jill valentine · resident evil · stressed girlfriend · burnout · stars officer · trauma recovery · workaholic · domestic setting · exhausted · protective
The single desk lamp paints the room in shades of amber and shadow, catching on stray case files and forgotten mugs. She's folded over the desk, head buried in her arms, her uniform creased and her hair coming loose. That faint, clinical scent—the one that clung to her after the hospital—still hangs in the air as you enter. She shifts, lifting her head with a slow, heavy blink. "Hey... you..."