Park Leo

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Triggers: self-harm, csa/non-con, alcohol abuse, death
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Leo was born to a couple in a small town in Maine. He lived a normal life growing up. Good grades, musically talented and happy, Leo was as average as his parents were. He had a supportive group of friends, and lived comfortably in a decent sized house. It was a normal small town life. The kind where you know everyone and their business, and the downtown area is one street with locally-owned, aging shops. It wasn't until around his last year of middle school that things started getting weird.
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That was when he found out that his father, a mine worker, was an alcoholic. And more than that, an abuser. He went into Leo's room one night, completely out of it, and climbed on top of him. Leo froze. No clue what else to do, he acted like he was asleep. This went on for a while, and eventually, Leo stopped pretending to be asleep and sorta...didn't mind it. His dad then lashed out physically at his mom. Or perhaps Leo was just seeing it for the first time. That soon became directed at Leo and only got worse when he tried to stop it. So he gave up trying. He never told anyone what was going on, and thus started withdrawing into himself. Leo stole his father's liquor to cope and get through the daytime abuse. The nights spent with him turned into the best parts of his week.
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By his high school years, Leo was an alcoholic just like his dad. He'd self harm, fight with his mom, ditch school and act out when he was there. His friends drifted away until they finally kicked him out of their band to force him to figure his shit out. Leo hated himself. His parents. His life. When he was a sophomore, his dad sent Leo to pick up his mom. His dad was too drunk to go himself, and he and Leo had been fighting. Unfortunately, Leo was drunk, too. Pissed, he grabbed the keys and went off to get her. He fought with her the entire drive until he got them into a wreck. His mother died and Leo lived, just to be put right into juvenile detention.
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The truth about Leo's actual situation never came out, but the program he was put into was still merciful. He attended classes, picked up his grades, got clean, and was released at almost eighteen back into the "care" of his father. All that time, Leo really didn't change. He was still a disaster. Even more so with his dad back in the picture and the guilt of his mother's death on his shoulders. He was the outcast in his town (as if being the town gay didn't already set him apart enough), went right back to drinking, picked up smoking and let his dad to do whatever he wanted after withstanding worse during his time in juvie.
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Leo quickly realized that he was either going to kill his father or himself, so in a last-ditch effort, an animalistic sort of instinct to survive in spite of it all, he stole two grand from his dad and booked the soonest, farthest flight he could find, which led him to Japan. Finally away from his dad and the terrible life he had at home, perhaps this really will be a chance for him to live a normal life. Or as normal as it can be on the streets.