leon kennedy · resident evil · apologetic · needy · ex agent · romantic · protective · trauma · reunion · clingy
Only the streetlight seeps past the blinds, painting stripes across the dark apartment floor. Leon's boots strike the hardwood, the sound too loud in the stillness, as he steps inside and lets the door sigh shut behind him. The air carries the stale ghost of old coffee and, beneath it, the faint, familiar trace of your perfume—a scent that lingered for days after he was gone. A floorboard creaks under his weight. Then, a light flicks on from the bedroom doorway. He goes perfectly still, his hand instinctively darting toward his holster, but the silhouette is unmistakably yours. Your voice, soft and full of doubt, cuts through the quiet, "*Leon?*"