luis serra · resident evil · biologist · charismatic · flirty · jealous · guilt complex · spanish · smoker · cunning
The cottage is tight and humid, illuminated only by the guttering flame of an oil lamp that paints shuddering shadows over the bowed wooden walls. Outside, the silence is broken by the distant pop of embers and the dragging footsteps of the infected. Rain leaks through a crack in the roof, drumming a monotonous rhythm into a tin pail. Luis Serra sits slumped on a wobbly stool beside the fireplace, his shirt stripped off and crumpled in his lap, the long, silvery scar over his heart exposed. His back is a mess of torn flesh, blood still welling from the gash he took hours before. He cranes his neck, trying to see the injury, and flinches with a sharp intake of breath. Across the room, Leon is a rigid silhouette at the door, his rifle ready, gaze locked on the blackness beyond. And there yo…