A/N: So, I got Resident Evil 4 about two month ago, and no matter how many times I try, I always freak out halfway while playing. (As of yet, I am at the Castle...goddamn Castle...) Ever since playing, something has happened. I tried, I resisted...but I am now a Resident Evil and Leon-fangirl. (And loving it) Really, who can resist when you get a view of his ass-I mean, back every waking moment of the game.
Number one pairing in my mind right now: CHRISxLEON!! I don't know about you guys, about to me, Leon is uke material...the perfect uke to be subject to my schem- uh, story. Yes...story... *shifty eyes* Anyways, this is my first Resident Evil continuing story, so please be nice to it! Keep in mind that I tried my best to keep everyone as in character as possible. So far, Leon and Ashley have been easy to keep in character but I'm still struggling on how Chris will be, but, *shrugs*...
This was inspired by Ashley's "Overtime" comment in the last cut scene of the game which my yaoi over-imagination warped beyond recognition.
Disclaimer: I do not own Leon's as- I mean, ("Damnit!") Resident Evil.
Operation: M.A.T.C.H.M.A.K.E
Chapter 1: The Discovery
"So..."
"For the fifth time Ashley, no, I will no do any 'overtime' with you." Leon said flatly as he flipped to the next page of the New York Times he was reading.
The two blondes had finally made it back to land after the long ride from that hellish island on Ada's speedboat. At arriving on the beach of modern Spain, they were exhausted, hungry, and just a bit irritated at their salt-water soaked states. (Ashley mostly, though Leon complained in the inside)
Neither one liked being wet, apparently.
Nor did they appreciate being spectered with wide eyed stares from people once they arrived on the family beach, either.
'Honestly,' Leon had scowled as he helped Ashley off the speed boat, 'Don't these people have better things to do?'
After all, there was nothing remotely special about seeing an armed agent with the United States President's daughter in tow, trudge their way into a nearby Starbucks for some much needed food. (The people had refused the pesetas he had, but Leon thankfullystill had some pesos on him when he first arrived in Spain)
But boy, being back in modern society was a huge relief. No more mace waving priests, creepy Spaniard farmers bent on killing them, or any religious cult groups/plague-people running around. When Leon had finally radio-ed Hunnigan and showed her Ashley, they'd been given a lift straight to the Alicante Airport with a one-way ticket to D.C.
Thus here they were at the food court, chowing down and waiting for their private plane to arrive in, if the flight schedule was right, forty-five minutes.
All's well that ends well...
Leon's eye twitched as his charge opened her mouth.
...if only Ashley would just shut up.
"But Leon~"
"Not interested." The former Raccoon City cop sighed and turned to the next page of the article.
Ashley pouted and chewed on a fry. "You said you didn't like that lady back on the island, so why not me?"
"First off, I never said I didn't like Ada, and second, not you because you're too young."
"I'm 18, perfectly legal!" Ashley pointed out.
"And I'm 27. Nine years older." Leon countered, and set down the newspaper to regard his charge.
"Well, my parents are eleven years apart in age!"
Leon could feel a headache coming on at the sudden debate. It was so much easier when the only conversation they had were 'wait' and 'follow me' back on the island. He had to give Ashley some credit for persistence though...
But the thought of him actually going out with the preppy girl sent chills up and down his spine.
"Also... you're not my type." Leon continued.
Ashley's interest perked. "Then what is your type?"
"Well, taller than you, squirt." Leon said, sipping on his drink.
Ashley turned away with her arms crossed and mock-huffed angrily as her bodyguard chuckled. The teen was about to retort when she noticed something odd.
All around the cafeteria they were in, she noticed a few guys looking their way. For a moment, Ashley thought they were staring at her, ('Who wouldn't?!' she thought smugly) but upon further inspection, she realized those appreciative and admiration-hidden eyes were looking in Leon's direction, raking in her bodyguard's laid back form. Ashley took a cursory glance from some staring men to the oblivious agent whom was still engrossed in his drink and looking around aimlessly in boredom.
Now that she thought of it, Leon was wearing a pretty tight shirt...
'Like eye-candy!' Ashley gushed in her mind. 'But its kinda weird...Daddy almost always had really bulky dudes guard be sometimes. Leon just looks- not wimpy- but kinda...'
Leon sharply whipped his head to the side to move his fringe when it got in his line of vision.
'Kinda...feminine.' Ashley blinked. 'Wait, if I'm right, then this-'
A light bulb went off in her head.
'-would explain so much!!'
"Say Leon?"
"Hmm?"
"Why are you still single, anyways? I thought for sure that you would've settled down with a girl already." Ashley questioned nonchalantly.
Leon blinked at her question, but answered nonetheless, if not cautiously.
"Well...I guess I just haven't met the right person yet."
'Not "girl" or "one", but "person"' Ashley noticed slyly.
"But," Leon shrugged, "I've been busy with work. There's no time for relationships when I have missions left and right." That, and no one had ever approached him. (as far as he knew, at least) Leon sipped on his drink thoughtfully, oblivious of the leers he earned at the simple action around him.
"So...you're a virgin?"
And Leon promptly choked on his drink and sputtered.
"Ashley!" If it wasn't for his training, he would've been gaping. As thus, the widening of his eyes were the only things that showed off his surprise.
Leon lowered his voice as to not make a scene. After all, he didn't want Ashley to be kidnapped for the being the President's daughter...again. "Where did you get an idea like that?!"
Ashley carefully kept her face innocent. "Well, you said that you've never been in a relationship before, so therefore, VIR-GIN!"
Leon cursed the damned blush that dared rise to his face. "Hey, first off, I never said that I've never been with anyone before, and second, I'm not a virgin! I don't know where you get these ideas! You don't automatically loose your virginity once getting in a relationship and- oh god, why are we even talking about this?!"
Ashley tried to resist the urge to giggle at first, but cracked halfway through Leon's hurried explanation.
Leon scowled. "We're not talking about this. Eat your food, Ashley."
The giggling slowly subsided and she grinned. "Fine, fine. I'll shut up, but just answer me this okay? Would your dream guy be at least tall, dark, and handsome?"
"Ye-" Leon's hands froze halfway from opening his newspaper. The blonde agent snapped his mouth shut and slightly alarmed iridescent eyes instantly shot to her.
Ashley met his gaze steadily.
'Way to go, Kennedy, walked into that one.' Leon inwardly berated himself. How could he have gotten the conversation to go here?!
His sexuality had always been a touchy subject to him. It's not like he cared what anyone thought if they knew (after all, he could probably kick their asses so fast they wouldn't even see it coming) but it wasn't something you just make public. Some people became overly sensitive about knowing and hanging around a gay man and their behavior and actions tended to be negatively affected when around them. To be honest, Leon didn't want that to happen and botch a mission. Thus was why he often put up the ladies' man front to make them think otherwise.
The odd thing though, Leon noticed in many situations, was that it was usually men that tended to be sensitive around gay guys. The women however...
Their views of gays seemed to be very...enthused(?) to say the least. Leon inwardly winced as a memory of his female captain back when he was in the academy. She had surprisingly figured out his sexuality after a few weeks and asked him for confirmation.
He'd been cautious and a bit reluctant to tell her anything at first, but was relieved when she just 'oh'-ed when he finally did.
It was only after the information sink in to her did he feel very uncomfortable. Her eyes had marginally widened and her jaw dropped. Then, her face had twisted so oddly that Leon had to question her whether she was experiencing some sort of seizure.
To put it other words, Leon had never heard the stern and disciplinary captain, squeal before.
It was terrifying.
And it was even more terrifying to know that the same thing would happen again but with Ashley.
Right about now.
"KYYAAAAAAAAA!"
Leon winced at the sheer volume of the squeal, and instantly tried to quiet her down.
"Ashley, quiet down would you?!"
The girl held her red cheeks and struggled to close her mouth to contain another squeal when she saw that Leon wasn't denying the fact of being into guys. Stomping down the uncontrollable urge, the President's daughter apologized.
"Sorry, Leon it's just, that-- you're--it's just-- " Image after image suddenly started flashing in her imaginative mind starring Uke!Leon under... "KYAAAA—mpfh!"
Leon clamped a hand on her mouth and grinned nervously at the pair of policemen and crowd of people staring at them unblinkingly. "Uh, she got...stung by a wasp!"
A few minutes later when Ashley's squealing fits had finally ceased, Leon had to deal with another form of interrogation than the was unused to and therefore unprepared for; Ashley's animated prodding of his love-life.
"Oh my god, were you ever with a guy before?" ('I was a teenager at some point.')
"Do you have any current crushes?" ('None of your business.')
"Did you find Luis attractive?" (Here, Leon bit back a twitch. 'Oh...Jesus...')
There was no way in hell he was gonna say anything. The last conversation had ended up somewhere uncomfortable, he didn't want to think about where this one would end up.
"How was the sex?"
"Ashley!"
When Ashley had finally gotten the hint that she wasn't going to get any answers when Leon remained stubbornly silent, they only ten minutes until the plane was due to arrive.
"Five hours to home?!" Ashley suddenly realized when they heard the translated version of the Spanish announcement on the intercom.
Leon threw his duffel over his shoulder which was lighter than when he had entered the airport. Unfortunately, he had been stripped of the weapons he had purchased from the merchant back on the island. ('Speaking of the Merchant, what ever happened to him?' Leon wondered.) If it wasn't for the fact that he was part of the Secret Service and a government agent, he would've been arrested for having such weapons.
Leon frowned in irritation. They'd even taken his fully upgraded Blacktail! He was assured by the airport that they would be ready for him once he hit D.C. 'They'd better be okay, I spent so much money on that Chicago Typewriter too...'
"Hey Leon?!" Leon broke out of his thoughts at the call. "I'm going to the bookstore real quick, okay?"
"The bookstore? Why? They'll be showing a movie on the way back to D.C." Leon frowned, picking up Ashley's duffel. He tested its weight with his arm and blinked when he realized it was heavier than his own. Hunnigan had wired them money the moment they'd reached civilization, telling them to use it for clothes and food and whatnot.
'But we only went shopping for some clothes! Why the hell is this so heavy?' Girls and their shopping...
"I'm not going to watch some lame movie that's probably three years old." Ashley said, breaking Leon's train of thought, with displeasure in such a way that looked like she had swallowed a lemon.
The blonde agent sighed. 'Spoiled, much?' "Fine. But hurry up, okay?" He handed her some money.
She flashed him a quick grin at the generous amount before scurrying off.
Leon later came to regret letting her purchase those few books.
"Gravitation? Jazz?" Leon blinked once seeing the brightly colored comics. "What are these?"
"They're yaoi manga!" Ashley chirped happily as she buckled herself in the seat.
"Yaoi?" Leon felt the slightest of dread. The word was oddly familiar. Where had he heard that term before?
Ashley rifled through the Barnes and Noble bag and opened to a random page in Jazz to show him. "See?"
Leon took one sideways glance and choked for the second time that day.
Ashley glanced at the page curiously and it dawned on her. "Oops."
Leon's face didn't return to its normal paleness until the plane was well into the air.
Tbc?
I've thought of it too for god knows how many times, but yes, Ashley IS stupid and useless in the entire game, but take the life-threatening scenario out, and I think she'd be... okay. 'Sides, she did make me want to open Leon's EPIC PURSUIT OF ROMANCE. XD
And last but not least, THANK YOU those who liked Summer Frivolity!!! I was so happy... I thought no one liked it seeing as there are barely any Chris/Leon stories out there!!! T-T I dedicate this chapter to all of ya! (And hopefully, to the expanse of hidden Chris/Leon fangirls/fanboys(?) out there!)
Though I still don't know if I should continue this, I'd still like to see if you guys' liked this enough to continue. One-shot or ongoing is still pending.
And by the way, can anyone guess what M.A.T.C.H.M.A.K.E stands for? (Yes, it actually does stand for something!)
'Till next time,
KDS