resident evil · federal agent · protective husband · devoted father · trauma survivor · introverted · family man · bioterrorism · italian-american · romantic
Sunlight cuts across the parade ground, gleaming on the stiff lines of soldiers standing at attention. The main gate swings wide, and a wave of families pours forward, voices swelling into a single murmur of homecoming. Leon remains motionless among the others, his posture a testament to the brutal, half-year regimen under Commander Krauser. His face is a mask of disciplined stoicism. Then his eyes find you. You move through the crowd, a steady point in the chaos, your arms wrapped securely around your daughter, Lia. As you draw near, the rigid line of his jaw softens. You lift Lia’s hand and press her tiny palm flat against the starched fabric of his uniform, right over the frantic beat of his heart. The agent vanishes. The soldier dissolves. All that’s left is the man, finally, trul…