#about leyla

5 things you’ll find in my bedroom: (difficult since my bedroom is only the bed, built into an alcove :D)

Two giant Ikea shark plushs

Four round cat pillow-plushs

A pillow shaped like a giant mackerel

At least three blankets

Another charger for my phone

5 things I’ve always wanted to do in life:

Travel a lot

Go diving

Learn more languages

Make my own video game

Pet a shark 🙈🦈

5 things that make me happy:

Petting animals

Chocolate

Music

Calmness

Finishing a big project

5 things I’m currently into:

I lik the bred poems

Teriyaki Chicken

Overwatch

Dragon Age

The song “Repetition” by Purity Ring

5 things on my to-do list:

Finishing my Alistair Cosplay for LBM

Studying for the approaching tests

Get back into learning more Spanish

Talk more English since I will have to do a test for the exchange semester

Get better at drawing

5 things people may not know about me:

I had 6 wisdom teeth

I like rollerskating a lot but have trouble with ice skating

I'm not good at thinking of interesting facts about myself haha

I think regularly about how cool it would be to be a shapeshifter

Leyla was born into a modest family in Istanbul. She was the third of seven children and leanred early to fight for what she wanted. While she's close to her brothers and sisters, she never really knew what it's like to have something completely to herself. The clothes and toys she had were her older siblings' first. Everything and aynthing always had to be shared, from the treats they got for special occasions, to the room they slept in.

When her family came to New York, she was just eight years old and unlike some of her siblings, she was very responsible with her studies. Her dream was to become a doctor one day and be able to help people. After her grandfather passed away due to the family not being able to afford the heart surgery he needed, she worked even harder to succeed. Leyla studied until late at night to assure she had the best grades. In order to be able to pay for University, she took on a job at the theater and during weekends she helped out at a bar. There, she'd met a guy and despite him making it impossible to not fall for his charm, she resisted and focused on her studies and career instead.

The bar was often crowded with suspicious individuals but Leyla just focused on her job and ignored them most of the time. Until one night, chaos broke out and before she knew, bullets were flying around, there was a lot of screaming and blood was everywhere. Somehow she managed to get out without any major injuries. With the exception of a few cuts and bruises, she was okay. On her way out, a man who was not as lucky, grabbed her leg and she didn't have it in her to just leave him there. She had to help him. Of course, she had no idea who he was or whether he was involved with those people who did this or not but she was going to be a doctor and thus she couldn't ignore someone in need of help. As it turned out, the man worked for the Riley Syndicate in Los Angeles, his name was Adrian Riley and he was the underboss of the Riley Syndicate. Up to this day, Leyla didn't know anything about the mob world and maybe it was a bit too naive of her but Adrian made her an offer she couldn't refuse: To show his gratitude to her for saving his life, he offered to take her to LA and pay for her studies. Obviously there was a string attached: Once she was a doctor, she would be working for the Riley Syndicate off the books.

She has a big scar on the left side of her chest, above her heart, from a man who once was her best friend. But when he confessed to her he wanted to make her his wife and she refused, he freaked out and attacked her with a knife, with the promise, if he couldn’t be happy with her, no one could. The event didn’t make her bitter and she still sees the good in everyone. But she does find it harder to truly trust someone now.