name + nicknames : lenora tepox (full name) , leo (everyone, preferred), the bolter (yellowjackets team), LT (van)
face claims : lizeth selene (1996) , salma hayek (2021)
age : 17 (1996) / 42 (2021)
family : miguel tepox (father) , sophia tepox (step-mother) , marlene tepox (half-sister) , jasmine tepox (2021! niece)
love interest : natalie scatorccio
about her !
pre-crash :
backstory : if lenora ever bothered to go to therapy, the first thing her shrink would have her talk about would be how the death of her mother affected her. being only seven and a half years old when her mother overdosed, little leo learned very quickly that it was her, and occasionally her father, against the world. being without a mother figure to look up to, leo turned to television and celebrities to guide her, resulting in the carefully curated, put-together, envious persona that she carried through middle and high school. to everyone on the outside, including her father and new step-mother, leo was perfectly independent. it was all an act, of course. secretly the girl was desperately searching for and craving some sort of relationship that would get rid of the empty void in her chest. unfortunately for pre-crash!leo, it would take a long time and a couple traumatic events before she found the solution she was looking for.
about her! : when chappell roan wrote the lyrics “you could kiss a hundred boys in bars/shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling/you could say it’s just the way you are/make a new excuse, another stupid reason/good luck babe!” she was talking about leo tepox. the girl was notorious for her relationship style, which involved finding a guy, pouring her heart and soul into their relationship, causing him to to fall heads-over-heels for her lipgloss and babydoll tops, and then a couple months later break up because “it just didn’t feel right.” the girls at wiskayok high school despised her and wanted to be with her, while the boys all got it in their heads that they had a chance with her. behind her back, her soccer team, the yellowjackets, laughed and commented on her concerning amusing pattern of behaviors, and nicknamed her “the bolter,” claiming it was simply because she ran fast. but leo knew.
background : after being rescued, leo and nat continue their relationship for a couple years, even moving in together. unfortunately, as we know, natalie falls deep into addiction. she tries to keep it under control for leo’s sake, but we all know that addiction can take over someone without them even realizing it. leo gets to a point where every bone in her body is telling her to run, so she calls taissa and natalie is checked into rehab for the first time. now in her twenties, leo moves back into her parents home and is around for when her sister becomes a teen mom. after a few years, her parents decide to sell their house and move back to mexico to live near her dad’s family, so leo and marlene buy a house together where they live with jasmine. marlene bounces between jobs, but is somehow always employed and making well over minimum wage, while leo settles down and takes the night shift as a surgical technologist, where she basically just cleans the operating room and the surgical tools.
about her! : leo is losing her mind. she used to have a personality and goals, and now she day drinks and takes naps while her niece is at school. she’s not sure if she can consider herself and alchoholic yet, but the people at the liquor store know her name and the brand she prefers on weekends vs weekdays. her life has transformed into a mind-numbing cycle where leo pretends to still have her will to live. and then the postcard shows up. the symbol is unmistakable, leo has seen it in almost every nightmare she’d had the past twenty-five years. thing is: does she care enough to figure out where it came from? will she return the frantic phone calls of her teammates? or would she rather sink deeper into the hole of isolation and dissociation that she built for herself? and how will she handle seeing her ex girlfriend for the first time in two decades?
notable relationships:
marlene tepox (sister/roommate)
jasmine tepox (niece/daughter figure)
nat scatorccio (ex(/)girlfriend it’s very complicated!/no contact)
Natalie... didn't realise he was genderfluid until he was a bit older. He just always thought that people felt this way.
So, one day, after accidentally getting called "sir" while going out by himself, she realised...
...she didn’t hate it.
Anyway, Nat had a really big think about things.
And a lot of research, late calls with Doby and Toby, and a few pints of Ben and Jerry's later, she realised...
...he was genderfluid.
The first person he properly told was Leo. After all, she did want him to know. And he is straight (to her knowledge (he's actually demi)).
It resulted in a very big emotional speech, which ended with "and if you feel the need to leave me, I completely understand."
Leo - after a bit of thinking, and learning about what genderfluidity means - simply asked "So, it's a 2-for-1 deal?"
"...it's a 2-for-1 deal..."
"Rad."
So, now Leo has a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Anyway - when Natalie properly comes out, he cuts his hair. Shaves the sides of his head, and flops it over to one side.
He actually uses his hairstyles to try and reflect how he feels - masc or fem.
She also tells Toby pretty soon after Leo. He is her best friend after all.
The two have a cry and a cuddle. And Toby is really happy for him.
Nat probably wouldn't start Testosterone, but he would get top surgery/reduction. Doctor Smiley was more than happy to help her (plus, it gives Smile a free snack/j).
She definitely steals Leo's clothes on masc days before she buys some of her own. His favourite thing to steal is Leo's suspenders. They give him so much gender euphoria.
Also, wearing a baggy hoodie is the best cure for his dysphoria. Nat has a blue, white, and orange one he stole from Toby a while back.
Natalie probably wouldn't change her name.
She'd just go by Nat on her masc days - just because it's shorter/sharper.
I’m probably gonna write something for the International Fanworks Day on AO3 for both Nicoby and NatLeo, ESPECIALLY since the main theme are AUs (Anything to get their numbers up, and to keep pushing the #agenda too)
one of these days (or at one point in time, who knows lol) Nicoby additional tags will exist on AO3, and I’m starting to make up a couple rn to edit into my already existing fics lmao
