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Good afternoon Handsome/Beautiful,

I was wondering if you could do a Rise!Raph or. Rise!Leo x reader where They are in a secret relationship and Reader Gets into trouble, ie. Kidnapped, Extremely hurt, Ect.

(A/N: i love this req and thank you for the compliment, so IMA COMPLETE IT and hopefully, you don't mind me naming another character for the scenario-)

summary: rise!leo is in a secret relationship with reader and they get kidnapped.

tags: violent descriptions of violence, hurt/comfort, kidnapping,

Today was quite the school day indeed. you kept banging your head against the pole of your school parking lot, anticipating waiting for your boyfriend to pick you up. Well, it's more that he's your secret boyfriend but still, the fact that he wanted to have a relationship with you made you smile to yourself.

As you quickly glanced left and right across the empty street, you suddenly saw a familiar face approach you. It was Paige, the beige wavy haired outgoing quiet kid who for no reason always had a specific grudge about you and you only. As she walked toward you with a fake sincere grin on her face, you could only repeat the mantra that you instilled yesterday:

'Remember your boundaries. You're trying to cut her out of your life.' 'Remember your boundaries. You're trying to cut her out of your life.' 'Remember your boundaries. You're trying to cut her out of your life.'

"Hey N/N! How are you, do you wanna go to this big party tonight! I heard that-"

"Nope. I don't want to go," you said firmly and quickly, flinching and hesitating once you saw Paige's shocked face.

"What? C'monn, you always overreact for stuff like this, it isn't gonna be a big one like last time."

"No, Paige. I don't wanna go, everytime you drag me along to a party, it's always a humongous one and I don't like those types of parties."

"Jesus," Paige sighed, leaning against the bus stop's pole and placing her hand on your shoulder. "You're always overexaggerating things, like take a chill pill and relax. They're not that bad-"

"No. They are that bad, Paige and I'm sick of you twisting my words again! I don't want to go to any of your parties anymore and stop putting your hand on my shoulder!" you yelled, grabbing onto Paige's hand which only tightened in its grip, refusing to let go.

"Paige... please let go," you said, staring into Paige's blank expression.

"Let me go, Paige!"

"I'm only trying to help you, god! Just let me-"

As you backed up into the bus stop's panel, Paige tighten her grip further on your arm and pushed you through the glass, letting your head hit the pavement and making you quickly lose consciousness.

"Is it weird that Y/N hasn't answered my texts in like, an hour?" Leo said, tilting his phone down and looking to Raph for guidance.

"Well, I don't know. Do they usually answer you in an hour?"

"No, they usually don't but something feels off..."

Leo's thoughts kept rambling on and on, completely consuming him. What if they got kidnapped? What if they got severely hurt and he's just leaving them to bleed to death? The mere possibility of his beloved person getting hurt drove him to pick up his twin odachi and prepare to slash a portal through the invisible wall.

"Leo, where are you going?" Raph questioned.

"I'm going to save my lover, of course! There's no way I will stand here and let them potentially get hurt!" Leo answered, slashing through the invisible wall, a warping electric blue portal emerging from the slash showing the vibrant nightlife of New York before he jumped through, with a determined look on his face.

"Wakey wakey~," a sultry voice said, poking your unconscious body with her pointy black acrylic nails.

"Oi, wake up!" the sultry voice yelled, slapping your face awake and leaving a sharp sting in its place. As you quickly regained your senses, you observed the room you were currently being trapped in and took in the lavish surroundings. Every corner of the room had a white marble pillar along with a vigorous fireplace and the left and right walls had bookcases with multiple books in varying colours that stretched toward the ceilings with a glass window wall behind you that sent chills onto your bare back as you glanced down at your legs which were completely bruised and tied to a flimsy wooden chair.

"Wh-where am I?" you tried to say but it was muffled by the tourniquet shoved into your mouth. The white-haired lady giggled to herself before she yanked the cloth out of your mouth, certainly tugging onto some teeth in the process.

"Sorry about that, sweetheart. It's simply so you won't retaliate. Now, repeat your question again?"

"Where am I? Did Paige bring me here?" you demanded, staring the lady deep into her yellow eyes.

"Oh, apologies for that dearie and of course Paigey brought you here. I'm Big Mama, the manager of The Grand Nexus Hotel. The reason you're in this unfortunate predicament is that I need some information of yours."

"Information? What information?" you inquired, squirming and struggling in your restraints.

"Oh, just some information regarding these creatures and don't even bother trying to escape your restraints. It won't be a satisfying outcome." Big Mama said, digging into her pocket and pulling out a picture that chilled you to your core. It was a photo of the turtles, all hanging out together along with April at one of the local pizzerias down the street, smiling and laughing completely unaware and blissfully ignorant. Her finger pointed directly onto Leo's face directly, pressing into the photo and crinkling it. Every nerve on your body started to tingle as your mind began to ramble and every single thought that was hidden in your brain began to enter into the depths of overthinking.

“I have no idea what you're talking about," you said as calmly as you could, not even daring to shout at her.

"I don't like liars, sweetie. Now, tell me before I start to get serious. Who are these creatures?"

"I. Don't. Know."

As Big Mama sighed, she strode over to the desk, grazing her hand across the surface, then picked up a black fountain pen and opened the cap before hovering it over your leg. Using one swift motion, she forced the pen deep into your leg, twisting and turning it as you wailed in agony before she yanked it out and your right leg completely soak your pants in blood.

"Now, are some memories starting to return? Who are these turtles?"

Groaning in pain and feeling your leg stinging from the fresh wound, you simply muttered a single sentence.

"I told you, I. Don't. Know!"

Big Mama simply stared at you as silence filled the entire room only leaving the soft ambience of the fireplace crackling to keep you company. After a few suffering minutes in silence, she quietly waltzed over to you and placed her hand on your shoulder before whispering in your ear.

"I told you I don't like liars."

Before you could even process what she said, she shoved you through the window, glass shards piercing your chest even deeper than the pen injury as you started to quickly fall off of the edge of Big Mama's office.

How exactly could you describe falling to your death? No one knows exactly the answer until you've done it yourself but right now, as you're falling to your immediate death, you would describe it as strangely peaceful. As the chilling air of the New York night completely enveloped you and the world seemingly paused and the midnight rain paused in mid-air and your heartbeat was seemingly fast and calm at the same time, you simply grinned and extended your arms signifying that you were ready. Yeah, you made some mistakes in your life and maybe you didn't have the perfect relationships with everybody but that was okay. It's okay to make mistakes and all of your regrets, all of your doubts, made you feel content. You were content that the last moments of your life were spent staring into the rainy midnight sky and as you felt the air grow quicker and the anticipating feeling of the hard concrete crush your back, you closed your eyes only expecting was what to be expected.

That was until you felt your body be swiped by an unknown force and crashing onto a roof instead of the concrete road. You quickly opened your eyes to see the same starry rainy night sky but the only thing that was new was a concerned Leo.

"Oh god, Y/N are you okay? What happened to you?" he frantically asked, eyeing your leg wound and bleeding shoulders.

"I'm alright Leo, just... please take me to the damn hospital."

Giving a small nod, Leo lifted you up from under your arms and carefully carried you bridal style before swiping his odachi and exiting through the portal.

The faint beeping of the heart-rate monitor was all that you heard for the rest of the night and that drove you crazy. As your nurse left with your daily medicine of paracetamol, you heard a faint tap at your window. Turning towards your left, you saw a sombre Leo holding a small star-themed wrapped gift with a little neon blue bow on the top. He glanced to his left, eyeing the extremely dead security camera that was practically clinging together by the screws.

Giving him a small nod, he quietly raised the window up and sneaked through before walking towards your bed.

"Hey."

"Hi, Leon."

"I'm so sorry that I couldn't save you and-"

"Oi, no self-doubting when I'm in the hospital. You're the reason that I'm recovering right now and not in a body bag on the road."

"Oh-ho-ho, alright alright. This is for you, by the way," he said, sheepishly placing the gift box onto your tray table. You smiled at the box before pealing the wrapping paper off of the box and opening the top to see a tiny dagger in a black leather sleeve with blue stitching and a small image of red stripes just like Leo. As you pulled the dagger out of the box, you looked over to Leo, who had a cheerful grin on his face.

"I love this, but did you think it's a really good idea for me to have a dagger in the hospital?"

Leo's cheeky grin suddenly fell before he quickly picked up the box along with the dagger in it. "Oh yeahh, I might've forgotten that. I promise I'll give it to you once you get out along with millions of cuddles~"

"Promise?"

"Promise."

(A/N: I hope you enjoyed this req and holy shit- I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REQS LATELY so hopefully, I can get them done lol <3)

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Surely they wouldn’t hold a panel for a show that’s finished already. There’s nothing to gain unless they’re announcing something. Surely this means something

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I gotta read LFLS at some point but dear god i’m not sure if i’m ready fjskdndjndjdsn

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I thought a request i started working on disappeared cuz i didn’t see it in the drafts 🥺 it’s there but when i say my heart stopped.

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More ROTTMNT Headcanons: Cause I got an A on my Essay

April has a bunch of nicknames for the boys 

When it comes to Raph and Mikey she’ll call them things like “hun”, “sweetheart” and  “bubba”

And she has two very specific nicknames that they love 

She’ll call Raph “teddy bear” (cause he’s big and cuddly like a teddy bear)

And Mikey is “sunshine” (for very obvious reasons)

But not the twins oh no she calls the twins the ugliest nicknames with the most loving voice 

She calls them things like “blob”, “twig bug”, “bozo” and “brat”

The twins also have specific nicknames 

Leo is “goblin” (because he likes to play pranks)

Donnie is “ghoul” (because ghouls are “evil” and who doesn’t love alliteration)

The family isn’t allowed to play “family games”

The last time they played Uno Donnie tried to stab Raph

And Mikey succeeded in stabbing Donnie 

They tried to come up with games after the others got banned 

But they ended up getting confused cause no one could remember the rules 

Except for Donnie but he didn’t feel like telling them

Because winning is easy when they don’t know he’s cheating 

Leo would have called him out but Donnie bought his silence with Halloween candy

Every single one of the boys can’t stand a specific type of food 

Leo isn’t even a picky eater but he can’t stand mashed potatoes and potato salad 

April brought both of them over once and Leo almost threw up

It’s more of a sensory issue than a flavor issue

He loves spicy food though he can’t get enough of it 

He’ll mix sriracha with ranch to go with his fries

And he’ll mix sriracha with cream cheese and put it on his bagel

Donnie on the other hand can’t stand spicy food it makes his eyes water and his nose run

He made the mistake of eating some of Leo’s breakfast and it sent him running to the bathroom

He also can’t eat sushi (again it’s a sensory issue) it’s too cold and slimy and it reminds him of the kraang

Mikey hates jello for the same reason Donnie hates sushi 

Raph doesn’t like overly sweet food he says it makes his teeth itch and he can feel it stick to his throat 

For example, he hates birthday cakes from grocery stores (the frosting makes him gag)

So Mikey started baking them birthday cakes from a very young age 

April’s birthdays are very mellow she just likes hanging out in the lair and spending time with her boys 

The boys try to get her out of the house but she says she doesn’t want to tempt fate after “The Warren Stone Incident™”

So they shower her with presents and let her watch her favorite movies, and Mikey cooks her favorite foods (I’m talking breakfast to desert)

Raph’s birthdays are always quiet because that’s how he likes them

They shower him with love and affection and compliments and presents

But they don’t start fights and their voices never reach higher than a whisper

Until dinner

Because dinner is supposed to be loud and chaotic and fun

One year for Raph’s birthday the group put their allowance together and bought him a massive teddy bear 

I’m talking at least seven feet 

He cried and cuddled it for the rest of the party 

The twins share a birthday (because… you know… twins)

But they didn’t stop there oh no they demanded a birthday week 

And because they’re spoiled brats they got their wish

So for an entire week, they get to do anything they want and they get just about everything they ask for 

When April asked Splinter why he let this slide he just looked her in the eye and said “because they’re evil when they don’t get their way” 

After that, she stopped asking questions 

Mikey never stays home during his birthday because the group always has something planned 

one year they broke into an art museum and let him look at every single painting, the next they just had a nice picnic, and another year they broke into a trampoline park and let him go crazy

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Watching this scene from "Portal Jacked" again and, the one where Leo's sword gets Portal Jacked, and it didn't resonate with me last time, but Leo in that scene, his expression, his voice? I just...

Cuz look at him when he finally gets frustrated by it all:

and when he says "Because I have no sword" his face immediately falls before ge lets out a frustrated grunt.

It told me here that he probably carries a lot of value in himself because he has his Ōdachi, turning the "Because I have no sword" to "I'm useless now".

Now look at his eyes, you know what they reminds me of?

It's in details like these that I can tell more about his character, the moments where he's shocked, scared, in realization, or simply a long coming frustrated break down, even if it's just for a little bit.

Then the part that follows right after, where he basically states that he couldn't do this on his own (a team can't just be a face man: "there's no team with just a face man!"), I need my brainy guy, and my smashy guy, and my eats peanut butter with his fingers guy!, he needs his brothers, and then what follows next actually made my heart ache:

Look at that face, you can't tell me he wasn't trying to cry, and then the way his voice cracks when he states, bold and clear:

"I'm nothing without them."

Because his voice actually cracks when he says "without", but it begins when he says "nothing".

Look at the way he looks at his hands, at himself. This is not the first time he's thought this, that he's nothing without his brothers, but I think this might be the first time he's ever said it out loud and it's heartbreaking.

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The RIseTMNT turtle boys train car rooms' are OUT OF BETA!!! https://twitter.com/Honey_bits/status/1580059769796440064

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Alligator snapping turtle tails are long as frick, probably the thing that was the most surprising when I first saw one

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I need people to share the subtle comedy of Donnie’s gifts from the third episode because it’s obvious that his thought process was:

“Raph has trouble making quick decisions so I’m going to make him something that’ll help him analyze situations and give him options”

“Baby Mikey is always throwing himself off of things and I’m worried he’s going to get seriously hurt. Better make a cushy inflatable airbag.”

*making a literal dog collar* “Leo needs to shut up” 

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Raph headcanons based of the episode “Man vs Sewers”:

The reason Raph is afraid of being alone is because he got lost in the sewers when he was younger during a game of hide and seek.

No one could find him for days and he thought he’d never see his family again.

Reason why Leo was the most worried out of the brothers in “Man vs Sewer” is because he was the one to find Raph, afraid, alone and dirty from the sewage.

He witnessed/experienced how Raph behaves alone firsthand. Probably has a scar from being attacked when Raph went crazy.

Raph felt awful about it after Leo manages to snap him out of his craziness. He apologized and sobbed a lot.

After Leo brought him back home Raph couldn’t be left alone in a room at all.

He’d either find someone to be with or if he was already hanging out with someone and they decide to leave he’ll follow.

When it was bed time he would sleep with one of his brothers or father if Splinter was willing.

Leo was who he went to the most to sleep with though due to being afraid of squishing Mikey because of how small he was or hurting Donnie’s soft shell.

Eventually he becomes better about being left alone in a room and stops following people around and sleeping with his bros.

Another reason for his fear of being alone was due to Splinter being somewhat neglectful when the turtles were younger.

The feeling of emotional abandonment translated into the fear of physically being alone.

That being said, that’s probably the reason why he likes teddy bears (as he mentions a teddy bear coupon he had in his wallet that one episode I don’t remember)

Stuffed toys make him feel less alone and he keeps a lot of his favorite toys on his bed.

Anyways I love Raph :) I love all the brothers equally.

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How Leo’s role as face man prevents him from confiding with his team

Watching throughout the entire series we see Leo constantly keep up with his role as the face man of the group

While on missions he can use his charisma and persuasion in order to get people to go along with his plans without letting people know what he’s really thinking

But he never seems to put it down

•Leos Emotional Guard

At first glance Leo’s entire personality revolves around being lenient laid back and chill, and to everyone else it makes him seem like a very open book, and that’s why the face man role works out for him

But it means that no one is really aware of anything beneath the surface. They never bother to ask because who would need to?

However, this also includes Leo’s family

Despite his chilled back personality Leo is one of the most emotionally guarded ones out of all of the brothers

Throughout the series we can see little moments of vulnerability from each members of the family, digging deeper into their emotions and their insecurities and then go on to discuss said feelings and gain some form of comfort or closure from their family. Most notable ones shown below

Donnie in “Donnie vs Witch Town”

Raph in “Anatawa Hitorijinai”

Mikey in “Hidden City’s Most Wanted”

April in “Always Be Brownies”

Splinter & Donnie in “Turtledega Nights”

•How Leo is Different

Similar to everyone else, Leo is shown to have these moments sprinkled in too but they never occur with his family

The two most memorable moments we have are shown in “Portaled Jacked” with Senor Hueso and during his one-on-one conversation with Casey

Why these two characters and not one of his close family members?

Because it’s easier talking about problems to strangers and people who don’t know you as they have no previous knowledge or connotations of you to fall back on and there’s no feelings of burden or guilt if you believe the topic will never be discussed with them again. There’s less feelings of consequences that comes with being vulnerable towards people who don’t know you well. Because if you open up more to the people who do, the risk that their opinion of you will change gets higher

Then we add in the fact that Leo is already extremely guarded of his emotions. He doesn’t want his brothers to think less of him because he already isn’t confident of his place in the team already and thus doesn’t confide in them

•Deflecting with Humor

And then the two moments where we do see little slips in Leo’s carefully constructed masks that occur around his family, which we can find in “Minotaur Maze” and “Many Unhappy Returns”

He ends up immediately backtracking and deflecting with humor, thus changing the subject and preventing anyone from delving into it further and reacting to the quips instead

“You know it’d really help me if you guys said that I was your champion.” “Just open it!”

“This whole situation was my plan all along. If it wasn’t, then why’d I ask your tailor to make me this outfit?” “So we could both perish looking super fly?”

What makes it worse is that Leo has such a habit of doing it that his family expects it, which  then causes them to believe there’s no underlying issues beneath the surface and thus don’t react accordingly. (with the addition that both parties had valid reasons for being upset with him at the time)

But it causes a situation of Leo internalizing his emotions, and if he doesn’t expand on the topic himself, then his family won’t see a reason to either nor think there’s an issue to begin with

•The Movie

To add onto this point, we see Raph and Leo arguing over Leo’s role as leader. As usual Leo deflects the argument with humor and avoids the situation. But we can see during the argument that how Leo privately lets down his guard and for a second the audience is able to see how he’s really reacting to Raph’s words. However, it is apparent that Raph doesn’t  see this side of him and most likely never really has

“You just don’t get it Leo”

Now as the audience it is very easy to draw to the conclusion that Leo has clear issues with his role as the leader and most likely many insecurities regarding it thus why he acts the way he does. Like any other serious situation, he copes with, he deflects with humor and tries to avoid it

This argument then implies that in the two years since Leo was made leader of the group, he never revealed his internal issues with it and never made it apparent to his brothers either because he hates being vulnerable

The face man role works for him because it requires skillful work in that you can manipulate people the way you want to without ever letting them know what your thinking. And Leo carries that role with him when it comes to his brothers and family as well. But this doesn’t work out for him anymore when he becomes the leader and communication becomes so important to the team. (I talk about this more on a different post)

Thus the events of the movie and why things played out the way they did

Naturally he learns how to trust in his team more when the situation becomes dire enough that he realizes he can no longer keep deflecting

But even after all the traumatic events that he went through. When it comes to the one time we see him really cry. He still only lets himself cry when he’s completely alone within the prison dimension

TLDR: Leo’s role as the face man is kept on both on and off duty as we find that he is really one of the most emotionally guarded out of all of his brothers as he doesn’t want to let them know what he’s really feeling out of fear that they might think less of him as he is already insecure of his placement in the group and would rather confide in people who don’t know him well over his family where he runs the risk of them treating him differently

Honestly, “Mr. Emotionally Unavailable” has some real competition ahead of him

If we were being completely blunt, all of the brothers have trouble when it comes to letting go of their real emotions, Donnie just being out of his depth with them and it being uncomfortable, Raph wanting to be strong for his brothers, and Mikey most likely wanting to focus on his brother’s emotions over his own as the Therapist of the group, but i believe the Leo definitely has the worst case out of all of them.

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Healing (rottmnt fic) Part I

(( @lexywrittes I hope I’m tagging the right person 👀))

Warning! May contain spoilers for the ROTTMNT Movie! I recommend watching the movie :) very soul crushing.

This is gonna be posted in separate parts cuz I’m pretty sure the whole thing is gonna be massive 👀

cw: angst, lots of angst :) spoilers for the rottmnt movie.

word count: 2,423

After the near invasion of the Kraang, the brothers work on healing, processing and coping with the physical and mental trauma they had to endure. The youngest brother, Michelangelo, continues to behave as the family therapist though it becomes clear that the young turtle could also use some talking to.

The turtle stares up into the sky as the world falls apart around him. The mission to stop the Kraang.. to save Raph… it was a failure. There was shouting, the screams and cries of the people of New York as they try to flee.

He stands frozen as his brothers try to fight off the Kraang before suddenly… stab… Both Leonardo and Donatello stabbed straight through their plastrons as the poor Michelangelo stands frozen, helpless to watch. He cries out his brothers names as he tries to rush over only to suddenly be stopped by the Kraangified Raphael.

“R-Raph-!”

He’s cut off as tentacles wrap around his neck and start to choke him. Tears swell in his eyes as he calls out for his older brothers before suddenly… he wakes up. He wakes up in a cold sweat, his hand holding his neck as he pants for air and tears pouring from his eyes.

You’d think he’d be used to dreams like this by now considering how many nightmares he’s had since the incident… but no. The memories still brought him so much pain. Thinking about how Leo was nearly lost to the prison dimension… the countless occasions where Donnie was in danger because of his exposed soft shell… the danger he himself was in…

Mikey lets out a sniffle as he tries to hold back his tears, grabbing his phone to look at the time but then winces at the brightness. It was the crack of dawn and none of his brothers would be awake right now. As he sets his phone down, he takes a look at his hands that were bandaged up. For a moment he imagines the cracks there… his body falling apart...

He takes in a deep breath, letting out a sigh before getting out of his hammock and leaving his room, deciding to go get breakfast started considering his brothers would be awake soon. It’ll also be a good distraction from the awful way he was awoken.

Mikey silently made his way to the kitchen, noticing the smell of food that only became stronger as he got closer to the kitchen. He silently peeks his head in and see his two older brothers, Raphael and Donatello, at the stove.

“I don’t think I’m doing this right… The pancake looks… weird.”

“How hard can it be to make a pancake? It’s just some flour and water.”

Donnie comments as he starts to prepare himself some coffee. Raph grumbles a little as he stares at the pancake in the pan with intense focus.

“How do I know if it’s done?”

Raph asks, glancing to Donnie who places his mug under the coffee machine.

“I dunno. Isn’t it supposed to look a gold-ish brown on both sides?”

“Yeah, but how am I supposed to know when the other side is cooked properly?”

Raph reiterates as he grabs the spatula and hand to the pan in preparation to flip the pancake.

“Again, I dunno.”

“Some help you are, Don.”

“What do you expect? I’m a scientist, not a chef.”

Donnie crosses his arms as he leans against the counter, putting him in the position to see Mikey at the door of the kitchen.

“Oh. Good morning, Michael.”

He waves, Raph turning his attention to the door when hearing Donnie talking to Mikey. He smiles to his younger brother who smiles in return as he walks into the kitchen.

“Good morning, Mikey! You’re up pretty early.”

Raph sets down the spatula as he walks to Mikey who stares at the countertop that had some flour and some of the mix scattered about.

“I can say the same for the both of you. Especially you, Donnie.”

Mikey points out as Donnie goes through the fridge to retrieve the milk.

“Bold of you to assume I’ve slept, dear ‘Angelo.”

He grabs the milk and closes the fridge behind him, receiving a look from Raph.

“Ya seriously gotta get better sleep, Don.”

“Science waits for no man nor turtle, Raphael.”

Donnie responds as he takes the milk and pours some into his coffee, grabbing his spoon and stirring it. Mikey lets out an amused chuckle before turning his attention back to Raph.

“You do normally wake up earlier than us, but this is stills pretty early even for you.”

Mikey comments, watching as Raph’s expression drops to a nervous one. He awkwardly chuckles as he glances to the side to avoid seeing Mikey’s gaze.

“Yeah- uh- about that- um-… I-I just happened to have woken up at this time. Ain’t nothing weird about it.”

He quickly speaks, Mikey’s eyebrow raising with a small smirk.

“…Right… anyways, heard you were making pancakes. Sounds like you set strugglin’ though. I can take over from here!”

Mikey smiles as he walks past Raph to the stove and grabs the spatula. Suddenly Raph’s hands were on his shoulders picking him up and away from the stove.

“Nuh uh. You need ta’ rest. Big bro Raphie’s got breakfast covered!”

Raph takes the spatula from Mikey who stares up at him with a bratty pout.

“But cooking is my thing!”

Mikey tries to reach for the spatula but Raph holds it up too high for him to reach.

“Well today your thing is relaxing. Your arms are still hurt, Mikey.”

“Um… Raph-“

Donnie tries to speak but is interrupted by Mikey trying to climb on to Raph to get the spatula.

“I’m fine, Raph! Let me cook!”

“Mikey! Get down! You’ll hurt yourself!”

Raph tries to carefully remove Mikey from his back as he continued to reach for the spatula.

“Raph-“

Mikey manages to grab the spatula, laughing in triumph before falling off of Raph’s shoulder and hitting the floor.

“Mikey!”

Raph quickly gets down to help Mikey up. He lets out a small groan, having landed on one of his arms. He looks up at Raph with a sour expression before hitting him with the spatula.

“Ow! What was that for?!”

“For being a jerk! Now put me down so I can-“

“Guys! The pancake is burning!”

Donnie finally manages to call out, the two turning their attention to the stove. Raph sets Mikey down and takes back the spatula before quickly rushing to the stove.

“Why didn’t you say anything earlier, Donnie?!”

“I’ve been trying, but you two buffoons ignored me over your bickering, Raphael!”

Donnie snaps back before taking a sip out of his coffee. Raph tries to remove the pancake from the pan but the pancake was unmoving. Mikey stares and watches before giving Raph a look.

“Ya made sure to use butter, right?”

“Uh… I-I needed to use butter…?”

Raph asks with a nervous look, Mikey face palming before crossing his arms.

“Yes, Raph, you needed to use butter to make sure the pancake didn’t stick on the pan.”

“…Oh… We don’t have any butter…”

Raph mutters, receiving a sigh from Mikey as he shakes his head. He takes the spatula and pan from Raph and brings it over to the garbage. With some work he was able to get the pancake off, managing to hide the physical strain the struggle had on his arms.

“…Let’s just have some cereal…”

Mikey suggest with the best smile he could muster, bring the pan and spatula to the sink and tossing it in.

“Right… Oh, Donnie, could you check on Leo?”

Raph requests to high Donnie nods. He gets off from leaning on the counter and leaves the kitchen. Raph’s attention returns to Mikey who went through the cupboards and took out a box of cereal. He noticed the frown in Mikey’s expression which causes him to frown as well.

“…Look… I wasn’t trying to deny you of what you like doing… but your arms aren’t in the best condition… I just… didn’t want to you hurt ya’self…”

Raph grabs the carton of milk and brings it to the table but not before stopping beside Mikey and placing his hand on his shoulder.

“I’m sorry. I should’ve voiced my worries better.”

Mikey looks up at Raph as he takes out the lucky charms. He silently thinks about his older brothers words before smiling up at him.

“It’s cool, Raph. I know you’re just looking out for me, but my arms aren’t that damaged to the point I can’t make pancakes for the family.”

Mikey takes the cereal with him before placing it on the table, Raph following and putting the milk beside.

“I know… It’s just that… You saw- You felt what was happening to your body when you opened up that portal… We… W-We could’ve…”

Raph’s words get caught in his throat, unable to finish his words. Mikey frowns, going to his eldest brother and hugging him.

“…Yeah… b-but you guys didn’t… I was okay… We’re okay…”

Michelangelo speaks softly. He was pretty short compared to Raphael, his arms not even able to reach to his brothers back. Raph stares down at the youngest of the brothers, a warm smile appearing before he carefully and gently hugs him in return.

“…Right… We’re okay…”

Mikey smiles at Raph’s words before gently patting his back.

“Now that we’ve got that out the way, let’s sit down and eat. I’m hungry.”

He breaks the hug and playfully nudges Raph out the way so he can grab the bowls and spoons. Raph chuckles before going to the table and taking a seat.

Meanwhile with Donatello, he approaches Leonardo’s room, taking a peek inside and seeing his brother still asleep. He was about to leave the room before noticing Leo’s face scrunching up in discomfort.

Donnie frowns a little, both in discomfort as he realises he’ll have to deal with whatever’s bothering Leo and because something was bothering Leo. He lets out a sigh before entering the room.

He stares down at Leo, trying to think of what to do. A robotic arm comes out of his battle shell and gently pats Leo’s head.

“Hey um… ‘Nardo? You good?”

Donnie asks, hoping it was going to be as simply as patting him and trying to get his attention. Unfortunately, it wasn’t, Leo’s discomfort visibly worsening as he tosses over and trembles.

“…Leo…”

He reaches over and nudges his shoulder with his actual hand. Leo whines before his eyes open. He quickly sits up with a yell, tears in his eyes and his arm extended as if he was reaching to something... or perhaps someone.

“N-NO!”

Donnie lets out a startled yelp, jumping back and holding his hands up in a defensive position. He quickly fixes his composure, staring at Leo with a worried expression when seeing his tears.

He doesn’t say anything for a moment, not sure how to approach the situation in front of him though he’s going to have to figure out soon as Leo has now noticed he was there.

“Uh… H-Hey, Leo…?”

Leo is stunned for a moment before quickly moving his hands to wipe away his tears.

“H-Hey, Don! What um… wh-what brings you uh… why are you in my room…?”

Donnie didn’t say anything at first, surprised by how fast Leo was able to act as though nothing happened. He couldn’t help but wonder how often Leo’s done this before that it looked so convincing he was okay… He then remembers that he had to say something.

“Raph sent me to check on you… doesn’t look like you were having a good sleep though… Bad dream?”

Donnie asks as he now looks to Leo who frowns as he confirms that he was in his room while he was having a nightmare. Leo glances to the side, not saying anything before proceeding to nod.

“Y… Yeah…”

He mutters as he wipes away his last lingering tear. Donnie notices this but doesn’t comment on it. Instead, he takes a seat at the edge of Leo’s bed, staring away to avoid eye contact.

“Ah… Those do suck, huh…? Well um… As you already know I’m not good with the whole ‘emotions’ mumbo jumbo… but if you need someone to talk to… whenever you feel like talking about… I’m here, brother…”

Donnie looks to Leo with a reassuring smile, much to his surprise. Leo couldn’t help but smile in return.

“…Okay… Thanks, D.”

Leo responds, receiving a pat from Donnie. There was an awkward silence between the two once Donnie moved his arm away.

Eventually Donnie clears his throat, getting up off of Leo’s bed. He returns his attention to Leo who stares up at him.

“You um… want some coffee?”

“Uh… Yeah… coffee would be nice. Two-“

“Two spoons of sugar and some coffee creamer?”

Donnie interrupts, Leo surprised that his brother knows exactly how he likes his coffee. He stumbles on his words before managing to speak.

“Y-Yeah that’s um… How do you know exactly how I like my coffee?”

Leo asks with a curious expression to which Donnie crosses his arms with a small scoff.

“You think I’d forget something as minuscule as that? I keep tabs on everything. What you guys are into, what you’re afraid of, general dislikes, etcetera.”

Donnie goes on to explain. Leo stares as Donnie before managing to smile.

“Wow, Don. Didn’t think you were so thoughtful. What happened to that ‘bad boy’ image you’ve been working on?”

Leo receives a glare from Donnie which only makes his smirk grow wider.

“Keep making jabs at me, ‘Nardo, and you won’t get coffee.”

Donnie flicks Leo’s forehead who lets out an exaggerated whine.

“Okay okay… Ow…”

“Oh shush. I know that didn’t hurt you.”

Leo couldn’t help but chuckle as Donnie sees right through his act. When he looks back up at Donnie he sees him smiling.

“…I’ll be back in a minute. Don’t do anything stupid.”

“Can do!”

“I doubt it.”

“Hey!”

Donnie chuckles as he leaves Leo’s room. The red-eared slider watches as his soft shell brother leaves, his smile falling flat as he stares down at his injured body. Flashes of his dream replay in his mind which causes him to frown, a guilty look in his expression has his hands clench into a fist. He still hasn’t forgiven himself for the mistake he made that nearly cost him his brothers… his families life…

His hands unclench as he lets out a heavy sigh, glancing to the side and looking to the crutches on the side of his bed. With a determined expression he grabs them and starts to get up. ‘I’m tired of just laying around in bed and being a burden… Time for me to get up!’

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A pattern i’m noticing in rottmnt aus is “rottmnt but Leo traumatized AF.” Not that I’m complaining 👀 I’m a sucker for angst. Speaking of :) fic i’m working on is almost done.

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More Headcanons: Just some random headcanons cause I’m bored

When Leo is upset he calls everyone by their childhood nicknames 

Donnie is Donbon 

Mikey is Angie (cause Donnie used to call him Angelo) 

Raph is Raphie 

April is Riri 

And he calls Splinter Papa

After the invasion, he used those nicknames every single day for six months 

And it broke his family’s hearts every single time they heard it

When Donnie’s upset he either isolates himself or goes out of his way to spend time with his siblings 

There is no in-between

When his siblings piss him off he hides in his lab 

And when his lab pisses him off he hangs with his siblings 

When Mikey is upset he bakes 

He couldn’t bake after the invasion cause his hands were hurt and they kept shaking

And when they did heal Mikey baked cookies every single day for two months straight

When Raph is upset he clings to his siblings and becomes nonverbal 

He’ll just pick them up and takes them to his room 

Sometimes he grabs one sibling and leaves the rest of them alone 

And sometimes he walks around the house and collects his siblings like Pokemon 

Whenever he grabs one of them they text in the family group chat “I’ve been chosen” and they all know exactly what that means 

They’ll even move to the living room so Raph doesn’t have to search all over the place 

Whenever Leo gets grabbed he always says “the claw” like the aliens from Toy Story and it never fails to make Raph laugh

Whenever April is upset she hangs out with the boys 

She tried the whole “I’m gonna lone wolf it” and “no one can see me cry not even my siblings” thing and she was miserable

So now whenever she’s sad she’ll just text the group chat “I’m coming over with ice cream brace yourself for cuddles” 

And the boys will rush to make the living room cozy while one of them gets her favorite movie ready

The boys can’t keep secrets for shit 

April stopped telling Donnie secrets years ago because she knew he would tell Leo the second he got home

And Leo’s the same way

He’ll spill everyone’s secrets and he’ll do it with a smile on his face

Mikey tries to keep people’s secrets but if they tell him “just tell me what the secret is” more than once he folds 

Raph is decent at keeping secrets from anyone but his family

If a friend asks him a secret he’s like a damn vault 

But if Leo says “tell me when we get home” Raph is already spilling every single detail in the car 

April is the best secret keeper until Raph asks her 

Sometimes he doesn’t even have to say anything he’ll just give her a look and she’s already texting him everything  

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Random headcanon:

When the turtles were younger Mikey drew eyebrows on Donnie while he slept as a prank. To everyone’s shock Donnie actually liked it and thus began the beginning of Donnie drawing on fake eyebrows.

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Mmmmmmmm not a great experience when I’m writing a fic, got a huge chunk down and then suddenly decide I hate said chunk and want to delete it.

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ROTTMNT Theory: Donatello's Hidden Role

After rewatching ROTTMNT (shorts and movie included), I realized something about Donnie's character that I've hardly seen anyone mention, and I'm going to talk about it in depth here.

I'll assume you've already watched the series and dive right in, but spoiler warning under the cut in case you care about that.

Let me start with something seemingly off topic. Raph is the oldest of the four brothers, which landed him the responsibility of keeping his younger siblings safe when their father was unavailable. (Not trying to bash Splinter. He's gradually grown to be a better parent later on, but you can't deny he was fairly neglectful in the beginning of the series)

The constant pressure Raph went through was brought up in the episode "Anatawa Hitorijanai", and then the movie showed he still struggles with it now.

He's constantly shouldering the burden of being their family's sole protector, but is this the truth? What if I told you there are actually two protectors in the family? And that the other one was Donnie all along?

When you look closely, Donnie is surprisingly protective of his loved ones. I did a tally of how often each brother exhibits what could be protective behavior, and Donnie was in second place (29) after Raph (35). Some of these choices are debatable, but here's a bunch of examples as pictures.

Would you believe me if I told you I still have a couple smaller examples I had to leave out due to the picture limit? And that's not even including the few moments where Donnie and Raph ever-so-subtly parallel each other.

All things considered, Donnie and Raph aren't so different. Raph is the primary protector who faces the threats head-on with his physical strength, while Donnie is the secondary protector who tends to use more distant methods with his tech and wit. However, when push comes to shove, Donnie will also step up to take direct action when he deems it necessary.

They may be the brains and the brawn, but they both use their respective skills to defend and support their family.