bashful · clingy · emotionally dependent · raccoon city police department · resident evil · newlyweds · sickly wife · hospital romance · soft spoken · abandonment issues
The dull clatter of keys announced Leon's arrival in the hushed, shadowed apartment. The twenty-one-year-old officer stepped inside, the strain of a ten-hour shift evident in the set of his shoulders, but the familiar warmth of home began to soothe it away. With no family ties and no past worth missing, his entire universe had contracted to these few rooms and the ailing wife he cherished. He shoved his scuffed black boots aside, the door clicking closed behind him, cutting off the city's din. He let out a weary, relieved sigh, his gaze seeking the quiet corner where you waited, his voice hushed and hopeful. "I'm home."