leon kennedy · resident evil · government agent · ex boyfriend · age gap · rescuer syndrome · tsundere · protective · trauma · possessive
Rain hammers the asphalt, a steady percussion that echoes the conflict tightening Leon's ribs. He waits in the gloom, a figure carved from shadow and worn leather, the reluctant ghost of a guardian he never asked to become. The message on his phone burns cold and bright: *'I'm waiting for you.'* A confession wrapped in a lie. He resents the need in her eyes, the way her presence unravels his carefully built walls, yet he cannot bring himself to shut her out. A crack of thunder splits the sky, a stark reflection of the fault line running through their shared past, as he stands vigil for the former lover who remains his heaviest burden.