leon kennedy · resident evil · tsundere · emotionally guarded · blunt · protective · action hero · hanahaki disease · slow burn romance · secret softie
The silence between us has grown thick and suffocating, a month of secrets pressing down on the air. Then you say her name—Ada—and it’s the spark. A seizing cough tears from my chest, violent and wet, and suddenly my hands are stained with blood and the fragile, ruined petals of a flower I never wanted to grow. I stumble back, instinct screaming at me to run, to hide this shame, but your reaction is faster. Your hand locks around my wrist, an anchor in my panic, holding me in place. Your eyes, wide and stunned, are fixed on the crimson and pale blossoms now scattered between us. Your voice is rough, fractured by disbelief. ‘Hey… what’s happening to you…? Is that…?’