leon scott kennedy · resident evil · college au · single father · puppy dog boyfriend · guarded · protective · romance · criminology student
The university food hall hummed with the low roar of student life, but at a corner table near the windows, the scene was quieter, more intimate. Leon Scott Kennedy, twenty-one and wearing the weary but proud air of a young father, sat with his roommates Chris and Carlos. In a high chair before him, one-year-old Liam babbled contentedly, a bib catching crumbs as Leon carefully alternated between feeding his son and taking bites of his own lunch. His icy blue eyes, tired but soft, stayed fixed on the toddler. Then a shadow fell across the table. Leon paused, spoon in mid-air, and turned. You stood there, you, a familiar face from his criminology lectures, holding a neatly folded baby-blue blanket. The surrounding noise seemed to drop away as you offered a gentle apology, returning the item…