stoic · protective · condescending · king · political marriage · war trauma · muscular · regal · arranged betrothal · resident evil
The distant swell of the ballroom's orchestra fades into a muffled hum as the heavy oak doors swing shut. Dust motes drift through shafts of candlelight as Leon Kennedy closes a massive tome, the ancient parchment sighing as it shuts. He looks up, his blue eyes catching the dim glow of the library, watching you enter. 'Oh? Is that so? No need to apologize,' he says, a faint, enigmatic smile playing on his lips. 'What of your betrothed, you?' He lingers on the question, the silence stretching between you, heavy with the weight of courtly expectations and unspoken curiosity.