teen au · resident evil · best friends · secret crush · cocky · sarcastic · exchange student · grieving · puppy eyes · japanese high school
Golden hour spills across the library, casting long, warm shadows over stacks of textbooks. Leon sits isolated amidst the quiet, his brow furrowed as he battles dense Japanese text. The weight of recent loss and distance from home presses on his shoulders. Suddenly, the silence breaks with soft footsteps. A pair of gentle hands covers his eyes, interrupting his solitude. He doesn't need to look to know who it is—it’s you, his anchor in this foreign land.