Loves TV shows focusing on crime/police procedural (i.e. Bones, Criminal Minds, CSI/NCIS), American politics (i.e. 24, Designated Survivor), and science fiction. She enjoys sitcoms and romcoms too.
Has a wide variety of hobbies: (indoor) drawing/painting, cooking, scrapbooking and jigsaw & crossword puzzles; (outdoor) hiking, swimming, camping, stargazing. Wrestling/boxing used to be a hobby of hers before she moved to Montana.
Scent is a mix of petrichor, campfire smoke and seawater.
Was particularly close to her paternal great-grandparents when they were alive. Her family used to go back to Hope County for holidays and special events, so it was common to see Leslie sitting on Great-Grandma Doreen’s lap while chatting cheerfully, as well as Leslie following Great-Grandpa Frederick around like a small shadow. For such an intimidating man, he didn’t mind it at all.
A special possession of hers is a cross necklace that belonged to her great-grandmother.
Hates snakes with a passion and will not hesitate to kill one if she sees it. Wolverines receive the same treatment if they attack her.
Has a mellifluous voice, soft and soothing in its cadence. According to her family, she inherited it from Granma Isla. [She’s annually designated as the carol singer in Christmas family reunions.
Primary Sins: [WIP].
Can’t dance for shit, will only move her hips slowly or tap her feet on the floor because if she tries to dance she looks like a goddamn tree.
Has two modes when drunk: in early-to-mid drunkness she’ll loosen up and “let her hair down” -she’ll be louder, will drop her disciplined mask and will be just happy, if a tad more touchy-feely. However, a deeper state of drunkness will make her quiet down and weep silently.
Very service-oriented, is willing to carry a loved one’s burden on her shoulders and become a person’s rock when she sees them falling down. Family and friends are the main recipient of this dedication but she will extend it to anyone who needs it.
Has a scar on the right side of her jaw, received during a “fist fight” which turned ugly as soon as the guy she was struggling with took a razor from his back pocket and tried to stab her on the face with it. She also has several scars scattered on her body, especially on her arms and hands.
Leslie’s aloof exterior usually discourages a majority of strangers to approach her. It’s too serious, too solemn, too reserved. The ones who do approach her tend to hesitate, thinking she’ll just brush them off, only to find out she’s polite and nice and will listen attentively to anything they say.
Meticulous to the point of perfectionism. Even if she gets the chance to procrastinate, she will get the job done on time.
WORKAHOLIC AF
Was mischievous and restless as a child, older kids at the Veteran’s Center knew her as “the gremlin” and adults tended to panic if they didn’t hear her in a while, as she was surely in the middle of a disaster. Totally a scapegrace in her younger days, Leslie still retains a mischievous steak, though it’s buried under a heavy baggage of stress and worriness.
Hasn’t considered having children. It’s not that she doesn’t want them, it’s just that she has been preoccupied with more immediate concerns to think deeply about it. She starts to wrap her head around this matter once she’s named Baby Rye’s godmother.
Holds a bachelor’s degree with a major in criminal justice and a minor in medicine.
Her father was a former deputy sheriff of Hope County, as well as a former coworker of Earl Whitehorse. Meanwhile, her mother is a college arts professor born and raised in Virginia.
Is a sucker for romcoms and romantic movies–even though she considers them her “guilty pleasure” of sorts.
She has four siblings, two older (Andrew and Donna) and two younger than her (Nolan and Beatrice).
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