well, I guess this is a little late since I've been here about a month now on this character. this is kinda my third attempt at finding a home here, and it seems to be going better this time around, so might as well post this.

Lennon, or Len for short as her girlfriend Sarina calls her was born in early 1995 as a dude. Len didn't like this very much and as such had a rather awkward and uncomfortable time growing up, with very few friends, and lots of trouble at home. enough so that Len upon turning 18 enlisted in the army, with the mindset of "well, if I'm going to die, might as well do it in combat where I'll be remembered as a hero." enlisting was a little awkward, and the Recruiters, as anyone whos joined the military knows, told Len to not mention well, anything that wasn't an immediate notice or worry, including their not officially diagnosed mental health problems. originally applying to be a 74d (cbrn specialist) len was held up by MEPs when she wasn't able to pee on command for the drug test, which led to a hold up, and having to go back another day for the piss test, and having to rechoose a new MOS, Len was dumb, and wanted to die, so she tried to purposely choose infantry despite her fairly high asvab scores, but her mom talked to the recruiter, and ultimately, she (a he at the time) went with 68w, which Len was okay with. basic was a bit of a challenge, and Len was afraid she'd crack, but ultimately she didn't, managing to make it through and pass, after getting cycled through a couple of times in the pt unit for those who needed more physical training before eventually getting to pass Basic training. from there, she went on to advanced training, and rather quickly caught on. after that, life was interesting, and when Len was deployed, Len got awfully close to somebody for the first time in their life, a fellow soldier, starting a rather awkward romance over in Afghanistan. this first fling, a Charles Jackson, jokingly at first called Len his "little princess" which Len at first was very defensive and blushy about at first, until it kind of stuck, and the two became rather inseparable, but not wholly open about it to the others, Len was starting to think maybe life isn't so bad after all, one night Charles got ahold of a tattoo needle, and some ink, and gave len the little crown tattooed on her chest.  it was a professional job, but it was special. soon after that, however, things started to go down hill, it came out one of the guys in the unit had been sleeping with the sergeant's wife pre-deployment, which quickly upturned morale in the unit, it wasn't long after that they were on Patrol when Len and Charles were sent to move a car out of the way, and when the door opened, it blew up, killing Charles, and giving Len her signature injuries, the missing arm, the burns all over her left side, and the now blinded eye she hides under an eyepatch. when Len finally woke up in a hospital bed, she had questions, was panicked, scared, worried and asking about Charles, his death hit her hard, and she was soon sent back to the states, where she was put through about 2 months of questioning and medical and mental evaluation before being discharged with a purple heart. somehow after that, LEn ended up in nevada, vegas, and dealing with various things, the Va, LEn pretty much sayiing fuck it, and started to come out as trans, it was an awkward period, and LEn was often depressed to the point the VA had her ,(now her) on suicide watch, with heavy therapy and a caretaker. Len was happy to get to start being who she'd always wanted to be on the inside, but even with that, she felt empty, sad alone. that all changed when she met Sarina, at first it was just a smile and a hello, but before long they were talking, Sarina would give Len tips on being more girly, and it wasn't long before LEn ditched her caretaker at  place to hang with Sarina, leading to an angry call from her case manager, only to be met with a "fuck you Sarina is my caretaker now, pretty soon after that they moved in, and the two of them, with combined resources and budgets, managed to make a lot more progress on their transitions, tho mostly for Len, as Sarina was mostly done by that point. The influence Sarina had on len, made Len happy, and while the case manager didnt like it, Len didn't care. Len also didn't hit the jackpot with hormones and breast growth, quite the opposite, but Len didn't really care. flat was fine she thought. part of it was pride at actually having lost the weight from childhood perhaps. and while for a while, things were good. Sarina's streaming business and len's veteran's disability financially supported them, and they had well, everything they wanted. that was, until Sarina's fans found out where they lived, and then things started to go south. once they got to the point they woke up to some crazed fan standing over Sarina in the middle of the night, they panicked, and started packing, fast, in a hurry they tried to find the most obscure, cheap quick no questions asked place they could on short notice. enter Hathian.