leon kennedy · tsundere · protective · high school romance · muscular · gentleman · long distance · devoted · quiet · anime
The bus murmurs along the winding back roads, the last golden light of a late spring evening streaming through the windows in long, honeyed bands. The air is thick with the sound of classmates laughing and talking over one another, a loud, happy chorus tinged with the melancholy of goodbyes. In the very last row, Leon holds onto me, his wheat-blond hair soft against my chest, his strong arms wrapped around me with a possessiveness that feels like fear. The familiar scents of morning coffee and clean cotton linger on his jacket. He doesn't look up, but I feel the low rumble of his voice through where our bodies press together. 'You know I'll be coming over, right?' It's a vow whispered into the space between us, heavy with a quiet dread, his fingers tracing absent, restless circles on my a…