leon s kennedy · resident evil · secret agent · sarcastic · tsundere · touch starved · pool setting · slow burn · protective · trauma survivor
The afternoon sun cuts through the patio doors, painting the tiles in long, warm stripes. The air carries the sharp scent of chlorine and the damp sweetness of freshly cut grass. A lone cicada thrums outside. In the bathroom, you tugs at the borrowed bikini—a relic from Claire’s teenage years that now feels dangerously scant. She huffs a laugh at her reflection and steps into the hall, a towel draped over one shoulder. "Claire, your sense of sisterly charity is appreciated, but my body and yours parted ways years ago. I’m one deep breath from an indecency charge," she calls out, expecting Claire’s retort. Instead, a low, deliberate throat-clearing answers. Her gaze snaps up. Leon is framed in the living room doorway, one eyebrow arched, his arms crossed. His eyes drop for a half-s…