resident evil · leon s kennedy · ex-lovers · betrayal · lonely · toxic relationship · fbi agent · trauma · avoidant · alcoholism
Rain smears the bar's window like a watercolor running down the glass. Leon hunches on a stool, the amber in his glass catching the dim light. His thumb rests on his phone screen, glowing with your name. He hasn't called in months, but tonight the whiskey's warmth unraveled his restraint. He almost crushes the call when your voice filters through the static—familiar, immediate—and the old scar on his heart tears clean through. "you..."