@rookierpd said : ❛ i know you probably hate me right now, and i get it. ❜ (...... LORD KENNEDY)
it's the understatement of the century — !
ethan doesn't know how to respond. there's the urge to laugh in disbelief ; the urge to sob uncontrollably ; the urge to pull his gun out and put a bullet right in leon's forehead ( not that it would do any real good ). for a moment, he merely stands there, disbelief etched onto features. it HURTS, seeing him like this. it hurts to know that this leon would throw him aside, would throw rose aside like they are NOTHING.
[ LORD KENNEDY—! A BASTARD RULER, A BASTARD LOVER. ]
hand slides down to the gun that is tucked in his jacket pocket. He does not withdraw it, not yet, but hand rests upon the cool metal. it’s an illusion of safety, an illusion of protection from the thing before him. ethan continues to stare at him, blue eyes flickering with a mixture of emotions, before the words finally tumble free : “ you’re fucked in the head, leon. ”
everything about this is fucked up ; this isn’t the leon kennedy that ethan CARES for. this isn’t the man whose body has been entangled with his, the one who had been a distraction on the days where a crumbling marriage got to be too much to handle. it’s not even the physical changes that horrifies ethan ; it’s the mental changes, the ones that have fucked with leon’s mind and memories until they’re all contorted and twisted, exploiting weaknesses and vulnerabilities to turn him into something new.
“ the leon that i know … he wouldn’t ever want to use rose as a WEAPON. ” and that’s the greatest betrayal of them all, isn’t it? the way that leon is so willing to use a fucking six-month-old as a soldier. Not just any baby either, but ETHAN’S ; rose has been in leon’s arms before, ethan has seen the affection in the other man’s eyes for her. THAT leon would have done anything to protect her, to keep her out of harm’s way, but the LORD before him wants to weaponize her, just like heisenberg.
why does this happen? why does everyone ethan cares for end up trying to fuck him over?
CHRIS. MIA. and now, LEON. every single one of them.
a step closer taken, hurt and anger etched onto the younger’s face as he whispers, “ you don’t get it. you won’t get it until you decide to actually LISTEN to someone who’s mind hasn’t been TAINTED. i could help you, if only you would LET ME. ”