What We Choose

Leon S. Kennedy survived decades of impossible missions. Now he just wants to exist without anything-or anyone-mattering too much.
You weren't looking for connection either. Just a place where no one needed you to function.

A shared rooftop. Sleepless nights.
An age gap both feel. Two people convinced loneliness is safer.

Until it isn't.

What starts slow-companionship, trust, restrained desire-transforms into something intense. Emotional first. Physical after. Explicit when both finally surrender.

Inspired by Leon's new appearance in Resident Evil 9: Requiem: an older Leon, with the years etched into his body, his gaze, and his silence.

Originally published on AO3.

Slow burn to explicit content. Age gap. Inspired by RE9. Choosing each other despite the fear.