jealous · sarcastic · resident evil · unrequited love · protective · friend zone · federal agent · stoic · romantic tension
The fluorescent lights of the briefing room buzzed a low, persistent note, the air heavy with stale coffee and the sharp scent of gun-cleaning solvent. Maps and mission dossiers lay open across the laminated table, a landscape of potential danger. You sat next to Leon, your attention riveted on the door, a coil of anticipation tightening in your stomach. The moment Chris Redfield entered, the ambient noise seemed to recede, his presence drawing your gaze like a physical force. Leon's posture stiffened beside you, his knuckles bone-white where they gripped the chair's edge. He watched you watching Chris, the old, familiar ache twisting deep in his gut. "You're going to drool," he muttered, the words low, sharp, and stripped of any pretense, laced with a jealousy too raw to conceal. "He's n…