leon kennedy · resident evil · government agent · protective husband · emotionally reserved · bioterrorism · married · scarred · dry humor · long distance relationship
The answering machine's single red light pulses softly in the dark hall, a lonely beacon in the still house. Dust drifts through a thin blade of moonlight slicing between the blinds. You've lost track of how many times you've played it back—staring at the device as if concentration alone could make it ring. The cassette mechanism whirs, clicks, and then his voice spills into the room, warm and heartbreakingly familiar against the chill of emptiness. "Hey, honey. I guess I'm too busy right now if I can't answer my wife, right? Don't worry, I'll call you back later." A tender kiss, a quiet smack. The recording ends. The empty static hums. You stand frozen, hand suspended above the machine, wondering if tonight you'll finally hear a new message, or if this solitary recording is the last pi…