No More Running…

Leon/Claire fic.

It's time to stop running…and start loving.

"Well, Well, Well." Claire thought the next morning. "Not just a great cook either." Claire draped an arm around Leon's waist then rested her head on his chest. One of Claire's fingers absently traced one of Leon's gunshot wounds. She stopped briefly, kissed it and continued. Leon groaned and stretched, he sighed as he wrapped his arms around Claire.

Sherry sighed as she tucked her legs under her, she picked up the channel changer and flipped thru the 900 channels she had access to. A couple were blocked which must have been Leon's doing, she decided not to press the matter. Rusty lay next to her on the couch, Sherry occasionally ran a hand thru his fur. Suddenly the phone beside her rang, she scooped up the phone and turned it on. "Hello? Yeah this is she. Oh hey! I'm good, thanks for asking. You wanna talk to him? Okay."

Sherry walked upstairs and knocked on Leon's door. When he didn't answer she opened the door, nothing so she went up to the roof but he wasn't there either. She came down and knocked on Claire's door "Claire? Have you seen Leon?" Her voice muffled thru the door answered. "Yeah. Hey, come on in. I need to talk to you." Sherry shrugged and twisted the knob. She stuck her head in and quickly stuck it back out. "DEAR GOD, MY EYES!" she slammed the door shut and shuddered.

Claire opened the door again, wrapped in her bed sheet. Sherry looked around her and saw Leon zipping up his pants. Claire tucked a lock of hair behind her ear before she spoke. "Sweetie, me and Leon are getting back together." Sherry brightened up and her eyes glossed over. "Really? I'm so happy. But." She trailed off. Claire tried to coax more out of her. "But?" Leon came up behind Claire and wrapped his arms around her. Sherry continued. "I'm losing a sister. But I'm gaining a mother and a father!" She hugged both of the young adults and bounced up and down until. "Oh! Leon, someone wants to talk to you." She handed Leon the phone.

Leon walked off to side of the room and spoke in hushed tones. Claire and Sherry sat on the bed talking when Leon came back. "So, what's on the agenda for today?" Both girls looked at each then back at Leon with huge smiles on their faces. "SHOPPING!" Leon groaned and sat down, he looked up at them then smiled as well. "Why not? I got some grocery shopping to do anyway." Claire smiled up at Leon, "We should probably get changed huh?" Leon nodded and left the room.

Leon sighed as he lowered himself into his bathtub, he leaned forward and twisted the knobs closed.The door opened but he didn't glance up. There was a rustle of clothing then a warm body slid in ontop of him. He slid his arms around Claire and rested his chin on the top of her head.

Leon sighed as slid on a brown leather shoulder rig, he slid in his Para Ordnance P14 then slid two magazines into the double mag holster on the other side. He handed a Glock 18C to Claire who tucked it inside a pocket of her coat and accepted two magazines from him. Leon shrugged on his coat and went out to the garage, he backed his F-150 out and pulled up to the door.

Claire leaned forward on the shopping cart, staring at the list infront of her, they dropped Sherry off at the video store so she could pick some movies since she found nothing on the satellite and Leon agreed. He later told Claire that a guy about Sherry's age worked there. She started to get lost in her thoughts when Leon's muscular arms wrapped around her thin waist, she smiled and leaned back into him.

Leon unlocked his arms and walked beside her, glancing at the shelves. He noticed that Claire was getting some stares from the young guys so he decided to fix that, he placed both hands on both sides of Claire and pressed his chest against her back. When the guys dispersed Leon let her go and walked to another aisle. Claire shook her head, she would never understand him.

Short time later she ran into Sherry who had acouple of tapes and a new boyfriend. Both girls gossiped as Claire pushed the cart, not watching where she was going. The cart ran into a solid form. "Oh! Sorry." She quickly apologized to the man she just plowed into. He slowly turned to face both girls and smirked "Nothing to be sorry about. Didn't hurt a bit." He spoke in a gruff voice. Claire couldn't stop looking at his face.

He spoke again, Claire could barely hear him. "I know. It's what everybody looks at the first time." Claire shook her head as if to clear it. "I'm really sorry. I'm Claire. Redfield. This is Sherry….my….sister." The strange man cocked his head then. "Strange. You don't look like sisters." "Step-sister." "Ah. That explains everything then. Oh, where are my manners? I forgot to introduce myself."

He extended a hand to Claire who accepted the handshake.

"I'm Jack. Jack Krauser."

Looks like Claire and Sherry are in trouble. Who will save them? (Who do you think?)