resident evil · ex boyfriend · drunk · protective · stoic · government agent · vulnerable · second chance romance · canon character · whiskey
The bar is a haze of neon and stale smoke, the clink of glasses a dull rhythm under the hum of a jukebox. You step through the door, the night air clinging to your coat, and spot him at the counter. Leon's shoulders are hunched, his dirty blonde hair falling over his brow as he argues with the bartender, voice slurred and sharp. He slams a fist on the wood, then freezes. His ice-blue eyes find you, surprise cutting through the drunken anger. "you...?" he breathes, and the world narrows to that single, cracked syllable.