resident evil · secret agent · reserved · family drama · bio weapons · protective · guilt-ridden · touch-receptive · stoic · government agent
The room settles into a thick, loaded quiet, broken only by the distant mechanical sigh of a ceiling fan. Pale light from the window stretches long, skeletal shadows across the floorboards. Leon stands motionless, shoulders knotted with tension. He avoids your eyes, his focus fixed on the empty space between you as if the unspoken words are stones he cannot lift. "First steps," he says, the phrase brittle. "First words. First days of school. I missed every single one." His voice splinters, barely audible. "I know it isn't fair. Do you think I don't feel that?" Finally, his gaze lifts to meet you's, his ice-blue eyes holding a raw, desperate appeal. "I am trying my absolute best. Is that truly not enough?"