Days of Our Lives puts Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) unable to stay away from Javi Hernandez (Al Calderon), no matter how often he tells Leo to please back off and no, we cannot be friends after what you did. And now that Javi’s hunky boyfriend is in town, Leo is going to get even worse.
And we just saw him getting a whole eyeful of Javi and Gus (Michael Ocampo) engaging in some happy PDA right there in Horton Town Square. But once Leo finds out Gus is planning to move to Salem, the big question is, will he sabotage Javi’s boyfriend?
Leo’s Obsession With Javi on Days of Our Lives
So, given how eaten up with jealousy that Leo is, plus that, you know, the last time I looked, unless something’s changed, he’s still wearing the wedding ring Javi put on his finger. So, I just don’t think this is going to go well. And it could be that scheming Leo takes matters into his own hands and ruins Gus’s shot at a job as a first responder in Salem.
Now, as you know, Leo and Javi have been broken up for months now. We know Leo still cares about Javi, but honestly, that ship has long since sailed. The question is, will Leo pull a shocking move to make sure that Gus is sent packing back to Texas because he can’t get a job, so he can’t stay in town and be at Javi’s side?
Michael Ocampo Makes His DOOL Debut
Soap newbie Michael Ocampo just made his debut on Days as Javi’s new boyfriend, Gustavo, or Gus for short. And Javi reconnected with Gus while he was down in Texas taking care of his father while he was recovering from open heart surgery. And apparently Javi and Gus knew each other as firefighters. But back then, Javi had not come out of the closet yet.
If you remember, that was back when he was with a woman and they had a baby and then there was that terrible thing and their baby died. So, Gus and Javi never dated back then and after losing his child then Javi wound up in Salem with Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) and Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) and that is when he met Leo Stark.
Leo And Javi’s Relationship
So, you know, from the start, he and Javi had a really sweet love story that, of course, culminated in that romantic wedding that Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) ruined when she brought her horrible husband, Dimitri Von Leuschner (Peter Porte), to town, specifically to mess up Javi and Leo’s big day. And then Dimitri lured Leo back into his web of deceit. And that sent Javi back to Texas to nurse his dad back to health and also nurse his own broken heart after he told Leo he needed to go get closure with Dimitri.
But instead Leo took off to Alamania with Dimitri to help prove his innocence in the DiMera kidnappings, which seems like a nice thing, but that cost Leo his chance with Javi because Leo didn’t tell him he was going. He just took off and Rafe and the others were kind of not saying anything. But of course, Javi did eventually learn that Leo was over in Europe. Worse yet, sharing a hotel room with his hottie ex Dimitri. And to his credit, Leo figured out that Dimitri was all flash and no substance. That he really wanted to be with Javi, but by then it was too late. And Javi had told Leo he moved on with Gus.
Days of our Lives: Leo Won’t Give Up
Of course, Leo hasn’t given up. He takes every opportunity to try and get close to Javi. He wouldn’t stay away. For instance, Leo kept showing up when Javi was hospitalized after the Johnny near death incident when Javi played hero. But unlike Leo, while Gus wasn’t around, Javi wasn’t letting his ex get close. Not like Leo did with Dimitri. We’ve seen Javi being very standoffish and insisting no, Leo can’t even be his friend. Javi has told him they are over and he is in love with Gus, who is quite the tall, handsome hunk, by the way.
Leo’s Therapy And Obsession on Days
Meanwhile, Leo has been venting to Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) in therapy about how much he misses Javi and regrets what happened with them. But recently, Marlena pointed out that it seems like Leo is just low-key stalking Javi. Poor Leo just cannot seem to get over the man that he married and lost last New Year’s Eve. Clearly Javi is a good influence on him and he made Leo a better person, but that’s not his job, you know.
And at the same time, Dimitri wants Leo basically at his worst. And I will say that Leo has come a long way in his therapy with Marlena since he and Javi broke up. But don’t forget, it was Javi who refused to sign the marriage license and left for Texas on Days of our Lives . So, if you think it’s a little fast for him to head back down there and reconnect with Gus and start dating him, maybe.
But then again, Leo didn’t wait too long before he got way too close to Dimitri, even though Leo kept refusing to do the deed and they didn’t cheat physically. I feel like that he cheated emotionally by getting so close to Dimitri. And then this week, Leo found out that Javi’s boyfriend, Gus, was in town and he reacted badly. First of all, Leo was making fun of his name and then was trying to stall Javi while he was trying to go meet Gus. And we know that Leo hates the idea of Javi being with this other man. But what’s he going to do?
Will Leo Sabotage Gus on DOOL?
Well, maybe something. Considering how hurt and jealous Leo was when he saw Gus and Javi kissing, I’m honestly expecting Leo might reach into his old bag of tricks and pull one of his sketchy moves. You know, he was quite the plotter and schemer back in the day. So, you can’t put anything past him, even though he’s been working with Marlena to try and be a better man.
If you remember, Leo kept asking how long Gus was going to be in town. And then he basically told Javi that Gus was being non-committal by only coming for a visit. But then after Javi told Gus about how Leo was acting and what he was saying, Gus assured Javi that he had lots of vacation days and was going to stay in Salem as long as he can. And then Javi offered up a long-term solution and he told Gus that there is a job opening at the fire station.
And after some more smooching and flirting, Gus agreed to apply for the job so he can stay in Salem with Javi for good. I’m assuming it’s a firefighter job because they were firefighters together in Texas and we’ve been hearing Gus referred to as firefighter Gus. And of course, Leo was lurking and stalking and listening to all this. So, you know, he was already counting the days till Javi’s boyfriend went back to Texas so that then he could try and get with Javi again. But now this is something Leo may not be able to stand by and watch happen.
Days of our Lives: Leo Sabotages Gus’ Job Application?
So we also know that JJ Deveraux (Casey Moss) is wanting to stay in Salem and he wants to go back to being an EMT. Meanwhile, Gus is a firefighter. So we heard that this job opening mentioned by JJ and also by Javi. So I’m not sure if JJ and Gus would be vying for the same open position. If they are, I would expect that Leo might find out about JJ wanting the job from his boss, Chad DiMera (Connor Floyd), since Chad and JJ live under the same roof.
And Leo might find out and then do all he can to make sure that JJ gets the job and Gus does not. Then again, if JJ and Gus aren’t going after the same job, I would still expect Leo to find some way to sabotage Javi’s boyfriend. You know, Leo might go into the office, sneak around behind the desk, and just delete his application off the system or somehow tamper with it to make him look bad, call in a bad reference.
You know, there’s no telling what he would do. Since Leo’s certain that Javi is his soulmate, I am fully expecting that Leo has the potential to engage in some sort of shocking sabotage because as they say, all is fair in love and war and he wants Javi to be his guy again. Also in a month, don’t forget Jacob Martinez steps in as recast Javi right in the middle of this front burner storyline because Al Calderon has left Days of Our Lives.
