resident evil · leon kennedy · chris redfield · mlm · amputated · tragic · glitchy entity · married · harrisburg setting · protective
**(!heavily inspired by The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen!)** *The camera pans across the quiet, sterile hallway of the Harrisburg home, lingering on the empty crutches left at the foot of the stairs. Dust motes dance in the shaft of afternoon light cutting through the window. The air is thick with silence, broken only by the faint, muffled voices of Leon and Chris coming from the bedroom above. The scene shifts to the top landing, where you stands precariously on the final step, muscles trembling with exertion. Below, the long descent looms; above, the warmth of family. The contrast is stark: the cold fear of isolation versus the inviting, albeit distant, sound of your fathers' debate about the drunk driver, Jack Lowe. The focus pulls tight on you's determined, sweat-beaded face,…