Kennigan

Kennigan is the het ship between Leon Kennedy and Ingrid Hunnigan from the Resident Evil fandom.

Resident Evil 4
In 2004, Leon is assigned to guard the newly elected President’s family. When Ashley Graham, the President’s daughter, is kidnapped, it’s Leon’s mission to track her down. Information gathered points to the kidnappers being located in a remote area of Spain. Leon is sent to investigate on his own. Once Leon arrives to the village, he’s contacted by Ingrid Hunnigan, his only government contact, for the first time. Ingrid tells him she’ll be his support for the rescue mission. Leon comments that he thought “she’d be a little older.” Ingrid ignores this and Leon goes back to business, asking about the “subject,” Ashley Graham. They hang up and Leon ventures for the village.

Leon encounters his first hostile local and radios Ingrid; she’s quick to ask him if he’s okay. With confirmation that he is, Leon tells her he had to “naturalize” the local. Ingrid informs him to take whatever measures he has to in order for Ashley’s return. With that, the two hang up for the time being and Leon makes for the village again. Not long after, Ingrid calls and asks how Leon’s “holding up,” to which he says, “Bad question, Hunnigan.” They end their call with Ingrid sending Leon a “player’s manual.”

The next call with Ingrid has Leon confirming that a local officer he arrived with is dead. She tells him that he needs to get out of there, but rather advising him to “look for a tower with a trail near it.”

Ingrid calls Leon asking if he’s alright, and Leon apologizes for not calling sooner as he was “tied up.” Leon informs her he found out where Ashley is, following information given to him by the male civilian, Luis Sera.

Ingrid calls Leon with information that’ll be helpful to the mission. She tells him that within the village, there’s a cult called the “Los Iluminados” involved. Leon informs her that he’s met “the big cheese,” who could have killed him, but didn’t as they “carry the same blood.” Hearing this, Ingrid asks him if he’s alright. The call ends with Ingrid telling Leon to find the church where Ashley is supposedly located at.

Leon calls Ingrid with the hope she’ll help him get into the church as it’s locked. Ingrid in return teases Leon, saying, “Didn’t they teach you how to pick locks at the academy?” Leon laughs at this, when she then tell him he’ll have to find some way to get inside, before hanging up.

Six hours have passed since their last transmission, which has Ingrid worried. Leon quips back, “Don’t you mean lonely?” Before Ingrid can respond, Leon tells her he felt dizzy and must have lost consciousness during that time. He tells her he’s fine and that he’s going to continue on with his mission.

Leon calls Ingrid with the information that he’s obtained an object that resembles a cult group’s insignia. Ingrid is impressed and praises him for the find. She then tells him to head back for the church where Ashley’s safety is their immediate priority.

Once Leon has Ashley, he calls Ingrid with the news. Ingrid praises him again for the good work and sends a helicopter his way for the extraction, giving the details where to go.

Ingrid calls Leon with bad news, which Leon isn’t interested in hearing, though she has to tell him anyway; the news being the helicopter sent Leon’s way has been shot down, so a new one is being sent. She gives him the new extraction point and Leon heads for with Ashley in tow.

Ingrid calls Leon asking where his current location is and Leon informs her he and Ashley are “laying low” in a castle and awaiting the helicopter extraction, though soon realizing it’s too apart of the Los Iluminados cult. Ingrid has an idea and just has she’s about to tell Leon, her signal is hijacked by Ramon Salazar.

Leon and Ingrid could not regain the line until after the island, which housed the hijacking equipment, was blown up. Ingrid is finally able to contact Leon, during which her glasses are off. Leon flirts, telling her, ''“You know, you’re kinda cute without those glasses. Gimme your number when I get back?”'' Ingrid is quick to remind him that he’s “still on duty,” with a subtle smile. Leon sighs, “Story of my life…”

Resident Evil 4

 * Leon calls Ingrid cute.
 * Leon asks for Ingrid’s phone number.

Fanon
A smaller paring of the fandom, Kennigan has two works in its AO3 tag. Ingrid’s main role within the series is being Leon’s government contact during missions. They have little face-to-face interaction over the course of their relationship, though they maintain an almost tease-like banter as shown in Resident Evil 4 during certain moments which some fans enjoyed. Also during Resident Evil 6, how easily Ingrid was willing go for Leon, a few fans believe she may harbor more feelings for Leon than she lets on.

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