Author's Note: This is an alternate beginning to Leon's part in Chapter Four of my Resident Evil fanfic "Even Fond Memories Can Come Back To Haunt You...". Also, it's the alternate beginning to Rebecca Chamber's part in Chapter Ten of my Resident Evil fanfic, which is mentioned above.

As with "Sweet, Tender Release...", this does not apply to the main storyline and can be considered cannon fodder.

Thanks to Mayumi-H for the suggestion about thought and speech quotes! From now on, " and " denotes speech, while ' and ' denote thoughts.

Sorry out there for all those Claire/Leon shippers. I love the couple as much as the next shipper, but I thought that since nobody has attempted this type of fiction, and since I was interested it writing it, I might as well, you know?

However, it's good as a one-of-a-kind-original-one-shot-story though. Anyways, enjoy...


-Unlikely Duo-
-By Brian Marcelo-
-brianmarcelo@hotmail.com-
Rated PG for...um...romance situations.


-Beginning-


Leon S. Kennedy sighed again; he just wasn't able to go to sleep, especially since he was crushed that he probably didn't have a chance with Claire, especially since she had gotten so close to that Steve Burnside guy, who had been killed by Alexia Ashford while in Antarctica.

"Ada died because I couldn't save her...I've got no chance with Claire because she fell for Steve...and with my type of life, it looks like I'll be lonely..." said a depressed Leon, who talked a bit too loudly this time.

"Leon?" moaned a voice from the other side of the room, "Who are you talking to?"

"Oh no," thought Leon, "I was too loud and I woke up Rebecca..."

"Sorry for waking you up Rebecca..." said Leon apologetically, "Especially since you sounded like you were having a nice dream..."

Rebecca, who actually had been having a horrible team that included Wesker, was thankful that the young cop had woken her up when he did.

"Actually, I was having a bad dream Leon...." she said while looking at him softly, as a smile formed on her face, "Thank you for waking me up..."

Leon blushed at her soft smile, as well quickly becoming confused.

'Why did I blush when she said thank you?' he thought to himself.

"So Leon...what were you thinking about?" asked Rebecca, as she looked at him with interest.

"Oh...nothing much...just thinking about when we'll be taking down Umbrella...you know?" said Leon, half lying, as he didn't want anyone knowing about his rather big crush on Claire Redfield.

"Umbrella...." mumbled Rebecca, who was trailing off.

"Something wrong Rebecca?" Leon asked, worried that he might've triggered some bad memories of the mansion incident that Chris had told him about a while ago.

"Not-nothing Leon...just some bad memories..." she said softly, her eyes ever so slightly watering.

'Dammit Leon, of all the things you had to lie about, you pick Umbrella....' Leon thought as he mentally kicked himself.

"You wanna talk about it or anything, Rebecca?" asked Leon, who looked worried after his friend, who he didn't quite know all that well.

To Leon's surprise, Rebecca slipped out of her bed and into Leon's, resulting in him scooting over quite a bit.

"Uh...Rebecca...what are you...doing...?" asked Leon, who looked mortified.

"Look." said Rebecca plainly, as she pointed to her bed then up to the ceiling, showing that her part of the ceiling was leaking water on to her bed, "See?"

Leon let out a sigh of relief and said "Oh..."

"I hope you weren't thinking any bad thoughts, Mr. Leon S. Kennedy." said Rebecca, with a scolding tone at first, but then finished with a small wink at the end.

Leon, who was thinking that Rebecca was up to something, blushed furiously.

"Gasp..." said an exasperated Rebecca, "Bad Leon...bad, bad boy."

"Sorry Rebecca..." he said, still blushing as he tried to put some space between him and Rebecca on the relatively small bed that they were now sharing.

"You don't mind sharing one bed, do you Leon?" said Rebecca, not wanting to freak out her friend any more so.

"Um...maybe I should sleep on the coach and let you have the bed?" said Leon, as his eyes scanned the room for any furniture.

"Leon...there isn't any coaches in here...or chairs for that matter. This here is a cheap hotel..." commented Rebecca, who was still looking at Leon.

"Oh." said Leon, realizing that Rebecca was right.

"Okay then, I'll just put this," said Rebecca, as she got one of her pillows from her bed and put it in the gap between herself and Leon, "so that you won't have to worry about accidentally touching anything...heehee..."

"Thanks Rebecca..." said Leon, feeling much more comfortable, "So...um, what happened in your bad dream anyways...?"

"Just....a bad dream. Wesker was there...doing...things. Um...you know how creepy we thought it was when you showed me that picture of myself that you got from Wesker's desk?" said Rebecca, looking disgusted as she thought about the dream.

"Yeah?" replied Leon, thinking how weird it was that Wesker would have that in his desk, of all places.

"My dream was like an extended version of that, with much more creepy...things..." said Rebecca, as she started to shiver.

"Hey, you cold...?" asked Leon, as he unconsciously pushed the pillow that was between Rebecca and himself and put his arms around her, trying to warm her up.

Rebecca, very much noticing this display of what she would call affection, blushed a deep red as she looked at him.

"Leon...tha-thanks..." she said softly, as she closed her eyes and snuggled up to him, feeling warm in the embrace.

Leon, just now realizing that his arms were around Rebecca, decided that he should be respectful of her space and tried to get his arms off of her. As he was about to get them off, Rebecca stopped him with her hand.

"What are you doing Leon?" she asked, shivering slightly without his arms around her to warm her up.

"I...just wanted to respect your space..." he said, slightly stuttering because of shyness.

"Please...if you don't mind...could you keep them there...? It's gonna be a cold night..." she said to him, with a hint of need in her voice.

This was happening a bit too fast for the rookie cop to handle, but he had to admit that he didn't mind being close with Rebecca, especially since it was helping him get his mind off Claire Redfield. He didn't know too much about Rebecca, but from what he did know, she was a nice person to be around. 'Very nice to hold, too...' thought Leon to himself.

"I...I don't mind...." he said shakily, as he put his arms around her again, "This okay, Rebecca...?"

"It's just perfect, Leon..." she said, as she snuggled up with him again, absently wondering where the pillow had gone, "Leon...?"

"Yeah Rebecca...?" replied Leon, who had started to get a little sleepy.

"You never answered my question...what were you talking about earlier? You kept mumbling a girl's name I think..." muttered Rebecca, with a tinge of jealousy in her voice, "Was it Jill? Claire?"

'Wait...why am I jealous...?' Rebecca thought to herself, 'He's just a friend...who's really warm...'

Leon, not wanting to hurt her feelings, and not wanting the tender moment between them to end so prematurely, decided to lie a bit.

"I wasn't talking about any girl, Rebecca..." he said, as he held her closer to him.

"Okay Leon..." she said, sounding quite satisfied with his answer.

"Hey, Rebecca?" asked Leon, who looked into Rebecca's eyes.

"Yes, Leon...?" she asked, sounding a bit worried as she gazed back into his eyes.

"Why did you suggest we share a hotel room?" he said, sounding a bit suspicious yet playful.

She let out a small giggle and smiled at him, then said, "I wanted to share the same hotel room with you because you're so much cuter then Carlos, Chris, and especially Barry. Especially Barry."

Hearing this made Leon erupt into laughter, which was soon followed by Rebecca laughing along with him. After the laughing slowly subsided, they started to look into each other's eyes again, wondering what they should do next.

"Leon...we should both get some rest...it's almost 2 o'clock..." said Rebecca sadly.

"Wow...that late already....time flies when you're having fun, huh...?" replied Leon with a wink and a smile on his face.

Rebecca smiled back at him and put herself closer into his embrace, loving the warmth they were sharing.

"Hey Rebecca...you wouldn't mind me giving you a goodnight kiss or anything, would you?" said Leon, with hope in his voice.

"I don't mind at all..." she said, sounding a bit shy.

Slowly and carefully, Leon bent his head down and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek. Rebecca, blushing and her heart fluttering, kissed him back on the cheek, much to Leon's surprise, and delight.

'She looks so beautiful...' Leon said to himself, as he recovered from the kiss he just was given.

"Hey Rebecca...you don't...you wouldn't mind if I...gave you another goodnight kiss, would you...?" he said again, this time sounding a lot more needing.

She blushed deeply and shook her head as she gazed into his eyes, wanting the kiss as much as he did.

Again Leon bent his head down, but he surprised himself and Rebecca by kissing her gently on her lips, which made her shiver with happiness, as well as making both of them blush.

'Did I actually do that...? W-wow...' thought Leon to himself, feeling closer to the young medic then ever before.

'Did he...actually...I mean...wow...' thought Rebecca to herself, feeling closer to the young rookie cop then she thought possible.

"Goodnight...Rebecca..." whispered Leon, as he held his arms around her and closed his eyes.

"Goodnight...Leon...and thank you...." whispered Rebecca back, snuggling up to him as she closed her eyes, both of them blissfully drifting off into sleep in each other's embrace...


-End of Chapter One-


I hope you enjoyed that as much as I enjoyed writing it.

After seeing what Rebecca looks like in Resident Evil for the Gamecube, I just thought that she and Leon would make a cute little couple...