#( why are they so disgustingly cute and hell did Carmen change Chris when he is around her )

[rcdfield]

just some brain dumps I have for Chris x Carmen, which made me feel soft and fluffy

1. Chris gets Carmen a HK42 after the Spencer Mansion and teaches her how to handle a gun… and when Barry during the Outbreak admits that Chris asked him to look out for Jill AND her, she still thinks bc Chris does not trust her— it‘s so funny bc girl HE CARES👀… and the fact Barry says that the same (gun) model used to be Chris‘ sidearm during his time in the US Air Force… wondering if it‘s Chris‘ former loyal handgun👀💕💕

2. The one night he spent on Carmen‘s sofa, after they had hung over reports late into the night, was the first time he had actually slept well… and so did Carmen knowing he was right in the next room.

3. That Chris fell hopelessly for Carmen when she fell asleep against his shoulder, dressed in his old RPD jacket, all calm and one hand softly wrapped around his arm… and he wished he could watch her forever.

4. Thinking that Carmen was convinced by one of her classmates in college to get a fake ID (she was twenty at that point) and find themselves in Jack’s bar the same night S.T.A.R.S was there and her classmate found Chris so cute, asking her to be her wing(wo)man, but Carmen so hard hit the brakes when she noticed they were RPD and didn’t want to risk her job for faking official papers... and Carmen quickly pulled her out of the bar, when she had drunk a bit too much. (and not noticing that Chris found the mysterious, silent brunette kinda cute even when he could only take one small glance at her before she disappeared) [ALSO... AU where they both met in Jack’s bar officially and Chris gets after one talk with her that she wasn’t 21 yet xD srsly Carmen... it’s only five months calm down xD]

5. Chris having constantly kept eyes and ears out for Carmen while she was at the Brown University (even when he was gone for months and not able to call her) and always incapable of stop smiling when he heard or read that she was right back in her academics and loving how she became a rockstar among microbiologists

6. Carmen’s best kept secret is having taken a picture from Chris’ desk in the RPD with him, Claire and their parents, smiling wide and so happy that she hadn’t been sure it was him, but felt somehow unable to leave it there. This picture and the locket of her mom are also the only things that have survived the destruction of RC with Carmen having no other pictures of her family or friends. (That went from cute to absolute sad real fast)

7. It was Chris who said “I love you” first, even though it is more Carmen who usually takes the first steps (emotionally) in the relationship. I imagine it was after an evening at Barry’s house when they celebrated Carlos’ birthday and too many beers were definitely involved (and despite them still having a “secret” relationship) Chris was a bit touchy and smiley around Carmen until she decided to take him home in a taxi and when he asked if she wanted to stay the night at his place, Carmen just denied with a grin, saying she had an early meeting the next day and couldn’t afford coming late as she knew he would make her cuddle through the morning... and Chris Redfield actually had an expression that could have been almost described as pouting, even though Carmen wasn’t sure... and he kissed her cheek and softly slurred “I love you”, but was out of the taxi before paralyzed and absolutely surprised Carmen could say something... and thanks to that Carmen wasn’t able to sleep and sit in the meeting with dark circles and butterflies that stayed for several weeks nonstop