#leopold clarington

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CHARACTER INFO:

Birthday: August 23, 1990

Family: Clarington

Gender/Pronouns: Non-binary & they/them or he/him

Sexuality: Demi-pansexual

Occupation: World class gymnast & model

Relation: Full-Sibling

Birth Order: Oldest

Secret: Leo is a virgin.  Between the time spent dedicated to gymnastics and their athletics and discovering that they are demi-sexual, Leo has never really gotten to that point where they, or their partner have taken that step physically.  When asked about their sexuality, Leo claims unless they’re fucking you, it’s not your business.   They are not embarrassed about being demi-sexual, but they know that there are certain expectations people have about them.

SOME THINGS ABOUT LEOPOLD:

Leo was an active child and was enrolled in many sports including gymnastics.  They loved running and tumbling as a child, but it was skills such as the rings, the pummel horse, and the high bar that cemented their fate as a world (and Olympic) level gymnast.  Leo still loves all sports. They play team and individual sports including baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, and swimming in addition to gymnastics.  Currently, Leo is deciding if they are going to actively compete towards the summer Olympics in Paris in 2024.  (We’re pretending the Tokyo 2020 games happened in 2020 and they were successful in their disciplines.)

The plan was for Leo to be a solider like the men in their family, however, they already knew they were very different than what their parents expected.  First of all, Leo knew they wanted to be an athlete, and they also suspected they were not exactly straight.  When Leo approached their parents in high school about becoming a professional gymnast, their parents dismissed the idea. Their father probably would have forbade Leo from continuing with gymnastics, but the high level of competition looked good for the West Point application.  Especially when Leo was being considered a contender for the Olympic team for Beijing. Leo was crushed, but cunning.  With the help of their coaches, they searched out scholarships and other routes to take other than West Point.  While they filled out the application, despite what the Clarington’s though, it was not the only school Leo applied to.  Leo was granted a full scholarship to Stanford, and when they announced their decision to pursue that, they were immediately cut off from the family.  Leo was hurt but not surprised at this point.  Still they persevered.   This was when they changed their name from Hugh, to Leopold, having a bit of a crush on Hugh Jackman’s character in Kate and Leopold.

Unsurprisingly, Leo came out as nonbinary and bisexual in college, and it wasn’t until later that they realized they were actually demi-pansexual.  

Leo is loyal but it can take them a while to warm up to people because sometimes they have to wonder if people are hanging around because of them, or because of who they are.  Leo can be sarcastic, which is a way of protecting themselves sometimes.  

Leo likes dad jokes, puns, and cheesy 80s-90s-2000′s rom coms and pop music.  They also have a guilty pleasure of country music and country line dancing.

Leo’s favorite drink is Tanqueray over ice, but anything with gin will satisfy.

They don’t drink coffee, opting to start their morning with a smoothie or a caffeinated black tea.    

Leo’s favorite color is green. Their favorite animal are bunnies.  Their lucky number is 8.

Leo’s most successful disciplines in gymnastics are the rings and the horizontal high bar. They have also done well on the pummel horse, and enjoys the vault but they often over vault on that event.  (Leo’s gymnastics aesthetic is modelled after Sam Mikulak)

Leo’s birthday is August 23rd, technically making them a Virgo (ironically the Virgin), but as a person born on the cusp, there are Leo the Lion characteristics that also fit Leopold.

Leo has a tattoo.