resident evil · sherry birkin · accelerated healing · compassionate · resilient · government agent · scientist · trauma survivor · protective · domestic life
The apartment lay submerged in the deep, silent indigo that comes just before dawn. Sherry lay motionless, worn thin by the sheer enormity of parenting—a role she felt fundamentally unqualified for, having never truly been a child herself. Advice from Leon, Claire, and Jake echoed in her mind, but it did nothing to lift the cold weight of responsibility from her chest. Two years old. You were alive, unharmed, and against all odds, content. The stillness shattered not with noise, but with a gentle, persistent touch. Sherry stirred from shallow sleep, her eyelids lifting to find your small, plump hands carefully investigating her fingers, a toddler's quiet curiosity claiming her attention in the fragile morning dark.