Why Days of our Lives’ Leo needs to stop spiraling over Dimitri and choose Javi already

On Days of our Lives, Dimitri (Peter Porte) didn’t just show up at Leo's (Greg Rikaart) and Javi’s (Al Calderon) wedding reception. He detonated it. The vows were done, the champagne was mid-pour, and then Leo’s past walked in with a smile and a claim that everything Leo thought he knew was wrong. Leo froze, and Javi noticed it immediately. And instead of fighting for space in Leo’s head, he did the healthiest thing possible and walked away until Leo can figure out what he actually wants. This isn’t about romance anymore. It’s about Leo choosing stability over chaos, once and for all.

Days of our Lives’ Dimitri Is a Disruption, Not an Option

Dimitri thrives on interruption and chaos. He arrives with just enough truth, just enough menace, and just enough charm to knock Leo off balance. That’s the move, and it always has been what he’s good at. He doesn’t offer a future. He offers noise, confusion, schemes, and the illusion that chaos is a good thing.

What matters is how Leo reacts. He spiraled fast, replaying old feelings in his head like they’re unfinished business instead of expired warnings. Dimitri doesn’t need to sell Leo on anything new. He just needs him stuck, second-guessing, hesitating long enough for the moment to slip.

That hesitation is the real damage. Dimitri represents a version of Leo who survives on scheming, adrenaline, and emotional whiplash, not on stability or growth. Every second Leo spends indulging that pull is time he’s not standing in the life he already built, with someone who chose him without needing to blow the doors off the room first. Leo has worked very hard on reinventing himself as a good person and needs to stay away from Dimitri.

Javi Is the Calm Leo Keeps Ignoring

Javi didn’t shout or concoct a plan to get rid of Dimitri. He didn’t weaponize Leo’s history. When the reception collapsed, he didn’t compete with Dimitri for Leo’s attention. He just left, not to punish Leo, but out of self-respect.

That matters more than any speech Leo gives to Marlena in an empty square. Javi has been steady from the start. He challenges Leo when needed and supports him without strings. Leo even admitted that Javi makes him better. That’s not confusion, it’s just true clarity knocking.

Leo’s mistake was treating emotional safety as boring instead of earned. Javi isn’t less exciting than Dimitri, he’s just not exhausting. There’s a difference, and Leo knows it.

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The longer Leo delays, the louder the message gets. Javi will not beg to be chosen. He shouldn’t have to. If Leo actually wants the future he keeps naming out loud, then he needs to stop freezing, stop letting Dimitri suck all the oxygen out of the room, and choose the person who’s already standing there, steady, waiting, and not playing games.

Days of our Lives is available on the Peacock streaming app.

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