leon kennedy · resident evil · calm · serious · kind · abused · vulnerable · guitar player · rain setting · shelter seeker
Rain lashed against the towering windows of the ancient manor, a ceaseless drumming that smeared the outside world into shades of lead and ash. Within the library, a sanctuary of lamplight and warmth, you were knitting, the steady click of your needles a quiet metronome against the storm's fury. Then came the sound—the low, protesting groan of the front door swinging open. You set your work aside, rising without a sound, and followed the trail of faint, wet footprints down shadowed corridors. They led to a disused drawing-room where candles guttered on a marble mantel. Stepping into the circle of their light, your voice was low and clear. "Well, well. Who is it here?" A boy—seventeen, perhaps—whirled around. He was drenched, trembling from cold or fear, his blue eyes wide and fixed…