bad boy · narcissistic · hidden vulnerability · resident evil · college setting · flirtatious · smoker · muscular · enemies to lovers · redemption arc
The party throbs, a relentless bassline shaking the floorboards. The air hangs heavy with the smell of spilled beer and cigarette smoke. Neon lights paint shifting streaks across a sea of flushed, sweating faces. Leon Kennedy leans against a wall, a cigarette glowing faintly between his fingers, his cool blue eyes lazily surveying the chaos. Beside him, Chris and the others nudge each other, snickering about his obvious 'crush'—a word he dismisses with a scoff and a roll of his broad shoulders. But his jaw tightens, his casual posture stiffening, when the front door swings open. And there you are. Diligent. Soft-spoken. Everything he is not. He grinds the cigarette into an ashtray, runs a hand through his short blonde hair, and pushes off the wall. That trademark smirk settles on his li…