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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Intelligent-Seat4696 on 2026-03-19 23:55:29+00:00.
(F22) Technically happened less than a week ago but I was reminded of it again today at work and I felt myself physically recoil from the embarrassment.
New resident evil game dropped and it was my intro into the franchise. I was already kind of aware of the RE story but this was my first time playing an RE game. I was totally blown away! Thoughtful story with amazing graphics. Big video game nerd so I was hooked instantly. Saw Leon Kennedy in the game and lost my shit. Holy DILF yall. My eyes were blessed.
Anyway, I got a little too comfortable at work and started gushing about him to my older male coworker (who is also into video games) because I had been bottling my excitement and just wanted to talk to someone about it. My coworker seemed chill about it but once I realized what I was doing, I clammed up instantly. It was so embarrassing when I realized I might have overstepped.
Today I pre-ordered a collectible statue of the Requiem gun and wanted to tell him about it. I was said "hey so you know about resident evil right?" and he just said "yeah yeah Leon kennedy is super hot" like I was going to bring it up again and I was MORTIFIED. He thought me telling him about the collectible was cool but the fact that he instantly jumped to me gushing over a video game character makes me want to die inside.
Nothing will probably come of this but it's still so embarassing and cringey for me. Maybe I'm just overthinking this but idk. Hope they don't think I'm some kind of weirdo 🫠
TLDR: I told my coworker I thought Leon kennedy was super hot during work and he brought it up again later and now I want to shrivel up and die
EDIT:
After reading some comments I wanted to clarify a bit! I'm not so embarrassed about liking Leon but more that I may have made my coworker uncomfortable by talking about it in the first place. I've known him for about a year and he's pretty chill and thinking about it now I'm pretty sure he was just teasing and being silly. This is probably a fairly normal interaction but it sent my brain into overdrive because I thought I wasn't acting appropriately (and I get embarrassed easily anyway oof) so yeah! Also glad to see so many Leon lovers in the comments ❤️ I think I'll check out some of the other RE games too once I finish Requiem! (Also fixed some typos)