Pairings: RE9!Leon S. Kennedy x Ex-wife! Fem Reader (Co-parenting)
Tags: SMUT, porn with plot, age gap!! (Leon is 51, Reader is 30) dirty talk, oral (fem! receiving), bit of praise, dry humping, PNV, unprotected sex, creampie, slow to rough sex, fingering, mentions of breeding…MDNI
Summary: The after party of celebrating your daughter’s 6th birthday with your ex husband is a bad idea.
A/N: I really love re9 Leon, I preordered it so i’m so excited. I was heavily inspired by this post to do this. Please check them out I really love their writing it’s so good, they’re like my favorite. Sorry for some grammar mistakes, i’ll probably fix them later.
All you been getting bothered with is a cute yet annoying voice.
“What are we gonna do on my birthday?”
That’s all you been hearing for the past weeks. It’s been giving you headaches, you’re old enough, you don’t need white hairs to appear.
So when it finally came down to the big day, your daughter was super excited and a bundle of joy at 8am, shaking you awake. Gosh. She’s such an early bird.
After getting ready yourself, you take the time to get her ready. Cute little pigtails that thanks to YouTube you did perfectly. She smiled, her smile is just like Leon’s even though he barely smiles but it does remind you when you walking down the—
“Is my party set up yet?!”
Right. You shouldn’t be thinking about that. You should be preparing for your daughter’s big day. “Not yet, I’ll get on it soon.”
While her cutie self sits in the kitchen counter with her big tablet that replays the same video of silly cartoons you hear everyday. You try to concentrate on decorating. Even having your friends over to finish the final look. It came out like how you planned, a princess themed party, basic but cute and appropriate for your daughter’s age.
Dawn rolled in, everyone was here like you planned. You were such a neat freak. You even had a checklist on you at all times. “One more guest arrived.” Your friend said. You nod and looked down to check the guest list, there was only one person missing and that was…oh right. You look up to see who the last guest is, it’s Leon. You check him down on the list. That’s everyone.
After singing happy birthday, and seeing her blow the candles on her cake, it made your heart swell. She’s all grown up. You still need to see her graduate elementary, middle school, high school and eventually college. That will be in about 20 years, it made you realize how old you’re getting. You’re what? 30 years old. You were only 24 when you got pregnant. You wish you could go back to your youthful days when you were an attractive model but being a proud mother was somehow better.
Carrying your now not energetic bundle of joy to her room while she’s snoring, still wearing her big puffy princess dress. You set her down on her bed with her favorite pink blanket, tucking her very tight.
Coming out the room you nearly had a heart attack. You see Leon come out of nowhere, leaning against the wall, facing you. That made realize, you been avoiding him this whole time. If Leon was in one part of the room you would be way across from him, no matter what. You never talked to him for your convenience only for your daughter’s sake.
You shouldn’t avoid your problems, is what you always tell your daughter but maybe you shouldn’t take your own advice…I mean you two did end on bad terms, right? You kicked him out after you found him cheating plus his drinking problems were getting on your nerves.
Leon is looking straight at you while you look like a deer stopping right in its tracks in front of a car looking at it’s headlights.
“I just wanted to check up.”
You get out of your thoughts. Regaining consciousness.
“Uh um yeah.” What. You have no idea what you said or if that makes sense but you slighty opened your daughter’s room slowly as you took his words with the meaning that he wanted to check up on her, your daughter. “She’s doing great, she’s just sleeping.”
The air was so thick you could cut it with the same knife you cut the cake with.
“I meant you. I wanted to check up on you.”
“Huh.”
Those words hit hard. You haven’t heard that in a while, partially because you’re always busy and never have time to chit chat.
“Um, I’m doing fine.”
“Oh.” Dry yet some warm tone to it
This is so awkward, can someone burry you alive, you don’t even want to talk to your ex after all this time even after the divorce. You can still recall the amount of times you cried afterwards and even a thought of forgetting the bad things he did and forgiving him but thank god you saved yourself from humiliation.
Leon got a feeling of uneasiness so he backed away from you. “You mind if I grab a drink?” He says to light up the mood. You nod, leaning against the wall that was looking towards the home wet bar.
He already knows where everything is so it doesn’t take long for him to grab two fancy glass cups from your cabinet, it’s like he knows the layout of your house. Well mainly because he used to live here. Filling up the two glasses with red wine you didn’t even know you had. If you did then you’ll drink the whole thing.
“This is my favorite thing about this house.” He says as of course it’s the home wet bar, where his drinking problems show. He looks over to you just leaning against the wall. “You’re not gonna get your drink from all the way over there.”
He was practically forcing you to come closer to him. You acquiesced to his request even though you didn’t want to. Your fingers tapped the glass cup trying to distract yourself. The amount of silence was driving both of you crazy. You could hear your thoughts at this point.
Leon was thinking about all the times he made you cry, that day you caught him cheating because he was drunk, when he used to go away from missions leaving you alone with the baby, and who could forget the countless arguments you two had over his drinking problems. But he bit his lip, if he was going to apologize then right now will be a right time but his narcissistic self won’t let himself.
He saw your lips tremble around the rim of the cup when you took a sip of wine, before you set it back down with your lipstick coating a thin layer of it. It made some thing stir inside of him.
“I’m sorry—“
“I want to apologize—“
You two looked at each other with confusion. “What?” You said as he looked down at you. “I said I’m sorry, I want to say sorry for the things I made you go through, okay?” To make things even better he grabbed your hands, cupping them and pulling them towards his chest. “I never said how grateful I am to have you as the mother of our child.”
You smiled a tiny bit but enough that he could see. “So what were you going to apologize for?” Leon said in curiosity.
“Just wanted to apologize for being such a bitch. I nearly killed you when I was kicking you out.” You paused to look at his face and then your fingers traced the rim of the cup. Why are you apologizing? Is it maybe your drunk self trying to save you, whatever it was, you were pouring out words.
“I was-“ You hear him chuckle as you look up to see him crack up.
“You think?” He chuckled before calming down. “You don’t have to apologize for nothing, I was in the wrong anyways, people would’ve done same if their husband cheated.” Was that guilt in his tone…it’s been so long since you heard it.
When the words left his lips. You can see his smile. That’s the smile you were talking about before on your daughter’s face. The same smile he had when you walking down the aisle with your veil dragging on the floor before facing him, with the smile that read. “I love you.”
Your cheeks flushed a bit. Gosh what has gotten into you? Was it the alcohol…
“I missed you.”
The words said so smoothly like he practiced this before. Does he think it’s that easy to forgive him?
“Maybe you should say that to your girlfriend.” You said harshly to try to avoid this.
“I don’t have one. You know that.”
You inhaled the air like it was your life support. You then sighed. “It isn’t that easy to forgive you.”
“I know…I can’t say I miss you?” His cheeky grin made you want to tear it off with a kiss…
I miss you is already such strong words. But saying that won’t fix the birthdays he missed. It won’t fix the parent-teacher conferences, parent meetings, doctor visits he’s missed, no. It won’t fix anything. So why is your heart aching for some sort of touch.
When people used to ask where your husband was, you would lied. “Oh he’s tired” or “He’s not feeling well.” You practically felt like a widow with the amount of times he wasn’t home.
You always had to cover his ass. Only when he came back home from missions, your daughter used to run up to him. Hugging him so tightly and obviously asking where he was for the past 6 to 9 or whatever how many months he was gone for. His reply being some silly story for a 4 year old to understand. “Daddy was fighting bad guys to protect his little princess.” Then giving her a kiss on the forehead.
You would treat his wounds whatever it was. You would beg him to quit being a DSO agent but of course he dismayed your request.
Now looking at the same man with still some scar wounds you can see on his face, especially the one where a bullet grazed his cheek. You remember worrying when he came home with that.
You get out of your train of thought, sensing him getting closer to you. “Just stay still please” He plead before kissing you. To his surprise you kissed him back, you yearned for this.
“We shouldn’t be doing this…” Your words didn’t prove your point because your body was giving you away. He picked you up, shoving you against the wall. “Tell me you want this…please” He begged as his mouth hovered over your neck ready to bite down like some vampire. His hands got a grip of your ass, a big handful.
You quickly nod, not having a second thought to it.
You felt teeth dig into your collarbone. Your nails traveling up to his back, digging into his clothed back. “God Leon—“
In a swift move he held you up with one hand like you weighed nothing to him. You been eyeing his muscles the whole time you guys were talking. Damn he is strong.
His other hand went to your slippers which was easy enough to remove. Then his hand moved to your sweatpants, tugging them down enough so he can see what color panties you’re wearing. Pink lacy ones, cute. He admired it for a second before he started to unbuckle his belt. You unzipped his fly, he quickly shook his legs so he can get his pants off and took the sweatpants hanging off your knees too, discarding them on the floor, like some dirty laundry to do later.
Like you said, he knows the layout of your house at this point. He went to the guest room which was the farthest room from your daughter’s. In a hurry he put you down. Hovering over you as his clothed cock rubbed against your panties. The friction making you both moan like some horny teenagers.
“I think I know my way around here…” Was that his way of dirty talk?
He rubbed where your clit is supposed to be. Your back arches up. He continues to hump you like some rabbits mating season.
“Just fuck me already”
“Come on, baby what’s the fun of that when I can just finger your pretty little pussy” His grin, his stupid but hot grin
He didn’t even bother to take off your panties as he pulled it to the side, his 2 fingers sliding in. “F-fuck.” His finger curled inside you. You were wet enough to welcome another finger that it made lewd sounds every time his finger slide in and out.
Eventually he takes off your panties, pulling it off in one swift move. Like he’s done this with multiple women. Sucking on the wet mess he created before tossing them like some garbage.
His fingers now replaced with his head diving in between your thigh. So this is what heaven feels like. He knew exactly how you like it, his mouth sucking your clit as you moan for him, begging for more.
His mouth feasting on your pussy like he’s been starved. His fingers find your puffy clit once more as his thumb rubbed it harder. You started to squirm the more closer you got. It made him latched onto you more. You got more louder as your thighs began to close in and squish his face. Which he loved, pumping his fingers inside as he laps your folds. His stubble beard grazing your pussy made it better.
“Come, come all over my mouth, baby.” The way he demanded made you want to give it to him.
“Shit—I’m gonna—C-come.” One last hit on your g-spot made you spasm all over his mouth and fingers.
Not a secound wasted, lapping your slick juices that landed all over his mouth. This is like the water he needs, dying of hydration. You reluctantly let go of his hair that you had gripped. He gets up on his knees wiping the rest of your juices dripping down his stubble chin. You wanted that image in your mind forever. 
His mouth makes his way to your mouth, invading it. Twirling tongues with you two’s saliva. His hand travels to your shirt. His large hands going underneath it, getting ready to unclasp your bra, pulling your shirt off, breaking the kiss, leaving a string of saliva connecting your guy’s mouths. As he throws your shirt to the floor like the rest of the clothes. You tossed your own bra. He even took off his shirt so quickly like you didn’t even notice only his hands cupping your breast. Your hand starts to explore his abdomen, tracing his scars but most importantly…his abs.
“I miss these.” He laps his tongue in circle around your nipple before he proceeds to motor-boat in between your chest. Pulling away he turns his attention to his aching clothed erection. “Be a dear and take my boxers off, babe.” You do so, your hands reach the waistband of his boxers, tugging them down to his knees. He kicked them off.
He was big but you forgot how big exactly he was. “Shit.” He cursed as his pants he discarded moments ago was in his hands trying to search for something. Grabbing his wallet from the front pocket. He looked into his wallet but to no avail he didn’t find one. He usually has an emergency condom on the go. God knows why.
“Do you mind if we—“ You cut him off with a kiss, you been on birth control, this came in hand for once.
He took that as a yes. Positioning his hard cock against your entrance. He was unsure how to take this since it’s been years so he took the easy route. He slowly puts in it as your mouth creates an ‘o’ shape still staring down at his cock going into you. Once he finally buries himself inside of you is when he began to move. Hitting your cervix already, he cradled you in his arms. As you begged him to go faster. Soon your face was pressed against a pillow, he lifts up your hips to get his cock in a better angle. It was uncomfortable but you felt him hitting your g-spot more.
“So-s-so tight.” He praised your tightness like it was a trophy. His hand goes back on your red puffy clit that’s screaming for attention. His thumb rubbing it. You moan against the pillow as the lewd sound of skin smacking together echoed the room. Hopefully your daughter won’t ask you what was all that noise the next day.
“I’m c-close…” Is all you managed to get out as your voice is muffled by the pillow. “Come with me, baby. Please I n-need you.” Leon’s voice was whiny and needy like he’s been wanting this for a while
Thrust after thrust, he talked to you like if you two were still together. “I wanna put my load in you, wanna have another kid with you, sweetheart.” He was practically begging for another child the whole time, even though you know that’s not gonna happen.
It was until he sped up his thrust, pulling your hair so your head falls back. “Take it, take my fucking cock.” His voice more sultry, he was gonna-
“G-gonna come—come with me, baby, p-pl-please, I need it.” Maybe he had too much wine.
Doesn’t take long for you to get more closer to your orgasm. Arching your back, you felt his hands on your hips, fucking himself with it. He hits your g-spot once more again. Your head rolls back, gripping the sheets. The feeling of his tip hitting your cervix in his sloppy thrust. “C-coming so fucking m-much…” His voice shaky when your walls clenched around him, practically milking him.
You felt his warm load inside you when you start to spasm all over his cock. None of you move, just moan.
After you feel his cock soften inside you is when he pulls out. Some of the sticky mixture falls onto the sheets. Laundry is gonna be a pain in the ass tomorrow. He quickly picks it up with his fingers, sucking on it. He’s such a tease and he knows you love it.
He kisses you once more. You taste the sweetness of the mixture. He mutters against your lips. “I’ll be in touch, more often.”
In the morning you felt his presence left, the bed cold, the only warmth being from your own body plus the sun light. You saw all your clothes still on the floor with the sun beaming on them. The only missing clothing you have is your panties…wonder who took them.
You took all the sheets and dirty clothes into the washer while you took a shower to freshen up. After putting new warm sheets on your bed and taking a well deserved shower, you can still feel Leon’s touch on your skin.
Putting on a robe, walking into the kitchen. You see your daughter eating cereal, Lucky Charms. “Morning, mama!” She smiles, you saw that same smile on Leon last night. She has her big tablet in front of her face as she plays a game on it.
“Did you enjoy yesterday?” You questioned her before she eagerly nods. “Go on, go get dressed and change out of that dress. It’s practically dirty from yesterday’s party and you sleeping with it.”
She was reluctant at first before pouting and going into her room to change.
You start to think what to do for breakfast. Pancakes sounds good. Then a sticky note caught your attention. It was on your fridge. It read. “Text me when you want to.” As it proceeds to have Leon’s number on it. Of course, that’s what he meant when he said he’ll be in touch more often.
Ripping the sticky note off your fridge you type the number into your phone, maybe for now you two can be friends.
@strxwoq 2026! Do not copy or try to copy!
Thank you for reading especially thank you for that writer that inspired me to do this! :) Maybe I’ll do a part two.
ꫂ᭪݁ summary : four years of built up tension between you and leon kennedy finally snaps during a mission in an abandoned russian sanatorium and after a reckless argument you both had at the DSO HQ, his restraint breaks , leaving both of you with far more damage than either of you know how to name.
⚠︎ warnings : implied age gap (reader is in her mid 20s,leon is 49) , creampie, rough sex, hate sex/angry sex, semi-public sex, unsafe location, risky sex during active mission, dub con if you squint ,superior/subordinate dynamic, power imbalance, arguing, emotional tension, explicit content, manhandling, spanking, hair pulling, choking, knife intimidation, degradation, dirty talk,a tiny bit of praise, overstimulation, unprotected sex, creampie, emotional neglect after sex, angst, unresolved feelings, mean leon, not proofread
ꫂ᭪݁ a/n: please take note that this was originally a chapter from a very long fanfic i wrote for my oc and leon which is why he's like this lmao, i promise i'll make him kinder in the part 2 if i will finish it.i had re9 leon in my mind for this but re4 could also work out
the first thing you noticed was the cold air around you.
it was not the dramatic, merciful kind of cold that announced itself all at once and then faded into numbness. it was quieter than that. meaner. it seeped beneath the cuffs of your jacket, slid under the tight leather of your gloves, and settled deep into your bones with a slow, deliberate cruelty.
the tires of his porsche churned viciously through the frozen mud, the engine emitting a low, rhythmic rattle that only served to deepen the crushing silence inside the foggy forest. outside the reinforced windows, the Russian twilight was bleeding into a dense, oppressive black, swallowing the pines and suffocating the isolated atmosphere. the fog rolled over the hood of the car in thick, ghostly waves, illuminated only by the sharp, cutting glare of the headlights.
you stared out the passenger window, your pale reflection ghosting over the frosted glass. your black jacket was zipped tight to your throat, the rigid collar pressing uncomfortably against the soft fabric of your black turtleneck. you kept your hands shoved deep into your pockets, your knuckles white, fingers curled into tight fists to hide the faint, betraying tremor of leftover adrenaline and the creeping cold.
beneath your skirt, the thick black tights offered little protection against the chill that seemed to seep directly through the floorboards and into your bones.
and to your left, Leon held the steering wheel with a loose, practiced grip that betrayed nothing of the violence coiled beneath his skin. his profile was carved from the stark shadows of the dashboard’s faint illumination, his jaw set in a hard, unyielding line, a muscle ticking faintly just beneath his ear. he was driving, his eyes fixed on the treacherous path ahead, utterly detached from the suffocating tension occupying the space between you.
the two of you hadn't really spoken since hunnigan gave you the details for this mission.
the argument at the DSO office days prior had been loud enough to shake the dust from the rafters. it had been a complete mess of explicit words about protocols you ignored, a breached perimeter , and the undeniable fact that you had chosen to follow your own medical instincts over his orders.
and he had been furious ever since.
It wasn't the explosive anger of a lesser man, his voice had dropped into that terrifying, deadened register that usually meant someone was about to get court-martialed or maybe even worse.
you hadn't bothered to apologise at all. not then, and not now either. instead, you had met his cold gaze with a silent, defensive deflection, locking your jaw and refusing to give him an inch of the submission he demanded as your superior.
now, four agonizing hours later, the silence between you was no longer just an absence of sound. It was a physical weight, thick with four years of built-up tension, near-misses, and an unacknowledged, suffocating attraction that tasted more like iron and blood than the romance you initially imagined of and hoped for. every time the car hit a rut, jolting your shoulders mere inches from touching, the air in the cabin seemed to thin, making it harder to breathe.
Leon slowed the vehicle, the gears shifting with a harsh, mechanical grind. the headlights swept across a rusted, iron gate hanging precariously off its shattered stone hinges. beyond it sat the sanatorium.
the stone facade was grand but utterly ruined, a decaying, brutalist monument of the old Soviet concrete overgrown with dead, creeping ivy and stained with decades of black rot. its windows were shattered, empty black maws staring back at them like dead eyes. It looked entirely abandoned, swallowed whole by the merciless silence of the forest.
the engine cut out.
the sudden, absolute absence of noise made the interior of the car feel instantly smaller, the walls pressing in tight. the ticking of the cooling engine block sounded like a countdown.
"check your comms," Leon commanded.
his voice was clipped, completely devoid of any warmth or familiarity.
you didn't turn to look at him. instead, you stubbornly kept your eyes on the decaying building, your breath catching slightly in your throat before reaching up. you adjusted the earpiece hidden beneath the thick strands of your dark hair, the freezing fingers brushing the hard plastic.
"comms are green."
"we move quick, we stay on line, and you stay behind me," he said, his gaze fixed straight ahead on the dark, gaping entrance of the main building. he didn't turn his head. he didn't seek your acknowledgment. but in the silence, the thick leather of his tactical gloves creaked as his fingers tightened imperceptibly on the steering wheel. "if I tell you to halt, you don't step. am I clear?"
you let out a short breathy exhale, not quite a laugh, but mocking enough to fracture the quiet. the sound was sharp in the cold, contained space. you finally turned your head, dark eyes tracing the broa line of his shoulder, the tactical vest that bulked his frame, up to the sharp angle of his cheekbone.
"you're always clear, Leon," you murmured, your voice steady, refusing to rise to his bait. "it's the flexibility you lack."
leon's head turned around slowly. his blue eyes were icy, catching the dim, fading light of the dashboard and pinning you in place. there was no mirth in his expression, no soft exasperation. there was only a dark, fraying patience that looked entirely too close to snapping.
"this isn't Washington," he said, his voice dropping an octave, the vibration of it settling low in your stomach. "you break line out here, and I leave you in the dirt. don't test my patience tonight."
you held his stare. your chin tilted upward a fraction of an inch. nor did you didn't offer a verbal agreement. knowing exactly how to challenge him, how to drag that suffocating control of his into the light just enough to see the cracks.
you wanted that reaction of his.
you needed the silent proof that beneath the ice, you could still disrupt him.
then, you broke the eye contact first, pushing your heavy door open before he could approve the movement. the biting, subzero russian air rushed into the cabin, hitting your face like a physical blow. you stepped out, your heavy boots crunching violently into the frozen gravel.
a moment later, the heavy slam of the driver’s side door echoed through the courtyard. leon was there, his boots hitting the ground with a deliberate force. he didn't look at you as he slung his assault rifle over his shoulder, the metal clasps clinking in the quiet.
as he passed you to take the lead, he didn't offer a lot of space. his arm brushed hard against yours, a brief, unnecessarily rough contact. it wasn't accidental though .it was a physical assertion of space, and the friction sent a sharp jolt of unwanted, pooling heat straight through you, settling deep in your core. you swallowed hard, your jaw tight, and fell into step exactly three paces behind him.
both of you entered through a shattered side door, the flashlights cutting through the thick, stagnant air of the sanatorium.
the interior was a sprawling wasteland of rusted iron, shattered tile, and damp decay. the smell was atrocious, a mix of wet concrete, black mold, and the metallic tang of old, dried blood that never quite left these places. water dripped from the ceiling somewhere deep in the pitch-black corridors, a slow, maddening clock ticking away in the dark.
you followed him silently, your eyes naturally tracking the broad, unyielding span of his shoulders beneath his gear.
for four years. four years of patching him up in sterile medical bays. four years of stitching his torn skin, pulling shrapnel from his flesh, of watching him bleed out and then return to the field like a machine devoid of a nervous system. you knew the topography of his body better than anyone else at in the DSO, every scar on his torso, the exact, shallow rhythm of his breathing when he was trying to hide his pain. but you had never been allowed past the psychological ice. the uncertainty of what he actually felt, if he felt anything at all beyond a simmering, professional irritation toward your stubbornness, was an old, chronic ache. and tonight, in the freezing dark, that ache had turned volatile.
leon stopped at a four-way intersection, his boot coming down softly. his flashlight beam swept across a collapsed ceiling in the northern corridor, illuminating a mountain of jagged concrete and exposed rebar.
"come on,to the left." he muttered, his voice barely carrying over the sound of dripping water.
you stepped up, closing the distance between you until you were entirely out of his designated formation. you stood beside him, your own light sweeping down the eastern corridor toward a row of heavy, reinforced iron doors.
"the medical wing should be there though" you said, your tone clinical, refusing to acknowledge his command. "if there's any remaining sample from the old research, it’ll be in the sub-basement labs. left takes us to the patient housing."
"we secure the ground floor first" leon said.
his hand shot out, catching your jacket sleeve before you could take another step. he pulled you back half a step. the movement wasn't gentle. his grip was tight, his thick, leather-clad fingers digging sharply through the heavy material of your coat and into the muscle of your upper arm.
"I said stay behind me."
you tensed, your breath flaring white in the freezing air. you yanked your arm out of his grasp with a sharp, violent jerk, your dark eyes flashing in the peripheral backscatter of your flashlights.
you didn't raise your voice, but your words were laced with venom. "I'm not a child, leon. i know how to navigate a clear corridor. the structural integrity to the east looks stable enough to cross."
leon turned fully toward you. he didn't speak immediately. he took a slow, deliberate step into your personal space, towering over you until his chest was nearly brushing the zipper of your jacket. he angled his body, forcing you to look up at him. the ambient smell of the rotting building faded, entirely overpowered by the scent of him, the cold air, rich leather, gun oil, and that deep, familiar musk of his skin. it dizzying, heavy, and intoxicating, despite the crushing harshness of his posture.
"i don't give a damn what it looks like to you," he hissed, the words vibrating with a suppressed rage. "you don't command this unit. i do. you follow the protocol I set, or you sit in the vehicle and wait for extraction."
you held your ground, refusing to lean back.
"the protocol that puts us an hour behind schedule?" you challenged, your voice dropping into a low, cutting whisper. you could feel the heat radiating off his body, contrasting violently with the sub-zero air of the hallway. your chest rose and fell with ragged, uneven breaths. "you're letting your anger from earlier cloud your judgment. it's inefficient, and you know it."
leon’s eyes darkened at your comment, the blue shifting into something entirely black and volatile in the shadows. he stared down at you, his jaw clenching so hard you could hear the faint grind of his teeth. for a long, agonizing second, the silence between you was deafening. the air grew impossibly thick, weighed down by an unwanted, heavy heat that had nothing to do with the freezing temperature of the decaying hospital. his broad chest heaved against his tactical rig, his legendary restraint visibly fraying, snapping at the edges under your continued defiance.
he didn't argue,nor did he didn't defend his tactics. he simply leaned in a fraction closer, his gaze dropping to your mouth for a split second before snapping back to your eyes.
"i said left." he repeated. It was a guttural growl that vibrated deep in his chest. "move, now."
the two of you walked in silence down the eastern wing, the rotted wooden floorboards groaning in protest beneath your combined weight.
you deliberately, stubbornly kept your pace just slightly out of sync with his. dragging your boots a fraction of a second too late, stepping a little too heavy. it was a petty, silent defiance, but you knew he could hear it. every time your heel clicked against a stray piece of broken tile, you felt his presence shift ahead of you. you could feel his focus narrowing, his attention heavy and watching, tracking your every movement through the gloom even with his back turned.
Afterwards,both of you reached the end of the hall, pushing through a set of swinging doors that hung limply on rusted hinges.
the room beyond was massive, a circular, cavernous space that looked like an old, brutalist operating theater. in the center of the room sat a long, heavy metal surgical table, pitted with dark rust and stained with decades of stagnant water. high above, a shattered glass dome let in the faint, anemic light of the moon, casting long, twisted shadows across the cracked tiles.
the air here was significantly colder. It bit at any exposed skin, your breaths escaping in thick, white plumes that hung in the air before dissipating into the dark.
you stepped away from him, approaching a tall metal cabinet sagging in the corner. the flashlight beam reflected off a row of shattered glass apothecary jars and the dull gray of ruined gauze.
"nothing here," you murmured, your voice flat, devoid of the earlier heat. you ran a gloved finger over the rim of a broken jar. "just old surgical tools. It’s a dead end."
"step away from the center of the room," leon said.
he was standing near the doorway, his rifle lowered but ready, his flashlight scanning the high, vaulted ceiling above the surgical table. the beam illuminated deep fissures running through the concrete.
you heard him very clear. his tone was authoritative. but the urge to push him, to find out exactly where his breaking point lay after hours of silent torture, was a sudden, blinding fever in your blood. you turned away from the cabinet, deliberately ignoring the command, and stepped closer to the rusted metal table in the dead center of the room to inspect a tray of degraded instruments.
you didn't even look at him.
"the ceiling is fine, Leon. you're being paranoid. we need to check the structural base of this table to see if there's a sub-floor—"
a loud, sharp crack echoed like a gunshot from the impenetrable shadows above.
before you could process the sound, before you could even tilt your head up, a massive, heavy chunk of concrete and rotting plaster rained down from the dome. it plummeted through the darkness and shattered violently against the very edge of the metal table, just inches from where your hand rested. a cloud of toxic, choking dust and iron rust exploded into the air, blinding you instantly.
you gasped, stumbling backward, but before you could find your footing, a massive weight slammed into you from the side.
leon's body hit yours with the force of a freight train. his momentum threw you violently backward, your spine colliding hard against the solid, unforgiving edge of the rusted metal table. his heavy rifle clattered deafeningly against the concrete floor as his large, gloved hands shot out, pinning your shoulders down with brutal force. his entire frame crushed you against the freezing steel, knocking the breath from your lungs in a sharp, painful, wheezing gasp.
"are you out of your mind?" Leon rasped.
the sound of his voice tearing through the dust was terrifying. his face was mere inches from yours. one of the flashlights had fallen to the floor, rolling wildly until it came to a halt against a wall, casting long, chaotic, upward shadows that illuminated the raw, unchecked fury in his features.
the controlled agent was entirely gone. his ash-blonde hair was messy, falling across his forehead, and his breathing was heavy, ragged, and hot against your cold skin. his eyes were wide, feral, and utterly terrifying.
you struggled against his crushing weight instinctively. your hands flew up, your palms pressing against the rigid plates of his tactical vest to push him away, but he didn't budge a single inch. it was like pushing against a stone wall.
"let... go!" you choked out, fighting to pull air back into your lungs. your stubbornness still flared through the adrenaline and shock, your jaw setting in a hard line. "it was just plaster, I would have—"
"shut up!" he snarled, his voice cracking with a violent intensity.
his fingers tightened around your shoulders with bruising force, pinning you so hard against the edge of the table that the rusted metal groaned loudly beneath you. "just shut the hell up for fuck's sake."
the silence that immediately followed his outburst was suffocating. dust continued to rain down softly around you, settling on your shoulders, but neither of you moved.
his broad chest was heaving against your breasts, rising and falling in an erratic, angry rhythm. his thick thighs had slotted seamlessly against yours, locking your legs completely into place against the heavy base of the surgical table.
you were entirely trapped.
you looked up at him. your heart was hammering against your ribs so violently you thought it might shatter them. your own breathing matched his, shallow, fast, erratic. your stared into his face, watching the muscles in his jaw bunch and release.
you could see it happening in real-time. could see the exact, terrifying moment his restraint snapped.
the years of hushed arguments in medical tents, the lingering, hidden glances across briefing rooms, the volatile, unspoken tension of your dynamic, it was all collapsing right here, in the dark, narrowing into a singular, dangerous focus.
"do you think this shit is a fucking game?" Leon whispered.
his voice had dropped entirely, slipping into a low, raspy register that made a heavy, involuntary shiver run straight down your spine. his hands suddenly released your shoulders, sliding up your neck with a rough, calloused touch to grip your jaw. his thick, leather-gloved fingers squeezed the sides of your face, forcing your head up, making it impossible for you to look anywhere but directly into the dark, churning depths of his eyes.
"you think you can push me," he continued, his thumb pressing hard against your cheekbone, "ignore my direct orders, and just walk away because you're the doctor?"
swallowing hard, your pulse frantic against his palm. "Leon—"
"I told you to step back." leon interrupted, his thumb sliding down to press brutally hard into the corner of your bottom lip, cutting off your words, parting your mouth slightly. hus blue eyes were pitch black in the shadows, entirely consumed by blown-out pupils. "you wanted a reaction? wanted to see exactly how far you could stretch my patience?"
you didn't pull away. it's not like you couldn't, but you also didn't try. despite the punishing harshness of his grip, a familiar, heavy ache flared to life deep between your thighs, hot and immediate.
you met his furious gaze, chest rising against his. with no intention to want him to let go.
you didn't want the soft, safe boundaries of your professional, distant roles. you wanted the suffocating roughness of his anger. yoi wanted the undeniable truth of his heavy weight holding you down in the dark.
you kept your voice low, deliberately steady, despite the tremor in your hands.
"I know you won't do anything" you whispered against the leather of his glove. It was a blatant provocation, sharp and reckless. "you're too much of a professional."
leon's eyes flared wide at your words. the air in the room seemed to combust. with a terrifying, humorless smile tugged at the corner of his lips.
"you really are a fucking brat."
the speed at which he moved was blinding. before you could take a breath, his hand shifted from your jaw to the heavy metal zipper at the front of your jacket. he gripped it and yanked it down violently in one sharp, continuous motion. the sound of the zipper tearing open echoed loudly. he didn't pause to pull the jacket off your shoulders, his large, caloused hands reached directly under the thick, woolen hem of your black turtleneck.
his freezing, leather-clad fingers gripped the bare skin of your waist with a brutal strength that you knew would leave bruises by morning.
you let out a sharp, involuntary whine, your fingers immediately clutching blindly at the heavy fabric of his tactical vest as he manhandled you. with a raw, effortless display of physical dominance, he turned your body around, twisting you forcefully until your stomach and chest slammed flat against the cold surface of the metal surgical table.
the shock of the freezing steel through your clothes made you gasp loudly.
"Leon, wait—"
"you don't get to tell me to wait," he growled directly into your ear. his breath was scorching hot against the sensitive, freezing skin of your neck, raising goosebumps along your spine.
he leaned forward, pinning your lower back down with the crushing weight of his heavy forearm. his body weight flattened you completely against the steel, leaving you utterly immobile.
with his free hand, he reached down, gripping the thick fabric of your black skirt.
he shoved it up past your thighs, bunching it roughly around your waist. your breath hitched in a panicked, thrilled gasp as the absolute zero air of the dead theater hit the back of your legs, which were protected only by the thin mesh of your black tights. you instinctively tried to pull your leg forward, trying to find some leverage on the slick, rusted metal, but leon immediately drove his thigh directly between your knees. he forced your legs wide apart, locking you in a position of a humiliating vulnerability.
"you've been begging for this for months," leon muttered. his tone was rough, stripped of any pretense or decency. his large hand hooked aggressively into the tight waistband of your tights and underwear simultaneously. with a rough downward tug that made the synthetic fabric rip slightly at the seam, he pulled them down past your thighs, leaving the soft, pale skin of your ass entirely exposed to the biting cold.
"one argument after another," he ground out, his voice thick with a dark, bitter arousal. "every time you talked back in front of the unit. standing there, thinking you won't face the consequences because you wear a white coat."
"i wanted you to listen to me—" you gasped out. your face was pressed sideways against the icy metal of the table. your fingers were clawing desperately at the rusted, pitted edges, trying to find an anchor in the storm of his aggression.
"I'm listening now," he said.
slap.
the sound of his heavy, leather-clad palm striking your bare flesh echoed violently through the empty, cavernous operating theater. it sounded exactly like a gunshot in the dark.
you squealed, your spine arching upward off the metal involuntarily. eyes squeezed shut as a blinding heat bloomed violently across your right cheek. the pain was immediate, a stinging fire that spread fast in the freezing room. but beneath the agonizing sting, heavy pulse throbbed between your thighs. your pussy flooded with a violent, sudden, shameful wetness.
"that's for breaking the safety perimeter at the safehouse," leon stated. his voice wasn't yelling anymore. it was entirely controlled, flat, and utterly terrifying.
slap.
he struck you again, his palm landing in the exact same spot with brutal precision.
your hips jerked upward, bucking wildly against his hold. a choked, desperate cry escaped your throat, your nails scraping against the steel. "leon, damn you—"
"and that's for the ceiling," he interrupted coldly. his heavy hand came down a third time, significantly harder. the sheer impact of the strike rattled your entire frame against the heavy table.
slap.
"you don't get to talk back out here," he rasped, his breathing finally starting to heavily alter, growing thick and ragged.
"you don't get to decide which orders matter and which ones don't."
the spankings continued in a steady, punishing, rhythm. leon didn't rush it. he didn't lose himself. he delivered each deliberate slap with a heavy force that had you sobbing brokenly into the metal table.
your cheeks were flushed hot,your entire body shaking uncontrollably from the overwhelming combination of the freezing air and the red-hot, blistering pain radiating from your backside. your flesh was burning, the skin turning a deep, angry crimson beneath his unforgiving hands.
"are you going to look at me when I speak to you?" leon demanded.
his hand paused mid-air before coming down to rest,heavy , and rough, against your throbbing, sensitized flesh. the heat of his palm seeping into your stung skin was a torment of its own.
you dragged your face across the rusted metal, forcing yourself to turn your head. your dark hair was tangled wildly across your face. eyes slightly open, wet with hot tears of shock, pain, and overwhelming arousal. you tried to look at him through the gloom, your chest heaving.
"i'm looking," you panted. Your voice was broken, trembling violently, but your jaw was still set, that core of stubborn defiance refusing to die. "is this... is this all you've got, Mr.Kennedy?"
leon stared down at you, his eyes narrowed into dangerous slits. a faint chuckle slipped from the back of his throat.
"not even close."
he released you back for a fraction of a second, reaching down to the heavy tactical belt at his waist. you heard the distinct, chilling, metallic slide of his tactical combat knife being drawn smoothly from its Kydex sheath.
a cold spike of genuine, primal fear shot through your chest, instantly mixing with the heavy lust going through your veins.
he didn't touch your skin with the sharp edge of the blade, but you felt the flat, freezing steel of the heavy weapon slide slowly, deliberately along the black tights,right across where your exposed underwear was.
"you think you're safe because we work together?" leon whispered.
he leaned down, pressing his chest heavily over your back until his lips brushed against the cold shell of your ear. his hand pressed the flat of the freezing blade gently, warningly, against the delicate skin at the small of your back.
"i could leave you tied to this table," he breathed, your voice a dark, velvet threat.
"no one knows we're in this wing of the sanatorium."
"you wouldn't—" you talked back. heart hammering so hard you could literally feel the pulse beating in your throat. even though you were slightly terrified, you were dripping wet of slick.
"don't test my boundaries tonight when you already ruined yours," he said. his voice dropped into a cruel, mocking tone that offered absolutely no comfort.
he slid the heavy knife back into its sheath. the loud click of the lock engaging sounded like a final, damning judgment in the empty room.
he didn't give you a second to recover from the threat. his fingers hooked violently into the thick hair at the base of your skull, curling into a fist. pulling your head back roughly, then forcing your spine to arch so you were staring blindly up at the pitch-black shadows of the ruined ceiling. with his other hand, he reached roughly between your thighs from behind.
you gasped, your mouth falling open as his rough, gloved fingers found your swollen folds. you were slick, dripping with your own uncontrollable arousal. he didn't stroke you though. didn't soothe the ache. without a word of warning, he slid two thick fingers directly inside you with a sudden and rough, upward thrust.
you cried out loudly, a sharp, broken sound. the thick leather of his tactical glove stretched your tight, wet walls uncomfortably, the friction intense and borderline abrasive.
"look at how wet you are for me," Leon murmured sneeringly, his hot breath ghosting over the shell of your ear.
he began to fuck you with his fingers in a fast, degrading rhythm. his thumb pressed down hard, grinding relentlessly against your swollen clit without an ounce of mercy or tenderness.
"you think this makes you brave?" he mocked, pumping his fingers deeper into your tight core, scraping the sensitive walls.
"getting fucked on a rusted table in the middle of a dead zone because you couldn't follow basic protocol?"
"shut up... please, just..." you sobbed, your words breaking apart.
you couldn't finish the sentence. your highly educated, rational smartass was entirely dissolving into a chaotic haze of shame, pain and overwhelming pleasure.
the friction of the wet leather inside you was incredibly intense, riding the razor-thin line between pain and ecstasy, but it was exactly what you had starved for. you lost your fight. you pushed your hips back eagerly against his hand, chasing the rough thrusts, begging silently for the depth of his touch even as hot tears leaked continuously from the corners of your tightly shut eyes.
"you like being put like this, huh? like knowing how easily I can fuck you senseless?" leon rasped.
his own breathing had finally lost its iron control, becoming desperate, and loud in the quiet room. he pulled his dripping fingers out of you with a wet, obscene snap, leaving you instantly empty and shivering violently.
before you could form a word of protest, you heard the sound of his tactical gear shifting. the metal click of his belt buckled, the heavy slide of his heavy trousers being unzipped and shoved down.
a second later, the thick, length of his cock brushed deliberately against the aching flesh of your exposed cunt. he was huge, radiating a blistering heat in the freezing air, and completely unyielding.
"leon—" you whispered.
a sudden, terrifying wave of absolute vulnerability hit you. the reality of what was about to happen, here, like this, under these conditions, crashed over you.
"leon, look at me—"
he didn't look.
he grabbed your hips with both of his large hands, his fingers digging brutally into your delicate hip bones with a force that would absolutely leave blooming bruises the next day. he aligned himself, gripped you tight, and drove his cock deep inside you from behind in one violent, punishing thrust.
you screamed into the empty, cavernous room. The sound was immediately swallowed by the dark, dead stone walls.
the stretch was immense, a sharp, burning, suffocating fullness that felt like it was tearing through all of your remaining physical and mental defenses. he filled you completely, stretching you to your absolute limit.
stopping didn't even cross his mind in this moment,knowing exactly it was what you were desperate for. he didn't give you a moment to adjust to his massive size or the agonizing stretch. just instantly began to fuck you with a brutal, angry, relentless rhythm. his heavy hips slammed violently against your pussy with a wetsmacking sound that echoed obscenely, filling the silent theater.
the scene was entirely devoid of romance. this was no gentle lovemaking, no soft words of devotion. it was dark, it was freezing cold, and it was frantic. it was the violent release of four years of suffocating frustration and unwanted, denied desire and mutual feelings, finally snapping in the worst possible place, at the worst possible time.
leon's hands on your hips were relentless, with a grip so immovable.
his deep grunts of physical exertion sounded rough in your ear as he drove himself deeper and deeper into your wet core.
"you're fucked out here," he growled, his pace quickening into a blur. his cock hit your cervix with a blunt, bruising force that made you see starts and left you entirely dizzy. "say it. say you're my subordinate."
"god , leon— I'm.. yours," you sobbed openly now.
your fingers were slipping uselessly on the rusted metal as you tried to hold your upper body up. you were completely broken open, entirely at his mercy. "fuck... please..."
"that's my good girl," he muttered. the words weren't a comfort,instead they sounded bitter, almost cruel, laced with a twisted satisfaction on his tongue.
he reached around your back with his right hand. thick fingers wrapped securely around the front of your throat from behind, squeezing firmly. he didn't crush your windpipe, but he apply just enough steady pressure to restrict your frantic breath, forcing you into a state of choked, lightheaded compliance as he delivered the final, devastatingly thrusts.
your world entirely narrowed down to the gray concrete floor beneath you, the freezing steel biting into your chest, the painful grip on your throat, and the blinding, white-hot explosion of your orgasm. It ripped violently through your lower body, a devastating release that made you cry out into his hand as your vaginal walls clamped down agonizingly tight around his thick cock.
leon let out a low, guttural snarl.
his massive body tensed completely, every muscle pulling taut as steel. he drove his hips forward one last, brutal time, pinning you utterly flat against the rusted table as he spent himself deep, hot, and heavy within you. he held himself buried to the hilt, his chest heaving heavily against your back, his grip still tight around your throat.
for a long, heavy minute, the only sound in the massive, decaying room was your ragged, echoing breath, loud in the dark.
then reality crept back in. the adrenaline began to recede, and the freezing cold rushed back with a vengeance.
leon released your throat the next second. he pulled out of you without a single word of warning.
the sudden absence of his burning heat and filling weight made you shiver violently. you collapsed forward, staying face down on the freezing metal table. your entire body was trembling uncontrollably.your skin was sticky with a mixture of cold sweat and thick fluids that were already turning freezing against your bare thighs in the damp subzero air.
then you closed your eyes softly and waited.
you waited for a warm hand on your back. you waited for him to reach down and gently pull you up, to turn you around and finally look at you. waited for him to say something, anything, that would soften the bleeding edges of what had just occurred between you. a word of comfort. a acknowledgment that it meant something.it should?shouldn't it?
but instead, the only sound that cut through the silence was the sharp, metallic zip of his trousers. the rustle of his tactical gear being adjusted, the clinking of buckles and straps being pulled back into perfect, impenetrable order.
you slowly pushed yourself up, limbs feeling incredibly weak and shaking violently. you reached down, pulling your torn underwear and black tights back up over your thighs. freezing, numb hands fumbling awkwardly with the ruined fabric.
then your black skirt followed back into place, hiding the deep, angry red handprints that burned on your skin.
you turned around slowly, leaning against the rusted edge of the surgical table for support. looking up at him.
although, leon was already standing three feet away.
his blonde hair had been pushed back aggressively from his forehead. the impassive mask of the agent had returned, and the ice was thicker and more impenetrable than it had ever been before. at least that is what he wanted you to think.
he picked up his assault rifle from the dust covered floor, checking the chamber and the safety with efficiency.
he didn't look at your face in this agonizing. didn't meet your eyes. he just stared blankly at a spot somewhere near your collarbone, voice entirely flat and dead.
"fix your jacket. we have twenty minutes before the extraction window changes."
you froze at that. your heart didn't just break, it dropped into a cold, bottomless, void in your chest.
the silence between you was no longer volatile. it was no longer charged with heat or tension that built up until now. it was completely empty. beyond gut-wrenching. the brutal act hadn't cleared whether that he loved you or he hated your guts. it hadn't cleared the suffocating tension or broken the barrier between you. it had only violently snapped the one fragile line of connection you had left, leaving the emotional damage entirely, irreparably unresolved.you could only hope for any affection left deep down his hardened heart.
"leon—" you whispered, your voice cracking painfully in the quiet.
"i said move out," he cut you off, his voice void of any human emotion. "it's the last time I'll say it."
he didn't wait for a response. he turned his broad back to you, the flashlight beam on his shoulder cutting a harsh white path through the dust, and began walking toward the northern corridor.
you stood entirely alone in the center of the ruined operating theater. the freezing air bit viciously at your tear stained skin. you stared at his retreating back, realizing with a dull, suffocating, and incredibly heavy ache that you had wanted to break him, and in doing so, you had thought that everything was now infinitely, permanently worse.
or was it?
with shaking, numb fingers, you slowly pulled the zipper of your jacket back up to your throat, burying your chin in the collar, and stepped away from the table to follow him into the dark.
Leon has had to coax your voice during intimacy in your relationship, had to let you know that it’s okay to be sexual and openly communicate with him, no matter your preferences. He also made it clear that he’d never persuade you into doing things you weren’t comfortable with, and if you wanted to remain more vanilla, he’d be fine with it. So when his good girl, his princess, requested that he be a little rougher tonight, he wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity, not when you’ve always been so reserved when it comes to sex.
❥Labels & Warnings: 18+
Explicit Sexual Content, Smut, Resident Evil 9 Leon, Reader insert, Reader is on the shy/reserved side, Vaginal Sex, Rough Sex, Spanking, Age gap relationship, References to the age gap, Use of daddy, Use of princess, Use of baby/good/dirty girl, Small mention of Leon putting a baby in you.
The sounds coming from your mouth are as vile as the gentle smacks and squelches that fill your shared bedroom with Leon. Clinging to his pillar-like body, you press your face to his, feeling the prickly scratch of his stubble against your cheek, lips, and chin. Large and rugged, his hands cup your ass with your legs hooked over the crook of his elbows. The unfamiliar position maddens Leon, driving him to handle you with a roughness he isn’t used to using on you. You’re forced to take the girth that splits you wide, the stretch more intense in this position. Your body jostles with his muscular frame, breasts pressing into his hard pecs. He’s hot against you, barely breaking a sweat while he’s carrying you and sinking into you with soft grunts. Every thrust pulls on your heart; the pleasure he delivers encompasses your mind, body, and soul. You’re like a melted candle in his big, firm arms, shaking while he’s sturdy as can be. He’s so strong; he can handle the powerful recoil from Requiem after all.
“Too much, princess?” Leon checks in with you, the grip on your ass creating handprints.
“N-no,” you shakily respond, toes curling from their position at his lower back. “Can you do it h-harder,” you stutter, rolling your hips to meet his thrusts. “Please,” you whimper out, your voice sweeter than candy as his glossy cock glides through your taut walls.
Leon’s hips stutter, only for a second before they begin smacking against you at a faster, harder pace. The request, paired with your hips trying to meet his pelvis, is downright explicit coming from you.
“Thought you were my good girl,” he grunts, swiftly smacking your ass.
“I am,” you pathetically and eagerly moan, the sting on your cheek ringing through your skin.
Leon scoffs playfully, his bangs tickling your ear. “Good girls don’t moan like you’re moaning, and they definitely don’t try to ride their old boyfriend’s cock like this.”
Your hips pause their movements, tightening your arms around his neck and burying your face into his neck. “You’re not old.”
The way you said it in a hushed tone makes him chuckle.
“Too old for you.”
“Just right for me,” you correct, walls clamping down on him.
“Fuck, you’re perfect for me,” Leon growls, delivering a single, harder slap over the same spot he smacked you earlier.
You squeal and dig your nails into his skin, drawing vibrant red marks over old scratches on his trapezius muscle.
“Let me look at you, baby,” he rasps.
You straighten your back so he can see your face, his thrusts slowing but still deep. Sharp and dark, his eyes lay their wonderment over your pretty features, taking in how divine you look. Your hair’s a mess, your eyes are watery, your mouth is agape; you’re in awe.
“Mmm,” he hums, inspecting the obscene expression you wear, voice deeper than the vast ocean. “So fuckin’ beautiful.”
Leon often gets lost in how pretty you are, and right now is no exception, seeing you so fucked out is ruining any self-control he has left.
“My baby girl wants it rough, hm?” Leon’s question is punctuated with a brutal slam, resuming the speed he was at.
You can tell he’s far gone as his tongue drips with lewd words like honey.
“Y-yeess,” your stutter grows into a drawn-out moan, feeling the fat end of his cock push into a sweet spot that makes your heart flip, and your eyes roll back.
Leon’s pale blues observe your lips, traversing upward to your eyes, lost in thought, as if he’s thinking whether or not he should ask what he’s about to ask.
“Want me to ruin you?”
The million-dollar question sets the atmosphere ablaze.
You nod, tears threatening to spill past your lash line. “Ruin me, Leon.”
Hissing through gritting teeth, Leon’s last threads of restraint snap. If you want him to break you, he will, just for his princess.
The sharp jut of his pelvis catches you off guard, and you choke on your breath. Leon’s thick tip reaches deeper than ever before, a bulge threatening to show itself in your lower belly as he grows ruthless. You never felt him be this rough before, and it’s something else compared to his usual gentle yet dominant demeanor. There have been many times he wanted to be rough with you, but you were his fragile princess who couldn’t take too much. To finally feel his force, the one he uses during training and missions, is making your entire body vibrate.
Your hands slip down to his firm pectorals from the impact, making Leon pause to make sure you have a good grip on him.
“Make sure you hold on tight, princess,” he rumbles, kissing your cheek sweetly.
Leon lets go of your ass to wrap a hand around your wrist, pulling it over his neck, his touch soft and gentle. You secure your hands together around his neck, your arms bending around his wide shoulders as you become flush to his body, your heart pounding against the hard planes of his chest. His steely fingers slowly skim down your arm, following it down to your ribs, waist, and hips until he’s cradling your ass with both hands.
“Gonna need it,” he grumbles, squeezing your cheeks.
Leon’s hips pull back before pushing back in, renewing the tempo. He uses your ass as leverage to hoist you onto his cock while his pelvis meets you halfway for a hard smack. The whimpers that hit his ear as he fucks you nasty drive him crazy. You’re so incredibly wet, dripping down his balls as they smack against you with appalling squelches.
“So fuckin’ wet,” he grunts, the force of his savage drives breaking up his words.
Leon’s mouth falls open with pants, savoring your heat that’s stretched over him like a glove.
“Makin’ a mess on the floor,” he says, grunting at the end of each strike of his ravenous hips.
Sliding through your constricting walls, his cock pulses with a need to smear your insides with his semen.
“Let me see that pretty face of yours,” he asks you again, unable to help himself as he needs to see your face unravel.
You shift back, but only enough to be a couple of centimeters away from his face. Seeing his handsome face causes you to moan aloud. With his bangs messy against his cheeks, his eyes are intense, mimicking the expression he has when a zombie is in his gunsight. The peppery stubble across his handsome face accentuates his features, and his charming wrinkles make you want to kiss every inch of them. He’s all yours, this beast of a man that’s capable of unimaginable feats, and he’s fucking you like his life depends on it.
“Leon,” you whine, your heart skipping several beats as your fingers dig into his muscular back.
You almost want to tell him it’s too much, because it is, too much in terms of how good he’s fucking you. By now, he’s sure you’ve made him bleed from the scratches that sting his back, shoulders, and trapezius.
“Feels good, baby?”
Leon’s eyes falter to your lips, watching you chew on your bottom lip as you try not to scream from the overwhelming amount of pleasure shooting through you when he bottoms out.
“None of that.”
Leon’s authoritative tone makes you snap out of it, and you leave your poor lip alone. Breathless gasps start escaping you every time his taut balls press up into you after he bottoms out.
“Wanna hear you, baby,” Leon hums.
As if he wasn’t already ruining you enough, Leon’s thrusts quickly evolve into rapid successions. He knocks the air out of you, your voice reducing to short, broken cries as you try to breathe normally. Clapping skin rings through the room like dynamite, inciting a frenzy within Leon.
“Pretty little pussy swallowing daddy’s cock like a good girl,” he snarls, a scowl painting his face.
The sudden drop of ‘daddy’ makes you cum instantly. Leon lets out a fierce growl that complements your scream as he bludgeons you with blinding pleasure. Your hips jitter uncontrollably against his pelvis, your pussy trying to close in around him. Small droplets leak out of you and around his gliding cock as his girth fights your walls from closing in on him. Clutching his muscled back, your hips' involuntary roll makes Leon’s rhythm stutter.
“God damn, baby,” he laments, watching you cum harder than ever before.
Shaking like a leaf in the ample muscle of his arms, you whimper from the aftershocks of a mind-numbing orgasm.
“Leon,” you blubber out, tears rolling down your cheeks as you hide your face from him.
“Sweetheart,” he coos, rushing to cradle your cheek with a hand he frees from clutching your ass. “Are you okay?”
With tears glittering across your eyelashes, you look at him helplessly, nestling into his large hand.
“Mhm.”
Leon scans your face for any pain or regret you might have after he treated you roughly for the first time. “Why the tears, hm?”
His tender tone of voice makes your pussy quiver all over again, and he feels it. You catch one of his eyebrows perking up, and his mouth growing into a lop-sided grin.
“You fuck me so good,” you utter, eyes glossy and far gone.
Leon whistles to himself, chuckling darkly as he shakes his head. You usually don’t say things like that, but you’re completely dazed and drunk off him that you don’t care.
Though his reaction wakes you from your trance, and you soon realize the weight of your words, making you recoil in his arms.
“Uh-uh,” he scolds you for trying to hide from him after all that, returning his hand to your ass and spanking you.
You gasp, clutching to his shoulders as he steps over the little mess of droplets on the floor. Leon lays you in a sea of sheets on the bed, and he doesn’t wait until your back hits the bed before he’s driving into you again. Such explicit whines fall from your lips, and his groans turn guttural and frequent as your sensitive pussy sucks him in. While embedding his cock into you, he maneuvers you into a position he wants you in. Sliding his palms up the bed, he pulls your legs up with his arms and plants his hands beside your ribs. Your legs are stretched out like your pussy is, allowing him absolute dominion over your body.
You go silent for a few seconds, turning your head away as his cock burrows itself inside of you at a different, more pleasurable angle. Encircling the expanse of his vast shoulders, your nails rake his skin into new scratches, and it only pushes him further into you. Tears fall past your temples as he planks his body above you, putting his delicious weight on you. Leaning into your neck, his grunts vividly hit your ear with each slam of his hips.
“My dirty girl,” he whispers in your ear, the plump of his lips pressing against the shell of it. “Wanting this old man to fuck you like he hates your guts.”
You squeal in delight from his words, the tension in your core already building as it had no time to dissipate from your last orgasm. The mattress shifts off the bed frame with every merciless blow to your body, Leon fucking you like a complete animal. He’s never done you like this before, and it’s destroyed your state of mind. Your hips begin to shrink into the mattress, wanting to get away from the stunning pleasure as it amounts to something so intense that it’s scary. Your face contorts, and your eyebrows furrow severely, your permanently open mouth gasping for air as another orgasm starts to blur your vision. You shift your gaze to his face, and the two of you maintain explicit eye contact. His fine, but aged features harden into a smoldering expression that makes your heart swoon.
“C’mon, baby, cum on daddy’s cock,” he thunders, voice cracking through the air, feeling your pussy constrict him in repeated pulses.
Your eyelashes flutter, and the world around you pauses, and you wail out. Sobbing as Leon fucks bliss into you, your pussy chokes his cock in unyielding convulsions. The ebb and flow washes over you like nirvana, splitting you into two and putting you back together again, leaving you changed. Leon lets out a groan that is damn near a moan, his cock spasming within your blistering walls.
“Fuck, I love you,” he roars, kissing you madly and sending a series of groans into your disjointed mouth.
Goosebumps prick his agitated body while torrents of semen spurt from his tip and through your cervix. You moan with delight, your womb accepting his seed with utter joy. Possessively, Leon pumps in and out of you, his swollen cock throbbing in tandem with his erratic pulse. His breath stutters across your lips, stubble grazing your mouth and chin as you milk every lost drop of him like you were made for him.
As your respective heart rates calm, the two of you are lost in each other’s eyes, swimming in the shared afterglow. He’s looking down at you with reverence, his messy hair curtaining around his face, tickling you. Leaking out of you in thick globs, his cum drops down his balls and onto the bed as he stays buried in your delightful pussy.
“Maybe I can get you to call me daddy next time,” he huffs, looking down at your body like it’s a work of art.
You sigh, panting with your breasts heaving under his gaze. “Whatever you say, daddy.”
Leon’s sharp eyes roll across your body and up to your face, and you feel him stiffen inside you.
“You keep that up, n’ I’ll put a baby in you.”
Your glossy eyes widen, and your heart rises to your throat, your pussy squeezing him.
“Leon,” you chide, your cheeks growing hot.
Chuckling, he leans down and presses a tender kiss to the corner of your mouth. “Guess you’ll be my only baby for now.”
summary: Leon is your dad’s best friend who’s going through a divorce and you have a crush on him. His wife kicked him out so he’s staying with you for a while. Being a shy person, you never make bold moves. With alcohol though, things might change.
a/n: this is posted on ao3 with my other fics, my username is the same! I wasn’t sure how this would turn out but ended up liking it, hope you’ll like it as well <3
warning / tags: M (mature), detailed kissing, french kissing, age gap (Leon is 49, reader is 21), drunk kissing
wc: 1,3k
You were in your room, upstairs, watching some old rom-com with a completely straight face, showing no sign of engagement. Leon was downstairs, doing whatever. You didn’t know. He’s your father’s best friend, who’s going through a shitty divorce. Your father was kind enough to let him crash for a few weeks. You didn’t mind. Of course. Well, not at all. Since you’ve had a crush on him for years now.
You're a college student who needs to study for her finals. Who has to. But your mind became too distracted since he came. And now, you're alone with him. Since your father left the town for his job and he isn’t going to be back very soon. You’re both glad and devastated. Since it’s both a good and a bad thing.
Should I go down? Am I being rude? Fuck it…
You closed your laptop and went downstairs. Leon was on the couch, the TV was off, and he had a glass of whiskey in his hand. You remembered his past experiences with alcohol, but your father told you that he’s being more responsible now. Still, he looked depressed. Maybe because his wife kicked him out of the house? Yeah, probably.
You cleared your throat and said, “Hey.” You were standing behind the couch. Your knees became weak from anxiety, and your hands were behind you.
He turned to look at you. “Hey. Not tired yet?” He spoke really softly. It made you calm down for a second. Leon always comforted you, since you were a struggling teenager. He was always there when you started high school. When you had problems with your friends. When you couldn’t get enough affection from your father. He was your everything, honestly. Even though you didn’t see him for a while.
You made your way to his opposite side and sat down, keeping some distance between you two. “No, I usually sleep late.” You twisted your hands together.
He repositioned himself to face you. “Studying for exams, huh?” He smiled at you, the kind of smile that you always adored. The one that made your heart weak for him.
You didn’t answer right away, just looked at the ground for a second as if it could help you come up with an answer. “Uh… No, I was actually watching a movie,” you answered, still avoiding eye contact at all costs. As if it could poison you, in a good way.
He gave a small chuckle and drank from his glass. “A movie? Aren’t your finals soon?” he said.
“Yeah, I couldn't get myself to study,” because you distract me. You turned your head to look at him just for a second. He was staring at you. And you realized how much more gorgeous he’s become since you last saw him.
“What were you watching that’s more important than your finals?” he asked, almost teasingly.
You became flustered at his teasing tone. “A rom-com…” You answered shyly.
He snorted at that. “Still watching those cheesy movies.” Then he patted your shoulder before having another sip from his whiskey. There was no judgment in his voice. He never judged you for anything. He was the only person who accepted you for who you are.
Your cheeks were getting red. “Yeah, some old habits never change, I guess,” you laughed awkwardly.
He gave a nod. You slowly turned your head towards the bottle on the table. You wanted to try it; you couldn’t resist yourself around alcohol, which became a really bad habit of yours. But you’re 21, so it’s perfectly fine… Or is it?
“Can I have a glass of that too?” you wanted to scream at yourself while asking that.
“You want some whiskey?” he stared right into your eyes. Almost trying to search for a reason.
“Y-Yeah.” You looked at him finally, as if begging him. But that didn’t make sense since you're an adult who can make your own choices. Plus, it’s your own house.
He laughed at your innocent look on your face. “When did you start drinking hard stuff like this?” Then he poured you a glass and handed it to you.
“Thanks, uh… Not long ago.” You twirled the glass in your hand and had a sip. The alcohol burned your throat, which made you cough.
“Easy, kiddo.” That nickname… He still calls me ‘kiddo’.
“I-I’m okay!” You laughed as if trying to prove you're really okay. He wasn’t sure, though.
“If you say so.” he turned on the TV, so there was no silence between you two. But you really couldn’t concentrate on what was on the screen. You wanted to look at him but couldn’t gather enough courage. So you just silently sat there and drank your beverage.
★・・・・・・★
“Hey, that’s enough. You’re completely wasted.” He took your glass and put it on the table. You couldn’t remember how much you drank but knew it was too much. You could feel every part of your body relaxing and your courage striking. Now you could finally look at him; he was closer, looking at you, feeling worried for you.
In response, you raised your hand and cupped his face with one hand, stroking his cheekbone with your thumb. “Your face… It’s so soft…” You smiled.
“You don’t know what you’re saying. Come on, let’s get you to bed.” He tried to grab you to carry you to your room.
“No! I wanna stay next to you… don’t… don’t leave me.” you looked like you were almost crying.
Before he could answer, you wrapped your arms around his neck, pulling yourself against him. Your body was warm, almost trembling. You looked up at him with wide, desperate eyes.
“Kiss me,” you breathed desperately. “Just… kiss me.”
He stiffened, heart pounding. His hands hovered uncertainly at your waist.
“No, it’s wrong,” he murmured, voice low and rough. After looking at you for a while, noticing your needy face, he took a deep breath as if trying to calm himself “Hey, don’t look at me like that. You’re killing me…”
But you didn’t pull away. If anything, your arms tightened around him, your gaze never leaving his, unlike before you drank.
“I know,” you whispered. “But I don’t care right now. I just… need you.”
He stared down at you for a long moment, breathing unevenly. The warning bells in his head were loud, but the way you were looking at him, so vulnerable, so full of longing, made them fade. His resistance slowly crumbled.
“…Your father’s gonna kill me,” he finally said, “Just one kiss, okay?” he agreed reluctantly. You nodded then smiled at him.
He leaned in slowly, giving you one last chance to change your mind. Then finally your lips met gently at first, very soft, almost hesitant. It was a simple press, warm and sweet, like you were testing the waters. You sighed into it, your fingers threading through the hair at the nape of his neck, pulling him closer. The kiss lingered, deepening by degrees as you both relaxed into the moment.
Your grip tightened, and you tilted your head, parting your lips in invitation. He responded instinctively, his hand finding your waist as the kiss grew hotter, more urgent. What started as tender exploration turned more deep, dangerous, slower in rhythm but heavy with need. His tongue brushed yours, drawing a soft, desperate sound from your throat that sent heat rushing through him. You pressed your body against his, one hand sliding down his chest while the other stayed tangled in his hair, tugging lightly in a way that made his pulse spike.
The kiss turned hungry. Your lips moved with growing confidence. He tasted the faint taste of the whiskey you drank earlier, mixed with something uniquely you. When you finally broke apart for air, both of you breathing hard, your forehead rested against his, eyes half-lidded.
“I’ve wanted this for so long,” you confessed in a shaky whisper, your arms still wrapped around him like you never wanted to let go. “Thank you…”
Leon swallowed, heart hammering, knowing he’d just crossed a line there was no coming back from. But in that moment, with your warmth against him and the taste of you still on his lips, even though he hated himself for doing it, he couldn’t bring himself to regret it. “Come one, let’s get you to bed.”
synopsis: as the social media manager for Raccoon City’s major league baseball team you have a unique opportunity to interact with the players that have charmed the league – one of them being Leon Kennedy. Your current “dating series” ends with him, giving you the opportunity to finally get a good read on the league’s most darling – and elusive – pitcher.
word count: 3.7k
warnings: alternate universe - professional sports, 20ish year age gap, selfship coded
Getting paid to post to social media and hang out with professional athletes was a pretty sweet gig. In your experience baseball players were some of the easiest people to get along with, and the team you were working with was pretty entertaining. If you weren’t catching them off guard with baby pictures or asking them if they’d still hang out with you if you were a worm, they were all waiting for what your next scheme for online engagement would be and who would get to be in the final cut of the team’s latest official video and who made it to the bloopers.
This latest one was a little far-fetched, but most of the team and coaches accepted your shenanigans and rolled with it.
Dating the Raccoons! An extensive series where we get to go on a date with each member of the team and coaching staff. A great chance at a first hand look at how your favorite athletes rest and relax!
It had been a great opportunity for the fans to learn more about their favorite players, while giving you a great chance to get to know them better when you weren’t harassing them with your phone and camera and the latest memes. A few of the players brought their spouses, the couple with kids bright their entire family, and you enjoyed every second of getting to see this side of them.
Your last “date” was scheduled with the team’s starting pitcher, something everyone in the world thought was intentional to build up to one of the most simped for players in the league — but in all actuality the man was just annoying to try to schedule with. If it wasn’t a physical therapy session it was media appearances or some other commitment that took priority over your plans that had been made with him. You had to wonder if that inability to prioritize anything over his career was why he was still single at his age, it also seemed like he was really only friends with people who were affiliated with the team in some capacity.
“Hey,” you heard him behind you, and you look up from your laptop to see him coming down the stairs to your seat in the stands. “Been looking everywhere for you.”
“Are you rescheduling on me again?”
“Actually no,” he says with a laugh, stopping when he’s standing in front of you. “I’m here to ask for your address.”
“For what?”
“We’re going on a date, aren’t we? I always pick my date up, it’s good manners.”
That had to be a generational thing, because you had never been picked up by a date before — in fact you would prefer that the randoms you met on dating apps or in bars not know where you live. You never knew if someone was crazy, so it was a common safety practice to withhold that information until you felt safe with that person. But this was Leon Kennedy, America’s sweetheart that everyone rooted for regardless of their team alliance, so it was different for him.
“You aren’t some creepy stalker, right?”
“You’ll have to find out.”
You huff, but pull your phone from your bag to text him your address before turning your phone around to show him that you’d done it. He gives you a thumbs up, letting you know that he’d pick you up at seven before leaving you to go back to your editing.
He didn’t tell you where you were going, and only said to wear something comfortable when you texted him to ask, so you find yourself sitting on your couch at five-to-seven in some breathable pants and a cute top while hoping that it was fitting whatever events were set to occur this evening. You did know that you looked cute and that was going to carry you through the night regardless of whether or not it fit the date.
You’re surprised by a knock on the door to your little townhouse, more prepared for an ‘I’m here’ text that would save him the steps of getting out of his car and coming up to your door.
What’s more surprising is the little bouquet of flowers he has in his hand, but you’re more immediately relieved when you see he was wearing jeans and a tshirt with a light jacket so you know you’re not over or underdressed for your date.
“What are these for?”
“You’re still going out with me after I rescheduled eight different times, it’s a showing of my gratitude for your flexibility.”
Flexibility was a very generous word to use, considering this was part of a larger social media project that you were being paid to complete and he was fully aware of that, but appreciated the acknowledgement that he was making your job harder with all the rescheduling he’d requested.
The bouquet is quickly placed in a cup of water in your kitchen to be properly tended to once you got home, then you’re following Leon down the small set of stairs and down the walkway to where he’s parked in front of your house.
You hadn’t expected the sleek Porsche that you often parked beside to belong to Leon — he gave off more of a vibe that he was driving a 2002 Corolla into the ground rather than spending the money on something so new. But it fit him at the same time.
“You are welcome to adjust the seats however you’d like,” he says as he opens the door for you, offering his other hand to help you into the suv. “They’re also heated and cooling.”
“So you drive a spaceship?”
“Not moon ready just yet though.”
You wait until he closes the door to get your phone out, hoping for some charming moments that can go in the video while he drives to your destination.
“Where are we going?”
“Have you ever gone axe throwing?”
“No,” you answer honestly. “Have you?”
“Nope,” he says with a laugh, grinning over at you with the dusk light behind him casting a halo over his head. You don’t know that you’d ever had him smile so warmly at you before, and to be fair you were usually harassing him with your camera when you were in smiling proximity, so this was a fresh experience. “But it looks fun.”
“Let’s throw some axes!”
You are just the right amount of dressed for this activity, and you’re relieved that the reserved bay Leon got was at the far end of the building with some distance between you and the other patrons. It gave you space to reduce any obnoxious background noise from others for cleaner audio.
He lets you go first, the handle of the axe heavy in your hands as he takes a picture of you for your Instagram before he steps away so you can throw. It’s much harder than the videos on social media made it look, and you know your arms will be so sore that you’ll regret letting him pick the place. But your axe at least hits the target, and that’s exciting enough that you don’t care if your muscles would be going on strike after this.
Your competitive nature is delighted when his first attempt misses entirely.
“It’s not a baseball!” You chide when you notice that he’d taken a pitching stance with his second axe in hand. “You’ll hurt yourself trying to pitch it.”
“And you’re the expert?” Leon asks, looking over his shoulder only to see you pointing at where you had an axe stuck to the large wooden target.
“Just follow the little instruction paper on the table and don’t try to get fancy. If you hurt yourself for this I’ll probably get fired.”
“You wouldn’t get fired.”
“I can already see the headlines,” you start, holding your hands up for emphasis as you continue. “‘Kennedy out four months for shoulder surgery after throwing an axe wrong for tiktok’. And then the last sentence after they detail your injury will read: ‘Racoons’ social media manager has been released following this incident’ as if I hit you with my car.”
“And then you have to skip town because it’d be your fault we go a ninety-seventh season without making the series.”
“I’d have to change my name,” you laugh, watching as he sets himself up for this next attempt. “I couldn’t work in sports again.”
“I’d put in a good word for you with the football team.” His statement is punctuated with a grunt as he throws the axe, and you roll your eyes when you see that his landed closer to the bullseye than yours did. “Or you can be my personal social media manager.”
“You don’t have any socials,” you comment, deadpan as you stand so you can throw your next axe. “Which, can I ask why? You’re missing out on potential brand deals.”
“Why would I want to be subjected to the bullshit that’s on there? People are weirdly comfortable telling athletes to kill themselves because they lost a game, and I’m better off without more apps on my phone.”
Those were excellent points, and you definitely saw your fair share of disgusting commentary about the team on the posts that you made for their social media accounts. Some of the biggest crybabies in the world were American sports fans, who often excused their inhumane behavior by saying that if those athletes couldn’t handle criticism then they shouldn’t be public figures — as if being able to handle a ball well made them less of a person and more of an object to be sexualized on a good day and ridiculed to the point of pure dehumanization on a bad day.
“Besides, I’ve been on a Wheaties box for the last decade and a half. I’m doing fine with sponsorships.”
That box did haunt you on occasion, getting jump scared on the cereal aisle after selecting your oatmeal only to turn around and be face-to-face with the pitcher who often refused to play your social media games if it involved more than him answering a simple question or two. He was probably only doing this because the entire team and coaching staff had all done it too.
“You look good on the Wheaties box,” you compliment, turning back to face him only to be face-to-chest with your business date for the evening and stepping back with a start. “Don’t sneak up on me!”
“Wasn’t sneaking, just getting ready for my turn.” He defends, earning an eye roll and a huff from you as you go to step around him. He matches your step, starting the always awkward two-step that ensued when two people were trying to move around one another but unsure where to go. This persists for what you’re sure were the longest thirty seconds of your life until finally you think to stop to allow him to step around with a burning face at how stupid you must’ve looked while your camera recorded the whole interaction.
You learn a lot about Leon as you throw axes together for an hour, with a new and significantly deeper appreciation for his figure courtesy of the way his muscles moved under his tshirt as he threw his axes. Watching him pitch had been similar to watching an artist approaching a canvas, with a form that has been emulated for the last decade by little leaguers and college athletes (you once had a high school boyfriend trying to “Kennedy pitch” and dislocated his shoulder in the process), and you assumed that likely he approached everything like he did the pitcher’s mound — with a delicate analysis and deadly precision that only became more fine tuned as he understood the task better. This would be no different; by the time your reservation ended he’d only been hitting the center of the target, much to your annoyance at how quickly he became better than you at this.
The next stop on your date is an old diner. It’s quiet, the waitress knew Leon by name and tossed a flirty wink your way when taking your orders. His picture is on the wall; a younger version of the man sitting across from you in the booth, a toothy grin on his face as he stands in front of a nicer looking version of this building you’re seated in — a happiness that you hadn’t seen on the Leon that you know. You’re used to tight lipped smiles that look more like grimaces, little smirks when he successfully outted the batter on the plate, and the obviously forced smiles he gave interviewers and your camera. Happiness looked nice on him, but you’d want to know where that visible happiness went.
“This place is cozy,” you comment, getting only a nod from him so you press further. “How long have you been coming here?”
“Probably about as long as you’ve been alive,” he states, not annoyed but you fear the fun from throwing axes might have worn off. “Seemed like your vibe.”
There were a million questions you could ask regarding how he knew your vibe so well despite rarely interacting with you (purely by his design). And you want to ask them all, but instead you settle on the fact that he was sharing this place with you.
“Seems special.”
“Don’t make it weird,” is his immediate response, tipping the brim of his hat lower as he sipped at his arnold palmer. That told you that it was to be considered special to him that he would bring anybody here — to such a pace that was dear to him and had been a grounding place for him since he was a rookie. Perhaps it was because you were technically a coworker, trusted to act with discretion where needed in regard to the personal lives of the players and coaching staff. There was no way you were considered anything more than an acquaintance at this point.
Your offer to have the team pay for your dinner was declined, with a statement that a gentleman should always pay for his date — even if his date was recording the whole thing to edit for social media. You don’t tell him that he was only the fourth of the thirty or so men to directly deny the offer, the first three being less tenured outfielders. The coaching staff did deny, but that was only because they had their own cards granted to them by the organization and used them instead of her card to more easily get away with their more expensive restaurant selection. Leon seemed to have a more old fashioned mindset, and you wouldn’t put it past him to scold the entire locker room for treating you less than gentlemanly by taking advantage of your corporate card.
When he drops you off, he takes the time to get out of the expensive car and walk you to your front door. It feels truly like a real date, complete with the awkward silence at your front door as you hold your keys in your hand.
“I never noticed the keychain,” he comments, pointing to the limited edition acrylic keychain that featured Rocky Raccoon, the lovable mascot for the team, standing back-to-back with the pitcher who was standing in front of you. “That’s old.”
“Not really. Only about five years, I think.” He scoffs at your defense, but you can tell that he’s definitely tickled by the fact that you were in possession of one of them. “That’s not too old.”
“Were you old enough to drink when you got it?”
“I’m not that young!”
He laughs, the sound oddly melodic as you finally put your key into the slot for your deadbolt. You’d seen him laugh off the field, but never close enough to actually hear his laughter — but you were very familiar with the polite chuckle he’d give you and the other media personalities he would speak with before and after games. Maybe he actually enjoyed you as a person?
“I did have a good time, even if you did bully me the whole time we were together,” you say with a playful pout, leaning back against your doorframe as he shakes his head. “I know it was for work, but thank you for tonight.”
“Believe it or not I was actually looking forward to it,” he says, crossing his arms over his chest as you look up at him. “You’re not as annoying as you think you are, kid.”
“I’m not that much younger than you that you can call me kid.”
“Sure, sweetheart.” He’s proud of the way you bristle a bit, a genuine mirth in those blue eyes that were perfectly illuminated by your porch light. He was so handsome it was annoying, but he called you kid so you weren’t allowed to see him like that. That had to have been a line in the sand drawn to ensure you knew where he saw you in his life; kid, the social media girl who asked his teammates to try tiktok dances or get the latest Love Island predictions — not anyone he was interested in outside of where he had to interact with you.
But that was okay. You had a job to do just like he had games to win, and you didn’t go into this dating series with the intention of landing a relationship with any of the players.
If you were being honest with yourself, you didn’t even know that you would want to date a professional athlete after hearing what some of the partners of players had told you while hanging out with them. Fans were unnecessarily cruel sometimes, and you dealt with it in the comments on posts but they dealt with it in a completely different way. You’d argue it was harder because they loved the player being so heavily scrutinized in their comments section under a post about their anniversaries or accolades for their children — separation from the athlete and their performance did not exist.
“I know this was a work thing, but I think we should do this again sometime.”
“Huh?”
“Yeah,” he confirms, his tone faltering a bit with a new uncertainty that might’ve stemmed from your reaction. “I think you’re cute, and you’re funny. I think we get along well so I’d like to take you out again — but not for the tok-tok part of your job.”
“TikTok.”
“Whatever.” He waves a hand in the air, flippant, because the name of the app truly did not matter to him. But you’d correct him every time because that was your job. “What do you say?”
“What would the team say?”
“Does it matter?”
“A little bit!”
“Why?”
“Because we work together. I’m not on the field every day like you guys are but I would hate for there to be some weirdness because we’re doing something more friendly than professional.”
“So we don’t tell anyone unless we get serious.” It sounded like he might’ve already been serious, but that’s a comment you keep to yourself as your hand turns your doorknob for no reason other than to have something to do as you stood on your porch with him. “I’m being pushy, sorry.”
“No, it's okay,” you try to reassure, but he shakes his head slowly. “I think you’re great, and I did have fun tonight, I just would hate for either of our work to be scrutinized because of this — especially if it doesn’t work out. You throw one bad game and then it’s all the tiktok girl’s fault for breaking your heart.”
“Nobody has to know, so that scenario could literally never happen if you didn’t want it to.” He’s right, but it could also never happen if you simply didn’t date. “Give me a chance? I’d protect our individual images every step of the way.”
There are a million ways this could turn sour. Starting with the fact that you worked together, including the fact that you were about twenty years his junior, ending with the fact that he was a being equated to Christ’s second coming in baseball form. But you couldn’t say no when you had no hard evidence that it would go sour. No way of knowing it wouldn’t work out, and everything telling you that there was a huge chance it could. Leon was considerate, stable, and kind — even if he did avoid you and your camera like the plague. He said he’d protect you both, and you had no reason to believe that he couldn’t considering the man didn’t have any active social media.
“Alright,” you finally murmur, a nervous smile settling on your lips as he finds his own.
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.” He takes your hand, pressing a delicate kiss to your knuckles that has a new heat blooming across your face. Old fashioned and romantic, you want to tease him but refrain from doing so in an effort to protect the moment that you’re sure is one to be remembered even if things didn’t work out. “When’s the real first date?”
“You wanna meet up for breakfast tomorrow before game day starts? I can cook a mean Denver omelette.”
“At your house?”
“I mean I can come over here, too, if that’s easier?”
You were a few days overdue for grocery shopping, so going to his was significantly more optimal than him coming back over here, and the other bonus was that you were sure he lived closer to the ballpark than you did. When you tell him as much he grins, with a joke about being fed by the team over the last few weeks that you wouldn’t need to grocery shop — and he wasn’t wrong. You’d been living off of those meals and the leftovers that came with them for a while, and now that the dating series was finally over you needed to fill your fridge again. You’d likely go when they traveled for this next series, heading out to Ohio for three games before they made their hopefully triumphant return.
Eight is the agreed upon time, he’s texting you his address and your phone vibrates with the notification before he’s leaving you with a hesitant kiss to your forehead and butterflies making themselves very known in your stomach as you watch him make his way down the path from your front porch to his car. It was quite the turn of events, having him reschedule this work date so many times only to end it with a real date scheduled for the following morning. And to think that you didn’t think he even liked you, only for him to actually like you in more than just a friendly way.
the lens above you was focused, the red light blinking every few moments as it captured every second of what was happening on the bed below. leon, the man behind the camera, held a small camcorder in his right hand surprisingly steady despite the way his hips rolled slowly between your widely spread thighs. every thrust forward made your tits bounce beautifully, the sight drawing leon's attention away from the camera to stare down at the way they jiggled in sync with his hips. your moans filled the room alongside leon's low grunts that escaped every time his hips snapped forward, plunging his thick cock deeper inside your tight heat.
at first, leon wasn't all that keen when you suggested filming your own home video, as he wanted to savor you completely, without distraction— but as soon as he hit record, he felt his dick throb once he saw how beautiful you looked at his mercy. and god, were you a sight he absolutely wouldn't mind rubbing one out to— especially when he was away during a mission.
leon groaned low in his throat, the sound rough and hungry, pushing his hips into yours to bury himself as deep as possible. for a moment the camera dipped slightly as his focus shifted to your face. you were staring right where you were both connected, the sloppy, slick sounds of him battering your g-spot echoing alongside your breathy moans. he followed your gaze, watching himself disappear inside you and the way you clenched around him like you were trying to suck him back in whenever he dragged his hips back.
"fuck... look at that," he breathes, adjusting his grip on the camera to angle it downward, showing a close-up of his cock stretching you open, the creamy ring of your arousal coating the base of his shaft with every deep thrust. the camera captured every filthy detail— the way your folds clung to him, every slick sound of his cock sinking inside your heat, and the way your greedy cunt clenched and fluttered every time he dragged his hips back.
"so fucking pretty," he murmurs, pulling your hips against his rhythmically, rubbing soft circles into the skin as his eyes zero in on your two connected sexes.
he pushed back in hard, bottoming out with a wet smack that made your tits bounce, ripping a loud moan from your throat. he started fucking you in slower, heavier strokes, pulling out just enough for the camera to see everything before driving back in deep, grinding against your g-spot on every forward roll of his hips. the slow, yet sharp snap of his hips was undeniably intense, punching the air from your lungs whenever his throbbing tip kissed your cervix.
"eyes on the camera, baby," he commands, his hand sliding from your hip to cup your left tit, groping the soft flesh in his palm. he squeezed firmly, thumb brushing over your hardened nipple as he gave it a rough, appreciative knead. you moan softly, head falling back slightly when his thumb began to rub circles into the sensitive nub. your gaze finally shifted, glossy eyes focusing back on the lens above you as you moan out helplessly beneath him.
leon let out a deep sound of approval, hand leaving your breast only to grip your soft cheeks, squishing your face a little as he held your jaw, forcing your heated, fucked-out face toward the camcorder.
"that's it... look right at it," he murmured, lips curling up a bit as he kept you pinned in place for the camera. "you'll do anything for me, won't you, baby? yeah?" you mewl softly, biting your bottom lip as you nod desperately in his grasp. his thumb pressed against your lower lip, forcing it open and parting it slightly while he continued his slow, devastating thrusts, dragging his thick cock against your g-spot with every roll of his hips.
you whimpered pathetically, nodding as best you could in his firm grip. "yes, leon… love it s'much, please," he hums, thumb stroking your lower lip slowly before pushing it into your mouth.
"suck," he commands, and you eagerly take his finger into your mouth. you moan unashamedly around the digit, eyes fluttering slightly as your hand comes up to wrap around his wrist, holding him there as you sucked obediently. you hum, eyes closing as you fervently swirl your tongue around his thumb.
leon’s breath hitched, a deep, hungry groan rumbling in his chest at the sight. the way you so eagerly took everything for him, the way you clenched around him whenever he drove inside you impossibly deeper... he didn't think he'd be able to maintain this slow of a pace anymore.
"shit... fucking perfect," he rasped, voice strained and rough, his thrusts quickening impatiently as the camera began to shake ever so slightly. "you love it, baby? being my pretty little porn star? yeah?" he says, and when your pretty eyes flicker up to meet his, he knew he was done for. you were so eager, so needy, so fucking pliant for him, and it turned him on beyond belief. "god, you're just asking for it, huh?" leon groans, pulling out of you abruptly, earning a needy whine from you that vibrated around his thumb.
he moves quickly, pulling the digit from your mouth with a wet pop before setting up the camera on the nightstand next to your shared bed, adjusting the angle so he could see everything perfectly later. the red light kept blinking steadily from its new position, recording everything in full.
he turns back to you, eyes hungry and swirling with lust as he grips both of your thighs and roughly pushes them back toward your chest, folding you in half. the new position spreads you obscenely wide, letting him sink impossibly deeper. he positions himself back between your legs, dragging his tip over your folds and teasing your swollen clit before pushing back inside you in one full, forceful thrust. you gasp slightly, biting your lip at the fullness of his cock inside you again.
"fuck… yeah," leon grunts, gripping your thighs harder when he bottoms out. you whimper softly, eyebrows pulled together and cunt clenching desperately around his cock from how stuffed you feel. "feels good, huh?" he asks teasingly, absentmindedly rubbing little circles into your thighs before thrusting forward sharply. the motion draws a gurgled moan from you, back arching almost painfully at how deep he is.
the once slow, deliberate rolls of his hips quickly turned into desperate, hungry thrusts that slammed into you with purpose. the change in pace has him breathing heavier, jaw tight and eyebrows pulled together in pure bliss as he fucked his cock inside of you. you choke out a moan, hands flying up to his biceps as your gaze shifts to his piercing blue eyes. leon meets your gaze, eyes flitting down to your lips before smashing his mouth against yours in a filthy, desperate kiss.
the kiss is messy and heated as he swallows every moan you make, driving his hips into yours faster as his grip on your thigh tightens. he moans lowly, the sound muffled by his tongue that was intertwined with yours as he fucks you deeper, the slick drag of his cock stretching you open with every desperate snap of his hips. he doesn’t give you a chance to breathe, fucking you hard and deep, his hips snapping forward with brutal precision. each thrust punches the air from your lungs and forces your walls to flutter wildly around his thick cock. leon breaks the kiss with a wet sound, right hand leaving your thigh to grip your jaw to angle it towards the camera next to you, capturing every filthy detail.
"look at the camera, baby..." he says, turning his head with you, staring directly into the lens right beside you, his face flushed and pupils blown wide with arousal. "yeah, that's it... just like that," his voice was low and rough, dripping with filth as he kept your jaw locked in place, making sure the camera got a perfect view of your wrecked expression. your eyebrows pull together, your eyes watering ever so slightly as you stare into the camera next to you, hands gripping leon's biceps to anchor yourself amidst his sharp, unrelenting thrusts.
"look so pretty getting fuckin' wrecked, baby," he tightened his grip on your jaw, fingers pressing into your flushed cheeks as he forced you to keep staring straight into the blinking red light. his hips slammed forward with brutal force, driving every thick inch of his cock balls-deep into your soaked, fluttering cunt. leon’s thrusts grew faster and more punishing, the wet slap of skin against skin loud and obscene. he could feel the way you were gripping him, your walls fluttering more often as he pushed past the tightening of your gummy walls.
"leon— god, fuck— i'm gonna cum," you gasped desperately, voice breaking as he pistons his cock deeper inside you. your eyes roll back slightly, the pressure in your abdomen slowly building as your walls flutter around his cock violently, throat dry and sore as you let out a string of desperate moans.
"yeah?" leon murmured, his voice teasing as he as he kept your jaw firmly tilted toward the lens. "camera’s really got you this worked up, huh?" he hums, a grin tugging at his lips as he gazes down at your form writhing beneath him. he tilts your chin a little higher toward the lens, thumb gently stroking your heated cheek, all while he drove his cock deep and against that spot that made your loud moans turn into breathless whimpers.
you nod deperately, moans high-pitched and airy as you listen to the filth that leaves his mouth. the wet, obscene slap of skin on skin grew louder as he picked up speed, pounding into you with relentless force. your tits bounced wildly with every punishing snap of his hips, and your walls fluttered and clenched around him like you were trying to milk him dry.
"yeah, yes— love it s'much—" you gasped, voice shaky and high-pitched. he suddenly tightened his grip on your jaw and turned your face away from the camera, guiding your gaze back toward him, your wide, watery eyes meeting his intense ones. his pupils were blown wide with lust, a thin veil of sweat covering his forehead as he stared down at you.
"yeah? you gonna cum for me, right on camera?" his hips never stopped their brutal rhythm, pounding into you with deep, punishing strokes that made your soaked pussy squelch obscenely around his thick cock. you let out a tiny whine, your eyes glossy as you tighten up around him, his words like a firestarter to your already burning arousal.
leon’s intense eyes stayed locked on yours, dark and commanding, refusing to let you look away even for a second. his grip on your jaw was firm, almost bruising, keeping your flushed, tear-streaked face tilted perfectly toward him while the camera continued recording every filthy detail from the side.
"answer me." he grunts, voice firm and dripping with lust as he slammed into you harder, grinding his cock against that sensitive spot deep inside. "you gonna show me how much you like it? huh baby?" he drawls. you could barely form words, your mind hazy with overwhelming pleasure as his thick cock stretched and ruined your dripping cunt with every thrust.
"mhmm, yes, leon— i'm— fuck, i'm cumming—" you blabber out, and leon quickly slides his free hand between your bodies, thumb pressing against your swollen clit. he rubbed firm, rough circles over the sensitive bundle of nerves while never slowing the devastating rhythm of his cock. your thighs begin to shake around him, the added stimulation making your moans turn into high-pitched whimpers and whines that bordered on sobs.
"that's it, baby," leon groans, his own orgasm building the tighter your walls gripped him. he thumb presses harder against your pulsing clit, rubbing slow, yet hard circles into the bud. "show me how much you love this." he says, hips grinding into yours with every forward thrust. his hand drops from your cheeks to roam down your body, pushing your right thigh to your chest to push himself deeper all while thumbing merciless little circles into your sensitive clit.
your eyebrows pull together in sheer pleasure, mouth falling open as you come apart under his touch. your orgasm is intense, walls clamping down around him like a vice as you grip his biceps hard. your moans are high-pitched and whiny, almost breathless as leon coos down at you, his own orgasm quickly approaching.
"fuck, there you go," he hums, drinking in every expression you make as the pleasure consumes you. his thrusts become erratic, determined to reach his peak that was quickly approaching. his grip on your thigh tightens, pushing your leg a little higher as he fucks you through your intense orgasm.
your clit pulses violently under his thumb, the once tight, fast circles that he traced slowing down but still as firm as they were before. your thighs trembled from the intensity of your orgasm, breathing heavy and labored as the pleasure begins to flow into the beginnings of overstimulation. you whine when leon’s thumb brushes over your sensitive clit, moving the digit up and down lightly, causing your cunt to grip him impossibly tighter.
"taking it so well, baby," he coos, leaning down to nestle his face into the crook of your neck, thumb finally leaving your clit. his forearms settle next to your head, thrusts turning shallow and quick while he breathes heavily against your neck. leon groans at the way your walls grip him, jaw clenching tight as his cock begins to swell inside of you. he presses his body closer, chest flush against yours, hips snapping with quick, needy strokes. his voice drops even lower, dripping with lust right beside your ear. "fuck— fuck, baby," he moans, eyebrows threaded together in sheer pleasure as he fucks into you relentlessly.
his hips stutter against yours slightly, a loud, guttural moan falling from his lips as his orgasm peaks. he completely stills, pushing himself as far inside your puffy cunt as he can as his warm cum floods your fluttering walls. you whimper quietly at the feeling of his throbbing tip pressing against your cervix, hot ropes of cum filling you up as he grinds his hips into you slowly, fucking you through his orgasm. his moans begin to quiet, the sound of his heavy breathing amplified against your neck.
leon presses tiny, short kisses against your neck, exhaling in satisfaction as he finally catches his breath from the intensity of his orgasm. he lifts his head slightly, sliding his softening cock out of your cunt with a wet sound. a thick trickle of his release immediately leaked from your cunt, and you grimace a bit at the feeling. leon, however, can't take his eyes off the erotic sight.
"fuck... why didn't we do this sooner?" he murmurs, easing off of you to reach for the camera that was still recording you both. before you can protest, leon's already angling the camera down to your used, freshly-stuffed cunt, capturing the way his thick cum slowly leaks from your swollen folds. the sight pulls a low, hungry groan from leon's chest. his free hand gently spreads one of your thighs wider, giving the lens a better view of his cum dripping out of you. "shit, baby, think you can go again?"
you groan in protest, hand moving up to shove the camera playfully, obscuring the lens. "you're impossible." you say, rolling your eyes at his insatiability. he lets out a breathy chuckle at that, finally shutting the camera off after consciously double-checking the video was saved then sets it aside on the nightstand.
nier’s note 🗒️: wow uhm yeah.. this took way too long to get out hello. lowkey forgot about this blog for a bit sry guys... anywaysss im back with another banger or whatever wish i actually had more motivation to write more than this hello!!! hope u all enjoy anyways x
💭 thinking about re9!Leon Kennedy threatening to shave his happy trail 18+ I’m insane about him oml
He’s standing at the foot of your queen-sized bed in a pair of boxers, having just gotten out of the shower. “I think I might need to shave this off soon, baby.” Your head instantly snaps up at his direction, dropping the book you were reading onto the mattress beside you.
You watch in silent horror as he runs his hand over the dark hairs that dust across his chest and down towards that delicious happy trail of his, his brows all pinched together in contemplation, even the thought of him considering it sent you into panic.
“Absolutely not. No,” you tell him, shaking your head in vehement protest as you shuffle to the end of the bed on your knees.
His eyes catch yours, and his frown softens into a grin. “Look at it, baby, it’s getting out of control down here.” He huffs in amusement, fingers still grazing over the coarse hairs, heart melting a little at the way your lips purse out into a frowny pout.
“It’s sexy, Leon.” You tell him, brushing his hands away from the sacred trail with a huff. “You’re not allowed to just shave it all off.” your fingers now toy with the waistband of his boxers.
He chuckles, cupping your cheeks between his big palms and tilting your head back. “Not allowed? What you gonna stop me?”
“No… but if you shave it off I-I-” you pause, wracking your sleepy brain for a suitable punishment, “I won’t have sex with you until it grows back.”
“Oh, fighting talk, huh? You wouldn’t last a week, babe.” He replies smugly, knowing for a fact that he’s not wrong. You barely survive when he gets pulled away by his ever-demanding job, always relying on those special homemade videos you both made.
You groan in frustration, and he coos down at you, running the pad of his thumb over your pouty lips to try and coax you to smile— but it doesn’t work, you seem genuinely heartbroken, and he would be lying if he said it didn’t amuse him just a little.
“C’mon… don’t look at me like that, baby, it needs taming.”
You don’t answer, but your expression turns determined. You lean forward, looking up at him through your lashes as you press a wet kiss right over the hard ridge of his abs. His fingers slip into your hair, tightening a little at the roots, your name catching in his chest as you drag your tongue back up his firm stomach.
“Oh Fuck-” his voice comes out hoarse, ragged.
“Promise me you won’t get rid of it.” You tell him, dragging sloppy, open-mouthed kisses down to his V-line, and when he doesn’t answer right away, you pull back, scowling at him. “Promise me, Leon.”
“Yeah, yeah, I promise… I’ll keep it, s’all yours gorgeous.” He breathes out heavily from above you, dick already hard and twitching to life against the thin fabric of his boxers.
“Good.” You beam up him happily, tugging the waistband of his boxers down a little further with a lick of your lips.
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AN: is this a safe space to say I love big hairy men and women?
The hotel bar was quiet when you went down for a drink, still dressed in comfy gray shorts with a tee that you’d worn all day. Traveling to New York on a red-eye flight hadn’t been ideal, but your job hadn’t exactly given you a choice. Exhaustion clung heavily to you; your under-eye bags felt impossibly dark, and your eyes were still puffy from lack of sleep.
A drink sounded like the only thing capable of easing the stress weighing on your shoulders.
You ran a hand through your hair, the strands slightly tangled from the long day of traveling, and stepped up to the bar. Besides the bartender, there was only one other person, a man sitting a few stools away in a fitted navy blue long-sleeved shirt that clung to his broad frame, the sleeves pushed slightly up his forearms. Veins traced faintly beneath sun-kissed skin, and the expensive silver watch around his wrist caught the dim light every time he lifted his glass.
You barely glanced at him at first, only noticing the way he finished his drink before tossing a thick stack of cash onto the counter without a second thought.
You turned your attention back toward the bartender, about to order, when a familiar voice suddenly spoke your name from beside you.
Your head snapped toward him.
The man at the bar was Leon, your dad’s best friend.
Back when you were still in school, you’d had the most ridiculous crush on him. He’d been handsome then, younger and sharp around the edges, but somehow age had only made him more attractive. The silver threaded through his hair suited him far too well, the strands slightly messy like he’d been running a hand through them all night. Light stubble shadowed his jaw now, roughening features that had once seemed almost unfairly perfect. It made him look older in the best possible way.
And his eyes.
Those piercing blue eyes still carried that same calm intensity you remembered, but there was something heavier behind them now, something tired, experienced, almost dangerous. The kind of look that made your stomach tighten the second it settled on you.
Meanwhile, you looked like a complete mess. You could only hope he couldn’t tell how exhausted you were.
You straightened slightly and forced a smile onto your face.
Leon’s gaze swept over you slowly, lingering just enough to make heat crawl beneath your skin. You shifted under the weight of it, suddenly far too aware of yourself. Those blue eyes of his made you feel completely bare standing in front of him.
“What are you havin’?” he asked in a low rumble.
You realized then that you hadn’t even decided yet.
Suddenly, you weren’t in the mood for a drink at all, not with the way Leon was looking at you.
Heat crept up your neck when his eyes dipped to your lips, slightly parted as you struggled to think of an answer. The bar's dim lighting softened your features and made your skin glow despite how tired you felt.
“I— do you recommend anything?” you asked, trying to ignore the way his attention kept lingering on you.
Leon rubbed a hand along the stubble lining his jaw, the motion slow and absentminded. “Hm. I usually just go for whiskey.”
You nodded lightly before finally getting the bartender’s attention and ordering a whiskey neat.
Leon watched quietly as the bartender poured the amber liquid; the glass slid toward you. The second you picked it up, you glanced back at Leon and, without giving yourself too much time to think, tipped the drink back in one smooth swallow.
The burn hit instantly.
Heat spread down your throat and settled deep in your chest, easing some of the tension in your body while leaving behind a pleasant warmth.
One of Leon’s brows lifted slightly, amused.
“What?” you asked, letting out a small laugh as you set the empty glass back onto the counter.
“Nothin’,” he murmured, though the faint smirk tugging at his lips said otherwise. His eyes lingered on you a second too long, drawn to the way your lips were still slightly glossy from the whiskey.
You suddenly felt very aware of how close he was sitting beside you.
“What are you in town for?” you asked softly.
“Just got back from a job,” Leon replied, rolling the glass slowly between his fingers. “You?”
“I’m here for work, actually.”
Leon hummed quietly, his gaze drifting over your face before lowering for just a second. He noticed the subtle way your thighs pressed together beneath the bar stool, the way your breathing had changed since he’d moved closer.
“Got any plans tonight?” he asked, voice quieter now.
Your breath hitched slightly at the question.
You swallowed. “No… do you?”
Leon leaned in just enough for you to feel the warmth of his breath near your ear, the scent of whiskey and cologne surrounding you completely now.
“I will,” he said softly. “If you’d join me upstairs in my suite.”
A bite of your lip and a quiet yes was all it took.
The corner of Leon's mouth twitched into a small smile as he held out his hand. For a moment, you stared at it, your pulse quickening in your chest, before slipping your hand into his. His fingers closed around yours, warm and firm, sending a flutter through you.
Together, you left the comfort of the hotel bar behind. The low hum of music was now a distant sound. Neither of you said much. The silence wasn't awkward; it was charged, filled with unspoken thoughts and the awareness of where the night was heading.
When you reached the elevator, Leon stepped forward and pressed the call button. The doors slid open with a soft chime. He placed a hand against the door frame, holding it open for you.
"After you," he said.
You stepped inside, catching the faint scent of his cologne as he followed a second later. The doors closed, sealing the two of you away from the rest of the world. The elevator began its slow ascent, and suddenly the space felt much smaller.
Your gaze flickered to his for only a second before looking away again, but not before noticing the outline of his cock. every passing floor felt longer than the last.
The heavy elevator doors slid open on the thirteenth floor, and you stepped out, following Leon down the quiet hallway toward his room. A soft beep sounded as he held his key card to the lock, the light flashing green before the door clicked open.
The moment you stepped inside, your nerves seemed to double.
"Make yourself comfortable," Leon said.
You nodded and settled onto the loveseat near the edge of the room. The suite was spacious yet cozy, featuring a king-size bed that faced a large flat-screen television, along with an oversized bathroom that connected to a walk-in closet.
Leon took a seat beside you.
You immediately became aware of how close he was.
Your hands twisted together in your lap as you stared down at them, suddenly feeling like that shy, naive college girl all over again. It didn't matter how much time had passed. Sitting beside Leon still had the same effect on you.
He noticed your nervous fidgeting almost immediately. He thought it was cute. What he found even more amusing was the way you kept unconsciously rubbing your thighs together.
Leon leaned back against the couch, studying you for a moment.
He had always thought you were cute. He could still remember the way you used to wander around the house a few years ago in those plaid skirts, completely unaware of the effect you had on him. More than once, he'd found himself forcing his gaze elsewhere, trying to maintain some semblance of composure whenever you were nearby.
Being your father's best friend meant he had perfected the art of acting unaffected. Your father never noticed the lingering glances or the way Leon would suddenly find himself distracted whenever you entered a room. He certainly never realized how hard he would get when you were around.
Now, though, everything about you has changed. The youthful edges he remembered had softened; your curves were fuller than before, softer in all the right places. His gaze lingered on the swell of your breasts, imagining how perfectly they would fit beneath his hands. Your hips flared more beautifully now, and your ass was rounder, more pronounced, a tempting handful that would fit his grasp.
“Do I make you nervous?”
“Maybe. A little.”
A faint smile tugged at the corner of Leon’s mouth as he leaned in closer.
“You have nothing to be nervous about,” he murmured. “I could even help with that little ache you're feeling right now.”
His knowing gaze briefly dipped toward your lap before returning to meet your eyes, as though he already knew exactly what was running through your mind.
“Okay,” you replied softly.
At your answer, Leon moved slowly, dropping to his knees in front of you, giving you every opportunity to change your mind. His hands found the waistband of your shorts, carefully guiding the material down your legs. The sight that greeted him made his jaw tighten, a noticeable damp patch against the soft pink cotton of your panties.
He fought back a groan, his gaze lingering for a moment before lifting to meet yours. Gently, he settled his hands against your thighs, encouraging them apart. The gesture sent a rush of heat through you, and you found yourself biting your lip as nerves coiled low in your stomach.
You felt Leon's warm breath against your thighs; a trail of lingering kisses, each one pressed carefully against your skin as he moved closer. He paused for a moment, breathing you in, his eyes turning a shade darker than their regular blue.
“Fuck...” he murmured, his voice low and rough. “I need a taste of you.” he hooked his fingers beneath the waistband of your panties and slowly pulled them down, never taking his eyes off your cunt.
His hot mouth found your cunt in record time, a strangled cry escaping your throat the moment his tongue flicked your clit. He treated you like something precious, taking his time in a way no one else ever had. Guys your age were selfish, and only thought of themselves during sex, but leon? He was worshipping.
His hands slid up your thighs, gripping them firmly and holding you in place as your hips began to move on their own accord. Every touch felt deliberate, every movement confident. A breathless sound slipped from your lips.
“mmh..yes!”
Leon seemed to know exactly how to draw every reaction from you. He paid attention to every tremble, every gasp, every shift of your body. A low groan rumbled from his chest that you felt through your core.
The pressure continued to build, winding tighter and tighter until your thoughts became a blur. Just when you thought you couldn't take another second of it, when you were right on the edge, he pulled away.
A soft purr escaped you immediately, a pout settling on your lips at the sudden loss. Leon looked up at you with a triumphant smirk. “If you're gonna come apart,” he said, his voice low and certain, “you're gonna do it with me inside of you, baby.”
“But first,” Leon said, his voice low, “I need to get you ready for me.”
Two fingers parted your folds, gathering your juices before he slowly pushed them inside. A moan immediately slipped from your lips.
He started at an unhurried pace, taking his time and showing far more patience than you wanted him to. Every second felt like its own form of torture. Just when you thought you might lose your mind, he added a third finger, and his rhythm quickened, and you mewled.
The pressure of his pace was felt against your G-spot, and your core tightened around his digits. A new tingle began to build inside you, making you feel as though you needed to pee.
You couldn't form a single coherent thought, let alone words. His skilled fingers had your mind completely clouded, your thoughts scattered, and your vision beginning to blur at the edges as that overwhelming feeling continued.
Then, just as it threatened to consume you, Leon pulled his fingers away, the evidence of your arousal slick in his fingers, catching the light in the room, making it shimmer.
“Not fair,” you complained with a pout.
Leon chuckled.
As he removed the remaining clothes that separated you two, your eyes immediately dropped to his cock. He was thick and long; angry veins traced along the length of him, leading to a flushed tip. You could not take your eyes off, mouth parted slightly at the sight of him, you drooled.
His palm stroked along his length soothingly as Leon stared at you. He caught the way your eyes sparkled.
“Want my cock, baby?” You looked up into his eyes and nodded.
“Yes,” you murmured.
A satisfied smile tugged at the corner of his lips.
“Up,” Leon commanded.
Your legs felt shaky as you obeyed. He grasped the hem of your shirt and pulled it over your head, quickly discarding it before removing your bra. His eyes swept over you for a moment, taking you in, making you blush.
He walked to the edge of the bed and sat before motioning for you to come over. When you stepped between his knees, he turned you around and held you firmly by your hips, guiding you to stand straight in front of him. The warmth of his hands lingered against your skin, slowly roaming, tracing the curve of your waist to your ass before settling on your hips.
He angled his curved cock and moved it between your folds at a slow, steady pace, taking his time as if savoring every second. The teasing motion sent a shiver through you, your body reacting instinctively. Little purrs escaped your lips at the feeling of his length brushing against your clit, your thighs trembling despite your efforts to stay still.
A low grunt left him, rough and restrained. You could hear the slight hitch in his breathing, could feel the tension in the way his fingers flexed against your hips. He wasn't even inside you yet and your pussy was making him a mad man.
Your head tipped back slightly, your lips parting as you struggled to hold onto your composure. “P-please,” you whispered, the word slipping out before you could stop it.
“Please, what?” he asked, his voice low and teasing. “Use your words, big girl.”
A loud smack echoed through the room as his palm landed against your ass.
You swallowed hard, your cheeks warming under his gaze.
“F-fuck me...” you managed, barely above a whisper.
He inched in slowly, letting you feel every prominent vein as he stretched you wide. Even though he had tried his best to prepare you, nothing could compare to his size.
“Relax for me,” Leon said before placing a kiss along your neck.
You could feel his breath near your ear as his hands moved from your hips up to your breasts, where he began to play with your nipples, eliciting a soft moan from you. The distraction helped, allowing your body to relax a little more and making it easier for him to ease further inside.
“Good girl, that's it.”
His words encouraged you to push yourself further. It was a delicious stretch, intense yet impossible to pull away from. When you finally sank fully onto him, a low rumble came from deep within his chest. You felt his heavy balls settle against the base of your ass as he held you steady.
For a moment, neither of you moved. You simply sat there, taking in the feeling of his cock warming your gummy walls.
You braced yourself, placing a hand on each of his knees for support as you slowly began to find a rhythm, your hips moving in slow circles. The motion felt natural, and before long you settled into the pace, each movement drawing a soft breath from your lips as you held onto him.
Leon wanted to take his time with you, to savor every second of it, but he couldn't compose himself.
He took charge, holding you firmly against him as he moved with purpose. “Oh my God,” you mewled, unable to stop the little pitchy moans that slipped from your parted lips. They were sounds of pure pleasure, sounds you hadn't made in so long—or maybe ever, really.
You dug your nails into his thighs as the sharp sound of skin against skin overpowered the mix of whimpers and groans filling the room. He took a tight grip around your stomach and lifted both of you, holding you firmly against him with effortless strength. The sudden movement stole your breath, a soft sound slipping past your lips as he kept you close.
His grip never wavered, one arm locked securely around your middle while the other moved between your thighs. He took a grip on your pink, puffy pussy, smacking, rubbing, and pinching. The sting of each smack bloomed into warmth, followed by the slow drag of his touch. His fingers moved with purpose, alternating between rough and soothing, never letting you settle into one sensation for long.
Your g-spot was being obliterated by his cock.
“shit.. I should’ve fucked this pussy a long time ago,” he grunted out, followed by “when you would bend over in your cute little plaid skirts, I should've fucked you right then and there. You would’ve let me, wouldn’t ya?”
You couldn’t form words, not with how he was fucking you, his dirty words making your climax come closer. You could feel that tingle from before finding its way back. “Lost all words, have you?”
You somehow mumbled out a “yes” in between his thrusts. The edges of your vision blurred when an overbearing need to pee started again, “leon–i think i need to pee”
But he didn't stop, telling you to feel your way through it until it hit a pinnacle. Small driplets of liquid poured from your cunt as your purrs grew louder.
Leon changed the position, placing you face down on the bed. One of his knees was raised while the other rested against the mattress, giving him better leverage and allowing him to go deeper. The new angle stole the breath from your lungs, making your fingers curl into the sheets beneath you.
A growl rumbled from him once, then again, the sound low, rough, and strained. His hands tightened against you as he held you in place, the mattress shifting beneath the combined weight of your bodies.
His cum came in wave after wave, each pulse stronger than the last. It didn't stop until it overflowed your cunt, trailing down your thighs and leaving a glistening path across the tangled white sheets beneath you.
Leon wasn’t finished with you yet; he had all night and wouldn't waste a second of it.
summary : leon and his growing obsession with miniskirts
tags : re9 leon, fucking against the wall, strangers sex, creampie??, wrap it before you tap it kids, he was in a dilemma too, slight size kink ig, younger reader 24/25 yrs old
notes : welcome to my new short mini series, seeing miniskirts and re9 leon kinda spurred this on so i hope you like it 🫶
credits to the owner of the photos and divider!
the first time leon met you, you were wearing a black tight miniskirt. its the first thing that he noticed under the flashing lights of the club, its like it was calling out to him that he couldnt take off his gaze on it.
before, he couldnt really see the appeal of a mini skirt. its almost like an underwear and he doesnt get why women likes wearing it. yeah, it looks good but just why? if you want to wear a short, just wear one. if you want to wear something close to an underwear, maybe you should go to a beach.
so, yeah he really doesnt get it but he minds his business, its womens fashion so he had no right to judge or whatsoever.
but seeing this person wearing a tight black miniskirt had him reeling and when the owner, you, finally turned around. leon swore his world stopped.
as he aged every year, he realized that nothing could really faze him anymore. everyday, he fights monsters and bioweapons, he's been drowning in guilt, blood and self pity most of the time. after years of it, most things simply stopped affecting him the way they used to but then he saw you.
he saw you standing beneath the flashing lights of the club, looking almost unreal as you moved with the music and the people around you.
your tight miniskirt hugged your body perfectly, drawing his eyes to the smooth length of your legs while you danced so freely, so carelessly, like the world wasn’t heavy on your shoulders at all. you looked content, alive and leon found himself staring longer than he should have.
he knew he wanted you.
when your gaze found his, you also knew that you wanted this devilish handsome man too. he looked like a sin while drinking his alcohol, eyes locked tight on yours. he was looking at you like a predator, ready to take you away and make him his. you gave him a smile, a slow teasing smile before turning around again as your friend twirled you to dance again.
leon felt a burning desire for you all night, he didnt even move in his seat. he was still talking to his coworkers of course but his eyes never really left yours, he kept finding you under the dark flashing lights of the club.
you werent that naive, you knew he was looking at you the whole time. you felt the weight of his stare at every move you take so you became bolder. you danced like nothing worries you, you swayed your hips as if you were seducing him and you actually are.
but all at the same time, you were having fun. this was girls night with your friends so having fun is the priority, seducing an old man was the second.
you kept dancing the night away that the next thing you know you were slammed against the wall in one of the private bathrooms of the club. your front against the cold wall causing you to shiver, your legs are spread but not that far because of the constriction of your miniskirt.
the place was expensive as hell, as it is a high end club in the city. everything is polished by marbles, dim lighting, and spotless mirrors that screamed luxury but the situation right now felt anything but clean.
there's just something so daring and dirty on having a man behind you and his hands are wandering to places that shouldnt be touched by a stranger.
your breath caught up in your throat when the handsome man behind you pressed your body more to the wall and one hand firm against your waist while his body pressed heatedly against yours. the tension between you both was dizzying, his presence was overwhelming in the confined space as the bass from the club outside continued to thrum faintly through the walls.
you gasped when he suddenly slapped the back of your bare thighs before soothing it. the pain was stinging that you cant help but curl your toes on the inside of your heels. youre starting to feel your panties getting damper at every second passes while the man breathes you in as he nosed at your skin.
leon couldnt believe that he finally had you after the teasings and lingering looks all night.
"you want this, hm? youve been swaying these sinful hips all night". leon said as his hands ran all over your thighs before moving on your waist. his fingers almost touched each other when he gripped it or his hands are really just that big. "you dont know how beautiful you look".
one of his hands then went down on your leg again causing goosebumps to raise on your skin. you sucked in a breath when his fingers crept down inside your miniskirt, almost dangerously close now to your wet covered pussy.
"please". you begged as his other hand massages your thigh, his calloused rough hand felt so good on your smooth skin.
"fuck, I shouldnt do this". leon quietly said as he rests his head on your shoulders as his hands never really moved away from your thigh.
he ached to touch you, and his bulge is already resting on your covered ass.
you whimpered and pushed against him causing him to groan. you dont want him to stop, you want him too and you need to feel him.
"sweetheart". he whispered as his fingers accidentally swiped against your wet panties.
you pushed against him again to feel his bulge as a response to his fingers and you gasped when his hand on your hips pushed you close on the wall again. he then moved his head and neared his lips on your ear.
"tell me stop, and I'll stop". he said as his breath hits your skin. he smells like alcohol but his cologne lingered around you causing another wave of wetness to pool on your damp panties.
"touch me". you said and you cried out when his hand completely cupped your mound. his fingers dug on your very wet panties as his ring and middle finger pushed it on your sopping hole.
"youre so wet.... so fucking wet". he groaned as he rubs you through your panties, his fingers are all sticky and gooey now. "all this for an old man like me?".
leon cant help but hump against your mini skirt covered ass when he felt you clenching against his hand and fingers.
"a-all for you". you whined as you tried to move your hips against him but his grip on you was so tight.
"what a good girl you are, sweetheart". he pressed a kiss on your sweaty cheeks and before you knew it, you were already screaming his name while your body moves against the wall and your hands trying stay up on it, to avoid you falling down.
he was hitting it from behind, your lace panties is already long gone and in his jacket pocket, leaving it there while your legs are spread a bit as he pummeled inside you. his cock was so warm and big, it gives a dirty squelch everytime he pulls in and out.
you were moaning and crying simultaneously at how good he feels, he's hitting every spot that you couldnt even reach with your own fingers and his grip on your waist is painfully good. everytime you clench on him, he groans from behind you and one of his hands sneaked under your top to grope one of your boobs.
"a—a-ahh, please. its so g—good". you whimpered loudly when he suddenly gave a particular hard thrust.
"you feel so good, best pussy— shit, thats it, give it to me". leon moaned when you unceremoniously clenched against him when you felt him throb. "fucking mini skirt".
a satisfying feeling bloomed inside you when you heard him cause this really proved that your miniskirt was really the reason. you kept in mind that you should thank your friend later for helping you decide that you should wear the miniskirt tonight.
you whined when you suddenly felt him pull out but stopped when he grabbed your arm to move you and your back hits the wall. you looked at him and you swore you got so lucky tonight cause this man is way too handsome.
he looks like a hot mess with sweat on his forehead that makes his hair stick to it, he was breathing heavily and his lips are pink.
he then grabbed your leg and held it up against his waist before slipping inside you again. you gasped at the sudden flex on your legs and his cock stretching your walls, he moved his hips sloppily as the sound of skin slapping echoed through the bathroom.
you felt your sweat running down on your neck as he held you against the wall while drilling his cock, and hitting that spongy wall inside. you cried when he kept hitting it harshly as if he's trying to build a home inside while your hands came to clutch his broad shoulders.
he didnt want to leave.
"wanted this, didnt you? saw you kept looking at me, sweetheart". he said while a low growl vibrated on his chest as he watched your face contort in pleasure. "you just want some cock tonight".
you nodded as you sobbed when you felt him throb inside you again. you moaned when he finally lifted you up in his arms, a really close to a mating press on the wall.
god, he's so strong.
"i—i-m close". you cried as you hugged his neck as his hips moved a bit more faster and he felt you tightening up.
"cum for me.... cum for me, sweetheart". leon groaned as he pressed you on the wall as he buried his cock deep inside you and spurted his cum through the condom while you came too.
you rests your head against his stubbled cheek as you both rode out your orgasm, you could feel your cum foaming and dripping out on the floor. you body shook as you still felt him shooting his cum inside of you while he just adjusted you in his arms.
leon had this sickening thought and a question if what would you feel if he didnt have the condom on? he knows it must feel so good.
when your breath started to get even, leon pulled you away from the wall to carry you over by the sink to let you sit there. his arms were still around you when your butt hits the sink.
his arms felt so big and warm around that you didnt want to let go of him when he started to pull away.
"you came a lot". you quietly said as you nuzzled against his stubbled cheek.
he responded to you with silence as he felt his cock twitch when you clenched on him again, just for funsies.
"sorry". he said and when you finally pulled your head away to look at him.
leon cant help but think that you really look beautiful.
you gave him a soft smile, as if you just didnt had the roughest fuck of your life.
you then told him your name while your fingers mindlessly tuck some of his hair behind his ear.
"im leon". he said as his hands rubbed on your waist.
"take me home, leon". you whispered against his lips with a clench of your pussy again and you pressed a sweet kiss on this stranger's rough lips.
summary: Leon had planned to propose properly: flowers, dinner, the perfect speech. But after nearly dying in Spain with only your name in his mind, he realizes the perfect moment doesn’t matter anymore. Only coming home to you does.
warnings: re4!Leon x reader, established relationship, proposal, emotional hurt/comfort, Raccoon City trauma, mentions of injury and blood, Leon’s past trauma, references to parental substance abuse, nightmares, RE4 events, Las Plagas/infection mention, near-death thoughts, angst with a happy ending, soft intimacy mentioned but not explicit, marriage talk, children talk, Leon being deeply in love and emotionally wrecked, english is not my first language.
wc: 3.1k
author’s note: This was requested by @xfadesposts in here and I actually CRIED while writing it because I’m so weak for emotionally destroyed for yearner Leon. I hope I make you guys feel as much as I felt with this work. Thank you so much for reading and for being patient with my requests. I’m slowly working through them, I promise. ♡
I reccomend you to listen to Turning page of Sleeping at last for the part when Leon comes home spotify youtube 🖤.
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Leon remembered Raccoon City for many things.
For the rain falling over a city that was dying in plain sight, while no one could do anything to save it, even though he tried with everything he had to stop a tragedy that had been doomed to spiral out of control from the moment it was planned.
But above all of that, he remembered you.
It didn’t make much sense, maybe. Not when that night had been made of death and monsters that seemed pulled straight out of some sick nightmare, monsters that had once been innocent people, victims of a fatal fate. It didn’t make sense either because he had barely been a rookie cop, full of dreams that were ripped away from him in a single night. Leon S. Kennedy had walked into Raccoon City believing he was about to start a life, and in just a matter of hours, that life had been buried beneath broken glass, dark hallways, and corpses rising from the floor.
And then he found you.
You were hiding in one of the back rooms of the police station, your back pressed against the wall, one hand clutching your side, your eyes wide with pure terror. There was blood on your shirt, on your fingers, along the trembling line of your jaw, but you weren’t infected. Leon knew it before you could say anything. He knew it from the way you were breathing, from the human, clean fear on your face, from the way you tried to move away from him when he came in with his gun raised.
“I’m not going to hurt you,” he told you then, slowly lowering his weapon.
You didn’t believe him at first. How could you? That night, everything that moved was a threat.
Leon crouched down in front of you carefully, his face stained, his hair wet from the rain, his blue eyes filled with a sincere kind of concern, though not enough to make you stop shaking.
“Were you bitten?” You shook your head quickly.
“No. Someone pushed me against a window, and I-I cut myself.”
He swallowed, looked at the wound, and then looked back at you, unable to understand how you were still conscious after how deep the cuts were and how much blood you had lost. He bandaged you as best as he could — badly, probably — but even so, he did it with gentleness, murmuring for you to breathe, telling you that you were doing so well, that it was okay, that he was going to get you out of there.
And somehow, he did.
Life after Raccoon wasn’t easy for either of you. You carried your own nightmares: the memory of empty streets, the wound burning at your side, Leon’s hand holding you up when your legs almost gave out. He carried something darker.
Leon didn’t talk much about his childhood.
At first, you didn’t ask either. Over the years, you learned to recognize those wounds in the little things: in the way he tensed whenever someone raised their voice too much, in how uncomfortable he looked around any kind of affection he didn’t know how to return, in the way he punished himself for mistakes that hadn’t even been his. He had a complicated childhood, losing his parents to substance abuse.
And then you came along, stepping into his life like a ray of sunlight through a window that had been closed for years.
Not because you were perfect, but because, even after everything you had been through, there was still something warm inside you. You were beautiful in a way that left Leon breathless, yes; with the kind of beauty that made people look twice, the kind that seemed to light you up even on the days you didn’t realize it yourself.
For years, the two of you kept getting to know each other. At first through slightly awkward phone calls, nervous messages, and meetings that seemed casual even though neither of you truly felt them that way. You would meet for coffee, go on walks, talk about small things. Sometimes you laughed, and one thing led to another.
There wasn’t one exact moment when Leon realized he had fallen in love with you, but one of the biggest signs was when he started noticing that he thought of you when something went right, and also when everything went wrong. Or even the simple fact that he wanted to call you after a mission just to hear your voice.
And one night, after having dinner together, he walked you to your door. It was cold, and you had your hands hidden inside your sleeves, while Leon couldn’t stop looking at you, the nerves written all over his face.
“What?” you asked, with a shy smile.
He shook his head, but he smiled too. That small, embarrassed smile of his.
“Leon…” you said, giving him an even warmer smile.
“It’s just…” He ran a hand through his hair, nervous. Leon Kennedy, who had survived Raccoon City, who had faced things no human being should ever have to see, was standing in front of you like a boy who didn’t know what to do with his hands. “It’s just that I like you.”
You went still.
Leon let out a low, humorless laugh, looking down at the ground for a second before lifting his eyes back to yours.
“A lot. And I know everything is complicated, but I don’t want to keep pretending I only meet up with you because we have something in common, or because of Raccoon…” He stopped, swallowing hard. “I meet up with you because I’m dying to see you.”
You didn’t know who moved first. You only knew that, all of a sudden, you were kissing him.
It was a clumsy kiss at first, soft. Leon touched your face, and you moved closer, and then he let out a breath against your mouth that sounded like years of restraint finally collapsing on top of him.
After that, Leon asked you out in such a Leon way that it still made you smile whenever you remembered how beautiful it had been.
He showed up with a bouquet of peonies, your favorites, because once, months earlier, you had mentioned almost without thinking that you found them beautiful, that there was something delicate and full of life about them. And Leon had remembered.
He also had a simple ring with him, a delicate, pretty piece. He gave it to you with his ears slightly red and the most vulnerable look you had ever seen on him.
“I don’t know how to say this, but…” he told you. “I just… I want to do this right with you. I want you to know I’m serious.”
You looked at the flowers, then at the ring, then at him.
“C-can I be your boyfriend?”
Leon turned even redder. You laughed, and he smiled in that way he only did when you were the one making him feel safe.
“Of course, Leon,” you said, with a smile that showed all your teeth.
From then on, you became his anchor.
You were the person he came back to when everything fell apart, the one who reminded him that he was still human when his job tried to turn him into a killing machine, the one who touched his hand in the middle of the night when nightmares tore him out of sleep.
Your first time together was just as imperfect and beautiful as everything about the two of you.
Neither of you really knew what you were doing, not truly. There were nerves, soft laughter, hands trembling a little, and tenderness in every single gesture. Leon asked you several times if you were okay, if you wanted to stop, if this was alright, looking at you as if you were something sacred, as if he was terrified of hurting you even when you assured him that you trusted him.
Leon held you carefully, kissed you, and made you feel wanted in every possible way. And when it was over, he didn’t pull away from you as if it had only been desire. That night wasn’t perfect because either of you knew exactly what to do. It was perfect because you loved each other with an enormous kind of honesty.
And for a while, Leon allowed that happiness to exist. After so many years, he let someone into his life through things as simple as your clothes in his laundry basket, the scent your shampoo left in his shower, mornings when he woke up before you and stayed there watching you sleep, wondering what kind of twisted miracle had led someone like him to end up with someone like you.
Sometimes, he thought about marrying you.
He thought about a quiet house far away from the horrors that seemed to chase him no matter the country, a dog sleeping at the foot of the bed, finding you in the kitchen, kissing the back of your neck, listening to you complain about some everyday little thing as if life had never been cruel to either of you, he even thought about having children.
Before leaving for Spain, Leon had already bought the ring.
It was beautiful, with a diamond, tucked inside a velvet box inside a drawer that Leon opened and closed like an idiot every time he was alone.
He had planned to ask you when he came back.
Not before, because he didn’t want to leave you with a promise in your hand and the possibility that he might not be able to keep it. Leon knew far too well what it was like to wait for a phone call that could destroy your life, so he left without saying anything. He kissed your forehead, promised you he would come back, and took the ring with him.
But Spain was worse than he had expected.
The mission began with the search for Ashley Graham and ended up becoming a descent into another kind of hell. Leon moved through mud, blood, and screams in a language he only half understood, his gun always ready and his body running on instinct.
But his mind kept coming back to you.
It came back to you when he washed his hands in freezing water and saw that the blood wouldn’t fully come off. It came back to you when Ashley asked him, during a brief pause between horrors, if he had someone waiting for him back home. Leon didn’t answer at first. He only adjusted the magazine in his gun and looked into the darkness.
“Yeah,” he said at last, his voice quieter. “I do.”
Ashley didn’t push, but she smiled a little, as if that answer was enough to understand something important.
Leon thought about how much you loved it when he brought you peonies and you saw them in a vase in the kitchen first thing in the morning. He thought about the night you had fallen asleep on his couch, your cheek resting against his thigh and one of your hands holding his.
He thought of you when he almost died.
When pain tore through his body and the infection tried to turn his thoughts into something foreign, Leon clung to your name like a rope. Sometimes he repeated it inside his head. Your face appeared to him in the most absurd moments: between gunshots, between running, between being slammed against damp stone walls.
When he passed out before knowing he was going to be cured, you were the only thing in his head. He was angry at the thought of leaving you alone, angry that he hadn’t been strong enough to make it back to you. But when the pain grew so intense that he could barely even feel hatred anymore, he found himself satisfied by the fact that, even if his life had been condemned to tragedy, he had had you. He would die knowing what it meant to love and be loved by someone unconditionally.
Finally, when Leon was cured thanks to Luis’ work, he started to believe in fate, or in any kind of religious entity if one truly existed. Luis’ death had been a tragedy, but maybe it was also a sign that Leon had been given a second chance at life, a second chance to come back to you.
When it was all over, when Ashley was safe, Leon didn’t rest. His body was exhausted, covered in wounds, but he could only think about one thing, getting back to you.
He didn’t remember the drive clearly. He only remembered the steering wheel beneath his hands, the road stretching ahead of him at an almost reckless speed. But after spending days believing he might never see you again, every traffic light, every curve, every second away from you felt like an offense.
The ring was in his pocket, he had stared at it for a moment before he started driving, still carrying the marks of the mission on his skin and his heart beating violently against his ribs.
He had planned something better. In his mind, there had been flowers, probably peonies again, dinner, a speech. But Leon no longer believed in waiting for the perfect moment. The perfect moment was a lie life used to steal the things you wanted to say.
When he knocked on the door of your apartment, it was an impossible hour of the night.
You opened it with messy hair, your face still marked by sleep, fear breaking through your eyes the second you saw him. Because Leon was there, yes, alive, but he was also pale, exhausted, wounded, with such a broken expression on his face that your hand flew to your mouth.
“Leon…”
He didn’t say anything at first. He only stared at you, as if he needed to make sure you were real, as if everything he had endured in Spain had been for this exact point: you standing in the doorway, breathing in front of him, looking at him with tears in your eyes.
You took a step toward him, but before you could touch him, before you could hug him, before you could even ask where it hurt, Leon dropped to his knees in front of you.
“Leon!” Panic shot through you.
You crouched down immediately, thinking he was collapsing, that he was worse than he looked, but he lifted one hand, stopping you with trembling gentleness.
“No. No, I’m okay. I’m…” He swallowed, and his eyes filled with tears before he could pretend otherwise. “Fuck…”
Your breath caught when you saw him pull the small box from his pocket.
The world went still again, like the night you met, like the day he showed up with peonies and a simple ring, nervous and beautiful, asking you for a chance. Only now, Leon was looking at you like a man who had almost lost everything and had decided never to keep quiet again.
“I had a speech,” he said, his voice breaking. “I had it planned before I left. I was going to do it right. Take you to dinner, buy flowers…”
A tear slipped down your cheek.
Leon opened the box, and the diamond shone beneath the warm light of the hallway, so beautiful it almost looked unreal between his fingers, which were still covered in tiny cuts.
“But I almost didn’t come back,” he continued. “And all I could think about there, every time I thought I wasn’t going to make it out, was you. I could only think that I couldn’t die without seeing you again.”
You covered your mouth with one hand, trying to hold back a sob.
Leon took a deep breath, but everything about him was shaking: his voice, his hands, his shoulders. That man, the one who had survived Raccoon City, monsters, and wars no one would ever know about, was kneeling in front of you as if you were the only thing capable of destroying him.
“I’ve wanted a life with you for a long time,” he said. “And I’m scared to admit that, because every time I’ve wanted something real, life has found a way to rip it away from me. But you… you’ve been my home since before I even knew I needed one.”
Your face crumpled completely, he swallowed again.
“When I found you in Raccoon, you were hurt and terrified, and I still remember looking at you and thinking I had to get you out of there. I didn’t know why it mattered so much. I didn’t know anything about you. But there was something in you that was still alive in the middle of all of that. Something good. Something warm. And over the years…” He smiled faintly, his eyes bright. “Over the years, you became the best part of my life.”
Leon glanced down at the ring for a second, as if he needed to gather his courage.
“You’ve seen me at my worst. You’ve seen the parts of me I try to hide: the anger, the fear, the nightmares, everything I don’t know how to say without saying it wrong. And yet you love me. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to explain what that did to me.”
You were already crying, unable to stop yourself, so was he.
“I want to marry you,” he said, more firmly, even though his voice was still broken. “I want to wake up with you every day life allows me to. I want a dog that will probably hate me and love you more. I want to argue about stupid things. I want to make you coffee. I want to watch you grow old. I want…” His voice cracked. “I want a life. With you.”
Leon lifted the ring toward you.
“And if someday we can, and if we feel ready, I want children with you too. Not because I think that would fix anything. Not because I think love erases what happened to us. But because when I look at you, for the first time in my life, I think maybe something good could come from me. From us.”
You crouched down in front of him, unable to stay standing any longer.
Leon let out a trembling breath when your hands cupped his face.
“You don’t have to say yes right now,” he rushed to say, as if fear had caught up with him all at once. “I know it’s a lot, and I know I just showed up here in the middle of the night, looking like hell, and this isn’t fair to you. I just needed to say it. I needed you to know because I almost—”
You didn’t let him finish.
You kissed him.
It was a kiss salted by tears, clumsy from urgency. Leon made a small sound against your mouth, something relieved, and let you hold him as if he could finally set down the weight he had been carrying. When you pulled away, you rested your forehead against his.
“Yes,” you whispered.
Leon went still.
“Yes?”
You laughed through your tears.
“Yes, baby. I want to marry you.”
For a second, Leon didn’t react. He only looked at you as if he hadn’t understood, as if his exhausted mind couldn’t process that something this good was actually happening.
Leon slipped the ring onto your finger with trembling hands. It took him a moment, because he was crying, his vision blurred with tears, and because you were shaking too. But when the diamond settled on your finger, beautiful and bright, the two of you stared at it as if it were more than a piece of jewelry.
You hugged him then, tightly, careful not to hurt him, and Leon sank into you as if he had been waiting for that embrace since Spain, since Raccoon, maybe even long before that. He buried his face in your neck and breathed in deeply, once, twice, three times, as if he needed to convince himself that he had really made it back.
And for the first time in a long time, Leon believed that life gave second chances because you existed.
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Summary: The horrors of Raccoon City never fail to disappoint. When something terrible happens, you fear will break you forever, your superior, Leon Kennedy, is there to make sure you don't fall apart. But when your own life is threatened, he's barely hanging on himself.
Warnings/notes: MDNI, horror, blood and gore, violence, gun mention, emotional distress, death of a child, appearance of Chris Redfield, protective Leon, jealous Leon, age difference, older!Leon, very slow burn, a lot of angst, first kiss!, mentions of smut, no use of y/n, author's first language isn't English
An hour has passed since you went to get Leon from his office. The briefing Chris gave you was short and concise, only telling you the basics of the mission: human activity detected, probably civilians, somewhere near the heart of Raccoon City. The state of the subjects… Unknown. Your mission? To retrieve any survivors from the affected area and secure it. Since past missions here have been very critical and dangerous at times, Chris had kindly requested for Leon and you to accompany him.
You shiver when you look through the car window, seeing the run-down buildings again as you enter the city. You’re in the backseat of Leon’s black Porsche with Jason sitting right next to you. He’s looking out of the window as well while squeezing the fabric of his trousers, clearly as nervous as you are because of the uncertainty of what you may find this time. Chris and Leon are in the front of the car, Leon’s driving it as Chris is sitting next to him in the passenger seat, looking at the map and scanners on his phone. He sighs as he puts the phone on his lap before rubbing his eyes. Looking out of the window, he frowns before speaking. “This city just seems to get worse every time I see it.”
None of you react. Mainly because you’re all thinking the same thing, too impressed by the destruction the nuclear bomb brought about so many years ago. It’s awfully quiet inside the car except for the low rumbling of the engine. As it’s winter, the weather here is still gloomy and cloudy, preventing any real sunlight from breaking through, giving the whole city a dark, gray appearance.
Leon slows down the car as you reach a crossroads, turning his gaze towards Chris as he waits for further instructions. Chris inspects the road for a second before looking at his phone once more, his fingers gliding over the screen as he inspects the map. A second passes before he speaks. “Leon, turn right here. Hopefully, if we continue east, we’ll make it down Pine street without any trouble and then straight onto the highway. It’ll make it easier for us to reach the coordinates.”
Putting the car in gear, he turns the wheel before carefully driving down Pine Street, trying to avoid the pieces of rubble and abandoned cars on the way. Luckily enough, you make it to the end without any troubles, finding the on-ramp on your left to get onto the highway. Driving a little faster now, Leon follows it for a good fifteen minutes before Chris tells him to get off at the nearest exit.
“When you get off here, turn right then take the first left. We should reach it in a few minutes.”
As Leon drives onto a regular street again, your heartbeat starts to pick up, your stomach tightens getting closer to your destination. Naively enough, you hope you won't find anything horrifying once you get there. The last thing you wanna see are dead civilians, or worse, innocent people who are still alive but got infected.
After two minutes or so, Leon stops the car in the middle of the street. “We’re here.” He grumbles before looking at Chris. The broader man nods, taking his gaze away from the phone before looking up. “Indeed.”
When you look out the window, there isn’t anything weird about the location you’re in. Just a normal street with buildings lined up on each side. You see Jason look around as well, a confused look on his face, wondering if we’ve made it to the right place. “You sure this is it?” He asks, his voice reverberating through the silence.
“Sure as hell boy.” Chris answers before locking his phone and reaching for the car door handle. “Let’s go.”
Leon turns the car off, the roaring of the engine now brought back to complete silence. He takes the keys before looking in the rearview mirror. He finds your eyes first before opening his mouth. “You got everything? Are you ready?” The same words he always asks you before starting a mission. You nod before muttering a quick ‘yeah’, opening your own door.
The four of you get out of the car.
“Why did we have to take my car again?” Leon grumbles while you all gather at the trunk, opening it so you can get the last necessities you need. Chris chuckles beside you, slinging a large shotgun over his back. “Because your car is much faster than all the ridiculous pieces of scrap that we have back at the DSO. Since this is an urgent matter Kennedy…” He says before throwing him some ammo. “I didn’t want to waste any time.”
Leon sighs as he puts the ammo into his pocket. “Management is gonna kill me if I don’t bring this car back in one piece.”
Chris looks at him with a devilish grin. “Well for someone like you, that seems to be a very difficult challenge.”
“Fuck off, Redfield.” Leon says, shaking his head while he puts his black gloves on.
“Are you two gonna start acting like a married couple now?” You tease, both of their heads now turning towards you as you stand there with a smirk on your face. Leon only chuckles, shaking his head, already knowing your sense of humor. Chris on the other hand looks at you like he hears you speak for the first time. “Is she always like this Leon?” He asks with a breathy laugh.
“Oh she’s a sassy little thing. You better watch out.” He answers the question, sending you a quick wink. Chris laughs at Leon’s words. “Well then…” He says now directed to you. “Remind me to stay clear of you miss.”
You huff, straightening your back and trying to make yourself look taller, feeling confident. “You better. ‘Cause I’ll bite.” You joke with a grin.
Chris’s laugh is loud as he moves towards you, a large hand patting you on the shoulder while he clears his throat. “You got some spirit girl. I like that. I guess Kennedy has to hold you on a tight leash, no?”
Leon shakes his head, smiling at you fondly. “Trust me Chris, I couldn’t have wished for a better partner. At times she’s even better than I am. You should see her with a sniper rifle.”
You feel your insides getting warm at hearing his compliment from behind you. You turn around to lock eyes with him. “Well I can’t take all the credit. I have a very good teacher.” You say, returning his smile. Even in the dim gray light of the city, you can’t help noticing how gorgeous he looks today. Well of course he looks good everyday. But when he’s wearing his combat gear, the tight dark blue shirt, the sleeves rolled up, harness wrapped around his chest, black trousers which you find to be unnecessarily tight around the bottom… Well let’s just say this isn’t the first time you’ve fantasized about him. Your mind often filling itself with unholy thoughts of a sweaty shirtless Leon pressing himself against your naked torso. How you would imagine him telling you how good you are for him, talking you through it as he reaches for the top of his trousers, making quick work of the button and zipper, freeing himself out of his boxers, sliding away your panties before he-.
The clearing of a throat brings you out of your dreaming as you feel Jason getting closer behind you. He tries to join the conversation, brows furrowed, not liking all the male attention you’re getting. Especially not from Leon. He takes a step forward, worming himself between you and Chris before he speaks, a little nervous at first.
“A-And she’s good with other guns too. Always hitting the bullseye at the shooting range this one. No wonder she’s training rookies how to use a gun. She’s one of the best shooters out there.” He says, placing his hand on your lower back to send Leon a message without being too obvious. You however suddenly feel very uncomfortable to have him that close to you.
You wriggle yourself out of his grasp, your eyes falling on a larger weapon more at the back of the trunk. A flamethrower.
“Wow, you guys brought in the big guns. Sick!” You exclaim as you bend over to reach for it. Your eyes widen, feeling the heavy weight of the weapon, not picking it up yet, but sliding it over to you instead. You hear Chris chuckle from somewhere behind you. “Yeah well I feel like we can use all the help we can get.”
When the flamethrower is close enough, you put one hand on the pressure tank and one on the leather grip of the firing shaft. You can’t wait to use this big boy.
Lifting it up into your arms, the weight of the weapon slightly brings you out of balance before you feel the hot breath of two people in your neck.
“Give it to me. You’re already carrying enough as it is.” Leon says on your left, putting his hand on your wrist. You hear the person on your right, Jason, scoff at his words. “Oh don’t bother Mr. Kennedy. I’ll carry it for her, since I’m younger you know.”
You can feel his hand wrap around your other wrist while he says the words that are clearly meant to sting. Both men now give each other a dead stare as you look at their faces with a little disappointment, misinterpreting their intention. You guess they want the flamethrower just as much as you do. Shame, ‘cause you’ve been dying to use it. What you didn’t realize at that moment, was that Leon and Jason were not discussing who got to use the flamethrower first, but more about who got your attention the most. Both men trying to impress you as much as they individually could.
Chris takes the flamethrower out of your hands, sliding it over his back. “I hate to break it to you all, but I brought this weapon here for me. Not for someone else to use it.” He says smirking. The weapon looks much smaller in Chris’s hands. While you had to use almost half your strength to pick it up, it looks like a mere feather in his grasp.
Both Jason and Leon let go of your wrists. You sigh in disappointment. Man, Chris always gets the nice guns.
When you’re all geared up, Leon closes the trunk before joining the three of you. Chris, as always, gives you the instructions. “Right...” He says, picking up his phone again. “There should be an entrance to an old metro station around the corner if we go through this alley. The signal we picked up comes from somewhere underground, so we shall start there.”
A slight dread starts to fill your mind at the realization that you have to go underground again. The last time you did that in this city, it didn’t go very well. Leon must have seen the weariness on your face as you suddenly feel the warmth of his hand against your upper arm, almost not touching but still there, showing you some comfort. When both Chris and Jason start walking towards the alley, you look to your left, raising your head as you lock eyes with Leon. With the two other men now out of earshot, he leans in slightly closer. “It’s gonna be ok.” He whispers, his expression warm and comforting, showing you he’ll be there no matter what. You nod as you give him a grateful smile in return.
“Hey! You guys coming or what?” Jason shouts from a couple of feet away, making you break your eye contact with Leon. Following them you can see Jason send a hateful glance behind you when you pass him. You stop. “You got a problem?”
He drops the glare immediately, his gaze softening and eyes landing on your harsh ones. He shakes his head before muttering. “No, no, I’m fine. It’s ok.”
You drop it, your steps turning larger since Chris is already at the end of the alley. He looks at the three of you, noticing you’re all still far behind. He sighs in annoyance. “Come on ladies, we don’t have all day.”
He turns onto a new street before stopping at the beginning of a pair of stairs going down. You all stand next to him, looking down at the darkness that meets below. Memories of your first ever mission flash through your head, making your skin crawl and breath hitch. As no one’s looking forward to making their way down there, it’s awfully quiet all of a sudden. Compared to last time, there’s no horrid smell or frightening sounds coming from the darkness. After a few seconds of just standing there Chris speaks up again.
“Alright, let’s go down. Someone has to go in front of me since I’m not fast enough to react with the flamethrower on me.”
You’re already taking your gun out of its holster, pointing forward, being the first to make your way down the stairs. “I’ll go.”
Making your way down every step, you hear the heavier ones of Chris right behind you. Almost reaching the bottom, darkness slowly engulfing you, you notice Leon’s gun out of the corner of your eye as he has moved to be right next to you.
Always looking after you. Always the protector. Rarely letting you go first.
The stairs lead towards a short tunnel that ends in a much larger space you recognize to be the metro station. With all of your flashlights on you can see the debris lying on the platform and even on the tracks. Specks of dust fill the air, making it harder for you to breathe. Scanning the room for any threats you realize it’s clear.
Chris picks up his phone again, the object beeping from behind you. “The signal is sending us further down. We must move onto the tracks and into the tunnels.”
The four of you go forward, jumping onto the tracks and moving as a team, Leon and you at the front, Chris in the middle with the flamethrower and Jason at the end covering your backs. You all walk like that for a few minutes, nothing blocking your way thankfully. Once again it’s eerily quiet, the only sound being the crunching of footsteps on the pebble floor and your steady breathing. As the minutes pass, you hear high-pitched screeching in front of you. Not loud enough to belong to a human or an infected, but sounding more like something very small is making its way towards the four of you. You’re all on high alert, guns raised, flamethrower ready.
You gasp, seeing at least ten rats running over the train tracks, their screeching now louder as they pass you. Some are speeding as if they’re running for their lives, some seeking for help as one slips through your spread legs. You have to hold back a shriek to not startle any other creature that might be hiding. “Oh fuck this is nasty.” You whisper, seeing Leon kick a fat rat away as it tries to make its way up his trousers.
“The question is, what are they running from?” You hear Jason mumble from behind you.
Chris lets out a forced chuckle. “I guess we have quite the party waiting for us. Stay sharp.”
Your heartbeat quickens at the certainty of the promised threat lying ahead. You hate that your body still reacts like this. You’ve done this many times before with Leon on previous missions, fought enemies even bigger than you. But being back in the dark tunnels of Raccoon City makes your resolve crumble like never before.
You all continue your way for another fifteen minutes in complete silence. As time passes you question yourself ‘how do ordinary civilians make their way down here?’. Why would any normal person think it’s a good idea to come into these tunnels?
After almost two miles of walking underground you stumble upon a door on your right. The frame barely holds on anymore, still desperately trying to cover the opening. It fails, holding several holes. Passing it, you and Leon give it a suspicious look. Chris stops behind you. “Hold up. The signal is pointing this way.” He says, pointing at the half destroyed door. Jason moves towards it, carefully looking through one of the holes, pointing his flashlight. “Seems clear.” He says, taking a step back before looking at Chris. “With your permission sir.”
“Take it away.”
Jason lifts up his foot before pushing it against the door with full force. The frame gives away, falling on the ground. The four of you stay still for a couple of seconds, waiting to see if the sound of the door falling woke up something more than just a common rat. When you don’t hear anything, you let out a deep breath, realizing you’re safe for now.
Leaving the train tracks behind you, you don’t wait, being the first to step through the doorway. The rest is close behind you, following through a narrow hallway. The farther you go down it, the harder it feels for you to breathe. The air becomes thicker, dust and dirt filling it with something else you can’t quite put your finger on. When you take a few more steps, you’re suddenly hit by the pungent smell of rotting flesh. The stench fills your nostrils like a tidal wave. You thought you had gotten used to the particular smell, but this… This has you gagging all over again. Going off the quiet curses of the men behind you, you know they had smelled it as well. Doing the best you can to ignore the bad aroma, you keep your ears peeled, taking some slow and careful steps forward.
A deep rumbling roar sounds through the air, the noise halting you in your tracks. You see a room at the end of the hallway, the sound echoing through it, shaking you to the bone. Your eyes widen. That sounded anything but human. Didn’t even sound like an infected either. There’s something big at the end of the hallway waiting for you all. Something that hasn’t noticed your presence yet. Well you hope so at least.
A warm gloved hand is placed on your right shoulder. You turn your head, seeing Leon staring at you with a look that tells you to stay put. He pushes you slightly behind him before continuing his way, not wanting you to go in first, leading the team forward.
You stay close behind him upon reaching the end of the hallway, ready to help him if something were to jump at you both. The space you have reached seems to be an old storage room filled with hundreds of boxes stacked on top of each other. Some piles are more wobbly than others. Both of you cast your light around the room to check for the source of the noise from a few moments earlier.
You find nothing, just the eerie quietness and, apart from all the boxes, an empty room with a few stone pillars holding up the ceiling. Not very spacious but definitely big enough for something to hide in. There’s another doorway at the far end, the door also barely holding on like something or someone has tried to get through it.
Leon takes a few careful steps into the room, pointing his flashlight around before bringing up his hand, motioning for you all to follow him. You do the same, gun raised, ready to shoot. But nothing jumps at you though. You’re almost halfway through the room now, the four of you checking behind every pile of boxes, only to find nothing.
Leon turns into a small alcove on your left while you step forward to check the last few piles of boxes before reaching the doorway. Upon reaching the final corner, you can hear Chris and Jason rummaging through some stuff in the back. The boxes here are stacked up to the ceiling, making it a perfect hiding spot. And you are right.
Pointing your flashlight up, you see a huge shape at the far end. It doesn't look like anything you’ve ever seen before. You don’t even know what to make of it. It’s far from human but doesn’t look like an ordinary infected either. You recognize the legs of what once was a human, going up the waist and chest which are terribly malformed, skin torn apart, making way for its muscles and intestines. The head is gone, lodged into its chest as all the clothing has been ripped away from its body. It has grown larger than an average human, measuring up to be at least ten feet tall, making it barely fit underneath the ceiling.
Two long thick tentacle-like limbs have protruded from the back, entirely made out of flesh and blood, the liquid dripping onto the floor as they softly swing at the pace of the creature's breathing.
You hope feverously it hasn’t seen you yet with its back turned towards you.
You’re quick to put up your fist, signaling to the others that they need to stop what they're doing. That there’s something dangerous ahead. You hope someone sees your message at least, since they’re all looking around. You begin taking a few steps back, getting out of the creature's sight in case it decides to turn around.
“Wow sick, the entire Star Wars movie collection is in here…”
Your eyes widen, gasping at the words that break the silence, ringing through the air so loud it almost makes you jump. You turn your head, eyes scanning for the source of the words. Your eyes fall onto Jason who’s still at the beginning of the room, bent over a rather large clear plastic box, a triumphant smile on his face. He picks up an old VHS tape, holding it like a trophy. Your blood turns cold, hearing a sharp grunt in front of you. Turning your head, your eyes settle on the creature again only to realize it has turned around in the split of a second.
Whatever was left of the head becomes clearer to you now. Its face has completely morphed into the chest, only a few plucks of hair left as one enlarged red eye stares at you with a devilish look. Where the other eye has gone, you have no idea. The other smaller socket is completely empty except for a few mold-like tendrils moving out and reaching for the open air. Underneath the ripped off nose hangs its mouth, also enlarged with huge canine teeth protruding from the upper jaw.
It only takes a fraction of a second for you to realize you’re in some deep shit.
A deep loud roar rumbles out of its throat, the same roar you heard a few minutes before in the hallway. Only now it’s way louder. It leaps for you, its mouth agape, teeth bared and claws sharp, its muscled legs moving as fast as they can. Your first shot hits it right between the eyes. It doesn’t even feel it, only halting its stampede towards you for a small second, before resuming the hunt.
Your second shot hits somewhere where the heart should be. But once again it doesn’t falter, almost like your shots do nothing but spur it on even further. You drop the handgun and grasp behind you for your shotgun, the creature taking its final leap towards you. You don’t have time to raise the weapon as a heavy body pushes you out of the way. Leon’s arms wrap around you, both falling to the ground, his body hitting first, taking the blow. The creature jumps past you, crashing into a few piles of boxes. It turns around a little disoriented before settling its eyes back on you. Roaring, it swings its arms, starting for you again.
Leon’s gunshot rings through the air as he aims for the creature. “Chris!”
You hear Chris’s heavy footsteps behind you. He aims the flamethrower, its light filling the room. A burst of fire hits the creature in its side. The flames engulf the entire torso as its loud screeching rings through your ears. After you’ve picked up your handgun, both you and Leon continue the firing assault. Jason joins the two of you, standing in the middle and firing his machine gun.
The monster screams at all the ammo hitting its body, one tentacle sweeping through the air, making contact against Chris’s chest as he goes flying. His body hits a wall before he bends over on his hands and knees, gasping for breath.
The tentacles move towards the three of you, the ends almost jaw-like, trying to grasp onto you and bite into your flesh. You shoot your shotgun at the one closest to you and Jason. It explodes in a blood mass while you see Leon chop off the end of the other tentacle. Slightly immobilised, the creature starts to rely more on its claws to kill you.
Jumping towards you it raises both of its claws, leaving the chest unprotected. While you and Jason jump out of the way, Leon raises his own shotgun, aiming straight for the heart. With only him now facing the creature and most of the fire diminished, you reach for your machete and start sprinting. You use it as an advantage now its back is towards you, jumping as high as you can, you raise the machete before bringing it down and sheathing the blade into its back, taking it by surprise. The pointy end of the machete protrudes out of its chest. The creature throws its head back, roaring in agony.
Leon does the same, taking his axe and slashing right into its eye. The screeching continues, blood pouring onto the ground as he takes the axe back before hitting it again and cutting the eye out. Meanwhile you pull your machete back, the tissue making a slimy noise as it's being torn apart. You swing the weapon towards the right claw, cutting the full arm off in one fluid motion. The limb falls to the ground before you stab the creature into its leg. You retake your hold on the machete to be able to start cutting the leg off, but you don’t get the chance. It turns around, the blade making a large cut instead as you take it back. Blindly swaying its last arm, you have to jump back, barely missing the sharp claw from cutting up your cheek. When you take some steps back, you see Jason coming from the right, running towards it. Raising his foot, a grunt leaves his lips, using all his power to punch it right in the chest. The impact forces the creature to stumble back and fall full force into the stone pillar right next to you. The impact of its weight causes the stone to break. A large crack goes straight through the middle of the pillar. The creature's body falls down against it as you stay back, pushing yourself against the door.
That’s when the inevitable happens, all in the matter of two seconds, too fast for any of you to react.
The pillar snaps in half, the stone falling onto the creature, parts of the ceiling coming down with it. A last cry leaves its throat as it gets buried beneath the rubble. A huge crack forms above you, running from the torn down pillar to the other one on your right. Tiny pieces of dust and rubble start to fall in your face, the room shaking as if an earthquake is taking over the city. Your breathing is rapid, hands shaking, almost dropping the machete. The pillar on your right breaks as well, creating more cracks on the ceiling. You’re quick to reach for the door behind you, realizing you have to act fast or you won’t make it.
You hear Leon screaming your name as the ceiling starts to come down, large heavy blocks of concrete falling down as you push your body weight against the door with all your might. The frailty of the door makes it possible for you to break through it instantly. You hear the rubble falling behind you. You jump through the door when an insanely thick cloud of smoke engulfs you. You throw yourself onto the ground in a dark hallway you desperately hope is clear. Smaller pieces of rubble fall next to you. You place your hands on top of your head, trying to protect yourself as much as you can. Meanwhile you hear the desperate and terrified shouts from Leon as he sees you being sealed in like a tomb.
Twenty seconds or so pass before the noise of falling rubble starts to quiet down, the hallway becoming completely silent. You’re coughing, your throat dry, trying to regain your breath.
Even before you get the chance to push yourself up on your elbows and check the hallway for any threats, you hear the soft beep of the earpiece you have in. Leon’s voice rings over the radio, urgently calling your name.
“Are you ok? Are you hurt? Answer me!”
“I’m ok!” You manage to get out, picking up your flashlight. Its light casts a dark hue through the hallway, the air still thick with dust. You can barely see ten feet in front of you. A curse sounds through the radio as you hear Leon’s rapid breathing.
“Shit… Stay there! We’ll figure something out to get to you.”
Pointing the flashlight behind you, you can see the massive pile of debris blocking your way, making it impossible for you to get out. You stand up, brushing the dirt off you and trying to control your breathing as the dust is making it very hard for you to breathe. The panic takes over when you realize you’re stuck here. No way you’re ever getting through this huge barricade of rocks.
“Leon, there’s no way through." Your lower lip trembles saying the words.
Leon’s fast to react. “I’ll think of something. I’ll get you out of there even if I have to clear the way rock by rock.”
Chris’s voice rings through the radio now, calling your name. “It’s gonna be ok. I can see another way out on the map. You have to go down the hallway you’re in right now. Follow it until you reach the end. There should be a doorway on your right leading to a stairwell. Go up three flights of stairs and you should make it to the ground floor. Try to find the nearest exit and we’ll get to you as fast as we can, is that clear?” Even though his words are stern and firm you can still hear a faint tremble in his voice, like he’s worried about you too.
Another cough escapes you before answering. “Yes sir.”
When you start taking a few steps down the hallway you hear Leon’s voice again. “He’s right. There is another way up.” You hear him say, imagining him standing next to Chris, also looking at phone. “Do what Chris told you, find the stairs and get up as quickly as possible. I will be there, I promise. Just please try to not get into any trouble.”
A small hiccup escapes you before you clear your throat. “Me? Never.” You say with a soft chuckle as a way to show him that you’re tough, that he doesn’t have to worry all that much. The truth is that you’re starting to lose all that bravery by the minute. And to be fair? You’re terrified. No wonder actually because the last time you were in a situation like this, in a dark abandoned hallway alone in the depths of Raccoon City, you were almost killed.
Sheathing your machete into its holder behind your back, you take out your handgun, raising it together with your flashlight as you take some careful steps forward.
The hallway is cold, the only sound being your footsteps, irregular breathing and the occasional splatter of drops of water hitting a puddle on the floor. You manage to make out the shape of a door a few feet ahead. Moving towards it you reach for the handle only to find it jammed. Standing in front of it, you take some steps back, almost touching the wall behind you before sprinting towards the door. You slightly turn your body so your shoulder makes contact with it first, throwing your whole body weight against it. The frame groans under your weight, the rusted hinges failing to hold on as you push the door down. Taking a deep breath, you’re immediately hit by the fresh clean air filling your lungs. In front of you, you see the beginning of the flight of stairs Chris spoke of. You refrain yourself from doing a little victory dance and start making your way up instead.
As the connection cuts out, Chris locks his phone again after giving you the instructions. He turns around, hurrying after Leon, who is already sprinting out of the room and back the way they came from. Jason follows closely behind, doing his best to keep up. An angry, frustrated expression twists his face as they leap back onto the train tracks, his breathing ragged as he spits out the words.
“If anything happens to her, it’s your fault.”
A snort comes from behind him.
“May I remind you, asshole, that you were the one who alerted the creature and slammed it into the pillar, causing half the room to collapse?” Chris snaps, his back still aching from when he hit the wall moments earlier.
Leon doesn’t have the time or energy to argue with him, even though he desperately wants to. But not now. Not when your life is at stake. God, does he want to hit the guy... That stupid fucking idiot who separated you from him.
Your fault. Your fault. Your fault.
The words echo relentlessly through his mind as he forces his legs to move even faster than before.
As much as he hates Jason, he knows he’s right. It is his fault.
He should have protected you. He should have run to you when the ceiling collapsed, should have shoved you out of the way even if there wasn’t enough time. He should have dragged you to safety. Shielded your body with his own. Instead, you’re all alone out there to fend for yourself in a treacherous city. Who knows what you might run into? He shouldn’t have left you behind. But everything happened so fast. There had been no time to think.
He’s already beating himself up for it. An immense feeling of guilt claws at him mercilessly, flooding his mind with image after image of what he might find when he reaches you. Scared, hurt… Dead.
Leon forces those thoughts away and pushes himself harder, his legs moving so fast that Jason and Chris struggle to keep up as they race through the metro tunnel.
Finally reaching the ground floor, you try to regain your breath as you open the door with a giant zero on it. When you turn the metal knob you sigh in relief, finding it unlocked. You’re once again met by darkness as you enter the new hallway. Not that you had expected there to be electricity so you could turn a light on, but at least a small window so you had some daylight to make out the room better. Instead on your left, you can see the stairs going farther up leading towards the first floor. A second metal door stands at the end of the short hallway, at least ten feet high with iron chains running over it to lock it tightly.
You inspect the thick heavy chains, casting your light upon them. They’re impossible to break, at least with the equipment you have on you. You will need a chainsaw or something if you want to get through here. Your mind wanders to the possible reasons why these chains were used to lock the door. Was it to keep something out? Or rather to keep something in…? Maybe it was meant for that thing you killed a few minutes ago?
Your thoughts are cut short as you hear the last thing you’d ever expect in a horrid place like this.
A child talking.
You perk your ears to make sure you hadn’t imagined it, pointing the flashlight towards the stairs going farther up. The sound comes from somewhere above you, a silent high-pitched voice that definitely doesn’t belong here.
Leaving the door for what it is you make your way towards the stairs, taking careful steps, moving as quietly as possible. Your efforts are futile as one wooden board groans underneath your weight. You stop immediately, your eyes squeezed shut, waiting for anything to react to the noise you just made.
Nothing. Just the sound of the child’s voice getting louder with every step.
Arriving on the first floor, you’re met with two doors, one on each side of the hallway. The child’s voice has become clearer now. Gripping your gun more firmly, you hear it coming from the door on your right. Taking soundless steps towards it, you take a second to think of a plan. What will you do when there’s an actual child in there?
You would save it of course. Check the room first and locate the child. Kill any possible threat that might try to hurt it and deliver him or her to the DSO. Where management could look for a suitable home. Taking in one final deep breath, you raise your foot and kick down the door, setting your plan in motion.
The plan goes straight down the drain as you’re blinded by the bright daylight. You have to refrain yourself from squeezing your eyes shut because of the loud groan and the sound of iron chains moving in front of you. Your view barely adjusts in time, making out the shape of a woman in her late thirties running towards you. Her shriek is loud as she reaches for you with a bloodied mouth and wide red eyes.
An infected.
You act out of instinct. Your finger pulls the trigger. The bullet lands right between the woman’s eyes, stopping her as her body falls to the ground with a loud thud.
“Mama!”
The sharp scream of a child echoes through the air as you frantically look around the room to locate it. A little girl of about eight years old, no taller than 4 feet, comes from behind an old molded sofa. She runs past you, tears streaming down her face as she throws herself on the dead woman lying in front of you.
“No… No mama! Wake up! Wake up mama!”
The child’s sobs shake you within as the reality of the moment starts to sink in. Your eyes fall onto the iron chain attached to the far wall next to the window. The end of it is wrapped around the infected’s chest, its full length seemingly too short to stretch throughout the whole room.
The girl takes hold of the shirt the infected is wearing, roughly shaking it, begging the woman to wake up again. How did a child end up in a place like this? Why did she cry over the death of an infected? Why did she call it ‘mama’? You feel like a piece of lead has been dropped in your stomach, immense amounts of sweat leaking from your pores, the room getting impossibly hot. Fuck. Don’t let it be true. Don’t say you killed her mother… Oh no.
You take a step forward, your shaky hands still holding up the gun, scanning the room for any further threats. The girl’s curly hair bounces as she looks up at you, not liking that you’re getting closer to her.
“You killed mama!”
You feel sick. This couldn’t be happening. This isn’t what you trained for. Killing a mother in front of her child is the last thing you ever wanted to do. It’s one of the cruelest crimes a person can ever commit. You’re a murderer. You robbed a child from its mother. You’re a monster.
You put the gun back into its holster to try and make yourself seem less dangerous. You raise your hands as a sign of surrender. The girl shrinks back, her sweet little cheeks wet from all the tears that come out of her blue puffy eyes.
“I’m not gonna hurt you.” You say, trying to keep your hands from shaking.
The girl wipes her nose with the back of her hand. Her words are mixed with a few sobs as she speaks. “Mama said she was going to get better. She locked herself on the chain so she wouldn’t hurt me. Papa is still out there, looking for help. For something that can cure mama… But you ruined it!”
You shake your head. “Listen, I'm sorry… I can help you-”
“I want mama back!” The girl interrupts you.
“I know. I know. I…” You rack your brain for anything worthy to say. You realize that no matter what you say, nothing will erase the horrible deed you had done. No words will make the little girl trust you. “Shit… I uh, can help you find your dad? Reunite the two of you. How long has he been gone?”
“Three days." The girl sniffles. “But I don’t want your help. You’re a bad guy. You hurt people… You’re gonna hurt papa like you hurt mama.” She says, her eyes falling on the handgun hanging from your right hip, to the machete and shotgun secured on your back.
“No, I won’t… Please, that’s the last thing I ever wanna do. I only hurt bad people.”
“My mama wasn’t bad!” She screams again, looking down at the dead woman underneath her trembling hands.
“No of course not but… You have to listen to me. I can help you.” You say, taking another step forward before kneeling down so your eye level with her. “I may not look like it, but I can get you out of here and bring you to a safe place. I can go look for your dad and bring the two of you together. I won’t hurt him, I promise on my life.”
“I wanna stay with mama.” She sobs.
“I know sweetheart, I know, but you won’t survive if you stay out here. The longer you stay, the more dangerous it will become. I can help you, please, you have to trust me to find your father.” Because of the enormous sense of guilt that’s clawing at you right now, finding the girl's father is your top priority. Next to guaranteeing her safety of course. She looks at you with uncertainty, trying to make up whether to trust you or not. Looking you over from head to toe, she sniffles before looking down at her mother again. After a few seconds she looks into your eyes. Her lips wobble as she speaks.
“Please find papa.”
“I will babygirl, don’t worry.” You say with determination. “You don’t happen to have a picture of him on you, do you? Can you maybe describe to me what he looks like?”
The girl's eyes widen, quickly reaching for something underneath her shirt. She takes out a silver amulet, the pendant heart-shaped, hanging from a silver chain around her neck. She opens it before holding it up towards you, the inside holding a picture of three people. Two of them you recognise: the girl herself, the dead mother lying at your feet and a man you think you have seen somewhere before but can’t quite remember when.
The man looks to be in his early forties, dark black hair, blue eyes just like the girl’s, a stubble covering his jawline. The three of them looked like a happy little family. How the hell did they end up in this place?
“What happened? How did you end up here?” You ask the girl while inspecting the picture better. Tears still run down her face as she answers.
“I was asleep in the car. I don’t know. When I woke up we were in this city and the car had broken down. Papa said we had to step out, look for shelter and try to make contact with the nearest police station. But papa’s phone didn’t work. He said it’d be better if we hid somewhere inside but… They were everywhere. Scary looking people with blood on them, screaming. They wanted to hurt us. They bit papa and mama…”
You hold your breath as she tells you the whole story.
“When we were in an old metro station, papa said that mama and I had to hide. That he was gonna find help for us. That he would come back. So mama and I got up here. We thought we would be safe but… She started to get sick, bound herself to this chain attached to the wall and told me to stay away from her. But I wasn’t gonna leave mama. I couldn’t…”
An old metro station? In this neighborhood? It surely can’t be the same one you were at a few minutes ago, right? Now you think about it, the father in the picture kind of looks like the face of the creature you had killed, its body now buried underneath the rubble… No you’re just imagining things, right? Could it be? Oh god please no. Don’t let it be true that you had just killed both of the girl's parents…
Looking away from the amulet, your gaze falls on the girl’s face again, a helpless expression covering it. You feel so sorry for her. Guilt is eating you alive even though you know there was no hope left for the parents anyway.
“I’m so sorry to hear all of that. I promise you it’s gonna be-” Your words are cut short when your eyes fall on the girl’s forearms. Several bite marks cover her skin. Some are very faint, not enough to pierce through her skin while others left ugly looking marks. The blood from the wounds has already dried up.
“Who gave you these?” You ask her, a small tremor in your voice as you point to her arms.
“Mama did… She mumbled something that I guess meant ‘sorry’ but I couldn’t quite understand her. They hurt at first, but now I’m ok.” She says, rubbing her hands over them, like they’re just scratches that will heal over time.
You let out a silent gasp, squeezing your eyes shut. Putting your lips in a straight line, you turn your head to the side as you force the contents of your stomach back down. You have to do everything in your power to stay strong and to not let out a single tear. As much as you want to help this girl, you know the damage has already been done. There’s no future for her. The infection is probably already spreading in her body. You know what you have to do. But will you be capable?
“How uh… How long ago did she bite you?” You ask her.
“I don’t know. Sometime this morning? It’s been a while.” She says. It’s late afternoon now. Who knows how long it’ll take for her to turn.
“I feel very hot... I think I’m getting a fever. Is that bad?” She asks you while looking into your eyes.
Your mouth hangs open, at loss for words. Fuck you have to act soon. You realize that this can’t go on for much longer.
You’re trembling. Of all the threats being thrown at you, you had never expected you had to kill a child. That is the right decision right? To kill any infected and to prevent the infection from spreading further… Then why does it feel like you’re about to commit the greatest crime of your whole life?
“Will you help me?” The girl looks at you innocently, still crying but finding a new source of hope in you.
You nod before quickly rubbing your eyes as tears threaten to fall. “Yes… Yes I’ll help you.”
“What’s your name?” She asks. You tell her but deliberately don’t ask the same question back. Knowing the little girl’s name will make this so much harder for you. You look around the room for anything, or anyone to help you. But you’re on your own.
Fuck, what would Leon do in this situation? Would he kill this child? You think about the various lessons he’s taught you in the past: kill every infected you come across, no matter how hard or difficult it is. But this girl isn’t an infected yet. She’s still so young. She’s supposed to have a full life ahead of her. Not to have it ended by your hand right here, right now. You shake your head, realizing you can’t wait any longer. The longer you do that, the harder it’ll become.
“I’ll uh… I’ll go find your papa. You just… Stay here and be a good girl ok? I need you to turn around and hug your mama very tight and tell her how much you love her. Think you can do that?”
She nods at your words, her lips forming a little pout. “Uhuh.” She says before turning around and bending over her mama again. “You go look for papa right?” She sobs as you see her push her cheek against her mother’s chest, wrapping her arms around her tightly.
You clear your throat, having to fight your own sobbing from coming through. Your hand wraps around the grip of your handgun, pulling it out of the holster and aiming it at the back of the girl's head. It’s fully loaded. You checked it when you came up the stairs a minute ago. Now it feels impossibly heavy. “Yes baby I will. Now you keep hugging your mother and don’t turn around ok?”
She hums at your words. A few seconds pass before you hear her start whispering sweet words to her mother, of how much she loves her, of how much she misses her, of how sorry she was that she wasn’t able to save her. But her last sentence is what breaks you completely.
“It’s ok mama. Papa will be here soon. It’s gonna be ok.”
Papa won’t be here soon. Both he and his wife are now dead. And their little girl will follow suit.
The gun is shaking in your hands as you move to stand up. Your finger slides over the trigger, readying yourself to take the shot. It will be clean. No mess, just the sound of the gun going off as her body falls to the ground.
You hesitate, your whole body trembling, suddenly not knowing how to breathe anymore. This is horrible… A nightmare you want to wake up from as soon as possible. You’re crying now. Tears streaming down your cheeks, not able to hold back your emotions any longer.
You can’t do this. You can’t kill an innocent person, not like this. Not without them even knowing why. She probably doesn’t even realize she’s sick. What the consequences are and what she’ll become… But Leon’s voice is strong in your head. This part of your training is rooted into you because it’s the essence of a DSO agent. Holding the gun more tightly, you try to man up. Your gunsight is entirely aimed at the top of her head as you move your finger to push the trigger.
You’re stopped by the sound of iron chains breaking and a door bursting open somewhere below you. Turning your head with wide eyes, you look towards the door, wondering if another threat had just run into the building.
But it’s not what you had expected. Instead you hear hurried footsteps on the ground floor and a voice you recognise all too well shouting your name. Leon’s voice. He’s here. He has found you.
“What…?”
Your head turns back at the sound of the little girl’s voice. She had raised her head when you weren’t looking, her eyes looking straight at you now and the gun you’re holding. Her bottom lip trembles, the rest of her body still as she looks at you with the utmost betrayal in her eyes.
You pull the trigger.
The gunshot is loud together with the yelp that escapes you. The girl falls down on top of her mother, her body limp, a large puddle of blood forming on the ground.
You drop your gun and take a step back. The harsh metal strikes the ground. Your hands are shaking as you bring them up to cover the sobs coming out of your mouth. Not holding back anymore, letting the tears fall freely.
Leon’s voice rings through the air again as he shouts your name, an incredible urgency hidden in it before you hear the loud footsteps coming up the stairs. He reaches you within seconds. Stopping at the doorway, his eyes fall onto the terrible scene lying before you. You hear two other pairs of footsteps running up the stairs. Both Chris and Jason stop behind Leon as they also see what lies before them. Leon lets out an inaudible gasp before his eyes go towards you, quickly looking up and down your body to check for any injuries. His gaze catches yours, a look of confusion and compassion as he sees your teary eyes.
You remove your hands from your lips. “I… She was… The mother tried to kill me and… They were infected. I didn’t want to do this… I’m so sorry. Leon please, I’m so incredibly sorry.” You say completely sobbing now, moving your gaze away from his, unable to look him in the eyes, ashamed of what you have done.
You hear the creaking of the floorboards underneath Leon’s feet as he takes a few steps towards you. Opening his arms, he’s ready to embrace you into a comforting hug, to protect you from everything that has happened, to erase your mind if he can. He had never seen you so distraught like this before. You’re normally a very strong minded person, killing whatever and whoever comes in your way. But then he sees the lifeless body of the child lying on the ground and he realizes that whatever just happened, has broken you for good.
Putting his hand at the small of your back he pushes you against his chest. “Come here-“. He doesn’t get to finish the sentence as his body is forcefully pushed out of the way by Jason, who looks almost furious.
“Don’t touch her.” The latter says as Leon catches his footing. You stand between the two of them completely dumbfounded.
Leon’s expression changes in the split of a second, replacing the kind warmness for the harsh, irritated look he usually wears around Jason. Only now you can see his expression holds more anger, more frustration. His body language is hostile, involuntarily making himself look bigger towards the younger man, to look more dominant. He opens his mouth.
“Say that again.“ You know he’s trying to stay calm but you can definitely hear the tremor in his voice. If looks could kill right now, Jason would be dead.
“You heard me. Lay one hand on her and you’ll regret it.” Jason says, his expression stern and determined.
Leon takes a few steps towards him, standing right next to you now. You can see something inside of him snap. All the build up frustration is enough after what happened back down in the metro station. How it was Jason who had triggered the monster’s attention so it would attack you. How it was Jason that had pushed the monster into the pillar, making the whole ceiling almost crash on top of you. He had almost managed to kill you. Twice.
Leon’s voice is low with an underlying threat to it, spitting out the next words. “Know your fucking place boy. Back off.”
Leon would never say something like that, often opting for a more civilized conversation. But it’s all coming together in his mind. The way Jason went behind his back to make a move on you, the events down in the metro station, Jason pushing him away from you just now… The boy has no idea what he’s bringing himself into by attacking Leon about the one thing that matters most.
You.
Jason scoffs at Leon’s words, a foul laugh on his face, shaking his head, almost like he wants to tell Leon he should know better. It’s clearly not only Leon who deals with a lot of build frustration when it concerns you. Months of trying to make himself be seen, to do his best to earn your affection, only for you to be pining over a twenty year older man, who had nothing on him in his opinion. It’s not like he hadn’t noticed. How you’re always looking at Leon like a love sick puppy, trying to gain his attention and pleasing him in any way you could… It infuriates him. It angers him even more knowing that Leon returns your feelings. It’s obvious, the way he always puts himself in front of you when there’s any danger. The not so subtle glances he gives you when he thinks you’re not looking… He has to admit that Leon is very good at hiding it, he even had him fooled for a long time. But it’s clear as day. The old man is in love with you.
It’s disgusting. ‘Does he really think he has a chance with you?’, he thinks to himself. He chuckles before speaking.
“I don’t think it’s me who has to back off man.” He shrugs.
“Excuse me?” Leon says, his voice barely audible, almost like a whisper.
Jason, in his turn, also takes a step forward with now barely any room left between the two of them. He looks down at Leon since he’s slightly taller, gritting his teeth before speaking up.
“Like I said, I think it’s you who has to know their place. You think I haven’t noticed huh? How you’re after her like a desperate stray dog.” He says while gesturing over to you. “How you’re so desperate for some fucking attention. You think it’s not noticeable how you ogle her all the time?”
You look from Jason to Leon, your mouth agape as you can’t believe what’s happening. A child was killed just a few minutes ago for fuck’s sake! Where is his head at?
Leon stays stoic, not moving a single muscle, looking Jason dead in the eye. Inside of him there’s a turmoil of feelings, sadness for how you’re suffering but mostly anger because of the words that were thrown at him. Not necessarily because they offended him, but more so because they offended you. Like you're just an object he can have a say over while you're standing right here like you can’t speak for yourself. Jason speaks up again. His words directed at Leon, saying probably the most degrading thing you’ve ever heard about yourself.
“You do realize though that you’re way out of her league right? That she would never go for someone of your age? I can’t believe you actually thought you had a chance with her.” He huffs before continuing. “People fucking praise you for what you’ve done, but in reality you’re just and old pervert who seeks to get his dick wet and you’re desperately hoping for her to open her legs for you, isn’t that right? Well guess what, I’ll let you in on a little secret…”
You see Leon’s grip get impossibly tight around his gun, his knuckles turning white while he’s slightly starting to tremble with anger.
“Don’t fucking bother. I had her under me last night, her ass up and face down. You wanna know what it did for me? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Just one big disappointment. A pathetic bitch who I can't believe is capable of murdering a child.”
You had never expected Jason, the all so innocent Jason, to become one of the most disgusting people you’ve ever met. To have a personality that’s so horrible, you’re starting to doubt if you would actually save him if his life were on the line. This version of him feels incredibly furious but also defeated and humiliated at the same time. The cause? Being rejected by you for months on end, only to see you longing for someone else.
“Jason what the fuck!” You exclaim while sobbing. You never wanted to kill the little girl, but faith had decided for you. You had to do it, she was gone anyway. She didn’t deserve to get terribly ill and lose her mind until her only thought was how to kill and eat you as fast as possible. You weren't a murderer, were you?
Chris, who has been quiet all this time, lets out a huff of disbelief. “What the fuck did I miss?”
Jason averts his eyes from Leon and settles them on your tear-streaked face. For the first time you don’t see the hopeful loving glance he usually gives you. This time he looks at you like you’re a piece of filth, no better than all the criminals he has killed during previous missions.
Before you realize it, he reaches his hand out for your neck. His expression is determined and cruel, signaling he wants to do nothing more but to hurt you. You gasp, willing your body into a defensive position to try and block his assault. But you don’t get the chance to.
Leon finally snaps. In the split of a second he grabs Jason by the collar and pushes him against the nearest wall, just in time before he can lay a hand on you. Jason doesn’t stand a chance against the experienced agent. In no time, Leon has him in a lock hold against the wall, the muzzle of his handgun pressed against the underside of his chin. Jason’s eyes are wide as he lets out a choked breath at feeling the brute force of his opponent. Leon on the other hand has lost all control. A growl leaves his mouth while he bares his teeth, pushing back the hammer of the gun, ready to fire. Him wanting to hurt you is the final straw. No one touches you. No one.
“Leon!” Both you and Chris shout in fear and surprise. He doesn’t seem to hear either of you, his attention fully focused on Jason, increasing his impossibly tight grip on him.
“You take back what you just said, and you apologize to her.” Leon growls in his face, replacing the muzzle of the gun now against Jason’s throat, pushing it hard against the skin, definitely leaving a bruise.
“You think she wants you, you old fuck?” Jason manages to say with a gurgling voice. Leon’s only response is a grunt as he gives the younger man a hard shove, making his head hit the brick wall behind him.
“Fucking hell Kennedy, get a grip!” Chris shouts, reaching for Leon’s arms. “Let him go!”
You help him, racing towards Leon as well and grabbing his shoulders, pulling him away from Jason. It takes everything for you to help Jason out of Leon’s grasp. His hold is so incredibly strong, you wonder how Jason was even able to breathe in the first place. You manage to separate the two of them, the gun dropping. Air fills Jason’s lungs again while you feel Leon’s hard back muscles strain underneath your palms. Chris’s voice rings loud through your ears.
“I’ve got no idea what’s going on between the two of you…” He says looking between Leon and Jason. “And I don’t need to know. What I do need, is for both of you to forget about it and prioritise the mission! An innocent child just fucking died here!”
They’re both quiet. You only hear Leon’s rapid breathing as he looks down at his feet. Jason gives Leon and you a last disgusting glare before looking at Chris. He gives his superior a curt nod before taking his leave, bursting out of the room and down the stairs. As you watch him leave you can feel Chris’s gaze on you.
“And you two…” He starts. “I don’t know what it is between the two of you, but it needs to stop. You hear me?”
Leon only nods beside you, continuing to look anywhere else but at you or Chris. His temper now simmered down to a small lit fire. You nod as well, wiping the tears from your cheeks, clearing your throat. “Understood sir.”
The three of you leave the room, leaving the little girl with her mother in eternal peace.
The four of you stay in Raccoon City for the night, as Chris wants to go on another search party for more survivors the next morning. He and Leon find a safe spot somewhere on the highest floor of an apartment building, an unsolicited balcony is attached to it giving you a perfect view of the city below. The entrance to the room gets sealed together with the door to the balcony, but still making it easy enough to unlock it if someone wants to get out. There was no room for talking. No one wanted to anyway. Not after what had just happened.
You are all trying to find some material for a makeshift bed, pieces of cardboard, old curtains, carpet… Anything that’s softer than the hard ground beneath you. As the night falls, it doesn’t take long for both Chris and Jason to fall asleep. Their snoring an annoyingly loud ruckus in the room. Leon’s lying on his side, back towards you breathing softly and at ease, probably asleep. An hour has passed like that, but you haven’t been able to close your eyes for even a second. The events from today are haunting you, burned onto your retina. Images of the little girl’s tear-streaked face flash through your mind. The betrayal you saw in her eyes before you killed her is still clear as day. Silent tears fall down your cheeks and into your hair as you look up at the ceiling. You betrayed her. You took her trust and crushed it.
You can still hear Jason’s words running through your head like a mantra.
Capable of murdering a child. Capable of murdering a child. Capable of murdering a child.
Instead his words aren’t used to calm you down, they’re used to break you down. To make you question your whole identity and personality. This isn’t why you signed up to be a DSO agent all those months ago. You signed up to help the weak and innocent, to stop Umbrella from whatever they’re doing, for your own self improvement. It’s not like you had a life out of the DSO facility anyway.
After another hour of lying awake, turning over every now and then, you feel like you’re about to burst, the room completely suffocating you. You’re in need of some fresh air.
Standing up, you try to be as quiet as possible. Stepping over Chris’s sleeping figure you reach for the door that leads to the balcony, silently putting away the small barricade you had made before opening it. You look behind you at the three sleeping men. No one had woken up or noticed your little escape. A loud gurgling snore from Jason startles you for a second before you step out onto the balcony and close the door softly behind you.
The fresh air flowing into your lungs feels like a relief as you place yourself at the edge of the small balcony. Sitting yourself down with your back against the wall, you look through the stone pillars of the railing, staring absently at what’s left of the dark city.
The sound of the door opening surprises you, hearing someone get onto the balcony with you. The door closes again, heavy footsteps echoing through the night as the person moves towards you. You don’t have to look up to know who it is. Of course he wasn’t sleeping. He’s always there, watching like a hawk, protective and worried for your well-being. Leon moves to sit next to you against the wall, not yet saying anything as you’re quick to wipe the tears that fell from your eyes.
“I’m fine.” You mumble. “Just had to get a moment for myself, that's all.”
He hasn’t talked to you ever since the incident with Jason, hasn’t even looked at you while searching for a shelter. You haven’t felt the need to talk to him either. Too embarrassed by the degrading things Jason had said. How he had made you seem like a cheap whore. How he had portrayed you like a cold blooded killer… Well that’s the last thing you want the person you like to think about you, right?
Still not looking at him, you listen to his calm breathing next to you, hearing him take in a deep breath, ready to talk.
“I didn’t say you weren't, but you haven’t gotten any sleep since we got here, isn’t that right?”
Of course he notices everything… You huff while shrugging your shoulders. “It’s just been a hard day. Couldn’t sleep, that's all.”
Leon’s heart almost breaks at seeing how hard you’re trying to keep yourself from falling apart. How you’re so desperate to remain strong in front of him after the horrors you faced today. If only you’d look at him, he would tell you he’s always there for you, that you mustn't worry, that he understands the pain you’re in since he has had to do the same horrible things in the past.
“You’ve been turning over for at least a hundred times without actually falling asleep. I think there’s more on your mind than that’s just been a hard day.” He says now with an utter softness to his voice. “Is it because of what happened to the girl?”
The question hangs in the air for a moment. You don’t know what to say, staring straight ahead. Your lips are slightly parted before you close them again, swallowing thickly. You gasp when you feel the soft nudge of his shoulder against your own and a warmness enveloping your hand. Your gaze falls to it, seeing Leon’s hand wrapped around yours, dwarfing it, rubbing his thumb in comforting circles. He speaks up again, his voice now a soft, warm whisper only meant for your ears, pouring the deepest meaning into his words.
“It’s ok, you can tell me.”
You finally look up at him, and when you do, it’s like you see him for the first time. He’s so very close, mere inches between you two. You feel the warmth of his breath on your face, see the emotion in his gorgeous blue eyes, the feeling of compassion as he gives your hand a comforting squeeze.
“You can trust me.”
That’s when the first tear falls, all the way down your cheek, too fast and too urgent for you to hold back. He’s quick to catch it, his hand moving in a swift motion as his thumb touches your cheek. You pull away from his touch, almost like it burns you, and look down at your joined hands again, shaking your head.
“I… I can’t.” You whisper.
Leon pulls slightly at your hand, motioning for you to look at him again. His voice is a little firmer this time. “You’re hurting yourself by keeping it all in. Remember what I told you a few months ago, after your first mission? To look for someone to talk to whenever you’re having a hard time. You always did it so perfectly, seeking me out when you needed to talk about something or complain about your day. But now it’s different. What changed huh? What made you close in on yourself like that, that you no longer want to talk to me? You can’t keep doing this or it’ll drive you mad.”
You’re trembling. Palms getting sweaty, moving to take your hand away from his. He doesn’t let you, tightening his grip, holding your hand more firmly now. There’s no escaping him, no matter how much you want to. You don’t want to tell him what happened today. Mostly out of fear that he would also think that you’re a monster, that you’re a selfish bitch like Jason had said. Secondly because you don’t want to think about it any more, though the events replay in your mind like a recurring video tape. If only you could stop thinking about something other than the betrayal in the little girl's eyes, you’d be grateful.
“She…” You start, taking in a deep shaky breath. “The woman that was bound by the chain was the girl’s mother. She… She attacked me when I came in. I shot her, like she was just another infected. And you know that big mutated infected we walked into back at the metro station? He was the girl's father. He was out there, probably looking for some fucking cure to save his family, but he didn’t make it. The girl… She uh… Was bitten as well, by her own god damn mother. She was already getting sick when I shot her.”
The tears are pouring out of your eyes now, not holding back anymore, feeling your whole wall crumbling down in front of him.
“She looked at me with so much betrayal… The image is still burnt into my mind. I promised her I would find her dad for her. That I would reunite them… Instead I killed their whole family. All three of them.”
You’re a sobbing mess. Squeezing your eyes shut and moving your face towards the opposite direction Leon is in.
“Jason is right, I’m a fucking killer.”
Your hand is released from Leon’s grip and for a moment you think he’s gotten enough of you. That he’s so disgusted by you right now that he won’t even look at you. You’re wrong, because for the first time ever, you feel his two strong arms wrap around. He turns his body slightly so he’s able to push you against his chest, moving your head so your face is placed in the crook of his neck. You hold onto him, your hands gripping his shirt for dear life as you’re falling apart.
He holds you like a vice. Not once loosening his grip, softly rocking you back and forth, whispering sweet comforting words in your ear. That he’s got you. That it’s going to be ok. That he’s going to help you pull through it. His heart breaks at seeing you like this.
“Listen to me when I say this, you’re no killer. Jason is a piece of shit to make you think that. What you did today was so fucking brave. You took your responsibility and did what you had to do. I know very few agents who are capable of doing that. Those people, the family… They were innocent, yes, but they were also doomed. There was no way we could’ve saved them. You made the right choice. You put them out of their misery and gave them a worthy ending. That’s what any noble agent should do in a situation like that.”
“I feel so awful.” You sob into his neck. He moves one of his arms towards your neck, pulling your face backwards to now move his hand straight on your cheek. His palm feels warm against your skin as he rubs soothing circles.
“I know… I know it does. But believe me when I say you’re gonna get through this. It will take some time, but you can do it. I know you can. You’re so fucking strong. My brave little soldier.”
Your lip trembles, eyes locked on each other as you desperately hold onto his shirt. “Leon, it hurts so bad.”
“Shit baby I know. It’s ok. Come here.” He doesn’t care anymore about his choice of words, pushing you back against him, wrapping his arms around you and trying to shield you from anything that’s trying to harm you.
You sob against his neck, voice cracking, speaking up again. “I never want to go through something like that again. Whatever happens in the future, I’m gonna do my very best to save everyone even if it is the last thing I do. Never again Leon. Never again.”
Leon stills at your last words, remembering very well the last time he said the exact same thing. Months ago on a previous mission, before he even knew you. He understood exactly the heavy meaning behind those words, having seen several men, women and children die himself.
He holds you like that for a long time, letting you cry for as long as you need, rocking you back and forth with a comforting hand rubbing your back. Minutes pass as you relish in his warmth. He, in his turn, breathes in your scent as it calms him down after the terrible events from today. Just this morning he was reading boring files on his computer and now he’s holding you in his arms. A lot has changed in just the span of a few hours.
As the minutes pass and your sobbing lessens your mind finally registers the sweet pet name he had called you, ‘baby’. So innocent and small, it may not sound like anything special to other people. But it did to you. Because never ever has Leon Kennedy, the man you’ve been yearning for since that day in October, called you ‘baby’. Maybe he just said it because he was trying to comfort you? But when you continue to ponder about any possible reason other than the one you’re desperately hoping for, you notice the way he’s holding you.
How one arm is wrapped around your waist, pushing you as close to him as possible while the other arm is wrapped around the upper part of your body. His hand is carefully placed on the back of your head, gently caressing it, fingers intertwining with your hair. How he has his face nuzzled into it, breathing in your scent once again, closing his eyes, seemingly at peace.
And then you remember the rest of it… How he had pushed you behind him when there was imminent danger. How he had thrown his body on top of yours to shield you from the mutated infected’s attack. How he had shouted your name in pure agony when the ceiling threatened to come down on top of you… All just a coincidence? Is he doing those things because he wants to be a good partner to you? Or is there something more?
Then you remember the flowers he bought you yesterday for your birthday. You had never seen him do something like that for anyone else before, not even for Sherry…
Your body starts to get incredibly warm, suddenly all too aware of how hard you’re squeezing his shirt. Of how much of a mess your tears have made on his shoulder, leaving a large wet patch as you move your head up. He opens his eyes, feeling you make your way out of his grip. The cold air makes you shiver as you realize how warm and safe his embrace felt. You don’t look at him, standing up and walking towards the edge of the balcony, bending over slightly to grasp the railing. You rub at your eyes briefly, getting rid of any remaining tears. You hear him stand up behind you, searching and following you like he always has, and always will.
How he’s after you like a desperate stray dog.
You hear Jason’s disgusting words again in the back of your head, your blood boiling as you feel Leon’s presence close behind you. His warm breath hits your neck, sending shivers down your spine. You can’t believe how Jason was capable of insulting and hurting someone as kind and brave as Leon. Who had done nothing but put himself behind everyone else just so he could save as many people as possible. You let out a shaky breath before speaking.
“I’m sorry Jason said all that crap to you Leon. You didn’t deserve that.” You sigh before turning around, looking up into his eyes.
“He infuriates me so much, I just want to go punch him in the face.”
A warm chuckle comes out of Leon’s mouth, the left corner of his mouth turning slightly upwards. “Well you do have a talent for that. Poor dear Jonathan is probably still recovering from that punch you gave him a few months back.”
You scoff at hearing his pun, returning the same soft smile before shaking your head. “Yeah, well Jason has got the same thing coming for him. You can trust me on that.” You say with a determined look while also giving him a little wink. He’s quick to respond.
“I wouldn’t expect anything less from you really. You’ve got my permission, that’s for sure.”
You both quietly laugh at his words as you hold onto the railing behind you. The calm wind flies through your hair, small clouds of air coming out of both of your mouths. His expression gets more serious all of a sudden, his brows furrowed and lips pressed into a straight line. The air around you shifts as you’re wondering if you might have done something wrong.
“What’s wrong?”
He blinks at your question, taking in a deep breath before sighing loudly, not immediately responding. You frown. “Leon…?”
He looks like he’s in pain, avoiding your gaze, when instead he’s about to ask you a question that’s been bugging him for the past few hours. You see his Adam’s apple bop, his hand scratching the skin at the back of his neck.
“You’re scratching your neck again…”
“It’s a bad habit of mine.” He mumbles.
“Clearly…”
He lets go of his neck before dropping his hand to the side. Your eyes fall to it. You reach out, taking his hand in yours, forcing him to look into your eyes.
“What’s on your mind Leon, tell me please. If I have to tell you everything, you have to do the same with me.”
His expression softens at feeling your touch. Your words warm his insides as he feels a slight nervousness build up, replacing the anger that was there before. He doesn’t know how to ask you, scared that you will be offended by his question. But fuck he needs to know…
“Last night… After your outing with Sherry… Did you, did he…”
You see him stumble over his words as it becomes difficult for him to maintain eye contact. You give his hand another reassuring squeeze. He casts his eyes downwards. It seems to be the last encouragement he needs. A large breath leaves him before he speaks up again.
“Did he bed you?”
You feel like the air has been knocked straight out of you, not believing what he has asked you at first. Your mind wanders back to the filthy and degrading words Jason said about you just a few hours ago. That you let him use you for his own pleasure only to turn out to be a big disappointment. Does Leon believe that? Does he actually think you would give yourself to someone as shallow as Jason? That you were able to love someone other than Leon? How does he not notice the way you look at him? How faithful you are to him even though you’re not even together…
He looks up at your lack of response, seeing your parted lips and wide eyes, almost like he’s caught you with a dirty little secret. He takes your silence as a yes. He clenches his fists, involuntarily grasping your hand a little too tightly. He pulls you more towards him now, your free hand bracing yourself against his chest. Gone is his nervous demeanor from before, replaced with something more dominant, something feral. His eyes flicker in the moonlight, looking at you with a territorial gaze.
“Did he touch you?” He asks you more urgently.
His behavior surprises you. You never expected for him to be bothered that much by the idea of someone else having you. You quickly shake your head before letting out a startled breath. “No of course not! Do you really think I would let him use me like that? When I don’t love him?”
His eyes widen at your words. “You don’t?”
You roll your eyes at him. “Fuck, of course not Leon. I hate the guy. Even more so after today. I can’t believe you’re actually thinking that me having sex with him could be a possibility.”
His grip loosens, letting go of your hand, lips parting to let out a shaky breath. “I didn’t… Of course you would never do that. His words just… They just…” He says now a little embarrassed, averting his gaze, looking anywhere but at you.
“Got into your head?” You finish his sentence. He nods at hearing your words, swallowing thickly. “Yeah…” Another second passes. “I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have assumed you would-“
“It’s fine.” You interrupt him bluntly. He shuts up after that, partially angry at himself for fucking it up, but also partially happy that you don’t return Jason’s feelings. You don’t love him. That alone makes him sigh in relief.
Your mind wanders to the other things Jason had said during his discussion with Leon. Foul and hurtful things that are meant to humiliate him, but are also, in a fucked up way, very appealing to you. Does Leon really throw secret glances your way when you’re not looking? Has he been yearning for you just as much as you’ve been yearning for him? You don’t want to get your hopes up, but fuck it, you had to know as well.
“And what about the things Jason said about you huh? Are they true.” You say, fiddling your fingers.
He furrows his eyebrows, looking at you with a confused expression. “What do you mean?”
Now it’s your turn to become embarrassed. You can feel your cheeks involuntarily growing hot, your palms sweaty, picking at your nails. How do you say this without sounding like a fool, or even worse, desperate? Racking your brain for the right words, you come up with something that’s semi acceptable. You really hope you have interpreted his signals correctly. You brace yourself, ready to be laughed at, ridiculed or maybe even thought to be stupid.
You clear your throat before speaking. “He said something along the lines of you really… liking me? More than just a partner or a good friend?”
Fuck that sounds way more stupid when you say it out loud. This was a bad idea. Is it too late to disappear? You break eye contact, your fingers suddenly becoming very interesting as you don’t want to see the weirded out look that would surely come onto his face.
It stays quiet for a few seconds, the only noise being both of your breathing and the cold January wind. You take his lack of response as a sign of rejection. It saddens you, not that you had expected anything else... Because what would someone as perfect as Leon see in a loser like you. He’s probably weirded out about the age difference as well, thinking you’re a desperate and pathetic woman who’s out of her mind to think someone like him would fall for her. You squeeze your eyes shut for a second, willing yourself to remain as unfazed as possible.
“Why do you ask?” He says before you shake your head.
“Forget I said that. I think I desperately need some sleep.” You say, making your way back to the door, playing it off like nothing happened. You just hope you’ll get a good night's sleep and that all of this will be forgotten by tomorrow.
A firm grip around your elbow stops you before you can reach the door. You quickly turn your head, seeing Leon’s intense eyes searching yours. He pulls you more towards him, turning you around so he’s now standing between you and the door. He looks at you like he’s not done with you yet. A fire ignites in his eyes as you do your best not to buckle at the knees. He looks so beautiful like this, more vulnerable and honest. You want nothing more than to run your fingers through his hair, caress his face and kiss him softly.
He’s looking down to match your gaze, his height impressive as he towers over you. You brace yourself, seeing he’s about to speak.
“No, I don’t like you.” Your heart breaks as he whispers the words into the night. All the courage you had left falls to the pit of your stomach. Any hope you mustered goes down the drain. Your vision gets foggy, feeling the liquid starting to build at the corners of your eyes, tears you so desperately want to keep in.
“Well then…” You say, swallowing down your pride. “That’s good to know.”
You try to turn around again, moving your arm to release it from Leon’s grasp. That makes his grip tighten even more. Guess you’re not gonna make it to the door any time soon. Pulling at your arm, he makes you turn around. Now facing him again, you refuse to look into his eyes, settling yours on his chest instead, which is eye level anyway.
“I don’t like you, that’s true.” Damn, you think, he doesn’t have to repeat it like that. But you speak too soon, seeing his lips part again.
“I do so much more than that…” He whispers. You had never looked at him as fast as you do now. Your eyebrows are furrowed, looking into his eyes. The look in them is honest and warm with a slight nervousness to it.
“What… What are you saying Leon?” You mumble, not sure where this is heading.
He takes a deep breath before responding. “What I mean is… that I don’t just like you. My… My feelings for you go way beyond that.”
You shake your head at his words, a single tear running down your cheek. “Please… Leon, don’t say things you don’t mean.” Is this his way of making fun of you? What are the odds that he feels the same way about you as you feel about him? That’s just impossible. You find it cruel how he thinks he can just play with your mind right now.
He takes an urgent step towards you, not letting you go for even a second. He reaches for your face, his thumb wiping away the falling tear. “But I do mean it.”
It’s like you’re cemented in place, not able to do anything more than just breathing and taking in Leon’s presence. For a moment you’re only aware of his proximity, the warmth of his hand and the blue eyes that manage to pull you into them and make you feel like you’re drowning. His hand remains on your cheek, thumb caressing it, slow and meaningful. Your name falls from his lips like an erotic whisper, giving you goosebumps.
“For the past few months, I’ve been trying so damn hard to stay away from you. To get rid of these feelings I thought would be nothing more than something temporary plaguing my mind. But ever since that day in October, the more days passed, the harder it became for me to forget about you. To see you as just a colleague. Back then in the conservatory you didn’t treat me like I was your superior ‘the’ agent Leon Kennedy, but just as Leon… Like an ordinary man and not the fucking waremachine everyone expects me to be.
I thought that making you my partner for missions would ease my worrying for your safety, that I would be more at ease because you’re with me all the time. But instead it only got worse. I felt myself becoming responsible for you, thinking that if something were to happen to you, it would be my fault, and my fault only. When we got separated today and I saw you almost get crushed by the concrete ceiling, I… I felt my heart stop. I thought you had died for a second. It… It felt like I was dying with you. I’ve never felt more scared in my life than I did back then. You get annoyed sometimes when I don’t let you go off on your own during a mission, but the truth is that it’s because I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if anything were to happen to you. It’s the reason I lashed out earlier today. When that asshole tried to wrap his hand around your neck, I saw red…
On the other hand, you’ve made me the happiest I’ve been in a very long time. Your smile, your kindness, your humor, it all brightens up the room when you walk in, making me forget what I was doing in the first place. Whenever you laugh it warms my heart. It makes me feel like I’m 20 years younger again.
If only I had been younger and we were under different circumstances… Fuck you propably think I’m just an old creep… I would have… Maybe dared to make a move on you. I would’ve courted you more properly, you know? Take you out on a proper date, give you more than just a bouquet of flowers and treat you right. Not fucking confess I have feelings for you in this dump in Raccoon City. That’s not what you deserve. You deserve the whole wide world because that’s what you are to me. Everyday when I wake up you’re the first thought on my mind. When I go to sleep you manage to follow me into my dreams. I’m… I’m not just attracted to you anymore. This feeling is a need to wake up next to you every morning and fall asleep with you every night.
A feeling I’ve been trying to suppress for months. It tortures me but I don’t want to give up on it. And fuck, I can’t… I can’t hold on any longer. You’re perfect. In every way, so god damn perfect. I’m… I’m in love with you. And I fervently hope that in some way you’ll return my feelings.
Of course, if you don’t feel the same way I will understand completely. I will leave you be and will only talk to you when it concerns the mission or anything work related. I do not wish to force myself onto you. The only thing I care about is your happiness, and if that happiness doesn’t include me I will respect that completely.”
He looks at you with the deepest love you’ve ever seen, tears brimming his eyes as he just poured his heart out to you. You feel like you're dreaming, your own cheeks wet from the tears that well up. Never had anyone spoken to you with so much love and warmth like you’re the only thing that mattered. Never had someone said the words ‘I love you’ to you and meant it. But with Leon you’re absolutely sure. He doesn’t care that you're younger than him. If anything, he’s more insecure about his own age and that you’re gonna find him too old to consider being an option. You shake your head inwardly at the stupidity of the situation. His heart has been yearning for you just as much as yours has been for him. The only thing bothering you is that no one could know about it. The DSO protocol: no dating, no messing around and no feelings for another agent or you’re out.
“But Leon… We’re colleagues. The DSO will never approve of this…”
“Yes, but we…” He’s quick to react but stops when he sees your look of uncertainty. Swallowing the words he’s about to say, he closes his mouth and breaks eye contact, casting his gaze towards your intertwined hands. He breaks them apart, returning his hands back to his side as he swallows thickly. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what I was thinking. It won’t happen again.” He looks back at the door. “We should get some sleep like you said.”
He turns his back to you, slowly walking towards the door. No… No, no, no. To hell with the DSO protocol.
You take a large step towards him, grabbing onto his shoulder before turning him around to face you. His blue eyes are still sparkling from the tears he’s trying to hold back. He looks at you with a confused expression, lips slightly parted, wanting to ask you what’s going on. You beat him to it. Throwing everything aside, all the nervousness, the worrying and the fear of what might come. You reach for his face and place your hand on his cheek, softly caressing his stubble.
“Thank God I don’t give a damn about the protocol.”
You lean in, standing up on your tiptoes. Looking into his eyes one more time, you let your eyes flutter shut before connecting your lips with his.
The kiss is slow at first, barely any pressure as you’re holding your lips to his. For a second he doesn’t move, shocked at the sudden turn of events as he feels the soft caressing of your lips against his own. He only needs a moment to recompose before he’s moving, kissing you back with so much tenderness your knees almost buckle. You can feel his hand at the small of your back while the other goes towards your side, his thumb caressing your cheek as his fingers settle on your neck. Your own hands are placed on his chest, desperately holding on to his shirt for dear life, not trusting your own legs anymore.
The kiss only lasts about five seconds before he withdraws. When you open your eyes, you see his are still closed. His lips are parted, hot air fanning your face as he breathes heavily. The kiss has the same effect on you. Trying to catch your breath, you’re starting to feel warm inside, realizing your dream is finally becoming reality.
And then his eyes open with a storm of emotions in them, love, fondness, happiness…
“Are you sure you want this? That you want me?” He whispers, putting his forehead against yours.
You answer by reaching for his hand that’s hanging loosely at his side before giving it a reassuring squeeze. “Leon, I've been sure ever since you saved me back on that first mission. You say that you can’t stay away from me, that you have a strong need to protect me… Well I’ve been experiencing the exact same thing. This excruciating feeling of wanting someone but knowing you can never have them or that they may never want you because you’re so much younger… You say you’re scared for my safety but you have no idea how much I fear for your life whenever you put yourself in front of me in a dangerous situation. I want to protect you from any further horrors because you’ve had to go through those way too many times. I… I’ve kept these feelings to myself because the idea of someone so beautiful and perfect like you even considering inexperienced laughable me to be a catch sounded absurd. Hearing you say that you’ve been feeling the same way makes me the happiest I’ve ever been. So happy that I could almost burst because… I love you too Leon, so fucking much. The truth is that I’m just scared… Of what the future holds or of what people might say. I don’t want to lose you. I can’t… I need you Leon…”
“Oh baby as long as I’m breathing you’ll never have to lose me.” And then he kisses you again more fervently.
He’s a bit more rough this time. His lips are warm against yours as they mold together. His hand at your back pushes you against his hard chest as you feel his hand at your neck slightly tighten. The hold he has you in is safe and intimate, making it clear he never wants to let you go. You don’t want to let go either. You kiss him with more need this time.
You feel the wet touch of his tongue against your lips asking for permission to enter. You grant it, opening your lips and accepting his tongue, a bit shy and insecure at first. Sure you had been with someone before, but that was years ago. The feeling of Leon’s lips on yours was nothing compared to that first time.
Breaking the kiss to catch a breath, you leave your eyes closed. Meanwhile he looks at you like you hung the stars, softly caressing your cheek like you’re a fragile piece of porcelain. His thumb moves lower, grazing your bottom lip. Your eyes flutter open as his thumb lingers, dragging your lip slightly down to make you pout. The look you give him is one of wonder, longing and utter submission. He’s mesmerised, seeing how quickly you give yourself over to him, how you nuzzle into his hand like you belong there. When your eyes connect with his and he sees your willingness, how much you want him… Oh well, he's a goner.
“Fuck me… “ He groans, turning you around, slowly pushing you against the nearest wall. He cages you in, pressing your body against his, making you feel every muscle, every movement, his warmth… He kisses you again with so much hunger, claiming your mouth with his tongue as you’re holding on for dear life. The temperature rises when you feel a hardness press against your lower belly all of a sudden. Slowly and carefully at first, not trying to startle you. You moan into his mouth when you realize he’s just as excited about you as you are about him. Your own wetness is slowly forming and dripping from your intimate hole, making a mess in your cotton underwear. You push yourself against him, signaling that you want this, want him.
He groans into the kiss, your response spurting him on even further. He’s on cloud nine, having the woman he loves kissing him back. So willingly in his arms, rubbing yourself against his hardness. He had been starving for this, to feel you, to kiss you, to hold you… And now he’s finally getting all of it. God, there’s no going back for him after this. Not when he knows you want him so desperately. You're his, whether you like it or not.
“You’re mine.” His voice cracks as he breaks the kiss.
“Yours…” You manage to mumble out of breath.
Fuck how did he get to so lucky with you. He’s thankful for whatever higher power thought him to be worthy to get a woman as gorgeous and perfect as you.
He gives you a slow kiss on the lips before moving towards your jawline, all the way down to your neck. He kisses the skin there, his teeth softly nipping at you. Moving his hand towards the neckline of your shirt, he pulls the fabric away and gives himself access to your collarbones. His other hand reaches for the back of your thigh, lifting it up to let it rest on his hip. That way he’s capable of rubbing himself even harder against your heat. You moan at the action, tilting your head back, letting his mouth work wonders against your neck.
You’re suddenly reminded of the presence of the two other men back inside, who you hope are still sleeping.
“Leon…” You say through a low moan. His only answer is a deep groan in your ear.
“Leon we can’t… We should stop. Not here, when we’re not alone…”
He withdraws from your neck, interrupting you, a hungry and territorial look in his eyes. The haze of desire is still there, burning hot beneath the surface. “I don’t fucking care. I want to let that piece of shit know you’re mine. Show him who you belong to…”
His words do nothing to ease the amount of want you have for him. But there’s still one thing he’s forgetting.
“What about Chris? If he notices us, we’re done for. And after today… After what happened with Jason…” Your voice cracks slightly. “People are already going to talk.”
He stills at that, jaw tightening instantly, eyes slightly wider now. At the mention of Jason, something dark flickers across Leon’s face again. His hand flexes at your thigh.
“Fair point...” He exhales and rests his forehead against yours again, eyes falling shut briefly like he’s trying to gather himself.
“You know what the worst part is?” He mutters. You shake your head slightly.
“I spent months convincing myself this could never happen.” A humorless laugh escapes him. “Told myself I was too old, too damaged, too fucked up for you. Told myself that even if you ever felt the same, it wouldn’t matter because the DSO would destroy it before it even started.”
His thumb strokes slowly beneath your jaw.
“But the second I thought I lost you today…” He swallows. “None of it mattered anymore.”
Your chest aches painfully at the confession.
“Leon…”
“I mean it.” He says firmly, pulling back just enough to look you in the eyes. “If the world ended tomorrow, the only thing I’d regret is not telling you sooner.”
Emotion clogs your throat all over again.
“You really scared me today.” He admits softly. “When that ceiling came down… Christ.” His voice trembles. “I’ve lost people before. Too many. But you—” He cuts himself off sharply, like the words hurt too much to say aloud. Your hand slides up to his cheek instinctively.
Another silence settles between you again, but this one feels different now. Softer. Intimate. Fragile in a way neither of you are used to. Then Leon suddenly huffs a quiet laugh against your lips.
“What is it?” You ask.
“You realize…” He murmurs. “That after all this buildup… Our first kiss happened on a freezing balcony in zombie-infested Raccoon City.”
Despite everything, a laugh escapes you too. Wet tears still cling to your lashes, but for the first time all night, your chest feels lighter.
“Wow…” You mumble. “You really know how to romance a girl, Kennedy.”
“There were supposed to be candles.” He says gravely. “Maybe some wine.”
You snort. His smile fades slowly after that, replaced with something unbearably tender as he studies your face like he’s memorizing it.
He releases your thigh before returning his hand to your waist, leaving a little more space between you. If only you were somewhere safer. Somewhere you wouldn’t have to worry about who might hear or see you. Somewhere he could truly have his way with you…
Connecting your gaze to his again, you drown in those blue pools filled with admiration, longing and love. Your noses brush together as he parts his lips, a trace of nervousness lingering in his voice. “So… You really don’t care about the age difference?”
You shake your head softly, smiling at him. “Not even a little. Leon, you’re everything I could ever want, no matter your age.”
For the first time in what feels like forever, he gives you a genuine smile, one so warm and full that it reaches all the way up to his ears. It’s so contagious, making your own smile grow wider in return. You lean forward and rub your nose gently against his before cupping his cheeks in both hands, your thumbs brushing over the rough stubble along his jaw.
“I love you Leon.”
“And I love you sweetheart.” He whispers before capturing your lips in another kiss.
The two of you stay like that for a little longer, kissing each other under the starlit sky with all of Raccoon City to see it. Despite the horrible events that happened earlier that day, you fall asleep a few moments later with a peaceful and full heart. As you lie on your side you feel Leon’s strong arms wrap securely around, pushing your back against his chest while sleep slowly claims you both.
Thank you for reading! <3 Once again, I'm sorry if there are any grammatical errors. Please feel free to comment or DM me so I can correct them.
If anyone's still interested, I will continue to write a part four, which would be the ending of this series. :)