can we just pretend this never happened?(Ashley and Leon nearly having a moment mid mission but she's brushing it off like 'nope not going there')
@mysticaltwoface
"Too late. We're in the thick of it. The hurricane."
"We have to get the parasites out, and we can't bring this back to the United States. So, until then, this island and castle is a prison for us."
The thought frightened him, as he always wondered what had made him different from other cops, who worked just as hard as other cops and had more experience, time on the street, gritty vigilance to deal with lack of public support while drowning themselves in coffee and cigarettes, quietly holding back the dark with lanterns.
The quiet truth that Leon didn't speak of was that he was protected. A Catholic cop who used faith as a shield, and a mixture of his mother's Shinto religion that traded honor as currency for protection. He was a divine soldier, that monsters feared, and could not touch. Fortune favored him, for being bold.
"You got this, Ashley. I know it's hard, but I need you to keep this together, and lock it in. No matter what."