Univemma

idk what else it could be but if it is, and with the weights too my mind is instantly going to the whole 'he's ALREADY pushing himself to bulk up bc of what happened at Arklay' oh GOD CHRIS

EDIT: i take it back someone pointed out it looked like a CD player and YEAH theyre probably right. In particular it looks a lot like smth like this:

THIS IS HOW WE GET THE ICONIC INTRO SEQUENCE

Chris didn't tell her about Arklay or about how obviously it impacted him and his mental health, bc he didnt want her to know umbrella was bad and therefore, she'd be on their radar. He didn't want anything to happen to her so he distanced himself and kept her in the dark. But she ended up involved anyway BECAUSE SHE WAS LOOKING FOR HIM.

I want her to rip him a NEW one and bring up the STATE of his apartment in here concern and shes like 'WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME???' and he ofc explains but when he finds out she was now involved anyway, and

Oh my god i want chris on the verge of PASSING OUT when he learns she was there at the raccoon city incident, i want him like Clutching a wall, gripping at his shirt like WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WERE THERE??? and then when he finds out it was BECAUSE HE DIDNT TELL HER SHIT??? self-hatred gonna SKYROCKET

if they do this right it's gonna be so good

AND AND AND oh my god

im so serious i need her near tears SCREAMING at him, half punching him in the arm and hes just taking it looking at her all big sad BROWN eyes (YES brown, fuck you capcom), but then the tears win bc oh my god hes ALIVE, and shes SO fucking mad at him but hes alive and hes HERE

THATS HER BIG BROTHER :((((

It does, however, have the unintended side effect of Claire seeing Chris once, then the immediate next time she sees him he's put on like another 25lbs of muscle, and this just keeps happening. It gets to a point where each time she sees him he's somehow STILL getting bigger and she NEVER stops making fun of him for it. Obviously it's very admirable and she's told him as such but SOMEONE has to make the jokes here and he just stands there, expression unimpressed except for the faint beginnings of a smile.