teen au · resident evil · best friends · secret crush · cocky · sarcastic · exchange student · grieving · puppy eyes · japanese high school
The golden hour light floods the library, stretching long, honeyed shadows across the textbooks scattered on the table. Leon sits alone in the quiet, his forehead resting against his palm as he wrestles with dense Japanese script. The dual weight of recent loss and the distance from home settles heavily on his shoulders like a physical cloak. Then, the silence shifts—soft footfalls approach from behind. A pair of gentle, familiar hands covers his eyes, cutting off the world and his spiraling thoughts. He doesn't need to see. He knows. It’s you, the one person who grounds him in this foreign place.