Resident Evil 4
By Your Side
A Romance Fanfic by Herringway
Disclaimer: I do not own Resident Evil or any affiliated titles, they are property of their respective owners.
Author's Note: I recently got into Resident Evil 4 over the summer. An Ashley/Leon Romance fic has been on my mind for a while, so, this is the result. The introduction to this is based off a RE4 Roleplay I am currently doing with someone else on Gaia Online. Update: Thank god for EB Games! I found a copy of RE4 for the Cube.
Leon reloaded the 9mm handgun with ease, searching over the now-fallen corpse. From it, he took a Green Herb, which he immediatley ground and mixed with water. "Ashley... are you okay?" He asked, offering the vial of green liquid to her. It would heal her of her wounds quickly. Leon was here in Europe on a mission. It had two basic parts: One, find Ashley Graham, the president's daughter. Two, get out of Europe as quickly as possible. He didn't want Ashley to die anytime soon. She was an attractive young woman, still in University. She had her whole life ahead of her. "We've got to find a place to rest for the night... we've been out here for hours."
"Yeah..." She said, breathing heavily as an undead creature crawled out from a barrel behind Leon. She grabbed the gun from Leon's hand and shot at it, hitting the creature through the eye. She then fell from being so tired and exhausted. She tryed to stay awake, but it was impossible. Her wounds were getting to her. She needed those herbs, and quick. "Le...Le...on..." she muttered, trying to tell him to give up the herbs. Leon wasted no time. He got down on his knees, resting her head in his lap and pouring the herbs down her throat.
"Ashley... don't you dare die on me..." He said softly. He looked behind them. He could see a dimly lit cabin, about a 10 minute walk from their current position. He hoisted Ashley onto his shoulders and took off, Running for the Cabin. "Hold on, Ashley..." He whispered.
Ashley moaned and groaned and talked as the herbs were working in her system. She said stuff that she didn't even want to say, "Le...on...love...y-y-you..." The whole thing was going through her mind too fast, she didn't want to die, she had to hold on long enough. Leon ignored her. He figured that what she was saying was just side effects from the herbs. He knew that he did it, Ashley slapped him once for it, when she heard him mumble something about 'positions' after taking herbs. He burst through the door. The state of the cabin surprised Leon: Everything seemed somewhat new, not stained or dirty in any way. He found a bedroom and set Ashley down on the bed, and locked the cabin door. They were safe, for now. He decided that now would be a good time to give Hunnigan a call. He took a walkie-talkie from his pocket and buzzed in.
"Hunnigan, it's Leon."
"As if anyone else calls me here." Hunnigan replied smugly.
"We've found a safe haven, we're going to lay low here for a while."
"Roger that. I've got a fix on your location, so we know where to find you."
"Alright. Thanks." Leon said, cutting off the transmission. Searching the house, he found a green herb, a yellow herb, and a red herb. He ground them all and mixed them with more water, and went back to Ashley. "Ashley... are you feeling any better?" He asked, tipping the contents of the tin cup into her mouth, slowly, so that she didn't choke.
Her consiousness slowly rose. "A little bit..." She whispered trying to swallow the medicine. "You need some too, don't you?" She slowly asked him thinking he had wounds. She looked down and slowly looked him up and down then went back to swallowing the herbs. She had a bad aftertaste, but she knew it would help.
"Ashley, right now, you're the priority. You come before me." Leon said. "I don't want to bring your dad a corpse back." He said, jokingly. "And I'm 100 positive that you don't want to die either." He said. When he was certain that she had enough, he took a sip of whatever remained in the cup. "I'll go look around. Maybe I can find a shower or something that works." He said, standing up. "Stay here 'til I get back." He ordered, barring the door that went into the cabin, and pushing wardrobes in front of the windows. He then went to look around, finding some ammunition, a can of first aid spray from a First Aid Kit, and two things caught his eye. A pearl necklace and a diamond ring. He pocketed the ring, but kept the necklace out. Hiding it behind his back, he went back to Ashley. "I uh... I got something for you, Ashley." He said, handing her the necklace. Ashley's eyes widened with surprise, the light reflecting in her eyes causing them to shimmer.
"Oh Leon! Thank you." She said as Leon fastened the necklace on her. "I'll never take it off." Ashley rubbed her thumb along the large pearl pendant, lying back on the pillow. Leon stood and checked out a window. Ashley smiled at him while he wasn't looking. He was always so cautious, so intricate with planning, even if it was impromptu. It was one of the things that drove her crazy about him. Leon looked over at her, brandishing a similar smile as Ashley pretended to look away and try to sleep. He readied his handgun, customized to the max in terms of Firepower and Reload Speed, in case of an attack. Like any good sniper, Leon could remain in one spot, waiting and aiming for days at a time. And he would wait until world's end to protect Ashley.