Leonardo "Leo" Olson

"I'm Leonardo, I usually hang out with Elli after her gig at the bar. You can call me Leo." -Leo during Mini: A Drunken Elli.Leonardo "Leo" Olson is one of the main characters of The Kaines Project. A frequent customer at the bar and personal friend to Anton, Leo quickly developed a crush on Elli when she began playing there. Though she is oblivious to his constant attempts at flirting, Leo and Elli are friends and often drink together.

Appearance
Leo has brown hair, though he dyes the bangs blonde. His hair can be pretty messy at times. His eyes are a bright green. Overall, he has an innocent and unassuming look to him.

Leo's wardrobe consists of causal clothing. He can almost always be seen wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with different flannels or jackets worn on top. Although we have yet to see him wear it yet in story, Leo has a jumpsuit, white gloves, and red goggles he wears while at work as an auto mechanic.

Personality
Leo is a well-meaning and sweet boy. He can be fairly silly and goofy, as shown through him flirting solely through cheesy pickup lines and his tendency to overthink things at times. He admires Elli greatly and is overjoyed at seeing her compliment his dyed bangs in the mini-comic that went along with his reference page. He also seems to look up to Anton, a sort of father figure to Leo due to his father's apparent absence.

Leo has a prominent fun-loving side to him. He drinks with Elli at the bar. He has a tendency to look on the bright side and is overall a very positive person. Leo is also very emotional and cries easily at things like sad movies, though he tries to pretend he is a tough guy.

Despite Leo's silliness, he is fairly skilled in computer science and mechanics. Although he works as an auto mechanic, he actually has a degree in computer science. Implying he is talented in multiple fields of STEM and more intelligent than he would appear at first glance.

History
Leo's mother died when he was a baby, so he never knew her. Leo's father was an auto mechanic. Growing up, Leo was surrounded by machinery. Despite this, he decided to study computer science in college for his degree.

As an old acquaintance of Leo's father, Leo has known Anton for many years. Possibly his whole life. As a mentor and father-figure to Leo, he tells Anton everything and Anton, in turn, is always willing to help him and give him advice.

Currently, he works as an auto mechanic for an unnamed company by day and visits Anton at his bar by night.

Trivia

 * The name "Leonardo" can mean "brave lion".
 * Despite being called Leo, Leo is not a Leo zodiac. He is a Gemini.
 * Leo cries at emotional movies.
 * Leo dyes his hair blonde because he thinks it looks cool.
 * The reason Leo decided to study computer science in college was because he thought it would be fun to invent something.
 * Ella called Leo cute the morning after meeting him.
 * Leo gets his green eyes from his father.
 * Leo prefers "OwO" to "UwU".
 * Leo doesn't have a favorite food, but he is partial to sandwiches heavy on meat and cheese.
 * Leo was nervous when first meeting Elli, but upon getting closer with her thought she was a good person.
 * Leo has a crush on Elli because of how cool she is and the way she counters his jokes.
 * Leo's father barely lets him into his workshop.
 * Interesting, both Leo's mother and Mrs. Kaine died when their children were infants.
 * In the fan voice casts made by @drawingorsomethin and displayed on Alezziart's highlighted Instagram stories, Leo was voiced by Jeremy Jordan, voice of Varian from Tangled: The Animated Series.