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December 2nd 6am..
Leon has always been up for the past few hours, just watching Ada sleep. She looks so peaceful and calm, something he’s never seen before always just the cold exterior and a a few small smirks. The Ada he knew in Raccoon city knew had some reflection of affection or being scared. Last night was a completely different thing, he didn’t mean to make her cry. All he wanted to do was tell her the truth but it hurt her and seeing her hurt broke his heart all because of something that he meant to shut down the day she came back to him. She’s all he ever wanted, even when he thought that she was dead and some girl try to hit on him with her witty banter it was like to him every girl was trying to be her.
He kissed Ada’s forehead and holds her closer, she snuggles into him “How long have you been awake Leon?” She murmured. Leon chuckles at her sounding frustrated but too tired to care “Since at least 5am…Do you want breakfast?” He kisses her cheek while he starts to get up but she whines a bit and tries to pull him back to bed “That requires your warmth to leave this bed…” she whines softly
“Pancakes or Waffles?”
“Pancakes with blueberries please”
Then just like that she’s back to sleep, that was probably the best sleep both of them got in years. Leon realized that he got a full nights rest rather than waking up in a cold sweat and his heart trying to beat out of his chest. He closes the door just enough that he can still see her sleeping body, this is when the record player that Sherry gifted him last Christmas come into play but she only bought him her favorite records so Frank Sinatra it is. “Good morning Leon!” Sherry was cheery this morning and she hoped on the counter right next to him pick up a few blueberries. He smiles at her until he sees that look on her face “So who did you bring home last night.” She sang…
The eye roll was quick, “You’re real noisy..I hope you know that.” He muttered while flipping his “Was it Claire?”. Those hit him the bag of bricks then what she said next hurt him even more “I’ve always know you two were in love with each other” she pops a few more blueberries in her mouth but he shook his head “No, Sherry you know when I went through that..um depressive phase.” He murmured “Yeah you almost drank yourself into a coma for a month straight.” Her voice was hushed now… “I told you about Ada right..” he placed the finished pancakes on one plate as she nods “Well I saw her again when I had that mission in Spain, she helped me out a lot there and she almost died there again but we went our separate ways after…” he feels sick thinking about what those agents said about what those agents said about her.
Leon clears his throat “I overheard BSAA agents talk about how Wesker shot her helicopter down and she died in the crash. It was confirmed and everything , that’s why I drank so badly knowing she was gone killed me inside.I felt like I should’ve went with her.” He tapped eggs on the counter spilling the contents onto the bowl “So…you drank because you were grieving. I’m sorry Leon I should’ve known you what type of pain you were in. I-I could’ve-” Sherry mutters looking down like she’s ready to cry “Hey…hey sunshine, you’re just a seventeen year old girl, who should only be worried about school not about whatever I have going on..okay?” All she did was nod and sniffles as she pulls Leon into a hug “You wanna stay home today from school today?” Leon returns the hug and rubs her back.
He felt a small nod on his shoulder “Okay honey go lay down I’ll bring you hot coco and breakfast in bed. Okay?” Leon gently lifts sherry off the counter. Sherry gives him one more tight squeeze and leaves him to finish breakfast up. Which he did and boy he knew how to cook, Chief Leon made blueberry pancakes, eggs with a side of bacon. He delivers too especially to his little girl sherry and after that Ada was next.
As he made Ada’s plate, he felt a kiss on his shoulder. “When did you wake up, beautiful?” He huffs while a smile forms on his face, Ada snuggles into his back “Not to long ago” tiredness still laces her voice.. “Leon why didn’t you tell me that you tried to drink your self to death because of me?” Her voice still tired but stern. They talked about it because that’s all they could do the past was the past and all they could do now was focus on their future together.
December 2nd 12:30pm
They’ve probably spent most of the time from breakfast to lunch laying down on the couch snuggled up together, watching law and order SVU reruns and taking a few naps. Ada’s furniture drop off date moved until tomorrow afternoon due to the snow, so they agreed to spend the next two days learning about each other. Her favorite color is red because red is a lucky color in her culture, her favorite fruits are strawberries and more recently new knowledge he learned is she loves naps in warm places. Mostly because she fell asleep on his chest under the fuzzy blanket they’ve been sharing.
A soft knock on the front door distracting him from all his thoughts about Ada, he carefully and slowly moves her without waking her up tucking a stray hair behind her ear. “Mmmm…don’t.” She murmured but he lulled her back to sleep and move the blanket to completely cover her then quietly open the door he was mostly expecting Claire to be there to check on sherry but it was “Jill?” He moves aside, “I’m sorry about interrupting your even with um her” she nods her head over to Ada sleeping peacefully on the couch “It’s fine but what’s wrong?” He asked confusion lacing his voice “I was wondering if you could not tell anyone about Carlos and I…”
Leon was so confused mostly because why did she want to keep it a secret “We’ve been dating for 6 years since um… after Raccoon City and when you saw after the bar, I just want us to be engage and settled down with him..well more settled down..” She rambled and his jaw was floored “Six…years… Wait!” He starts counting the years they’ve been friends for “I’ve known you for 5 years so you’re telling me you been dating him since we got out of Raccoon city..” He rubs his face thanking the universe that Jill and Carlos were serious now he doesn’t have to worry about him and Ada going out to dinner again because they are truly just co-workers.
A smirk plays Jill’s face “but I know that look on your face Mr Kennedy you’ll keep my secret” his eyes rolls “Of course I will future Ms Oliveira…but now you look like you have something more to say.” He crosses his arms and eyes keep flick towards Ada who’s still sound asleep and Jill who’s still wearing that devious smirk on her face. “What’s going on with you and Claire also since when did you start dating Carlos’s boss…” Fuck I forgot she doesn’t know what Ada looks like. “She kissed me and I rejected her also you know Carlos is an ex-umbrella mercenary well uh well his boss is thee Ada Wong…” he nods to Ada on the couch still peaceful in though they were just a few feet away from her. “She faked her death to be here and free so now she’s a private investigator…”
“Leon”
The person calling Leon’s name wasn’t Jill, he didn’t realize it was Ada because her eyes were still closed and her voiced sounded panicked. The pained whimpers caught his attention more and more, as he goes to check on her, Jill excuses herself out the house but he all he could do was nod, his attention was focused on the pained whimpers from Ada. Her mutter’s are filled with “no” “don’t” “Leon you have to leave.”. Leon saw her wake up in gasp, her eyes flicker with panic..
I want her to tell to tell me everything now.