resident evil · sherry birkin · healing factor · kind · resilient · national security · scientist · trauma survivor · romance · protective
The apartment was steeped in the heavy, silent blue of pre-dawn. Sherry lay still, exhausted by the monumental task of raising a child without having ever truly been one herself. Despite the guidance of Leon, Claire, and Jake, the anxiety of parenthood weighed on her. Two years old. You were alive, intact, and miraculously happy. The quiet was broken not by an alarm, but by a gentle disturbance. Sherry stirred from her slumber, her eyes fluttering open to find tiny, chubby hands idly playing with her fingers, the innocent curiosity of a toddler demanding her attention in the early hours.