Nico x Leo infodump anyone?
I figured that I don’t ever share info on Nico on my tumblr, just post art of her every now and again. And while the people I know on discord know her, you all don’t know her
So today I’ll do a mini infodump on her and Leo. Mostly her relationship to Leo at the beginning
To start this off, Nico is a defective witch. I won’t go too into it, but Nico was born with a defect that makes her unable to access her mystics. She can access very little the leaks out the sides, but those dry up quick
Thus, despite her love for mystics she in’s unable to do mystics and witch craft
Nico also used to be bullied back at the start of middle school leading to her now being the hidden cities version of online schooling. Nico doesn’t like schools… make her nauseous. Bad memories
Later in the story, after April befriends Sunita, Nico and her family go to Run Of The Mill. There she meets April and Sunita who drag her into a little debate, and then into their chaos… poor Nico but hay, at least she’s made her first friends
From then on the girls hang out for a while. Note that Nico hasn’t met the boys yet
Nico meets Leo (and the boys) one day when meat sweats steals her familiar, Boof. Without any idea where he went, and a guy who just fell off a roof. She shakes the guy (Leo) and gets him to help. Leo of course helps, and alongside his brothers bring back Boof to Nico. She thanks them and that’s it for a while
I’m not too sure how they meet again, but I think maybe shortly after this event April introduces the bots to her new friend??? And they’re all like “oh hay! You again!” Also all this happens before which town (Donnie is safe. For now…) smiles
Now with all that out the way!
Nico and Leo’s relationship to each other and jazz
Over time Nico grows a hopelessly smitten little crush on Leo. She admired his confidence, his ability to just be there, the center of attention. And he’s cute. While she doesn’t know know him she is attracted to him because she admires him. And Leo, oh clueless Leo… is completely unaware. I wouldn’t call this ace Leo but he’s, one, a 14 year old boy who cringes at romance. And two, doesn’t really like Nico that much. Not that he dislikes her! No, no not at all! To Leo Nico is his friend, sure, but they aren’t close. She’s more of Aprils friend than his friend. So Nico to him is in his friend group, and by default his friend, but not someone he is close with or would go out his way to hang around
That’s basically how their relationship is for a good while. Nico admires Leo from afar (sorta) but doesn’t actually know how to approach him or get him to see her. Until her wing woman step in
I don’t know exactly how to go about saying this, but let me attempt to. I have a fake episode in mind
For whatever reason the gang is hanging out and they have to split up, April and Sunita force the two into a duo and leave (literally) no room for argument. I mean literally because they’re already gone and pushing everyone to get out of there
Leo’s ticked cause he doesn’t want to be stuck with someone he’s not like that with but sucks it up. Skipping around Leo ends up getting them into some shit (because of course he did) and Nico is upset at him. This scene I want to he like “portal jacked” as Leo will be more likely to open up someone in a situation like this when the person he’s opening up to, isn’t all that close to him. I forgot where I saw it but Leo apparently doesn’t open up to close friends or family. He opens up to somewhat close strangers. Like bone in this scene despite the trouble he’s gotten them into, and Nico even being mad at him, when he opens up she stops. A silent pause. Then she actually like looks back, not getting like “awesome awesome cool that’s great that your having insecurities, but we’re going to die!” Such as his bro’s in that pizza maze ep (mind you they are justified) but goes like “hay… you good?” And actually like treats it carefully
Here it sorta throws Nico off, Leo’s not the confident guy she thought he was. But honestly I don’t think she minds. She can relate to him more like this, and even admire him more. She admires him for being better than she can say for herself and her insecurities. I won’t get too into this but this would show Nico in a new light to Leo. She’s, despite what you’d think up front from a shy sputtering girl is actually quite strong in her own way
Like yes she’s shy, but she’s also reliable and a good friend if that makes sense? I don’t know how the conversation would go, but I’d imagine she’d relate to him and give him some confidence. She encourages him and he appreciates her for it
I wouldn’t say that makes them completely mutual in romantic feelings, but Leo definitely sees her now. She’s a good friend, and hopefully they’ll be close friends now. Later, he’ll start wanting something more too
To add to this, I like to base their attraction to each off of their admiration of each other. Nico can admire his not confidence, but his ability to fake it till you make it. Even if he falls face first he’s still out there, he doesn’t just back off just like that. And despite his lack of confidence he’s not as little as he thinks he is. She admires his skills too. And Leo can admire her subtle strength. She’s shy, and doubts her ability, but she’s a good reliable friend you can fall back on, and she’s knows her mystic stuff. Might not sound like a lot but it’s still impressive! She knows her shit, that’s its own skill
Hope any of that made sense. I’m not too good at explaining things, especially Nico. I don’t write any of her info down lol
This is basically all from my head
