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Leon opens the door to find you laying on the couch with the tv on. He takes he's shoes off and sets his bag on the ground next to the door, far too tired to set it down in his shared bedroom. As soon as he walks into the living room you get up and run towards him.
"Hey." He chuckles as he pats your back. You hug him so hard it makes it hard to breathe for the both of you. You lean back to finally get a look at him. You look at his neck to see that that big black spot that was starting to get you worried was gone. You touch at the spot where it used to be.
"You got rid of it." You look up at him as he nods.
"Yeah... This mission was definitely something." You see his eyes slighting shift to more watery before he blinks it away.
"Well was it a good one? I also made me dinner but I didn't finish it so you can have the rest, it's in the fridge." You walk towards the kitchen to go and heat it up for him. He sighs as he walks to sit down on the couch. "Thank you, I'm so fucking tired." The old man states as he closes his eyes and leans his head back on the couch. After what felt like an eternity, you gently tap him on the shoulder to tell him his food is done. Ever since you learned about his past with Raccoon City and all you always try to be as gentle and quiet as you can when you go and wake him. He gets up with a grunt as his bones are probably tired as all hell right after a mission. Once you guys got to the table you sat him down and brought his plate to him.
"Oh honey this looks delicious. Thank you so much." After a moment of him just staring at it he asks, "May I have a beer with this?" You softly sigh at his request because you know he likes to drink heavily after a mission but since it was just a beer you nod and go get him one. "Thank you, you're my life saver."
You chuckle from the kitchen. "Yeah even though you literally everyone's life saver." You get no reply from that. You think that this mission must've been different if he's acting like this. Usually after his "normal" missions, he talks with you for a little, takes a shower, and goes to bed. But this time... you just feel like something is off. Now, of course you know he can give you full details about what happened, but he can at least tell you the over view of what happened since it's most likely going to be on the news anyways. You come back with his beer and set it down next to him. You pull out your chair and scoot it closer to him then sit down.
"So...Mr. Kennedy, how was the mission?" You try to act professional with a smirk. He scoffs at you and rolls his eyes. "Like I said, something..." He picks at his food while saying that. You can tell there's 100% something on his mind so you put your hand on the top of his hand while softly rubbing your thumbs along his knuckles.
"Leon... You can tell me. Just the base stuff of course. We've been together for over 10 years, you know I won't judge at all." You take his hand in yours and kiss his big knuckles. You look up at him when you hear sniffling. Your eyes widen as you scoot your chair closer to him. At this point your almost in his lap as you move his hair out of this way so you can get a good look at his face. He has tears running all down his face. You gently wipe them away as you cup his face, his stubble rough on your soft hands. "Baby, hey it's okay. Let it all out okay. It's okay." He nods as he tries to hold in his soft whimpers. Once you heard them, you could feel your heart break. You let Leon up and you guide him to the couch as he sobs. You lay down as you grab him to lay on top of you. It's something he admitted that helps him clam down.
"I almost died." He hiccups. "I almost couldn't do anything, again." You're quick to shush him. He knows it's not true. He saved the world again. "Hey, we both know that's not true. You came back alive and better than ever." You whisper to him as you brush your fingers through his soft hair.
After a few minutes, his crying seemed to have slowed down. "Is it okay if I ask questions now?" You can feel him nod against you. "What happened?" He sighs loudly before answering.
"A lot. I went back to Raccoon City. I- fuck - There was this girl, her name was Grace. She reminded me so much of little me. I saw myself in her, I couldn't let anything bad happened to her. And I almost failed her. Almost failed me, twice. Going back to the place where it all began. The place where I still have nightmares about. Seeing all the bodies I could've helped. I could've- I could've done something more. But I didn't-" He lets out a whimper as he sniffles, telling you he's about to cry again.
"Shh shh okay. I understand now, that's all you have to tell me." You whisper to him as you continue to brush your fingers through his hair and slow your breathing to help him focus on it more.
You guys lay there for an hour before you ask him if he's ready to lay down yet. He nods and gets up.
"You go lay down, i'll be right there I just need to put up your food first." He thumbs up as he walks into your dark shared bedroom. You quickly clean up his food so you can hurry and get into bed with him. You get in the room to see Leon already fast asleep. You get undressed and into bed. You tenderly get into his arms as you have your back towards him. You guys will have so much to talk about in the morning.
"Thank you, love" You hear him whisper to you before you both drift off to sleep.