❝you talk a big game, rookie. can you play it though?❞
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in which 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐀. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 was an unwitting participant in an experiment run by the Umbrella Corporation that left him scarred in more ways than one, and in which rookie police office...
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𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑤𝑜: 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛: 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑝 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑠
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The Sewers, Raccoon City — September 30th, 1998
Midnight tips them over from September 29th into September 30th in the aftermath of the events in the gun shop, and Mason is thankful that they're getting closer to being out of this damn city.
The sewers are a maze of twisting pipes covered in grime and trash, but, thankfully, there are no infected to speak of — which Mason is grateful for, because he's so damn tired of their persistence. Flashlight sweeping the area, he catches sight of Leon attempting to help Ada at the base of the ladder, and jealousy gnaws at his rib cage, snarling for freedom. But he swallows it down, boots sloshing through the grey water as he heads further into the sewers, leaving the lovebirds to their moment.
He should have never kissed Leon. Never. Not the last time in the gun shop, and definitely not the first time in the police station.
He should have never asked Leon out. Never. Not even though he desperately wanted to — and still wants to — get close to the man back then.
He should have never flirted with Leon. Never. Not when he started calling him "pretty boy," albeit teasingly at first, and paired it with the excuse of not wanting to use Leon's actual name in fear of getting attached.
He should regret all of Leon, but he doesn't. He can't. Not when the rookie police officer has given Mason the chance to be human after an entire life of being dehumanised; an entire life of being an experiment. He can't regret any of it, even if it means being attached to a man who will never stay by his side when the full truth is revealed and Mason is nothing more than a damn monster in his eyes.
An explosion makes them stumble, water sloshing around their feet as the shockwaves make it tremble, and Mason hears a distant growl, coming from something much larger than they have already faced this night. Someone stumbles into his back and Mason reaches out on instinct, steadying them, mismatched eyes looking back when he realises that the arm is much too thin to be Leon's. Ada is ruffled from the pseudo earthquake, and her beige trench coat is starting to be covered in grime, but...
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