I’ll bet 50$ and a box of froot loops that it’s actually both of those reasons.
He does. The author said that after the death of his sister and mother his father threw himself into work and distanced himself from Leon.
Leon’s dad is distant but he tries to be a good father. He threw himself into his work when Leon’s sister and mother died to try and cope, and Leon never really forgave him for that.
I couldn’t directly quote it from the thread because it was locked but here’s the full post:
And it’d make sense that he’d try to make his dad proud because the author said that he actually cares for his dad. And he seems like he wants to break free from living in his step-sister’s shadow, he wants to be noticed(?).
