#raph is a softie

[dreamweave01]

ur art is so good u draw raph so cute...

I know in the past I said I don't have a favorite turtle. . .

. . .But I think I lied.

[onejellyfishplease]

and last but not least we have Warden Raph!

he may be very visually impared, but he can hear you from a mile away

Donnie, Leo, Mikey

[cnwolf-brainrot]

Dee-Evolution Raph is the designated turtle caretaker. He says it's just because he's the only one in his family who actually knows how to take care of a turtle, but it's also because he's really the biggest softie of all of them and wants to make sure his very vulnerable little brother is safe... this may apply to alternate universe versions of him, apparently!

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[r00tten]

⚡Demon dog and his boyfriend💥

Been getting back into my tmnt iteration!! Here sum fluffly RAPHABE + Raph looking cool

[truths33k3r4]

CHAPTER 22 - Make Him Make Sense

‘ WHAT WAS HE THINKING. ‘

Leo hastily made his way through the hall, keeping his feet in a steady rhythm in order to balance out his racing mind.

‘ HOW CAN HE BE SO BLIND. ‘

His hands remained in tight fists swinging from side to side to keep up with his fast pace. The shaking still hadn’t stopped.

‘ If he were seven? Sure. Ten? Yeah, I guess- BUT SIXTEEN FREAKIN’ YEARS OLD???? ‘

A burning heat radiated from his heart and spread to his head.

‘ He’s never going to grow up. Not if he stays like THIS. ‘

Thanks to his brisk walking, Leo quickly found himself outside Sensei’s Study. His feet stopped.

‘ Maybe Sensei can knock some sense into him- Maybe SENSEI can NAIL IT THROUGH HIS SKULL why he should be more CAREFUL. ‘

Leo’s hand reached out and made contact with the door’s handle.

And then he froze.

He shut his eyes and took two deep breaths. ( The deepest he’s been able to manage all day. ) With his eyes shut, and his beating heart finally beginning to slow, Leo did his very best to think clearly instead of emotionally. He forced all his tense muscles to relax as best he could.

The burn in his heart was still very much present. It made him want to call out to Sensei to scold Raphael like back when they were kids. It wanted him to force his brother to take care of himself.

It wanted control.

There weren’t many things that made Leo angry. He actually prided himself with how calm he could appear to be when it came to more tense moments in their home: Arguments, physical fights between brothers, injuries… Normally, he’s able to keep his head on and focus as he works through whatever problem he’s facing.

But then..

..There were specific moments; Brief times when the rarity of his temper made an appearance. Usually it all began with little things:

His finger getting caught in the zipper of his jacket.

Getting interrupted while he tried to focus on doing his devotions in the morning.

Finding out Mikey ate all his leftover pizza even though he SPECIFICALLY WROTE “ DO NOT EAT! THIS IS LEO’S. THAT MEANS YOU, MIKEY“.

And then the final straw would happen. The last little cherry on top of a mound of stress and rising anger.

~

One time Mikey accidentally shattered Leo’s favorite mug. The one Sensei got him for passing one of his hardest tests in ninja training.

Leo had trained for weeks, practicing over and over, working himself till late at night so he would finally pass with flying colors. After he did pass, Sensei came home with a small box in his hands and handed it to Leo. Inside laid a dark blue mug with silver and gold accents swirled around the rim and handle. On its face was painted the words, “ Well done, my Son. “

And now the closest thing to a trophy of his success, as well as one of the rare gifts they would get from Sensei, laid in pieces strewn all over the floor.

It hurt.

It hurt a lot.

Mikey was only around seven or eight at the time. He was practicing cooking in the kitchen with Sensei and Don. In the chaos of trying to pull out a bowl to use for mixing cookie dough in, he mistakenly knocked off Leo’s prized mug.

When Leo had walked in, Mikey’s eyes almost immediately flooded with tears as he began scrambling to pick up all the sharp ceramic pieces. It didn’t even take a second before his tiny hand was bleeding.

Don came rushing to his side with a paper towel to wrap his hand in, as Sensei started saying something to Leo in a calm voice.

But Leo didn’t understand a word.

He just… stood there.

His mouth remained slightly ajar, while his brows creased in contemplation, trying to process what just happened.

He wanted to yell.

He wanted to scream at Mikey.

His wounded heart demanded justice for his loss. It would feel right to get compensation. It would feel right to let out all his anger and annoyance at his dumb little brother.

That thought made Leo literally take a stumbling step backwards.

At that moment Leo ran. There were just too many thoughts and feelings and emotions and he had TO GO. Rather run away, than say something he’d REALLY regret. And how much his chest burned with hatred ( FOR HIS LITTLE BROTHER ) proved to him he just couldn’t handle this right now.

So he ran to the one spot he knew would be safe and distant enough from his family.. Where he could cool off. Where he.. couldn’t hurt them.

As he sat on the cold wet ground in front of the ladder leading up to the surface, he tried to push aside all his horrible feelings.

The faint cold smell of fog and precipitation loomed in the air as the last drop of rain fell through the grate above his head.

The quiet drips of rain water trickling down the grate into the puddles added a somber tranquility to the dark place. As the raindrops fell and plinked onto the mirror-like face of the puddles, there came a light echo that would whisper through the tunnel. Somehow the darkness was peaceful. Not having much to look at really can help one’s mind become a silent haven. And when accompanied by the soft echoes of the raindrops, it can be the world’s most peaceful spot. There were times Leo would fall asleep there, lulled by the soft symphony of drips and whispers.

Leo really wanted this place to work its usual magic… LIKE NOW.. But before his mind could even be quieted, a whispering raspy voice spoke up next to his ear.

“ What are you doing? “

Leo absolutely hated the high pitched squeak that escaped his mouth. And judging by the burst of laughter from Raph, it was apparently loud enough to be heard…

“ - RAPH WHAT THE HECK!????!! ”

Leo felt his cheeks burn not only with embarrassment, but with that same rising anger. It still warmed the inside of his chest, and his mind was no where close to calm yet.

‘ How can I still be angry- it was a mug! A CUP!! How can something that SMALL get me so ANGRY?? ‘

Leo tried to fake as calm a voice as he could.

“ Raph, get outta here. I’m not in the mood. “

‘ I just gotta get him away- He’ll leave, I’ll calm the HECK down, and everything will be fine. ‘

“ Haha-he-ha haaaa…. Sheesh~ Sorry, drama queen. “

Leo could feel all his muscles tense.

“ RAPH- I’M WARNING YOU- BACK. OFF. “ Leo growled. He could feel his filter quickly slipping through his fingers as nothing but hatred and exasperation filled his mind.

“ Dude, what is going on?? What happened to you? Why are you being so- “

It happened too fast.

Leo couldn’t stop the flowing cascade of seething fury as he lunged at his brother.

..All over a flipping mug…

Raph gave a loud yelp as his head slammed into the moist brick ground, but that didn’t stop him from fighting back. The two brothers wrestled aimlessly, fists and feet flying. Both of the boys’ knees and elbows got scuffed and sliced into by the rough exterior of the bricks below. Leo landed a few blows on his brother’s face and shoulder as Raph tried to hold down Leo’s arms and hands.

“ DUDE WHAT’S GOING ON???! ARE YOU NUTS??! “

Leo’s answer found itself in the form of another low sharp growl. He could feel tears pricking the edges of his eyes as he let loose his temper.

Despite Raph’s smaller size compared to his brother, he still knew he had the advantage: Strategy.

One blow to his brother’s hard plastron caused Leo to grunt and press his injured hand to his side. Raph used that small distraction to kick Leo’s stomach to shove him off. In an instant, the roles were switched and Raph was now holding Leo down.

“ DUDE WHAT IS IT?? WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU??! “

Leo thrashed underneath Raph’s weight.

“ ARE YOU OK?? “

His mind loudly rang with his temper filling every crevice of his thoughts. Nothing made sense. His vision blurred as if his brain told him it didn’t matter what he saw.

“ LEONARDO!! “

With one last effort to snap his brother back, Raph winded back his arm and slapped Leo square in the face.

The ringing stopped.

Leo’s chest hurt as he heaved shaky breaths. His throat burned from the shouts and growls. His body ached from the punches and wrestling.

And now, his head was finally allowing his mind to catch up to what his body was doing..

..to his brother.

Leo’s vision finally cleared as the blurry shapes crystalized into focus. Raph was looking down at him. His little brother’s right eye began swelling in shades of blue.

Leo’s burning tears swelled and ran over his face.

Raph.. didn’t know how to process this.

As Leo extinguished all the fight he had in him, going limp under his brother’s weight, he sobbed and turned his face away from Raph.

Raph remained on top of Leo with firm grips pinning down his brother’s arms. But as he felt Leo’s body soften and relax, he loosened his grip, eventually letting go and crawling off his older brother’s plastron. He sat down next to Leo’s left shoulder waiting in silence for when his big brother could breathe enough to speak..

“ I- I didn’t mean to- Raph I’m.. I’m so sorry- I’m hic I’m supposed to take care of- of you… And I- I hic I… - I HURT YOU. I’M SO SO SORRY. “

Leo’s voice came out shaky and dry from all the yelling, mixed with the wince of pain of all the emotions plaguing his young heart.

Raphael simply patted Leo’s head in response. ( A little roughly, but it was still appreciated. )

“ Uh….. there… there…. “ Raph whispered weakly as he continued to pat his brother’s head like a puppy. " It's just a black eye.. I get worse in training.... It's no big deal, dude. "

The tears in Leo’s eyes and the shame in his heart didn’t quench his brotherly instinct to laugh at his little brother’s sad excuse of comfort.

Leo returned to the present.

His fingers slowly let go of the Study’s handle.

‘ I didn’t make any sense to Raph back then.. ‘

Leo passed Sensei’s Study and began to walk to the Living Room.

‘ .. But he was still there for me..

So when he’s ready, I’ll be there for him. ‘

That's it for this chapter!! :) Man alive, it's nice to be back at this. :) I've missed writing... Thank you, guys, for being patient! Hopefully my next chapter won't take as long to post. :)

To God be the glory!

Masterpost <- PRIOR CHAPTER NEXT CHAPTER ->

[cadoodledoodleydoo]

He has no pranks planned but he does offer hugs

Pubby loves hugs! Pubby says hi hihihihihihi!!!!! ᯓᡣ𐭩

Since you sent this to my main Raph gets to enjoy some emotional support corgi smooches!

((Ps. there's another hug on the way!!))

[catbowserauthor]

I actually thought it was a writing issue which is why Raph didn’t seem affected by anything I never really thought about it being resiliency like you said. So not only is he physically strong he’s mentally too I am a little disappointed though because I like torturing him lol

LOL. It surprised me really uncovering how well adjusted Raph is! In terms of fanfic, remember that resilience only goes so far. Raph’s family is a HUGE part of his ability to bounce back as is his ability to express himself.

Do what fanfic evils with that info that you will. 😈

[twistmygrinder]

honestly my favorite line from this movie

[marsmaniac]

Bayverse Raph walked so Rise Raph could run

[familyofpaladins]

11.) Which version of Raphael is your favorite?

thanks for the ask!! Great question!

OH MAN HARD TO CHOOSE

But I think I'm going to have to say it's a tie between 2003 Raph and Rise Raph!

Rise raph is great because he's the big brother. He loves his younger brothers so much and would do anything to protect them, even when they're annoying dumb idiots lol. He doesnt like being apart from them, sometimes so much it literally drives him crazy, or he makes him tie themselves all together in a giant turtle ball lol. He does also fight and tease his brothers but it's all done out of love. He's really just a giant marshmallow at heart and how could you not love him?

2003 Raph on the outside is grumpy and gruff but he really isn't nearly as angry as he appears! When he's upset over a missing Master Splinter he goes out to look around and cool off, and ends up helping a kid (who punched him in the face TWICE)! He sits and chats with a little old blind lady. He helps Leo reforge his swords after they got broken by the

He worries so much about hurting his brothers and Knows he had anger issues. When Leo is in his broody/angry/nothing-I-do-is-good-enough phase, Taph knows what it's like to be angry a

Like there are actually very few instances where Rpah is actually truly angry at his brothers. Most of his arguing is either tough love or teasing.

He loves his brothers. He may not really admit it in so many words but he shows it in actions. He defends them and has their backs and he'd do anything for them.

He's just so good okay

[faux-mance]

sometimes the way people write or draw horror is really like. just go get raphael from rottmnt (2018)

[the-cauldron-witch]

This warmed my sooouuullllll thank you so much!!!!

Oh my goodness, I went absolutely *feral* for your Kitchen Window series and would love to send a request! 🐛 - tickle fights With Raph x Reader, I've always pictured Raph being far more ticklish that he lets on and absolutely refuses to admit it at all lol

OUUUH GIRL I HAVE SUCH A SOFT SPOT FOR TICKLE FICS and also I COMPLETELY agree. ticklish Raphie for the winnn

also I went just a little overboard with this one, I'm such a sucker for raph fics lmao 🩷♥️

ticklish

bayverse! Raphael x gn! reader

desc- (big red is more ticklish than he lets on)

warnings - none!

word count - 1.3k

Most of the nights the boys come home from patrol, they’re exhausted. It’s straight from keeping lookout and impressive parkour across buildings, to coming home and sleeping the day away or lounging about quietly in the lair, with their own respective hobbies.

Not tonight though. Raph knows you’re already waiting for him in his and Mikey’s room. The thought of getting to home to you, paired with something exciting in the air makes he and his brothers rowdy, entering the lair with loud whoops and jumping off of eachother like they’re spiked off of an insane amount of caffeine. The first thing Raph does when he steps inside is strip himself of the gear and weapons wrapped to his body, letting it all drop to the floor like dead weight in the huge living area.

“Aw come on Raph, we just cleaned up this morning,” Leo’s complaints are brushed away with an eye roll.

“Gotta hot date waitin for me,” he makes the promise to pick it up later (even though he most definitely will not).

Raph’s grateful Mikey’s already parked his butt on the couch starting up a game, meaning he and you have the area to yourselves. He shoves his younger brother, just to piss him off a little, and then runs away before he can retaliate.

You’re already sitting on the top bunk, laptop open and smiling at his entrance through the door.

“Hey handsome!”

There’s that gorgeous face.

“How are ya, hot stuff?”

He all but runs over and climbs up the ladder to sit himself next to you.

“I’m great. I missed you.”

Raph grins and moves to pull you up in his lap, kissing the crown of your head.

“Missed you too,” he breathes into your freshly shampooed hair with a sigh.

You hit the play button on a movie neither of you had seen before and snuggle in closer, back pressed against his plastron, and his arms snake around you in a tight hug, chin resting on your head while it hums quietly.

He’s so comfortable, and he knows you are too. But god, is it hard to sit still. Raph’s still got so much leftover energy from patrol. He hates that you’ve already settled in place, and he’s trying to find something to do with his restless hands. So he does what he knows best.

That fucker.

You know what he’s up to when his hands slide down to your hips, grazing over them with a light touch.

“Raphael…”

“What?”

“Don’t you dare…”

“I ain’t doing nothin, babe,”

He emphasizes ‘nothin’ with a poke at your ribs, making you try and leap from between his legs, but it’s too late. Raph pins you with one arm, and uses the other to attack your sides without mercy.

“RAPH, STOP.”

His shit eating grin doesn’t yield, and neither does his tickling, pulling a loud, squealing laugh from your desperately flailing body. Your weak kicking and slapping only eggs him on further, digging his fingertips further into your sides. He tickles everywhere, because unfortunately, everywhere is where you’re ticklish.

This sucks so much. He grabs at your feet, your neck, your armpits. And all you can do is scream like you’re being stabbed, paired with weak, breathless laughing. Just the size difference alone is a struggle, holding your much smaller body down onto his bed. If this weren’t such a common occurrence, you know his brother’s would be rushing in concern with your cries for help, weapons at the ready. Unfortunately, you’re all alone in this one. He finally shows you a little bit of mercy, when you manage to get out that you’re about to pee your pants.

He’s just laughing at your misfortune, even when you slap his chest in annoyance and wipe tears from your eyes.

“You shithead.”

“Yeah but I’m your shithead.” Raphael just leans back against the headboard, arms crossed with that stupid smug face.

“Whatever.”

You know he isn’t half as ticklish as you are. If that, not at all. It’s still worth the effort of jumping on him and prodding at the thick, scaled skin of his collarbone with your much tinier fingers. Your boyfriend just deadpans. “Come on, sweetheart, you know I ain’t ticklish.”

You roll your eyes, and palm his face away from yours, whining.

“You’re so meannn.”

That fact doesn’t keep you from letting him pull you back over next to him and tuck under his arm to keep watching the movie. He kisses your head again, trying to coax you from your pouting. You can practically hear his eyeroll when you don't give in.

“Have it your way, then.”

In reply, you jab a light elbow into his side. And he flinches.

Raph doesn’t flinch, ever. You’re so much smaller than he is, so you know that any hits or shoves against him are all for not, even when you don’t hold back. It’s suspicious, the way his eyes are trained extra firmly on the laptop screen and refusing to meet your squinting eyes.

“You okay?” One of your fingers hovers over the skin between his plastron and carapace.

“Y-yeah, of course- AGH!”

Raphael leaps in the air when you poke him, screaming at a pitch that you’ve never heard from him before. He sounds like a girl.

Bingo.

“I knew it!” You throw an accusing finger in his face

His eyes are pleading, head shaking, while you poise yourself like a wild cat on the hunt, ready to pounce.

“Oh, no, come on babe,” Raph swallows, “I-It’s just a sensitive spot. You don’t gotta do this.”

“Oh, yes, I absolutely do.”

Now this absolute unit can fight just about anyone off. Hell, you saw, with your own eyes, how he and his brothers sent the Kraang back to wherever he came from. He’s nothing but muscle and scar enveloping a big, gentle heart.

But when you jump on him and tickle his sides, like it’s what you were born to do, all that training is utterly useless. He’s laughing, loud, and trying to push your hands off with strength equal to a cooked spaghetti noodle. And boy, do you relish in it. Finally, you get the excitement of holding your boyfriend hostage at your fingertips, dragging them over his sides and pinning one knee down on his chest for extra measure. His laugh is boisterous, broken up with gasps for air and little ‘pleases’ and ‘baby’s’ trying to convince you to stop. It’s all fun and games, until Raphael kicks a huge leg against the mattress for support, and sending him flying off the edge of the bed and disappearing from the top bunk, pulling down one of the knitted blankets with him. You gasp.

“OH SHIT.”

You feel horrible, moving at the speed of light to peek over its edge, seeing him leaning back against his shell and laughing even more now that hes made it to the floor. Once it’s clear that the tears he’s wiping are from joy and not, you waste no time in jumping down onto the floor with him, and straddle his wide waist.

“Oh come on, sweet thing!” He’s trying to romance you away from another tickle attack. Your wide smile is paired with lidded, playful eyes and you lean in just over his snout. Raph swallows thickly. A warm sensation tingles in his gut and it makes his heart race, and pupils widen. Your fingertips are lingering over his skin.

“You better remember this exact moment” his skin shudders at the low whisper of your voice, “In case you decide to try and tickle me again.”

A quick kiss to his nose is a stark contrast to the seductive tone you put on. Raph’s face heats up. You don’t tickle him, just stand and turn, and climb back up the ladder to his bunk. His incredulous stare twists into a playful grin, watching your hips sway with each step. He throws the blanket off, and hurries up behind you with a different plan in mind ;)

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[kathaynesart]

Took a bit of time to myself to finally sketch out my vision for Frida based off Andy Suriano’s Farewell. More design thoughts under the cut.

I know some were wary of her appearing too feminine, but honestly I enjoyed the challenge of finding a way to feminize the base turtle model and stay true to Andy’s wonderful design. I don’t want her to just look like her brothers in a show that embraces their differences.

The biggest thing I added to her design was an exposed heart. My own little twist inspired by a real life issue some turtles deal with as well as a fitting ode to the artist she is named after, Frida Kahlo, who often drew herself with her heart floating outside of her body. (And yes I made the creative decision to keep her heart at her center as with many turtles.)

This deformity occurred during her mutation where the sudden growth spurt tore open a hole at the seam of her plastron. She has survived as long as she has because of Big Mama who uses mystic wards to keep her heart physically safe and emotionally numb. If you look closely to her plastron in the show it’s not actually a natural body part but rather seems to be an attachment of her trench coat. Likely a false cover to hide her obvious weak spot (or at least that is my head canon!)

I love the idea of her and Donnie having something they can relate to and I’m sure he’ll be happy to design chest armor for her down the line once she’s free of Big Mama. Maybe someday I’ll figure out her full Mad Dogs outfit, but for now this is just her base and bandana.

As each of the boys embodies a shape, I found it all too fitting to have Frida’s be a heart. It’s honestly a cool shape that uses both rounded forms and sharp points, which I think would encapsulate her character well. Prickly on the surface but a softy deep down. I tried to find less typical ways of feminizing her. Sharpening her beak and digits while retaining the style of feminine eyes present in most of the female cast but matching it more closely to the unsettling shape of the eyes on her assistant’s mask.

Her markings are a color flip of Mikey’s, where as his are yellow spots with orange outlines hers are orange with yellow outlines. Coupled with her yellow eyes to match Donnie and Raph, it gives her this fiery vibe that I think still sets her far apart from Mikey.

The mask was honestly the hardest part. I love that it further accentuates her heart motif and made her more expressive, but just giving her the obvious bow and calling it a day did not sit well with me. I decided to try more of a high ponytail look, but I think it still needs some work. I’m pretty sure I like her with yellow though, both as a nod to Jennika and the idea of April giving her something of her own to help form the bond between the two.

Would love to flesh her out further but back to my usual stuff first.

[r00tten]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAPHAEL 🎉

[truths33k3r4]

CHAPTER 21 - Lost Control

The silence of the hallway did nothing to relent the growing noise in Raph’s head. Over and over, he replayed the past 5 minutes of his fight with Leo. 

‘ He’s never done this before.. It’s always “ You should’ve known better! “ or “ WISE UP, RAPH!”... And what the heck did he ask me..  AGH! STUPID BRAIN- Stupid. Stupid. STUPID. ‘

However deep he scraped into his mind, Leo’s words to him still remained hidden.

And it was driving Raphael mad.

‘ A question.. He had his brows up… It was a question- Ok what would he ask??.... 

Uh maybe “ Can I look at your arm? “... ‘

Raph’s cheeks softly warmed at the reminder of the pitiful squeak that escaped his face when Leo grabbed his sore arm. Despite the embarrassment of the memory, Raph let out a small smile. Even though Leo had been so angry with him, as soon as he knew Raph’s arm was in pain, he relinquished his tight grip. And then later switched to Raph’s left arm.

‘... Even when he’s as angry as me… He’s still above me. ‘

The times his oldest brother’s temper made an appearance were far and few between. Even when they were kids, when Sensei’s patience was on its last breath trying to recall the names of his four sons, he resorted to calling them “ Shizukana “( Tranquil ), “ Kisho “ (Temper), “No” ( Brain ), and “ Hanten” ( Spots).

Sensei knew what he was doing when he called Leonardo “ Tranquil”.

For as long as he’d kept watch over Leo, the little mutant always carried a soothing calmness to the chaos of the family. Whenever the brothers got into their usual tussles, Leo would quietly waltz into the room, pause and listen to both sides of the argument, process and discern who was in the right, and going by his judgment, grab and pull the instigator into a separate room to Sensei.

Somehow at a very young age, Leo carried a maturity only a senior person could hold.

And then…

.. there was Raph: The one who instigated the most.

The one who could never control the burning fire flickering in his heart…

… The one who hurt his brothers.

“ Mmmmnghhhh… “

Raph jolted at the sound of Lotus’ quivering voice. He looked down at her, cradled helplessly in his arms. He had forgotten he was even carrying her… It only felt like he was carrying Sensei’s thicker robe, or maybe a 8 year old Mikey.

He was somewhat used to the sensation from years of carrying his brothers.

There were times growing up that training became far more draining, leaving Raph carrying a very exhausted Mikey to bed, or a sore Don to his beanbag chair. But Leo never allowed someone to carry him. Even Sensei. No matter how physically spent he felt, he’d much rather drag his heavy feet and aching limbs to his bedroom on his own, than risk such humiliation. He was the oldest, and therefore he had to be the strongest. 

‘ “Weakness isn’t a trait a leader should possess. NOT EVER.” ‘

Raph found it ironic when Leo stepped up as Team Medic at the age of 15. How the heck can someone be so good at carin’ for others when he’s so bad at carin’ for HIMSELF??? Leo was always the one to come running when one of the brothers scraped their knee, or twisted their ankle, or whatever. The brothers would joke that he slept with the first aid kit under his pillow.

.. How can that same brother get caught with blood all over his hands alone in the dead of night?

How can that same brother be found with an ice pack over his dislocated shoulder?

How can that same brother ask Raph to never tell his family about any of it?

‘.. At least I know when to ask for help..Sort of..’

Raph looked down, escaping from his memories, to study Lotus.

Her breathing had finally slowed down to a normal pace, and her eyelids fluttered and winced. 

Now that he was holding her, he got to really see all the scars and bruises plaguing her body up close. Her skin was so pale. And the insides of her arms were bruised with black and blue. He could feel her bones nearly poking through her thin skin.

‘ This girl’s really gone through heck and back..’

Raph walked slower through the hallway, flattening his feet to make less movement so as to not disturb Lotus. With all the bruises and cuts, he knew to be more careful with his jostling movements.

He also realized, while focusing so hard to not move Lotus too much, that he was now squeezing her limp body up to his plastron. He could feel the small breaths rise up in her chest and then extinguish with a faint sigh.

They were way too short.

Normally a deep breath would last about two seconds.

Her's weren’t even lasting one. 

‘ Gotta make sure to tell Leo about that..

Ughh… After.. I apologize, that is….’

As Raph arrived back at the brother’s bedroom, he noticed his youngest brother in bed laying on a pile of dirty clothes reading comics. Mikey gave his brother a small look, but then shot up when he saw who Raph was carrying.

“ Awwwww Raph, you’re a big softieeeee~” Mikey cooed as he reached to grab his phone.

Without skipping a beat, Raph immediately grabbed his lone sai left on the ground and chucked it full-force about 3 inches away from Mikey’s snout. Mikey let out a startled gasp, covering his nose with his other hand, and looked back at Raph with his eyes bugging out.

“ I WILL END YOU. “ Raph mouthed with the fierceness of a lion as he shone his sharp fangs to Mikey. “ PUT THE PHONE DOWN. “

Mikey paused for just a moment, contemplating if it would be worth it to retaliate.. But the look of barely- contained seething anger in Raph’s eyes made him rethink his choices.

But consequences have never stopped Mikey.

SOMEHOW- AGAIN- In the span of a FLIPPIN’ MILLISECOND- Mikey swiped up his phone, tapped the screen, slid down the ladder from his bunk, and zipped out the door.

Raph stood there, still holding Lotus, with his mouth gaping open and his head flipping from Mikey’s bunk to the door. 

‘ ………….. I always thought three brothers were too many. ‘

With a low growl, Raph braced his core and bent his knees as he carefully placed Lotus onto the mattress. Thoughts pushed into his head as he pulled the covers over her, tucking her in as best he could. But this time, since he wasn’t in the annoying presence of his brothers, Raph allowed such thoughts to gain the front of his mind. 

Normally, he would push against things that would pull unwanted emotions to the surface of his rough exterior. However much Mikey encouraged him to “ not ignore his feelings”, Raph knew better than to listen. Feelings lead to emotions. Emotions lead to hugs and tears; Something so awkward and… VULNERABLE for everyone involved. So, yeah, no thanks. Not his thing. He’ll leave that to Mikey. 

However..

If there ever WERE times he would allow such things to cloud his mind and judgment, they would be felt BEHIND DOORS. NO ONE present.

Raph scoped out the room. It was only him and.. his unconscious roommate. 

‘ …. Guess it’s safe enough to… ugh… feeeeeel. ‘

His eye brows lowered as he watched Lotus from the edge of the bed. Theories of the causes of her various cuts and bruises flew through his mind. He’s seen all kinds of injuries, (mostly by being the older brother of Mikey), bruises included. He also understood that they weren’t made by any trip or fall. The ones wrapped around her wrists seemed to be spread over a sizable dent imprinted into her skin. 

Raph’s pupils constricted as he remembered the cuffs that had been strapped down on his own body. The jerks at that lab made sure to make them way too tight. He remembered how simply clenching his fists would squeeze a painful pressure into his wrists and upper arm.

He absentmindedly rubbed his right wrist as he shook his head to bring his mind back to the present.

‘ NO! I’m HOME. I’m SAFE. I’m OK. ‘

He thanked God that the shaking didn’t start again. He hated when things were out of his control. ESPECIALLY if it’s his own dang body. 

That thought brought more to Raph’s mind. He laid his hand down next to Lotus’ on the edge of the bed.

‘ Looks like you’ve never been in control of anything in your own life…What the heck were you doin’ at that lab? What did they want with you… ‘

Raph jolted by a faint groan and a small voice.

“.... Th- thank you…Raph… “

He turned his head to look at Lotus, whom was now fighting to stay awake. Her eyelids hung low as she spoke looking up at him. 

Raph allowed a subtle smirk on his face as he plopped down on the floor next to her. His eyes stayed glued to the ground as he patted the top of the covers where Lotus’ hand was peeking through. 

“... No problem. “ 

Just as Raph began to lift his hand, the feeling of something quickly wrapping around it shocked his senses. His eyes shot up to see his hand clutched between Lotus’.

Everything went silent including Raph’s brain.

That's it for this chapter! :) This one was one of my easiest to write by far. ( Probably helps that Raph is the focus.)

Hope you enjoyed!

To God be the glory!

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so honestly I may have interpreted somethin rong but this is what I’m thinking regarding this (note I had different things written out but I accidentally deleted it so yay~)(this is better tho)

Donnie: he’d probably be Vary curious, wanting to know more about the other world and asking many questions about it and himself from it, also question on how she got there, he also may feel bad for her considering how close she seems to be with Her Donnie, so he may try to make her feel better by Awkwardly spending time with her, Like sitting with her offering to play games or talk about since/history or something I just feel like he’d feel particularly bad and want to cheer her up more (even if Donnie isn’t a people person). he’d probably tell her something like, ‘I promise you, I’ll get you back to your world’ or ‘I bet your version of me is trying his hardest to get you back, you with two big brainiacs on your side your bound to get back home!’ (Or something like that)

he’d probably think it’s a bit weird at first due to how close she is with the other Donnie and be awkward around her for a little while but warm up soon enough, I also think he’d probably enjoy random history or animal facts and add on his own info to them. (besides the point Donnie is So Cute in this gif!)

Mikey: Exited. he is vary excited and curious! Much like Donnie he’d ask tons of questions but his would consist more of out of pocket ones, wanting to know if there’s some kinda crazy thing in that one or if the him their is super smart or a famous skater or something like that (ya know Mikey things), tho I do think Mikey is in tune with other’s emotions, he seems like a goof (and he is) but he’s like that because he wants to cheer people up, he’d probably enjoy her jokes unless their to keep herself from panicking then he’d probably feel bad for her

I think if she’s particularly scared/worried he may offer her to help him in the kitchen, weathe rif she can cook or not as long as she’s not worse then Leo that is, he’d let her play with ice-cream kitty, he’d teach her about spray-paint (I think Mikey likes street-art/spray-paint) if she likes trying new things I think Mikey would help her get back in to doing so, he seems like with how easy and friendly he is he’d just naturally get her back in the groove of it

Leo: . . . Uh. . .I think Leo would be more gentle but direct about the situation, he’d give her her space but want her to talk about her problems Maby even ask her to meditate with him to help, Maby as the leader/one in charge he’d want to help get her back to her world but since he knows he’s not the tech guy he feels a bit useless in the situation, so he makes up for it by being nice, trying to get her to open up and if she doesn’t want to he won’t pry but he will say it’s better to talk them to bottle it up (or else ya might get way to stressed or angry at everyone or everything)

I think being around her might remind him a bit of Mikey, I think he’d enjoy her Maby even grow to think of her as a little sister (he seems the type to adopt people as siblings, he’s just naturally caring like Raph even if he tries to hide it)

but he’d probably also notice that some of the jokes are to cover up any fear or anxiousness, Maby hed ask her to take a few deep breaths with a smile on his face, if she pushes away the attempt to help he'd worry

Raph: I think Raph wouldn’t really like her at first he’s like. ‘Oh grate Mikey and Donnie in one small package’ he honestly wouldn’t care to much until he sees how she acts then he lightens up, he loves for their Pet turtles to have play dates and eat their food together he just loves animals,

if she’s feeling down he may offer For her to play with spike, or suggest a way for her to blow off some steam

Apologies for Leo I honestly couldn’t think much for him I had to Really think for him unlike the other two, also I thought putting gifs would be cute~ and I know you said you already had Raph down but It felt rong leaving one of them out, so I did a lil bit for him.

I honestly think it depends how they react to her based on what time frame it is (obviously based on spike it’s some where before ‘Slash and Destroy’ so first half of season 2), but if it where after the 2012 series ended I think it’d be different, that’s accidentally how I wrote Leo he’s a little more in line with a later on Leo then earlier, the other two where kinda a ‘mid series’ type zone for them in other words generall so their fine, but Leo’s a lil eh,

I love Leo, and Mikey used to be my fave when I was like 5, so I’m actually surprised I did better with Mikey than I did with Lee. Anyway

I hope I understood what I was supposed to do correctly! If not I’m so sorry! Like I said I’m a little uneducated with them due to not being able to what the show but tons of character analysis, which if your trying to learn how to write them I’d suggest reading a few of those! It’s helped me before! I hope I helped!

I actually had fun with this so Nya~ if anyone Maby wants Headcanons for em I’d be happy to write em But know ones gonna really see this tho. . . (also I’d suggest reploging the post if you have something to say in response since the comments can get a little bit confusing)

So uh- I wanted a second opinion, on 2012 Tmnt on their response to Gemma (though I feel I got Raph figured out :>) Also hop you don't mind :'D

I don’t mind! But I’ma need more context. . . also it has just acured to me I actually forgot to comment on that post last post I thought it was sweet even if short, Donnie seems to be quite friendly!

I’d like it to be noted that I’m not as educated on the 2012 as I’d like most of my info on them comes from S1, the wiki and character posts, so. . . .grain of sand. . .