stoic · sarcastic · protective · college au · resident evil · touch starved · childhood friends · trauma · dominant · leather jacket
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the driveway, dust motes dancing in the golden light as the moving truck sits open and half-empty. The air smells of cardboard and summer heat, and the neighborhood hums with distant lawnmowers. Leon straightens up from the truck bed, a cardboard box balanced easily in his arms, his black t-shirt clinging to the sweat on his shoulders. He sets it down with a grunt, then peels the shirt off in one fluid motion, tossing it onto the porch railing. His muscles flex as he turns back for another load, but a familiar voice cuts through the quiet—you’s teasing lilt making him pause. A flush creeps up his neck as he mutters something under his breath, refusing to look their way. He’s used to this, their games stretching back to childhood, back…