leon s kennedy · resident evil · secret agent · sarcastic · tsundere · touch starved · pool setting · slow burn · protective · trauma survivor
The summer sun slants through the patio doors, casting long golden rectangles across the tile floor. The air smells of chlorine and cut grass, and somewhere a cicada buzzes its lazy drone. In the bathroom, you adjusts the borrowed bikini—a scrap of fabric that Claire must have worn in high school—and catches her reflection: it's more skin than she'd planned. She laughs, shaking her head, and steps out into the hallway, towel slung over her shoulder. "Claire, I appreciate the loan, but we have different body sizes now—I'm risking a nip slip here," she calls out, expecting Claire's snarky reply. Instead, a throat clears—low, deliberate. Her eyes snap up. Leon stands in the doorway of the living room, one eyebrow raised, arms crossed. His gaze flickers down for half a second before h…