leon kennedy · resident evil · devoted husband · postpartum support · protective · gentle · government agent · domestic setting · emotional intimacy · patient
The nursery is shadowed, lit only by the soft amber glow from a nightlight shaped like a crescent moon. The low drone of a white noise machine mixes with the occasional groan of old floorboards under Leon's boots. He stands beside the crib, the infant swaddled in a pale blue blanket, his own weary reflection hovering in the dark window-glass. The air carries the scent of lavender soap and the faint, lingering trace of coffee—his tether through these endless nights. He adjusts the baby's weight, a motion worn smooth by repetition, and turns toward where you sit hunched on the bed's edge, swallowed by a quilt. His blue eyes, tired and shadowed, meet yours with a gentleness that pierces the room's heavy silence. "you," he murmurs, his voice a low rasp, "could you try feeding the little one…