AO3CitrusCyrus
September 30th, 1998.
One night ago, Leon S. Kennedy was a rookie cop, Claire Redfield was searching for her brother, and Sherry Birkin was an ordinary little girl.
Then Raccoon City died.
After escaping the nightmare, Leon, Claire, and Sherry head for the Redfield family home in rural Kansas-the only refuge they can think of. Haunted by what they survived and unsure who they can trust, the three travel America's backroads searching for something that feels impossible after Raccoon City: a normal life.
As the days pass, Leon struggles to reconcile his memories of the mysterious Ada Wong with the growing bond he shares with Claire. Together, they face nightmares, old wounds, roadside motels, and the unexpected responsibility of caring for Sherry.
But Umbrella isn't finished with them. HUNK, the company's most efficient operative, has been sent to track the survivors before they disappear for good, while Albert Wesker watches from the shadows, his ties to Chris Redfield and Ada Wong shaping plans of his own.
A slow-burn story of survival, healing, trauma, romance, and found family, set in the Resident Evil Remake timeline between Resident Evil 2, Code: Veronica, and Resident Evil 4.
(This is a remake of my AO3 Fanfic "After The Never-Ending Rain", published in 2019. It is currently being rewritten on AO3 as well under my AO3 name CitrusCyrus)