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  1. Empty_Cemeteries on Chapter 4 Thu 31 Jul 2025 02:07PM UTC

    I like how patient Krauser is with Leon, that he isn't just throwing him in the deep end and watching him drown. I'm starting to get curious how Leon is going to change by the end of it, if he is going to be closer to his old self or if that's dead and little sweetie pie Leon will have a moment where the mirror shatters and something else rises from that. Or, thidly, if this is how life will always be for him.

    And Krauser must know he can't leave Leon, right? That if someone else came along, Leon is his own instruction manual and will just tell exactly what he wants and needs for the cycle to follow again. Or somebody hurts him beyond repair

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    1. SFShouse on Chapter 4 Thu 31 Jul 2025 02:53PM UTC

      Krauser is very patient even though he's still out of his comfort zone. Also Leon actually can't do certain things for himself because of how deep Wesker's conditioning goes. I have an interesting arc planned out for Leon in this (and Krauser!) It's going to take a lot of time for Leon to be back to anything close to functional. Not physically but emotionally. Plus he has all those old bad habits of him waiting for him so he needs to watch out for those!

      Oh, Krauser knows it alright. I think he's terrified that something would happen to Leon or someone else with very bad intentions will come along and take advantage of Leon while he's like this. Krauser gets very protective later on but the whole thing isn't easy for him because he's so conflicted about his feelings for Leon (and feels so guilty about them!)

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      1. Empty_Cemeteries on Chapter 4 Sun 03 Aug 2025 11:07PM UTC

        Well count me as excited to see! And it would be frustrating for Leon with the way you put it, functioning emotionally but not physically, trying to make his body do what his mind wants.

        I wish I could tell Krauser that it's okay! He's a guy who was very close to Leon, who was conditioned this way and he should know he's better than Wesker ever was. Even with him feeling guilty for it, guilt is kind of like a good thing to feel! He doesn't want harm to come to Leon, any more of it as far as he can help.

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        1. SFShouse on Chapter 4 Mon 04 Aug 2025 02:19PM UTC

          Oh wow, I'm so happy to hear that! Yes, at first he still had his normal outlook but was slowed down and drugged to the point that his body - despite still being strong - wouldn't obey him. But over time, he was so drugged and conditioned that he was largely lost in the headspace Wesker wanted for him. In the Au version (where Wesker never invites Krauser into their home and thus Leon never escapes), Leon sinks far more into being Wesker's giggling little prettyboy, to the point that the old Leon might never return!

          Krauser needs someone to tell him it's fine. But he is so conflicted about Leon when Leon's in this vulnerable state. And in the latest chapter, Leon is trying to assert some agency but he doesn't know the right way to put it anymore. So of course, Krauser just shuts down the whole seduction attempt. He's determined to protect Leon, even from himself.

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          1. Empty_Cemeteries on Chapter 4 Wed 13 Aug 2025 03:04AM UTC

            I get Krauser's reactions and actions towards Leon. Maybe he doesn't want to feel guilty for the morning after. Maybe he knows the dangers of being romantically involved with someone while in a dangerous line of work. Things happen, hearts get bruised. Maybe Krauser is trying to avoid as much as he can to keep things functioning. I wonder if Leon is going to give up and follow along or if Krauser will give in to Leon!!

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            1. SFShouse on Chapter 4 Mon 18 Aug 2025 04:43PM UTC

              Yeah, Krauser is trying so hard to do the right thing and to not be Wesker. But it doesn't help that he has Leon curling up next to him at bedtime and treating Krauser like a giant teddy bear XD Things get complicated very quickly and Krauser isn't the best person to process this kind of complication. But he tries his best! There's a push-pull between the two of them because Leon clearly wants more than Krauser feels he can give while Leon is still mentally recovering.

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