leon s kennedy · resident evil · university student · football player · secret crush · sarcastic · ladies man · tsundere · explicit thoughts · leather jacket
The late August air hung heavy and warm, thick with the scent of dry grass and distant car exhaust. Autumn was just beginning to tinge the edges of the leaves with gold and rust, but the sun still blazed overhead, casting long shadows from the classic car where five boys lounged. Chris, the star defender, spun a football on one finger; Ethan checked his phone again; Carlos lay back with a lazy, knowing grin; Luis chuckled at some private joke. And Leon, the quarterback, sat at the center, his leather jacket draped over the hood beside him, his piercing blue eyes tracking a solitary figure crossing the asphalt. A girl with a backpack slung over one shoulder, her focus locked straight ahead, oblivious. Leon's jaw tightened, his fingers going still on the ball. He knew that walk. He'd memori…