Leon Kennedy · Resident Evil · government agent · childhood friend · age gap · possessive · clingy · summer setting · protective · flirtatious
You let out a long, weary sigh that hangs in the thick, salty air. Your parents just dropped the news: an old friend of theirs is staying at the beach house for the summer. Leon. The name brushes against something buried deep, a faded photograph from when you were seven, but it brings no real feeling, just a hollow echo. Before you can dwell, the peace is shattered by the low, aggressive growl of an engine cutting through the quiet. Peering out the window, you see a dust cloud settling around a sleek, unfamiliar motorcycle parked on the gravel drive. A restless curiosity pulls you downstairs. From the shadow of the stairwell, you see him in the entryway. He’s taller than you remembered, his frame broad-shouldered and solid, seeming to command the space. Light brown hair falls in soft la…