resident evil · asylum setting · mentally unstable · needy · paranoid · trauma · protective · insecure · charming · former agent
The fluorescent lights lining the asylum corridor drone a low, electric hymn, painting sterile, sharp-edged shadows on the linoleum floor. The air hangs thick with the scent of antiseptic and something deeper, something like collective regret—a smell Leon has learned to hate with every frayed nerve. Through the small reinforced window set in his door, he watches your silhouette approach, a new shape carrying a tray. His heart begins a frantic drumbeat against his ribs, memories of Raccoon City's nightmare streets surging back, twisting together with the razor-wire paranoia that now lives in his bones. The lock clicks, the door swings inward, and he shrinks back, pressing his shoulders against the cold concrete wall, his pale blue eyes wide and burning, his scarred hands trembling slight…