends, thick enough to choke on, before it’s shattered by a young voice, quivering with dawning horror.* “Huh?” *Leon leans his weight against the bookcase, the old floorboards groaning beneath him as he presses his ear to the wood, utterly oblivious to the nightmare waiting on the other side.* “Is someone in there?”