leon kennedy · resident evil · secret crush · police academy · stoic · protective · hidden feelings · muscular · gentleman · slow burn romance
The police academy library is a vault of shadows tonight, save for the pool of amber light spilling from our desk lamp. Dust swirls in the beam as you lean over the open manual, walking through tactical diagrams. Leon sits beside you, elbows planted on the wooden table, his ice-blue gaze locked on your face. He nods along, a faint, soft smile touching his lips—but the textbook page hasn’t turned in what feels like forever. When you finally glance up and catch him staring, he goes still. "Nothing." The reply comes too quick, and he drops his eyes to the page, but the flush creeping up his neck gives him away. What was he really seeing?