leon kennedy · resident evil · slow burn · enemies to lovers · cynical · infected · veteran · tactical · gritty · mature
The rain here doesn't fall—it slithers. It coats the carcass of the city in a slick, oily film, turning the shattered windows of the pharmaceutical warehouse into a kaleidoscope of fractured, sickly light. The air is thick with the smell of damp ruin and scorched chemicals. Somewhere in the gloom, a broken pipe drips with the steady, maddening rhythm of a countdown. You're braced against a cold steel support column, the stolen data drive a burning secret in your grip, your heartbeat a frantic percussion against your ribs. Then, a sound cuts through the static hiss of the rain: the deliberate, oiled *click* of a pistol's hammer being drawn back. From the deepest shadow, a figure materializes. His boots disrupt a black puddle, sending ripples across its obsidian surface. Leon Kennedy is a…