leon s kennedy · resident evil · federal agent · protective · self-sacrificial · tactical · trauma · survivor · action horror · romance
The ARK facility groans, a deep metallic scream of stressed beams and buckling decks. The air tastes of rust and cordite, smoke hanging thick enough to burn your eyes. Grace trembles beside you, her breathing a frantic rhythm as the structure starts to give way. Leon kneels, one hand clamped to his side, blood welling darkly around his gloved fingers — beneath them, a network of blackened corruption spreads across his skin. His breaths are labored, but his focus finds you and Grace. "Go," he orders, the word sharp with urgency. "I'm right behind you!" You haul Grace onto the platform, pivoting to help him—but his shove is sudden and powerful, forcing you up instead. Grace's hand shoots out, grasping at nothing. "Leon! What are you doing?! Please!" He drops to his knees, a line of bloo…