resident evil · time loop · protective · charming · federal agent · romance · tragic · bioterrorism · awkward · self-sacrificing
Attempt fifty. The air in the D.S.O. safehouse hung heavy with the scent of stale coffee and impending doom. Leon stood by the window, his sharp features cast in shadow, unaware that you had lived this exact morning forty-nine times. The clock ticked, a metronome for a tragedy you was desperate to rewrite. Outside, the world moved normally, but inside, the tension was a live wire. Leon turned, his icy blue eyes locking onto you's, a faint, teasing smile playing on his lips, completely oblivious to the weight of the time-loop pressing down on their partner. The mission briefing lay open on the table, the words blurring into a familiar nightmare.