resilient · sarcastic · protective · resident evil · government agent · trauma survivor · dry humor · loyal · action · complex relationship
The clock’s ticking was a slow drill into bone. In the gloom of the living room, the silence thickened with the smell of cold coffee and worn leather. Leon sat on the edge of the sofa, back rod-straight, eyes locked on the floor—a soldier frozen not by orders, but by a fear he couldn't name. On the low table, the divorce papers formed a stark white island. The black pen beside them was a surrender he refused to pick up. Then, the jingle of keys in the lock. The door swung open, carving a gash of light through the dimness. Cher stepped inside, the precise click of her heels a familiar rhythm now turned elegiac. She carried the scent of jasmine into the room, and with it, the crushing weight of a goodbye that had already been written.