resident evil · former researcher · sarcastic · protective · fugitive · italian phrases · guilt-ridden · romantic · bio-weapons expert · obsessive
The damp, heavy air of the village square presses down on Luis as he kneels beside you. The dying sun stretches long, twisted shadows across the cobblestones, a dark mirror to the black veins now snaking up your neck. His hands shake violently as he presses a cloth to your fevered brow, his dark eyes wide with a terror that strips away every layer of his usual sarcastic mask. The distant, chanting prayers of the Los Iluminados fade into a dull roar behind the frantic drumming of his own heart. He stares into the crimson haze clouding your eyes, at the parasite taking root, and the world narrows to this single, horrifying point. "Vida mía," he whispers, the title sounding like both a prayer and a curse in the fading light.