Leon Scott Kennedy is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. He was introduced as one of the two player characters in the video game Resident Evil 2 (1998), alongside Claire Redfield. During the events of Resident Evil 2, Leon is a rookie police officer who arrives in the doomed Raccoon City and is confronted by a zombie outbreak.

Kennedy successfully received a job offer at the Raccoon Police Department following his academy graduation. In September 1998, originally having supposed to start his job on September 25th, he received a cryptic phone call urging him not to report in for work. Nonetheless his concern eventually won out and drove to the city on the night of 29 September, unaware the city was at the grip of a t-Virus outbreak.

Following his escape from the city, Kennedy was headhunted by the US military for his survival skills and was pressed into service with a top-secret special operations task force.

In 2002, Kennedy had been chosen to take part in Operation Javier, a special operation intended to take down several drug cartels that took years to plan. He was placed under the command of Major Jack Krauser, who trained him in close-quarters knife combat and battle tactics. Kennedy was deployed alongside Krauser and a number of other soldiers into the jungle. As the mission continued, the group were gradually overwhelmed by an unknown enemy and abandoned by their superiors. Though unclear whether the mission's objectives were met, Kennedy and Krauser emerged as the only survivors, their compatriots dying as a result of the mission. Operation Javier was soon covered up by the government, including Kennedy's involvement.

In 2004, President Graham's daughter was abducted on the way home, in what had hallmarks of an inside job. American spies reported having seen the girl, Ashley Graham, in Spain and tracked her to an isolated, rural community. With all government agents being thoroughly investigated to identify the mole, Kennedy was sent alone to investigate the area.

Songs that remind me of him:

The Smiths - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want

Radiohead - Creep

Blur - Tender

Radiohead - No Surprises

Mitski - I'm Your Man

Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely

The National - Sorrow

What he means to me:

TBA

Reading:

CFC Fan-Book CAP! Faux Leon interview

Leon and the Raccoon Incident

Leon's handgun: Silver Ghost

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness - The Beginning

Is Resident Evil's Leon S. Kennedy Italian? An investigation

Resident Evil: Archives Book II

Personal Headcanons:

Let me start off by saying these are my own personal headcanons. If you like them great! If you don't, idgaf. They're personal! You don't have to like them. I also think it's important to clarify that I do not see Leon as a man, at all. I personally see him as a he/him butch lesbian. :)

Some of these are silly, some are serious. At the end of the day, none of it is that serious because they're headcanons for a character from Resident Evil. Headcanons are for fun! I'll probably add to this as more come to me.

He's a brunette, not a blonde. I'm a staunch blonde Leon hater. IDK why I just am.

He is Italian-American. I know people argue the validty of this being canonical but I personally just really like it for him. I can't decide between him originally being from New York or Chicago. I lean more toward New York bc i'm more familiar with the area. Also because i like the Mets. I also like him being from Jersey too so it really just depends on my mood.

Speaking of the Mets... I think he is a baseball fan. In the Infinite Darkness comic he knew that the Pirates were out of town which means, in my delusional mind, he follows baseball closely enough to know when teams are home/away. I think his favorite teams are the Mets and the Yankees.

He's a dog person but loves all animals.

This is canon but... people believe otherwise apparently... so I'm putting it here anyway. Leon isn't smooth, he's weird and awkward and offputting. He says weird shit. You can blame Capcom's bad writing but I think he's just fucking weird. The few times he is smooth it's always on accident. Particularly in 4, I think he's just completely withdrawn from people and doesn't really know how to relate to "normal" people anymore. Even in 6 (the game people consider him to be his most "suave" or whatever) he's still just fucking weird. He has no idea how to talk to people, at all.

He hates being alone with himself and finds it difficult to look in mirrors.

He's a movie buff. His favorites are noir and detective movies.

He was raised Catholic but is an atheist.

His parents ran with the mob and were killed in a bad deal. (this is based on the faux interview with him that I linked above, I don't think it's considered canon)

I think if RC's destruction never happened he would've quit the RPD anyway. I think he would've had a hard time working for someone as corrupt as Irons and would've found other ways to help people that didn't involve working for him.

His noir outfit is a Halloween costume that he wears every year to the DSO's office parties(if he even goes at all).

He likes cheap beer and cheap food, especially wings.

He keeps fit but otherwise takes horrible care of himself.

NSFW headcanons

He is not a dom. I actually really fucking hate dom Leon. I also really fucking hate sub Leon so... whatever. It's hell out here.

He's a service top/switch imo. Depends on his partner.

he's a munch :3c

this isn't nsfw but i think he's a really good kisser hehe.