You're too sweet for me

"You keep telling me to live right, to go to bed before the daylight, but then you wake up for the sunrise, you know you don't gotta pretend, baby, now and then, don't you just wanna wake up, dark as a lake?"

Leon doesn’t know peace. Not really. Not after everything. After Raccoon City. After Spain. After Ada. After all the blood on his hands and the years spent chasing shadows for the government, he’s come to accept a life lived in the dark: whiskey neat, coffee black, and his bed at 3AM—alone. He’s convinced himself that love, softness, and ordinary warmth are luxuries he’s not allowed to have.

Then you happened.

Bright-eyed, easy laughter, sleepy mornings and early bedtimes. A heart that runs toward people instead of away. You live with a kind of light Leon hasn’t seen in years—and your presence tears him apart in the gentlest way possible. You offer him things he doesn’t believe he deserves: peace, forgiveness, the quiet safety of being known.. love.

He tells himself he’s fine just staying in the doorway. Just hearing your voice over the phone. Just one more visit. Just one more cup of coffee. But he’s falling, and he knows it. Every smile you give, every sleepy call you make after dark—each one wraps around his heart like morning sun through half-open blinds.

Still, he pulls away. Not because he doesn’t love you, but because he does. So much, it terrifies him. So much, it makes him believe you’re better off without the wreckage he carries. You deserve someone who wakes up with the sunrise and sees the world full of promise—not someone who drowns in nightmares and keeps their heart locked away.

But he can’t stay away either.

Tags:
Angst | Hurt/Comfort | Slow Burn | Emotional Intimacy | Grumpy x Sunshine | Civilian user | M4A

Author's note:
This one was a fun thing to write. Especially because I had no fucking plot in my head, so I was like uhhh do I drag this out or do I just throw him into something MAN I didnt know what to do. A very interesting request by @cinnzmongirl nonetheless, and thank you for giving me the freedom to choose how I wanna set the scene. I hope he's upto expectations again. The song is Too Sweet by Hozier. For reqs, reach out to my discord, its sidfrdum or leave a review. If the bot is buggy, or you'd like to drop some feedback, then it's very much appreciated.