#Leo is trying her best while processing you know...

[hopefully-nightly-doodles]

She thinks she being such a cool mentor when she's actually makin them more nervous-

[httpvomitello]

Can I request a bay turtles x reader pregnant where the reader gives birth and they expected one but she surprisingly gives birth to twins/triplets/quadruplets I'll let you decide and the turtle papa's reactions to coming into the room and seeing her have not one but multiple babies in her arms?🥰

Hello! Yes, of course. I hope you like it! ♡♡♡♡

Leo’s heart pounded like a drum as he paced outside the room, his shell brushing against the walls of the lair. He never imagined this moment would be happening here. You were supposed to be in a hospital, with doctors, nurses, and the best equipment to make sure everything went smoothly. But you knew that this unfortunately wouldn't be possible, the chances of a mutant baby being born were too high. How would you explain something like that?

Now, here he was, pacing like a madman while Donnie scrambled to help you through the delivery. His heart raced with every sound, every cry, every moment that passed. The tension in the air was thick, but all Leo could do was wait, caught between anxiety and overwhelming excitement.

“I should be in there with her.” Leo muttered under his breath, feeling useless. He’d faced hundreds of enemies, fought impossible battles, but nothing made him feel more helpless than not being able to take the pain away from you.

Finally, the door creaked open, and Donnie poked his head out. “Leo, you can come in now.”

Without a second thought, Leo rushed inside, his eyes immediately searching for you. You were lying on the makeshift bed Donnie had set up, your face glowing with exhaustion but also with a soft, tired smile. Leo’s breath caught in his throat when he saw what you held in your arms.

A baby. A tiny, wriggling little baby wrapped in a soft blanket.

“Is that…?” Leo’s voice cracked, and he stepped closer, his eyes wide with wonder.

You nodded, a weak smile pulling at your lips. “Meet your daughter.”

Leo’s heart swelled, the rush of love hitting him all at once. He reached out, carefully cradling the tiny baby in his large hands. She was so small, so delicate, and he was terrified of hurting her with his strength. But as she let out a soft coo, something inside Leo settled. This was his daughter.

His family.

“I… I can’t believe it,” he whispered, tears stinging his eyes. “She’s perfect.”

But before Leo could fully process the magnitude of the moment, Donnie’s voice cut through the soft sounds of the newborn. “Uh… Leo? There’s something else.”

Leo blinked, glancing at Donnie, who had a small, almost amused smile on his face. “What do you mean ‘something else’?”

Donnie stepped forward, gently holding another baby.

Leo’s jaw dropped. “Wait… another one?”

You let out a tired laugh as you carefully held the second baby, this time a boy. “Surprise!”

Leo stood frozen for a moment, staring between the two babies. His brain was struggling to catch up. Twins? He wasn’t expecting twins. The idea of one baby was already overwhelming enough, but two?

Before he could even get a word out, Donnie cleared his throat again.

“Leo… there’s a third.”

Another boy.

The room seemed to freeze as Leo turned to look at Donnie. “A third?!” His voice cracked, his mind reeling. “Triplets?!”

You nodded, still smiling despite the exhaustion. “Yeah… seems like we’re a little outnumbered now.”

Leo’s legs felt weak as he sank down beside you, his hands shaking as he stared at the three babies now nestled in your arms. Three. He was prepared for one, but three?

“Triplets…” He breathed the word out, trying to let it sink in. “I—I don’t know what to say. I thought we were having one. I didn’t… I didn’t know…”

His voice trailed off, overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of it all. But as he looked at you, the woman he loved more than anything, and the three tiny miracles in your arms, his heart swelled with pride, love, and a touch of panic.

“I don’t know how we’re going to handle this,” he whispered, his voice cracking. “Three babies? I thought I was ready for one, but this… this is…”

You reached out, placing a hand on his cheek. “We’ll figure it out, my love. We’ve got this.”

Leo took a deep breath, nodding as he gently touched each baby’s tiny hand. “I’ll protect all of you. I promise.” His voice was thick with emotion, his mind still spinning with the reality of what had just happened.

As the babies settled in your arms, Leo leaned down and kissed your forehead. “You’re amazing,” he whispered, his lips brushing against your skin. “I don’t know how you did this, but you’re incredible.”

You smiled weakly. “I had some help from your brother.”

Leo chuckled softly, the tension in his body finally starting to melt away. “Yeah… Donnie deserves a medal for this one.”

But as he looked back at his three newborn children, a new kind of fear crept in. “We’re going to need a bigger room… and more supplies… and—”

You laughed softly, shaking your head. “Leo, stop worrying. We’ll handle it. We’ve already handled worse.”

Leo sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. “Yeah, but I never had three babies depending on me before.”

He gently took one of the babies into his arms, staring down at her tiny face. “But I promise… I’ll be the best dad I can be.”

With that, Leo sat down beside you, holding his daughter, and also looking at his other two boys. Leo never thought something like this was possible, but just looking at these little beings filled his heart with happiness. Being by your side, he felt like the most complete and happy mutant in the entire world.

“I love you.” he whispered, smiling.

[seafoamreadings]

week of january 19th, 2025

these are written predominantly for the *rising* signs but they are also intuitively "channeled" enough that they should work for any dominant energy you have! (try your sun if you don't know rising, or more advanced readers can try moon, anywhere you have a stellium, etc and see what works best for you!)

aries: your week is primed for conversation and charm, but there is some risk of accidental confrontation which may go astray. if you can't say anything nice, you know, don't say anything at all.

taurus: unstable times like these don't typically agree with you so surround yourself with more agreeable things and activities. you may have to go forth into the chaos, but you can do it in comfortable and stylish clothes, or perhaps from your couch.

gemini: changes this week may be less permanent than they initially seem. yet at the same time even temporary changes nudge you towards your longest term destiny. walk and the path will appear; trust that everything is happening for a good reason.

cancerians: mars still retrograde in your sign is busy but at least it's mostly with good things. you might have to get moving and put yourself out there, but you will probably have more fun than expected once you're out there.

leo: aquarius season is on and that means your relationships and other various forms of partnership and close friendship are lit up by the solar glow. while the sun is ill at ease in aquarius, it brings a little of your own leonic warmth and affection to where it is really needed.

virgo: while uranus may not be your idea of the perfect form of mutability (a little too chaotic for your careful, detail-oriented spirit?) its location in taurus provides its antics all week with a certain earthy stability that goes a long way to neutralize that. so go forth with the cautious changes you wish to make, it's a good time!

libra: it makes sense for librans to look forward to aquarius season all day. for one thing, it contains valentine's day, which is hard for even the most cynical libra to dismiss as simply commercial nonsense. but even without that, the start of aquarius season this week brings the sun into your 5th house of fun, creativity, and yes, romance. enjoy :)

scorpio: once the sun moves from capricorn into aquarius this week you start to feel a lot of flashbacks - hopefully including some good ones - to the recent pluto in capricorn era, due to your ruling planet still being near that border of signs and sort of overlapping the two signs during the conjunction. you can do with those flashbacks whatever alchemy fits for you.

sagittarius: the start of aquarius season + a sagittarius moon + a fair few zippy little sextiles should have you in a bubbly mood. don't let anyone try to dim your shine. these are trying times, but you should find lightness and joy everywhere you can and if they struggle with that it's not your problem!

capricorn: these first few of aquarius season have the sun retracing pluto's recent steps. it's not mercury retrograde, it's the spiral staircase of your life: look back at what is (re?)surfacing for you and face it - are you bringing it along or leaving it behind?

aquarius: the start of your season is both plutonic and uranian. there are some tarot-tower vibes present and yet they aren't all malevolent. some structures you *want* to come down, you want to tear them down, right? this could be the time.

pisces: venus continues to make her way exalted through your sign, stopping to charm several other planets in the process. likewise you have an effortless charisma to you all week; you're always a bit ethereal, like you're not of this world, but that is amplified this week and is mostly only expressed in positive ways at this time.

watch the transit posts in real time to have the best guide through your week. want a little more? have a look at my patreon or ko-fi.

check out my etsy for a private reading or fill out this form to set up a reading through venmo, cashapp, or paypal.

[wonderingpanda]

Hey 👋 so excited that you are writing for the boys of Tales of the tmnt. I was wondering if you can write something about the female reader going to the costume party dressed up as Leo’s favorite female character (whatever you like) and he ends up all cute and flustered that he can’t stop looking at the reader through out the party. Something fluffy and cute.

Please and Thank you 🙏

Love Interest

Tottmnt!Leo x Fem!Reader

Finally, I finished it!🎉🥳 Tbh, I wasn’t too sure who to put as Leo’s favourite female character and at first I was thinking more Star Trek (because I think it’s pretty well known that the Leo’s are sci-fi lovers) but I didn’t know how many people would be familiar with it so I chose to go off the Batman reference from the movie. Anyway, that was really unnecessary but I felt like sharing the process. Please enjoy, I hope you like it!

Down in the sewers, Leo was busy sprawled out on his bed, working on his comic book as usual.

“They’re heroes, yeah, woo, yeah!” He whispered as he continued drawing.

“You’re my hero Leo!” He whispered the words as he drew a picture of Y/n L/n, a friend from school he had started crushing on. He kicked his legs giddily as he began daydreaming of scenarios where he got to save her, show off his skills, hold her in his arms as they travelled along rooftops… if only that could be reality.

“Come on Leo, you’re gonna make us late!” Donnie called from the other side of the room.

“I’m coming, I’m coming!”

Instead of working on his comic tonight though, Leo was going to be attending a costume party with the rest of his brothers. They only had a little while to get ready, so the boys began getting dressed up and gathering their things.

“C’mon, ergh-almost! *huff* You couldn’t of gone with a more shell friendly outfit!?” Raph lifted his head up, he was helping Leo get on the rest of his costume.

“Come on, just pull!” Leo complained. They continued a back-and-forth struggle till the final piece eventually fell into place.

“There!” Raph huffed “You happy?”

“Yes actually.” Leo smiled proudly before his face shifted to a nervous frown. He began twisting around to check how he looked and anxiously glanced at Raph. “Do you think Y/n will like it?”

He burst out laughing. “Please, Y/n’ll like whatever costume you decide to put on. I mean, you look like a dork but I don’t think she’ll care.”

“Ok.. wait, what’s that supposed to mean?” But Leo wasn’t given an answer as Donnie came rushing between them.

“Do you think we should leave now or in a couple minutes? Cos the party starts in like 13 but I looked up party etiquette on Wikipedia and it says you’re supposed to be there 30 minutes after start time.”

“Wikipedia, seriously?” Leo judged.

“Well it’s not like you have any experience with this stuff!” Donnie pointed out.

“You’re right, I don’t.” Leo admitted. “And because of that, I say it’s best to just play it safe and leave now so we can arrive on time.”

“You just want to see Y/n, don’t you?” Mikey teased, poking out from behind the three.

“I do not!” He defended.

“Yeah right, I bet you can’t wait to see her all dressed up.” Donnie smirked.

“Oh please stop.”

“Yeah, and he’ll probably ask her to dance.” Raph joined in.

“Ask her to- what? No!”

“Aww you’re probably gonna try and get all cozy with her so you can start making out together. Mm mm mwa!” Mikey made the noise right next to Leo’s ear, causing him to jump.

“No, no and no.” Leo pointed at each of his brothers. “We’re just going to go and everything’s going to be chill, no one’s going try or ask or do anything. Ok?”

His brothers all exchanged squinted side-eyes before Donnie casually shrugged. “Whatever you say Nardo.”

“But seriously, let’s go. It’s party time!” Raph cheered as they all began to leave.

————————————

The lower half of building where the party was happening was entirely quiet in contrast to the loud bass and blaring lights that could be seen and heard towards the top level.

Leo and his brothers were caught up in some conversation when they opened the door but stopped as they were immediately swarmed by almost everyone in the room.

“Hey, oh my gosh it’s you!”

“Yo guys, the turtles are here!”

“Love the costumes.”

Amongst the chaos Leo managed to spot April doing her best to wave from the back of the crowd.

“Hey guys I see April, imma go over and say hi.”

“Yeah I gotta go to, see you all.” Donnie quickly waved as he headed over to talk to his friends.

As they all disbanded so did the crowd and Leo was able to easily walk across the room.

“Hey April!” He smiled and waved.

“Leo, hey! You all good after whatever that was.” April raised her eyebrows and glanced over to the entrance before looking back at Leo.

“Yeah, it’s still hard to get used to so many people liking us now.” He nervously laughed.

“Speaking of people who like you.” April mumbled. “Hey Y/n, Leo’s here!”

Y/n glanced to where the two were and turned to start walking over. “Oh, hey Leo!”

Leo looked over in her direction, feeling a pile of nerves simply at the prospect of greeting her. But when he saw what she was wearing everything increased by a million.

It was like one of those slow motion sparkly walks that you see in movies. Where everything fades out and all you can see is the pretty love interest waking forward with romantic music playing in the background. At least, that’s how Leo saw it.

“Hey, Y/n. Uh I like your costume. Catwoman! You look amazing.” His cheeks heated up the longer he spent looking at her.

“Thanks! I was originally thinking of going as Carol Marcus (Star Trek character, for those who don’t know) but I figured people would get this reference more.” She smiled and held her hands together.

Oh wow, so no matter what she wore she was going to end up dressing as the love interest for one of the heroes he pictured himself as. Leo figured he may as well die on the spot because his brain was no longer working.

“Oh, so you’re into older stuff. That’s pretty cool.” Seriously Leo, that just sounded obnoxious!

“Yeah. Well anyway, I’m going to go get something to drink. Do either of you want anything?” Y/n asked. April waved off the offer.

“Nah I’m good, thanks though!”

“You don’t need to get me anything.” Leo shyly smiled. Thank goodness blush was less visible on his skin or else he’d be dead.

“Okay! I’ll see you guys around then. See you later!” Y/n waved as she walked off into the crowd.

“Bye!” April called.

“See ya!” Leo anxiously chuckled. He stood in a slouched position for a moment.

“At least try to stand upright when you’re talking to her. You look like you just got punched in the gut.” April advised, causing Leo to stand upright quickly.

“Oh r-right, of course.” He coughed into his hand and gave April a blatant, overly toothy smile.

“So.” She spoke up. “What did you think of Y/n’s costume?”

“C-costume. Right, yes, her costume. I love it I think it’s really pretty and well-made.” Leo closed his eyes in an attempt to stay composed. An attempt that failed miserably, I might add.

“Maybe you should have gone as Batman, then you two could’ve paired up.” Leo frowned and gave April an aggressive side-eye.

“I hate you.”

“No you don’t.” April smiled and patted Leo on the head, causing him to sigh and look down.

“No I don’t.”

Y/n’s costume was the only thing on Leo’s mind for the rest of the night. Anytime he noticed her he couldn’t help but sneak glances every few minutes.

He was talking to a group of friends and had to be snapped back to reality as he couldn’t stop looking over in her direction.

There was even a point where she noticed him and he immediately looked away with a bright red face. But, then again, his face was already a blushing mess for most of the night.

He could barely get near Y/n because every time he did, his heart would race and he’d begin to feel an overwhelming amount of nerves? Love? Maybe a mix of both…

Either way, point is he was helpless. Helpless to his own feelings. So when everyone started gathering to dance to a popular song and Y/n grabbed his hand to pull him in, oh how the world felt irrelevant.

Little did he know, Y/n did this intentionally so she’d be able to dance with him. The two looked at each other and began laughing while uncontrollably smiling as the music played.

Feeling bold, Y/n decided to go in for a dip which caught Leo off-guard but he succeeded in catching her. Now they were even closer, very much unbelievably closer. What would happen if the two just inched their faces forward and…

“Who wants to play truth or dare!” Some random person yelled, leading the entire room to erupt into cheers.

Y/n quickly followed the large crowd of people as a circle started to form and waved over Leo as he was still repeating that entire sequence of events in his head. Was that a ‘we should kiss’ moment or a ‘we’re having fun’ moment because he really couldn’t tell!

Well now it was over and he instead found himself in a circle with Donnie on his right, Raph on his left, and Y/n sat opposite him from across the circle.

The game began and went on for a few rounds till some guy decided to point at Y/n.

“Y/n! Truth or dare?” Feeling hyped up, Y/n chose to go for the more interesting choice.

“Dare.”

The guy let out a menacing chuckle and began rubbing his hands together. “Alright, I dare you… to text your crush.”

“Pfft what are you, five?” Y/n burst out laughing.

“Five year olds can text now?” He asked.

Y/n rolled her eyes playfully before pulling her phone out. Leo’s mind started racing. Who was she going to text? Would it be him? What if it wasn’t him? What if she lied? What if it was one of his brothers? What if-

“I can’t, phones dead.” She shrugged before placing her phone back down beside her. The guy groaned.

“Ok. Then I dare you… to pledge your elegance to the holy sanctimony of caterpillar.”

“I’m sorry, what?” Y/n raised her eyebrows.

“It’s a thing.” He nonchalantly replied.

“It’s not a thing.” The girl next to him shook her head. He waved his hand dismissively at her.

“It’s totally a thing.”

“Alright then. I pledge my elegance to the holy sanctimony of caterpillar.” Y/n gave a confused look as the guy raised his fists.

“Huzzah! Welcome, to the caterpillar cult.” She stifled a laugh at his absurd announcement.

“What the? Uh, ok I guess that’s my turn. Um… Leo! Truth or dare?” She made eye contact with him, only briefly but still.

“Uh, um. Ehh truth.” Stupid Leo. Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Y/n began to look around for ideas. “Ok, since we were on the topic of crushes I think it’s only right to ask; who do you have a crush on?” She smiled and leaned forward, followed by everyone else in the circle.

Honestly, she may have played it as a teasing joke but Y/n genuinely wanted to know. Yes she knew he’d probably lie but his response would at least give away something.

“Who do I have a crush on?” Leo began sweating bullets and avoided eye contact at all costs. “Uh well I have a crush on a girl, human, a human girl. Yep, that’s-that’s who it is.”

“Uh huh. Yeah I asked who they are not what they are so, I’m gonna need a little more information than that.” Y/n smiled deviously, she just wanted to know a little

more.

“She’s charming, s-smart, uh pretty very pretty ca-c-p-person that, of whom I know to a certain degree.” He began internally cringing at how he had stuttered. Dammit Leo! Why do you have to be you?

Y/n sat there for a good moment, analysing all the info she’d just got out of him. “Mmm… good enough! You go.”

He let out a quiet sigh of relief before turning to his right. “Whew. Donnie, truth or dare?

“Truth.” Not a moment of hesitation.

Leo smiled jokingly, hoping to act all teasing to take the pressure off of himself. “Who do you have a cru-“

“Don’t.” Donnie replied sternly.

“Ok.” He got the message and quickly reeled back.

The game finished up soon after and everyone split off to go do different things.

The rest of the night went as it did before. Leo would be talking to someone, look over in Y/n’s direction, feel like his stomach had turned into a butterfly enclosure and turn back to the people he was talking too, ignoring the increasing blush covering his face.

Every minute, every second, every waking moment of his existence had just been infiltrated by the thought of Y/n and her stunning outfit.

And Y/n noticed. Oh she noticed. It’s what led her to walk up to him the second she saw he was alone.

“Hey Leo.” She sat down next to him. Oh boy, here he goes again.

“Hey Y/n, again. How many times have we greeted each other tonight now?” Leo wondered leading Y/n to giggle slightly.

“I don’t know. The party’ll be over soon so I figured I’d try to sneak in one more moment with you before we all have to leave.” She leaned to the side and bumped her shoulder playfully with his. Leo’s eyes widened after hearing what she said.

“It’s already near the end? That was quick.” Y/n burst out laughing.

“Leo, it’s like 11pm. We’ve been here for hours!”

“Wait seriously!?” He sat up straighter with his hands as support before sinking back into a comfortable position. “Huh, time really does fly by.”

A moment of silence passed till Leo decided to ignore his nerves and speak up.

“By the way, I never actually told you how much I like your outfit.”

“Oh you don’t have to.” Y/n tried to wave him off.

“But seriously, it’s super pretty and looks amazing on you. I love it.” Leo grinned genuinely while gesturing to her outfit.

“Thanks Leo, I love your costume too. How did you even manage to get it on?” Y/n wondered.

“Help from Raph.” Leo stated.

“Ahh I see...” They both fell into silence again for a little while. Feeling nervous, Y/n glanced to the side and decided to just drop the bomb by asking “Are we- do we have a thing going on between us or is that just me being stupid?”

“Huh, uh w-what?” Leo’s eyes widened in shock as he turned to look at her. She in turn looked in his direction, although her gaze rested just a little off to the side from his face as she felt too anxious to make eye contact with him.

“Like I know, or at least I think I know, that you’ve been looking over at me a few times tonight and it felt like there was something going on back when we were dancing with everyone else. So I’m just wondering if it’s like a thing or not, you know?” Y/n chose to finally make eye contact with Leo and was met with his adorably awkward, blushing face.

“I’m going to be totally honest with you I assumed you just thought I was being weird.” He sunk his head down a little, tensing at the topic of conversation. Y/n smiled and shook her head in disbelief.

“Leo you’re like the most amazing person I know. Also, I’m not gonna lie, I thought it was pretty cute how you were acting the whole night.” She blushed and look down to the side again. Leo was once again overcome with surprise but tried his best to keep it together.

“You thought, oh. I think your pretty cute too uh not just in that costume but in general like I think your super pretty every day, all the time.” He laughed nervously and gave Y/n an adoring look.

“Ok I’m just going to say it because I think it’s super obvious at this point.” Y/n took a deep breath to try and calm down. “I’ve already practically said it but I like you. And I mean that in a more than friends way.” She confessed.

“Thank god, because I like you as so much more than a friend.” Leo sighed. Y/n smiled and decided to lean in, whispering something in his ear. Leo quickly perked up and his entire face turned pink.

“Heh.”

————————————

Leo smiled nervously as he walked back towards a corner of the room, Y/n following.

“You know I’m not really used to this kind of thing so I don’t know-“

He didn’t even get a complete sentence out before Y/n began to kiss him. They kissed again as she wrapped her arms around his neck and slightly pushed him further back. They went for another kiss and another before they both pulled away and Leo sighed.

“I love being a turtle.”

They both smiled and quickly went back to their make-out session. Best party ever.

What no one noticed though was the mysterious figure hidden on the side of a building facing the party. They were dressed in purple and black with a mask covering their entire face, yellow buggish eyes that looked almost like goggles, a long bandana wrapped around their head and the symbol of a red foot displayed clearly on the front of their outfit.

“I’ve located the turtles, and it looks like they’ve already made some friends.”

I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I know it’s just meant to be fluff but I couldn’t help myself, I need the foot clan to appear already 😭. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed. Please keep requesting, peace, love, and have an awesome day/night wherever you are!✨

[mediumgayitalian]

part two

———

For all their teasing, they do actually leave him to eat.

Maybe they’re feeling merciful. Maybe they want him to focus on eating. Maybe, worst of all, they’re too scared of him, or something.

Or. Probably. After the ninth consecutive minute of him, unmoving, forehead pressed to the worn wood of the table, desperately trying to resist the urge to open up the ground beneath him, they get bored.

ADHD is a wonderful thing, sometimes.

“— I just think it’s suspicious,” Piper is saying, waving her fork in the air, “I mean, she’s never just, like, nice, you know? It’s — oh, hello, Nico’s Face. Welcome back. I was beginning to think we’d only see your unbrushed hair for eternity, curled into a ball of Oh My God A Cute Boy Smiled At Me And I Stopped Functioning.”

His friends snicker. He flushes, a little, but is determined resolutely to ignore their teasing — seems to be a working strategy — and focuses instead on shovelling cereal into his mouth.

As predicted, they fall quickly back into conversation. They are discussing, Nico believes, strange behaviour from Piper’s sister, Drew, although truly Nico is not listening. He’s really into his cereal.

And he is also, out of the corner of his non-bandaged eye, perhaps noticing, barely, hardly at all, really, the Apollo table.

It’s all stupid — Will’s fault. It is. He takes up every stupid room (stupid pavilion, whatever) with his loud voice and gesturing hands and wide, bright smile, practically demanding attention. It’s hardly Nico’s fault if he looks. If he didn’t want Nico to look, then he wouldn’t have — he wouldn’t have said it.

Easily. Unthinkingly. Like liking Nico was normal, was nothing, was no big deal; like the golden child of Apollo, bright-eyed, best medic of the century, charming, clever, shockingly sarcastic Will, had been — is — crushing. On Nico, of all people.

Had been crushing on him forever, apparently.

Nico’s stomach flips approximately four billion times.

“What is modern courting like?” he blurts, and immediately wants to shove his spoon in his own eye.

The conversation halts. His friends, now silent, look at him curiously, four pairs of eyes digging into his.

He shrinks into his seat, hiding behind his hair.

“…Courting?” Annabeth asks, finally.

Nico flushes. “Nevermind.”

“Hey, wait, no.” He startles when a hand brushes his, yanking it back on reflex. Piper doesn’t flinch, drawing her own hand back gracefully. “We’re not teasing you, dude. Just clarifying.”

“Well, I’m teasing you, a little.”

Leo twitches slightly at Nico’s sharp glare, but the impish smile never leaves his face. Unfortunately, he no longer fears that Nico will send him to (another) early grave.

He’ll have to remedy that.

“What Leo means to say,” interjects Jason before Nico can get any dark ideas about his butterknife. He looks pointedly at his best friend, rolling his eyes fondly at his stuck-out tongue. “Is that while the situation is objectively a little funny, we’re here to help. What do you mean, courting?”

Nico shouldn’t have fucking said anything.

“I just. I mean,” he says, haltingly. He’s hyperaware or Piper practically biting through her lip, of Leo focusing so hard on keeping a straight face that his nose catches fire. “My mother had — a list. Of steps?”

He’s sure his face is flaming.

“Steps,” repeats Piper, face arranged very carefully. Annabeth punches her in the arm, her own face similarly particular.

“Go on,” she encourages.

Nico squeezes his eyes shut, pretending they’re not there, and does.

“She told me courting was a — process. Um. Small gifts. Opening doors. Putting down your sweater to sit on. Walking to the door after the date. Flowers.”

“Very chivalrous,” Jason manages after a moment. His face, too, is pinched. Nico scowls at him.

“Whatever. It might not even — I mean, she said that’s how you get a girl to like you. And it’s probably totally different with boys, right, and I’m not stupid I know the culture is totally different now —”

“I think,” interrupts Annabeth, “that a little chivalry never goes amiss.” She waits until Nico gathers to courage to meet her eyes, warm in the late morning, matching her small smile. “Will, especially, will appreciate it.”

Nico stares at the milk pooling in the bottom of his cereal bowl, calculating if it’s enough to drown him. It’s a quarter of a cup, maybe. Not great. And the bowl is to small to shove his face in.

Someone breaks the silence with a giggle. Immediately, there’s the echoing slap as it’s muffled, silent again for a long, tense moment.

And then everyone cracks up.

“I didn’t say anything about Will!” he says, voice cracking on his name. “I don’t — stop laughing at me! He’s just — I didn’t — he’s not even —”

“We’re not — laughing at you —” Jason tries, and Leo straight-up shrieks.

“Not laughing at me my ass,” says Nico venomously. “Fuck you guys. I’m out of here.”

“Nico, wait! Wait, hold on.”

Despite himself, Nico stops mid-stomp, shoulders hiked up to his ears.

“Nico,” says Annabeth, much softer, although laughter still rings in her voice. “Why bring it up now?”

Nico picks at his nails. Without his brain’s permission, he peeks through his eyelashes at the Apollo table — long empty. By now Will’ll be teaching — “teaching” — his siblings something in Arts ‘n Crafts.

(Ninety percent chance they’ve dissolved to launching globs of paint and glitter glue at each other, screaming about which pop star is better than another.)

“He told me he liked me,” he admits softly. Slowly, he makes himself turn around, facing his friends now that they’ve finally quieted. “Just like that. And I —”

He can’t bring himself to say it, throat drying up.

“Then you have nothing to lose,” Piper says kindly. Her eyes sparkle, half teasing, half encouraging.

Suddenly, the storm swirling in Nico’s stomach shifts; skeletal butterflies reminding the storm who’s boss. Something warm and pleasant tingles down his spine.

I’ve been crushing on you forever, and I don’t think you’re any less gorgeous. With or without the scar.

Gorgeous.

Will had called him gorgeous!

“You know what?” Nico murmurs, smile tugging at his lips. “I think you might be right.”

———

part four

[ju1cyfru1t]

Ouch! (Rise! Leo x Reader)

ROTTMNT

Fluff! :D, gn! Reader, romantic, kissing?? :O, Leo being stupid 🤌 swearing, short drabble

a/n: this is a draft from like a month ago, not my best work but I still like it 👍 big juicy gotta feed her kids while she works on requests

Ah, it was ever so quiet and peaceful. Raph, Mikey, Donnie, and April had gone out to pick up pizza for dinner, leaving you and your blue-clad boyfriend alone. (Besides Splinter but let’s be real he’s not supervising shit)

You both laid on the couch, your back against it while he was basically using you as a mattress.

“You know, Y/N, we’re all alone…” Leo looked up at you with a sly smile, resting his chin on your sternum. (NOT IN A FREAKY WAY YOU FREAKS)

“What ever shall we do?” You giggled, leaning down to give him a quick kiss. Which, of course, turned into a long, deep one as he scooted forward, which turned into a full-on make out.

Well, it wasn’t a very spacious couch. Leo moved to readjust to where he could prop himself up. Poor boy missed the ledge of the couch, slipping down onto you (ouch) and then flopping onto the floor with a thud and an ‘oof!’ (ouch) (stupid bitch)

You just stared in shock, processing what had just happened before bursting into laughter as he just laid there on the floor, stunned.

“Leo! Leo! Are- are you ok?” You could barely speak between wheezes, leaning back up to look down at him.

“Why are you laughing?! I could be seriously hurt!” He sat up, looking offended but also slightly embarrassed.

You practically had tears in your eyes at this point, your stomach cramping from laughing. “I’m sorry! It’s not- it’s not funny!” Covering your mouth, trying to restrain yourself.

“Hmph,” Leo crossed his arms, still sitting on the floor.

“Ok, ok.” You finally caught your breath, wiping a tear. “ I’m really sorry, are you ok?”

“Maybe you could kiss it better?” Leo narrowed his eyes, grinning up at you.

“Come here, dummy.” You rolled your eyes with a smile, leaning forward to kiss him again.

[radioactive-reactions]

Hi! Idk if you still do these, but if you do, could you write the fnv companions reacting to the courier returning after owb and nonchalantly mentioning that they don’t have a brain anymore?

Hey! I do still do these! Granted, it's mostly when the mood strikes me, but as luck would have it, the mood now strikes me. I feel like people tend to ignore the long-term effects of Old World Blues, which is a shame...

No one had really pressed the Courier about the events at Big Mountain. By now, their companions knew they had a penchant for running off and getting themselves into misadventure, which on its face wasn't all that concerning. Mentioning offhand that they'd mislaid their brain while they were there, however, most certainly was.

Raul doesn't get it at first, making the logical assumption that the Courier is just joking. The alternative, after all, is terrifying. "Ahh, I know you feel, boss. When they cut me open, all they're gonna find is trail songs and recipes you can't even make anymore."

Boone leans in. Close, then closer, until the Courier can all but feel those sunglasses burning a hole through their skull. It seems like they're going to spend the rest of the day locked in a staring contest until Boone's index flicks against their forehead with a muted smack. "...Doesn't sound hollow in there. Last thing I need is you going crazy on me."

Veronica clicks her tongue, face screwing up with concentration as she tries her best to rationally assess the situation. That new set of scars does look awfully suspicious... "Whoa. Actually? What, are you saving up for a new one without the bullet scars? Uh, follow-up question: How the hell are you alive?!"

Cass tugs a glove off to rub at the bridge of her nose. She can already tell she's not drunk enough for this shit. "If that's true, I think the fact I can't tell the difference says more about you than me. If it's not, you're a real bastard for pulling my leg like this. Fuck it, I'll bite: if your brain isn't in your head, what is?"

Arcade stares, slowly turns a concerning shade of tato red as his brain short-circuits trying to process this information, then faints. Bodily. It may be best for the Courier to make their exit while he's still frothing.

Lily frowns, giving the Courier a reassuring pat on the back that threatens to bowl them over instead. "DON'T WORRY, PUMPKIN! GRANDMA LOSES THINGS ALL THE TIME WHEN THAT NASTY LEO HIDES THEM. WHERE WAS THE LAST PLACE YOU SAW IT?"

[sunsetsentiments]

haven't read sun and the star yet so unsure about rick's plans for the future but,,,,

there's SO much potential in writing something about the lost hero trio post-TOA. piper,, who's been struggling to adjust after all those major events and revelations in hoo,, is suddenly hit with jason's fate and is clearly even more confused and emotionally/mentally battered than ever. she's TRYING to move forward,, but knowing how she is at the end of TOA, there's still so much to process and grapple with for her. meanwhile leo??? he never got to say goodbye to his best friend, never even considered that any of this would happen while he was away. smart as he is, he probably figures it out fast that what happened to jason might've been caused by him cheating the prophecy. he likely starts thinking that he unknowingly saved his own skin in exchange for the life of his friend. can you imagine the guilt and regret there?? not only was he unable to be there in his best friend's final moments, but he also might've been the reason for the tragedy in the first place.

i can imagine the two of them trying to go on with their lives in oklahoma and indianopolis respectively,, but they can't shake the grief, fear, regret, and confusion harboring their hearts. they both have such strong motivations to do something crazy,, to take on a quest they shouldn't,, to be openly angry with the gods/fate and do something about it.

there's this line that leo says when he finds out about jason at the end of the burning maze. "he did what jason always did. he saved the day." and i can imagine the thought of that haunting both piper and leo. he always saved the day. but why couldn't they save him?

i'm not saying jason should be brought back to life because i think his fate makes sense for the overall narrative of the pjo world,, but it would be so interesting for rick to explore piper and leo's grief in response to what happened and make a story out of that.

[nesting-dreams]

Realistic depiction of how useful the boys would be in every universe when someone is on period worst to best case scenario

Say a s/o came on their period late at night and all the stores are closed at 2 am. If s/o or April happen to run out of pads and pain killers. Cuz you sometimes do lose track of it.

2016: knows nothing and is useless even after they get a s/o cuz they’d all not steal for their s/o. Raphael may attempt too, but he’d be unsuccessful. Would leave s/o be cuz that’s all you can do. Until they finally give April a call cuz this is an emergency cuz HELP. She comes bearing a chocolate or fruit. With 2 temporary pads from her own stash and two pain killers. They treat this like a casual thing. Takes hours.

1987: Doesn’t know anything and is useless cuz April is more like a co worker and she wouldn’t feel comfortable telling them stuff. They won’t learn the basic stuff until one of them actually gets a girlfriend. Donatellos the only one willing to steal you things for your period while the others don’t. All the boys are very understanding, Raph might test you with his sarcasm though but he’ll shut up if you glare at him. Donatello makes sure he knows which pad type to get and strength of painkillers. They treat this like a serious mission, but aside from Donnie, the others fail. Calls april cuz HELP. She helps. Takes hours

2012: Doesn’t know anything until April. She is their friend and will tell them half the details. Donatello and Raphael would totally be down to stealing for her. They steal the basics like pain killers and pads. Very understanding. None of them joke, but feel super awkward first time. Raphael will soften up for his s/o if they’re having serious stomach pain. Leo gives you herbal tea. In future Donnie tries to research with you if your period is bad, but the dude makes things awkward. It’s just an uncomfortable evening, but success? He’s just naturally awkward with sensitive topics. Treat this like a casual thing. Surprisingly Forget to call april. takes an hour

2003: Only knows the basics from their April cuz she’s more like an aunt. Will steal stuff from stores without hesitation for her. They have stolen bishops icecream for petty reasons. They’d totally steal for Aprils well being and comfort. Once they get a s/o they’d pamper them for sure when the stomach aches come and the wanting to kill yet be affectionate feeling and cry for no reason comes up. They actually ask what a girl needs specifically and gets that. Mikey would get the chocolates and pizza cuz that’s what he likes to be cheered up by. Leo gives you tea. In future Donnie doesn’t sleep when researching about periods if he sees you ever have a particular bad one. He invites you to actually help him and doesn’t make things awkward. He’s so good about it. He’s professional doctor Donatello. Donnie and raph and Leo and mikey treat this like a mission. Doesn’t need april. Takes an hour

Mutant mayhem: only knows basic from April cuz friends. Would steal you basic pain killers and make sure to get you the right pads too. I expect Leo and Mikey would get you snacks as a treat. Just straight up asks what you need with no hurdles. Not embarrassed about any of this and doesn’t joke or make you feel awkward. Treat this like they’re just going to the store as usual to get their father milk. Don’t need to call april. Takes an hour

Rise: knows April since age 10 and they probably saw her going through her first period. She is like a sister so they are going to learn all the details much to their horror. They probably need like a day to process it first time cuz tween girls are blunt. Would steal everything from the convenience store for her. Like even stuff she doesn’t need. Best case scenario. They’d be even better for s/o cuz they’ve had practice with April for years and now they know what they are doing. In future Donnie probably is trying to figure out a way to make the pain less painful but be careful if he experiments on you. Might go wrong. If your periods are heavy, even though it grosses him out, He will research proper nutrition to help you with the period, but doesn’t directly ask you about it. Doesn’t sleep. Leonardo would actually do the same when he stops testing your patience with jokes and he starts worrying about how the period is affecting you badly. He doesn’t sleep for you in researching and then he steals the proper nutritions and tablets and vitamins for you. He researches with a shocked Donnie cuz he didn’t think Leo could read anything except comics and manga. Mikey and Raphael are just here to be good boys who cuddle and give you teddies and pizza. Leo gives you tea from his own personal stash that he wouldn’t give his brothers usually, he hates seeing you like this so he gives. GOOFY Mission which they treat like serious mission. A lot of screaming plans at each other and then rushing out. They don’t need to call april. It takes them hours to get back but they got up to shenanigans as usual

All would be low-key scared cuz of the wanting to maim someone feeling s/o has. All would think April is dying the first time they might see blood. (And since one of them has a s/o that will sleep over more often. After this first unprepared situation. They all start stashing stuff in bathroom for s/o just in case s/o’s period is off by a week again and they’re not prepared after the first time this happens. Try to quickly avert future disasters. Can picture all mikey’s making a snack cupboard for april and his s/o and his brother’s s/o cuz he’s a good guy. All Leo’s sneak tea into the snack cupboard. All Leo’s think tea will solve all your problems, especially when you mutter how the warmth of the tea is soothing your stomach a little). The first time this happens you’ll be in pain and feeling awkward cuz no pads and stuck in bathroom but you’ll have a hilarious show to hear through the door, seeing the boys trying to figure this stuff out. When the rise turtles take hours, they’ll be talking to you over the phone when you ring out of worry at some point, so you’ll hear all about their eventful night

[1cat200]

Potential rottmnt episodes for season 3!

I've been thinking about rottmnt season 3 lately and here are some ideas for episodes that I really hope that Nickelodeon see's. Let me know what you think about them in the comments below!

School episode: this is about Casey jr deciding to attend April's school. However it's not as easy as it looks when your an apocalypse survivor who's still confused on how to make friends in high school.

Holiday episode:Splinter decides to visit Japan with his sons for a nice family vacation.

Vampire episode: Mikey and Leo go on patrol together when they suddenly get attacked by a vampire and both get bitten. Now it's up to their brothers and the help of the vampire princess to find a cure for them before they get uncontrollable blood lust.

Dating episode: Splinter sends his sons on a mission to find a mate so that he can marry them off and get grandchildren, although things don't go exactly as the turtles hoped.

Werewolf episode: While going back to the lair, Casey jr is attacked by a werewolf and is bitten in the process. He starts acting weird and has cravings for meat. He doesn't know what's happening to him until his first full moon, he destroys half the lair and injures the turtles including Leo. The team then try to find a cure while Casey learns to control his wolf.

Time Travel episode: After battling an evil sorcerer yokai the turtles, April and Casey jr travel to the good future that they made and end up meeting their teenage kids who take up after their hero dads. The work together to help the turtles and their human friends get back to their timeline.

Gala episode: Big mama invites the turtles and Splinter to a big gala to ask for a truce in order to help her catch a thief that's been stealing from the guests.

Mayhem episode: Raph and Casey are left taking care of Mayhem while April is at camp.

Pet episode: Casey feels lonely so Cassandra gets him a pet kitten to cheer him up. Little do they know that it is no ordinary kitten but a lab kitten with electric powers with its lab scientists trying to catch it.

Pride month episode: the turtles and their friends celebrate pride month.

Ghost episode: To see how is truly the bravest the turtles and their friends go into a haunted house to test their courage.

Birthday episode: Casey's birthday is coming soon and his mom, Cassandra wants to give him the best present ever!

Mutant episode: While experimenting on one of Draxum's oozqitoes, Donnie accidentally turns April into a cat mutant and Casey into a turtle mutant.

Turtle tots episode: when the turtles get turned into kids, April, Splinter, Casey and Cassandra are left to take care of them while draxum makes a cure to turn them back to normal.

[erosjournal]

‧₊˚໒꒱ i cant save us, my atlantis, oh no...

────────────────────────────────────────────

~ characters : technically featuring all of the argos ll and calypso + will, leo valdez x jason grace, a little piper mclean x reyna avila ramírez-arellano

~ synopsis : once leo told his plan to hazel and frank, they couldn't just sit by and tell no one. they thought telling jason would be best, but made him swear not to tell anyone, not even leo, that they'd spilled. jason snuck a note into leo's pocket before he defeated gaea, which he opened once he'd gotten safely to calypso.

~ tw(s) : mentions of fire and death and queers. im so sorry there's a lot of spoilers. leo is in love with calypso, jason and piper aren't together. also pipers the only one who knows about jason's feelings, since they'd seperated over feeling romantic feelings for people of the same gender.

────────────────────────────────────────────

"WHAT!?" jason yelled. hazel's eyes widened, and she slapped her hand over his mouth while frank glanced around uneasily.

"shut it, grace!" she hissed. "leo can't know we told you!" he nodded, and she eyed him. "better not spill, ok? no one can know." she lowered her hand, and jason stood there, unable to process exactly what hazel had told him.

leo was gonna go through suicide to save everyone else? he felt his breath shorten, his heart heave. gods, he couldn't let leo do that. he just couldn't. he felt his head swim, his chest ached.

"um, wait," he stumbled, stepping back as he started to lose his footing. frank reached out, pulling him back up. hazel and frank glanced at each other nervously, watching jason struggle. "repeat exactly what had happened again?"

hazel took a deep breath. "um, so, uh," she felt her own nausea overcome herself. she couldn't believe it herself.

"leo's gonna sacrifice himself at the final battle. he's gonna, um, cause him and gaea to explode, and he has the physicians cure in his possession. um, i think he has a way to administer it to himself," hazel murmured, getting light-headed. jason nodded, listening to her explain again.

"no..." he muttered, shaking his head. "he can't. storm or fire. it could be me," he said, trying to reassure all of them. frank sighed, shaking his head.

"nike told us one of the four that had gone down was gonna die. leo is the only person who overlaps both requirements." he frowned, and jason swore he saw tears sprout in franks eyes. frank quickly blinked back his emotions, looking into jason's eyes. "it has to be him."

jason couldn't believe it. no. no. he felt himself beg. he didn't want leo to die. not before he got the chance to tell him that he loved him.

"no. it won't be him. i can stop him, i'm his.. best friend." his voice lingered on those last words, shaking his head again. if he said the words enough, he hoped they would come true. yet, deep inside, he knew frank was right. leo had to die for the world to be saved.

"jason. leo can't know we told you. we.. we promised him. but we knew you deserved to know." frank tried to reason, putting a reassuring hand on jason's shoulder. gods, jason thought he was gonna faint then and there. his legs trembled, his body uneasy.

"but..." he looked up at them, blinking back tears. they both looked at his sad figure, like a dog you just wanted to hug. "leo. he can't just die on us." jason muttered. hazel glanced at frank, and they shared a knowing look.

"jason, is this really just about leo dying for us? is there... anything else?" she said, sniffling. he looked into her eyes, the glossy gold startling him.

"no. i just, don't want to lose my best friend." he assured. he took a deep breath, and looked at both of them. "i won't say a word to anyone. i need to be excused." jason said, asking for permission to leave. they both nodded sadly, and he rushed out, his chest squeezing.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

once jason was alone in his room, he finally let himself understand what was happening. he felt tears spring into his eyes, and seconds later he was crying. gods, he didn't want to be weak like this. he couldn't let everyone see that the leader was breaking down in his room, crying over everything. but he couldn't stop. all of his emotions from the past flooded through, barriers crashing down that he didn't even know he'd had.

he finally calmed himself, his breath still unsteady and heavy. he took a deep breath, glancing around his room. he decided to finally think about what had happened, what the reality of the situation was.

jason knew frank was right. leo had to be the one to die. he was the person hera had chosen from the start, since he was born. he was destined to defeat gaea. he smiled a little, imagining leo beating up gaea, but the thought of him dying resettled in.

he promised that he wouldn't tell leo. he knew he couldn't anyways. leo's death was inevitable. no matter what he said, nothing would stop the future. the fates decided on it themselves. so, instead, he decided on what he could do. he got up, walking over to a small table that had a pad of paper and some pencils on it. he grabbed the supplies, and sat back down. he touched the tip to the paper, and words started flooding. his emotions, his feelings, his love for leo.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"jason~" piper muttered, knocking on the door. she'd seen him angrily close the door earlier, and wanted to check on him. they were still best friends, even after their break up. she felt some rustling inside, and a crash.

"wait! don't come in!" she heard jason yelp as she started opening the door.

at a single glance, the situation was unreadable. jason was laying on the ground, the top half of his body all the way under his bed. his legs were flailing, and he hit his head, again, on the bottom of the bed. she heard him curse, and closed the door behind her.

"jason? are you... ok?" she asked, walking over to kneel next to him. jason quickly crawled out, blushing furiously.

"i-i said don't come in. ok?" he said, glancing uneasily under the bed. she followed his gaze. he was hiding something.

"jason. what in the hades is going on!?" piper exclaimed, moving jason so she could look under the bed. he pushed her out of the way and she looked at him confused, and angry.

"stop it! stop going through my things!" he argued, frowning. she shook her head.

"gods jason! what's going on! seriously! i'm your best friend..." she said, looking at him sadly. he hesitated, then sighed.

"i just... wrote something for leo. maybe, i might just confess." he admitted. piper nodded, a little surprised.

"is that what's under the bed?" she asked, looking back at the space under the bed. a folded up wad of paper was underneath.

"yeah. i would prefer if you didn't look at it." he said sharply. piper nodded again. she wasn't a terrible person. of course she'd respect her best friend's privacy. but something felt... off.

"you know i'm the daughter of aphrodite. i can tell when somethings off. is that really all?" she asked, standing up and holding out a hand to pull jason up. he accepted it, pulling himself up. they sat down on the bed, jason fidgeting. piper bit back a laugh. it reminded her a little too much of leo.

"no.. but.. i seriously would rather not talk about it." jason stated, and piper frowned. she was curious, but she was a good friend. if he seriously didn't wanna talk about it, she'd understand.

"ok, just know i'm always here. ok?" she smiled, putting a hand on his shoulder. jason glanced over at her, grinning.

"i know, pipes." he leaned into a hug, holding piper close. she hugged him too. gods, this hug felt better since they weren't dating. they sat back, smiling.

"ok, well, i gotta go... um... talk to annabeth. yeah." she said, standing up and walking to the door. jason laughed.

"yeah sure." he teased. "not thinking about doing anything else, especially thinking about someone named reyna..." he smirked, and she blushed.

"well, i'll tell her when you tell leo." she muttered, walking out of the room. she heard jason laughing still, and it made her smile a little.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

leo was working on some fine tuning of his mechanical work on the ship when jason knocked on the metal next to him. he jumped, and held a hammer out to him.

"gods!" he exclaimed, once he'd realized it was jason. jason was giggling, his hands up in retreat. leo put the hammer in his belt, shaking his head. "don't scare me like that again! how'd you even sneak up next to me?"

"magicians never share their secrets." he smirked, and leo felt his stomach churn. he couldn't believe he was gonna leave piper and jason. especially jason. his best friend. leo felt his smile slip, but immediately pulled it back up.

"well, gonna have to teach me one day, houdini." he teasingly punched jason's shoulder, then went back to working. "so, whatcha here for?" he asked, using a screwdriver to tighten some bolts.

"i... i just wanted to check in on you. you've eaten today, right?" jason asked, a more serious demeanor on his face. leo nodded.

"of course! aint gonna let my bro worry about my health." he grinned, glancing at jason. jason smiled, but still looked concerned. "seriously. i made some tacos for me! and dont worry, i drank water."

"ok. the official battle with gaea is tomorrow, are you sure you're ready for, um, that?" jason said, uneasily. leo felt his heart pang and his stomach unsettle.

"of course dude. i got some wicked plans up my sleeve!" leo noticed jason grimace still, and so he sighed. "jason, what's wrong? you've been acting weird. you like me or something?~" he teased a little, but saw jason bite his lip, and could've sworn he blushed.

"leo, gods, i'm just worried about you. ok?" he said. leo felt like crying. gods, he couldn't just leave jason like this.

"i'll be fine." he said firmly, resting a hand on jason's shoulder.

"swear it."

"what?"

"swear it on river styx." jason harshly said. leo felt taken a back. it was like jason could read his mind. he bit his lip. he couldn't just say no, or jason would know something was up. he looked away.

"jason, i'll be ok. i'm not doing anything stupid."

"leo, please." leo looked back into those eyes of jason's, sky blue, with hints of begging. he sighed.

"fine, whatever. i swear on the river styx that i won't do anything dumb." he said, and jason seemed a little better. technically, leo wasn't lying. he was going to be ok if this worked out. which it should. right?

jason grabbed leo in a tight hug, which felt out of character for jason, but he melted in it. gods, he was gonna miss this sap.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"hey." leo grinned, which was unnerving in the flames, his teeth like molten silver ingots. "i told you i had a plan. when are you guys going to trust me? and by the way -- i love you guys."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

hours had passed, and the battle between the greeks and romans had subdued. jason refused to go the infirmary after his fall, stumbling as he looked in the sky, for a single trace of leo.

piper sat on the ground, still where they'd fallen. she was sobbing, her face in her hands, hazel rubbing her back.

"why didn't he tell me! he could've avoided it! maybe the prophecy was wrong!" she cried, her words coming out in hiccups. hazel grimaced, and held piper as she shook in a hug.

"piper, you couldn't have done anything. i'm sure of that. i'm so sorry." she was on the verge of crying herself, but piper took it harder.

and jason couldn't believe he just watched as it had happened. everything was too fast. falling out of the sky, watching leo blow up. his last words... gods, he felt his stomach churn. he was pacing along the grass, holding back tears. will and nico stood there, watching him.

"jason! you have to go to the infirmary! i will drag you there myself!" will groaned. jason shook his head, and kept walking.

"nico, so you're sure? he's not here?" he begged. leo swore he'd be ok. jason should've been the one to die. jason kept kicking himself mentally for letting leo pass like that.

"i'm sorry." nico repeated. they'd had this same conversation about 10 times in the past 3 minutes. "i can't feel his presence anymore."

"he was supposed to live. he has the physicians cure. why isn't he alive?" jason said, mostly to himself. the others watching in complete sadness and fear. leo's destiny had been written from the day he was born. he couldn't have died. not yet.

"jason, you seriously need to rest." nico argued.

"hypocrite," will muttered, and nico shot him a glare.

"not now, solace. jason, please." he begged. jason shook his head.

"maybe i can go up in the sky, look for him. there's probably a trail from the explosion, i can just follow it."

"jason, we talked about this. you're barely in any condition to stay here, much less go be superman." will argued. jason looked up and glanced around at his friends, the feeling of death and sadness settled around them.

no. jason refused to believe leo was dead. he couldn't be. he couldn't be.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

leo woke up startled by the feeling of intense pain shooting around his body. he groaned, attempting to sit up on his metal dragon.

"f-festus? gods, where are we?" he muttered, his body feeling like it had exploded. well, technically it had, but still.

festus let out creaks and leo smiled a little. his plan had worked. first, he was alive. that was good. he watched festus put away a compartment that had the physicians cure. second, their navigation system didn't work.

he was gonna see calypso again.

"let's go! my plan worked! as they always do," he grinned, hugging festus. his sides hurt, but he was too happy to think about it.

"gods, that physicians cure hurt more than the explosion itself. did we do a good job boy?" he asked. festus nodded, creaking more. turns out he did save jason and piper from a painful death, and defeated gaea. wow, he really was a hero.

"good, good." he sad, his heart sore. it might've been from the cure, but leo was sure it was from the idea of jason and piper. he couldn't believe that everything that had happened actually happened.

leo bit his lip, and immediately regretted it. jason always bit his lip when he was nervous. piper and him always made fun of jason, saying he'd split it and bleed. leo shook his head, and kept looking forward.

soon the clouds parted, and they spotted the island. there was a girl who was frowning, suitcases at her side. leo smiled, and blushed. he was so excited to see her again. calypso.

"hey buddy, let's land. i'll do some quick repairs on you once we get down, yeah?" he asked, and festus started gliding towards land. leo couldn't remember exactly what occured, but next thing he knew, he and festus were crashed onto the sand of the island.

leo felt bad, seeing festus in such a mess. but he shook his head. he'd fix him. just, first he had to see calypso.

calypso jogged over to him, still frowning, but a smile teased her lips.

"you're late."

"you know, it's hard to tell time when you're in the real world." leo argued, grinning. we walked over to her and kissed her, the sweet taste of her lips making him smile harder. she wrapped her arms around his waist, and leo yelped.

"oh, you ok?" she said nervously. leo shook his head.

"yeah, i just must've had something in my pocket..." he mumbled, reaching his hand into his pocket. it was a folded piece of paper, but it was uneven, stabbing his side.

"what's that?" calypso asked, staring at it just as much leo was.

"not sure." he opened it. and he gasped.

hey leo, it's jason. i wrote this letter to you about a couple days before you died. frank and hazel were worried out of their minds, and told me. and be thankful they did. now, if you really did survive, you should be reading this. if you didn't, well, i'd rather not think about that.

if everything worked well, you are a hero. you saved a lot of people and kept innocent lives, well, alive. and you should be appreciated properly. i'm sorry i couldn't save you. i swear, i tried.

i really do hope you didn't die. gods, i might not be able to live with myself that had happened.

i love you, leo. like, more than friends. that sounds dumb, but yeah, i really love you. even as a friend. and i could never lose you like that. i was too scared to finally admit it, so maybe this letter could do that for me. i hope you're happy, safe, and alive. piper and i love you so much, and appreciate you more than you'll ever know.

with all due respect, jason.

leo bit back tears, blushing as he read jason's confession. he felt his heart rate speed up, his breath uneven. of course, even in a sappy love note, jason had to be formal at his signature.

"leo, everything ok?" calypso asked wearily, frowning. leo snapped back up, forgetting she was there. he sniffled, rubbing his eyes.

"yeah of course. let's get, um, going." he said, hopping onto festus' back. calypso eyed him nervously. leo noticed this himself, realizing he felt more distant from the girl now. she got on behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist, which he flinched at.

he felt confused. he loved jason too, but he wasn't sure if it was all platonic like he'd thought before. and the feeling of calypso next to him definitely wasn't helping.

he knew he was supposed to fix festus, but now he just wanted to get out of there, see his friends as soon as he could again.

he had to find them, tell them he was ok. he wasn't gonna leave like others did to him. he couldn't.

he was gonna go back to piper and jason. he swore it on the river styx.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~ an:

YAY! i was so excited to write this, sorry it is super time skippy and like, choppy. i started with thinking about what could've happened if jason knew about leo dying, and tried to do something about it. obviously, i wanted to mix valgrace in it. sorry i didn't use all characters in this, i got tired towards the end. thats why the leo pov chapter sorta sucks, but i loved this idea.

i did take an excerpt from the blood of olympus, leo's real words. it's page 465 for those who wanna see it.

i hope u liked this little angsty fic, and i rlly did like it. :3

[oracleact]

You can totally choose to look past this cuz it might be a lot (Tw trauma?) I just got Carried, you know when Carrie (from the movie) she gets a bucked full of blood over her head on prom? A guy asked me out and to my surprise, I was blessed with ketchup, eggs and flour by him and his friends, the subway didn’t let me in and no Uber would accept me getting in a car, so I had to walk home. No one asked me what was wrong

I’m still processing that actually happened,. I’m assuming it’s bc of my weight, I’m tall and overweight, I mainly keeps things to myself, am a introvert, idk what other thing could be a reason besides my body. Could you please write a comfort scenario with the tmnt boys? Or one of them, you can choose, Could be platonic, romantic, idk, just reader (who’s usually friendly but don’t talk much about their romantic life cuz they don’t feel like it’s worth investing time, and when they finally decide to change that, thst happens) crying as a mess in front of them for the first time, saying they are tired of living in a body that feels more of a curse than anything,

It’s a lot, I know, you can delete this if you aren’t comfortable doing it (I’m 100% serious)

Thank you Eitherway and hope you have a good day

first of all, I’m so sorry that happened to you. back in high school, I was doused after classes so I can definitely understand your pain here. they are absolutely pathetic for even thinking about doing that to someone; they are total assholes because they acted on it too and I wish for it to haunt them one day when (or if) they mature. you did amazing on your way home that day - I hope that, with time, things will get better for you. you deserve great things. I haven’t written anything with all of the boys before but I wanted to give it a try for you to cheer you up. I wish you well, and I hope you can find comfort in our wonderful turtles!

« got your back »

tmnt x reader / angst + fluff

notes: 1.6k words, all turtles included, platonic relationship, gender neutral reader (no pronouns used,) first person pov, I was thinking of 2012 tmnt while writing this but it probably fits with most iterations.

I can’t believe I’m walking home in the dark, completely covered in miscellaneous goop. I’m glad I didn’t tell anyone about the date that was supposed to happen tonight because, if someone saw me right now, I don’t know what I would do. no public transport let me on covered in eggs and flour, the same for taxis, so now I’m stuck dragging myself home by my own two feet. they are awfully heavy despite my hurry to get back which doesn’t seem fair at all - it’s like my body is laughing at me in equal measure to the rest of the crowd back there.

put your head down and keep walking, put your head down and keep walking, put your—

“hey guys, look!” I stop in my tracks as soon as I hear that voice echo through the night sky. it sounded too much like mikey to simply ignore it.

“mikey, for the last time, shh! ninjas, remember?” that was definitely leo. they all must be up on a roof somewhere but I don’t dare to look up. my feet won’t move anymore regardless, they’re refusing to pick up and run. my body really does hate me tonight huh?

“mikey is right though, look down - hey there!” I slowly crane my neck towards the sound of their chatters and am met with possibly the worst sight I could see at this exact moment: all four of my mutant friends standing on a nearby roof, just as I suspected.

“hi everyone,” I give an awkward wave as they stare down at me.

“want to meet up at the entrance to the lair to hang? we’re just heading back,” raph calls out.

I need a plan, and fast.

thankfully, they can’t see that I’m covered in mush from where they are, but if I go to the lair then that will change. however, if I say ‘no’ to hanging out with them then they’ll get suspicious anyway and follow after me. they’re my best friends, my favourite thing in the whole world is hanging out with them. even if I genuinely can’t hang out we still find a loophole to be together.

either of these choices leaves me doomed to talk about this disaster of a night eventually so…

“sure, you go ahead and I’ll be there in a second.”

…I go with option one.

I knew the boys would get there first so I’ve had more time to come up with some lame lie before I face them: one point to me. I slap on a brave face and a ridiculously wide smile in the hopes that it would distract them from what I have going on all over my clothes. taking a deep breath, I turn the final corner to enter the lair.

“hey bud!” mikey bursts through the rest of the guys and comes skipping towards me. I freeze and simply wait for him to see me in the light. “woah, what happened to you?”

after hearing mikey’s question, everyone starts to crowd in around me, thinking I had been hurt or something on the way here. to their surprise, I have no cuts or scrapes…just a bunch of different types of produce in my hair. they begin to mutter more questions but my mind is too hazy to hear them clearly, opting to stand there and stare into the space behind them. leo notices me zoning out pretty quickly and leads me to the seating area in the middle of the lair by my arm, the rest of the boys following with worry in their eyes.

I sit down on the couch; raph bends down in front of me, donnie sits on my right, mikey hangs over the back of the couch to lean on my left, and leo rests his hands on my shoulders from behind me.

“who did this to you? I’ll kill them, I’ll punch them into the ground I swear to god—“

“raph, calm down. we need to know what happened first before we start going haywire.” I’ve never seen donnie look so aggravated before. it looks like he secretly wants to join in with raph’s immediate anger instead of acting ‘rationally’ this time.

“no need for punching anyone or anything ha! I— uh— tripped while I was walking home and fell straight into a pile of garbage surrounding a dumpster. how clumsy of me ha! I’m so silly. I wasn’t watching where I was going and it was dark so…” my words trail off as I finally look directly at my friends. none of them are believing this story at all.

“tell us the truth, it’s alright. you’re safe here.” leo speaks with such a warm tone, it makes holding back my tears even harder than it already was.

“I’m fine! I promise I’m fine, really I just tripped!” I force my lips into a thin line, trying to twist them into some kind of smile, until mikey pokes at my cheek. I turn to him.

“please tell us what’s wrong.” is he giving me puppy eyes? damn it mikey…

I couldn’t push back my tears any longer and the flood gates exploded. I was in hysterics, sobbing so loudly it bounced off the walls of the lair. I couldn’t stop, each sob rippled through me and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. the boys cooed at me, all of them placing a hand somewhere on my body to ground me and to let me know that I’m not alone as I cried. they tried still asking me questions but I couldn’t get out any words, only heartbreaking whimpers left my mouth. they accepted their fate of silent sobs though and simply stayed beside me.

after a while, I’ve calmed down slightly, and I see the boys look at each other and nod in the corner of my blurry eyes. then, all of a sudden, raph and leo run off. they come back not long after with a basin of water, towels and some other things that I can’t quite see cradled in their large hands. my curiosity is answered in a split second though as the four begin to wipe away the dirt that covers me, still allowing me to ride out my cries in the meantime.

raph gets back into his bent position to gently clean my face, donnie and mikey clean down my arms, and leo starts to brush my hair the best that he can. it must be a brush that april keeps here at the lair, since I don’t think I’ve left one here before.

they continued like this - softly wiping and rinsing - until they were sure that they had done all they can do to rid me of this sticky mess, and until I was able to stabilise my breathing and speak somewhat clearly again.

“april is going to be mad that you got ketchup on her hairbrush,” I say lowly between hiccups. leo laughs and assures me that the brush is perfectly fine; no need to worry.

it is silent (apart from the sound of my sniffling) while they put down their tools and clear them away from the couch, until donnie speaks, “we don’t want to push you to talk but we are here to listen if you want to.”

maybe it is finally time to talk about it. as much as I don’t want to, I think I need to. I’m always the one with a bright smile and cheery attitude but I need to let that go for now. I need comfort, and I need to admit that to myself - even if it’s for this singular moment.

I begin to explain the story of the date and how it went terribly wrong - just the vital details to build the story rather than adding my feelings about it. being vulnerable like this isn’t my strong point so I need to prepare myself to talk about that part with truth and from the heart.

I can see the pure rage in raph’s eyes as he sits in front of me, his teeth grinding together and a low growl coming out of him. he goes to say something but donnie stops him with a hand on his shoulder. he gives red a pat and he seems to understand what he is signalling, inhaling and exhaling with his eyes closed before fixing his posture to listen to me again.

“you know, I don’t know if I want raph to rough up him or rough up me at this point,” I let out a laugh to try and soften the atmosphere but the expressions of the boys tell me that it didn’t work. they look confused; sad. “a good rough up might fix whatever is wrong with me, because it’s obviously me. look at me! why else would he have made plans to humiliate me like that? what do I need to punch into shape - the way I look? the way I act?” I laugh again with the same intent as earlier despite knowing that it is going to do nothing to lessen the impact of my words.

“did he specifically make you feel like that?” raph says through gritted teeth, “that you’re not good enough?”

“no, I guess I’ve been feeling that way for a while. he just made it worse - a lot worse.” my eyes start to burn again with more tears. I’m surprised I’m not dehydrated yet.

mikey grabs my face in his hands, his eyes also look clouded with tears, “you are so beautiful. really, you are. I remember when I first saw you I was like ‘woah, they’re even prettier than the humans I see on tv!’ you don’t need to change anything about the way you look, I can tell you that for sure.”

“nor do you need to change anything about your personality or how you act,” donnie chimes in. “why do you think we like you so much? you’re awesome! you’re smart, kind, caring, plus you treat us like we’re golden and we’re literally in the sewers right now,” we all giggle at the last statement he makes.

leo pats me on the head, signally me to look up towards him, “you are the greatest friend we could have ever asked for, and if we need to remind you of that more then we will. you deserve to feel that you’re worthy and loved and I can tell you with certainty that you are when you’re here with us. there’s no need to hide from us, we’ve got you’re back.”

raph grabs my hand, “and seriously, if you want us to go and talk to that guy we will.”

“raph!” the others shout. I laugh at the slight panic hiding in their voices - it’s fully directed at their brother and his fists.

“what?! I said talk not bash into the ground so what do you want from me?!”

[thelostandforgottenangel]

Can I do a TMNT ask? How would the guys react to having a S/O who's clairvoyant? Not full on psychic, but still pretty good at picking up on things. Thank you for the consideration! And good luck in your studies! 🐢❤💙🧡💜

I can't believe I was going through my flash drive trying to reorganize my files and found this ... then too realize not only did I never get to post it I completely missed the point of the ask and had to fix it!

I am so sorry @darksaphire2002 I swear I didn't mean to keep you waiting for your ask and I hope you can forgive me. Also sorry in advance cause I am sure this wasn't anything like you were wanting but I tried my best to make sure was worth your wait so I really hope you enjoy

Leonardo had actually had a good relaxing day with his mate after training with his brother’s and father, then to top it all off getting to spend all day with her he was sure it was all a good sign for tonight’s operation but as the sun started to sit he had seen her start to act strange before pulling him aside

He had lied earlier and told her it was a simple patrol they were going on but had noticed she was getting antsy and overwhelmed; just thinking it was just her normal nerves over his safety while he was out

“Hana, we will be fine, it’s just a quick run”

Her first attempt was brushed off with a peck to her cheek and his promise that everything would be okay

He was just finishing checking his nightly gear and putting on his belts when she came in the room quickly grabbing his hand looking a bit unnerved whispering he couldn’t go, he of course started to once more reassure her but she cupped his cheek seeming distant as she just looked through him

“Leo please… I don’t know how but I know you are not going out on a simple patrol you are too geared up for that – you can’t go where ever you four are planning… my stomach is tight; something don’t feel right so please – please just stay here”

His icy blue eyes stare at her for the longest time before leaning on the bench behind him

She rarely asked him to neglect his duties but was noticing she had a tendency to voice things right before something big happened finding it odd but hadn’t really thought much on it

When they met a few years ago they had stopped by her place on the way home; she had offhandedly asked Donnie if they had heaters that worked in the middle of a very different conversation and even though it confused them deeply the genius had gone on a long rant of his new heaters he had upgraded after last year got cold

She had said nothing more past telling him he might want to see if they worked later and keep them running but that night the city froze and they had luckily already had them on before the underground got cold

There was also the night they had mentioned they were going down by the docks to see the fireworks but as they started to leave she had asked for them to stay back so they wouldn’t get hurt, halfway through the show something had malfunctioned and the roof they had wanted to hang out on just off the dock was hit sending a blaze over the area

After some more pleading on her part he gave seeing how nervous she was at the idea that he and his brother’s are going to be on the surface so he gave and told his brother’s they were not going on patrols tonight.

They were clearly confused but don’t ask questions hearing they would get a free night

A bit later his phone had started ringing off the hook and even though they were in the middle of a movie he finally answered the call after seeing it was Casey, who was terrified asking if they were okay, once their friend calmed down he finally heard the words he had been trying to get out

The building they were supposed to be staking out and inspecting for suspected Foot activity after the police got an anonymous tip had just blew up and collapsed.

He still hadn’t processed the man’s words but grew suspicious immediately, observing the woman just staring off at the wall looking lost and worried at her gut feeling but tried to let it go telling Casey they were fine and something else had come up not understanding how she could have known something bad was about to happen

Her eyes meet his after he hung up asking what was wrong, seeing his caution directed towards her she knew instantly what he was thinking but he don’t look angry or upset before he was sitting beside her once more taking her hand in his keeping their eyes locked together

“Hana… I think we should have a talk-”

Raphael had been looking forward to tonight for over a week so ready to take his bike out after getting on the new modifications he couldn’t wait to see her in action plus Mikey had been getting on his nerves with his usual high energy and the annoying need to prank him at every free moment the youngest had

He was so excited while hanging out with his girl he didn’t notice her hands starting to move and twitch as she tried to keep her breath steady but finally when he looked over he saw her in one of those rare panic modes in a small trance just staring off into space quickly going to her “Ay… Baby ya okay–? Yer lookin pale…”

“Raph… I think you should call Casey and reschedule for another day-” she wasn’t really looking at him and he immediately got defensive cause she knew how long he had been waiting for this night having told her more then once but stopped as she tears up pulling his face down to look at her seeming afraid once she snapped out of it “Please I’m not sure why it just feels like if you go I will never see you again…”

Even as the woman pleaded and begged him not to go out with Casey on his weekly ride he leaned in kissing her lips softly finally “Ay, dis is me we are takin bout kitten… I’ll be fine and I’ll even come see ya after before I head home” he could see her discomfort shushing her just as his friend showed up ready to go

“Fine, if you won’t listen and are set on you going out with Casey – you shouldn’t go your normal route go somewhere different maybe near the park or- or stay close to here just… just don’t take your normal path”

He chuckled and kissed her goodbye pretty sure she didn’t know his usual path while he was riding not sure what she was going on about telling her he’d call later as he rushed out and was gone ready to get going for the night knowing his brother’s would get her home before they started their patrol route that evening

He had tried to forget the interaction even when Casey asked why she had looked so upset having known the woman before the turtles met her; he could easily pick up on her emotions when something wasn’t right but had just told him she had just wanted him to stay home

Even though Raph had brushed off her worry for her just being paranoid and was having fun he had a sinking feeling in his gut

He knew his mate pretty well and one thing she never did was worry for him too much; sure she knew he could be reckless and jumped in without a plan some nights, had seen her fair share of him getting hurt and was visibly upset but she knew him

She had to know by now he would always come back to her but this hadn’t been like her normal worry

It got him thinking on the last few years she had been in his life and he had to admit when she said something he listened but her words kept ringing in his mind as they raced off down the streets, she could always tell when something was wrong and it left him preoccupied for a while that maybe it wasn’t her being able to pick up on the obvious

Over their time as friends before their relationship started he had laughed when she would say something only for it to happen soon after; it had been the funniest thing for him to tease her on

Like her telling Mikey he should pay attention more while flying before he broke something after a near miss only for a week after his brother had been goofing off and slammed into a pipe breaking his collar bone had made him laugh but then it had happened again

A lot and he wondered if he should have thought on it sooner

Telling Leo while absentmindedly making a list of things they would be needing her next store run that maybe they needed to take a night off then the temperatures were starting to drop mumbling they might get into trouble had his big brother responding with their patrols couldn’t wait

Three hours later he had ate those words and had to call her to see if they could crash at her place when the weather had turned on them trapping them in a blizzard and the look on the leader’s face when they rushed through her window caked in snow had made Leonardo respect her insight to things more then he would admit

The night she had asked them if she could stay at their place because her home didn’t feel right had him caving at the opportunity to spend more time with the woman only for her to call them the next afternoon when she ran home for something to find her house had been broke into and vandalized the most damage being in her bedroom

Had she been home she would have been hurt or worse from what they shown up to see after the NYPD had left and Casey had let them know it was safe to enter

She had even woken him up mumbling one night in her sleep beside him the first night she had stayed in his room that the city was going to go dark three hours before a major black out but never really remembered saying anything when he mentioned it the next day

He tried to push it to the back of his mind as they neared their turn to head for their usual spot but his stomach forming into pits meant he couldn’t shake it

Instead at the last minute he signaled to his friend riding behind him to hang a turn left instead to shoot in the opposite direction and although his friend had been confused he followed

They finally stopped off in an alley and he had barely got to celebrate how great the new upgrades were or answer the man’s question on why they were going elsewhere before his phone was ringing on his hip groaning thinking his brother was about to ask his where he was given he was supposed to meet them after his ride but as he answered he heard something he never had

Leo sounded out of breath and panicked but almost relieved to hear his voice

Before he could ask what was wrong the leader spilled it; they had been leaving his mate’s place when she mentioned they should go see if he was okay but wouldn’t say much more still freaking out from earlier, they had gone to meet up with him near his usual route after making their own rounds so they could finish up together and had found several of Shredder’s men posted atop a roof

There had been an ambush with high powered rifles waiting for them to head down that street

He had looked at Casey before immediately hanging up his phone and jumping on his bike yelling he had to go as he tore out the alleyway driving fast to get to her home barely getting the bike parked before he was up the fire escape tapping on her window finding it flying open only seconds later to the relieved expression on his girl’s tear soaked face before he was wrapped in a tight hug getting showered with kissed before he was even though the window

Once he had got her to the couch drying her tears he lifted her chin giving her that ‘no bullshit’ look searching her face slowly

“It’s a’ight Kitten… it’s okay ’m fine. Look- ya were right an good thing I actually listened fer once, now spill how ya knew I was gonna get shot”

Donatello had invited her to come hang out earlier that day but had gotten focused on one of his new inventions shortly after when she called saying she was tired and going to take a nap before coming to visit

He knew she had to be tired so just told her to rest and he would see her later but before she had let him go she had told him to take the night easy and try to be get stuck in the lab again too late working on the newest project holding his attention these days

As always she knew him too well even if he hadn’t said a word about him being in the lab or working

When he checked his clock a while ago to see the time he just figured she would come see him tomorrow since it was already past midnight, but when he looked up again hours later there she was in her baggy clothes she wore at home and her hair a mess looking as if she had just woken up but also ran a triathlon had the genius concerned

It was really late; much to late for her to have come down there alone but he was grateful to see her

Not sure when she had arrived he still greeted her happily but unlike all the times before he had looked back again to see her standing just outside the door with wide eyes staring off into the abyss of space

It wasn’t out of the ordinary for her to get sidetracked or lost in thought before she would somehow say the oddest thing only for it later to somehow happen but just figured she was that intuitive

Not like her predicting he was going to mix up his chemicals that one time before it had set his desk on fire or telling him to hide his newest invention from Mikey cause he was going to break it wasn’t already foreseen

He found it peculiarly adorable when she was like that just staring off into nothing even if he was talking to her and it was hilarious to see her get one up on his brother’s by just saying something offhanded only for it to come true

Leo, of course, was really suspicious of her for the first couple of months when at a family dinner just after she started really coming around she had been playing with her food lost in her thoughts not hearing anyone talking to her before mentioning they should check out the east neighborhood saying something seemed to be going on there lately

Of course – he kept up with everything in the city and nothing had come up in any of his recent reports for that portion of their patrol so they hadn’t swept out there in a few weeks focusing more to the northern parts to keep an eye out on the Foot lately since she did live near there

After she said it he had done a few smaller searches listening to Leo ramble on how he was concerned with the woman just vaguely mentioning a part of town she would have no clue they hadn’t patrolled in a while before stepping closer looking over his genius brother’s shoulder to see nothing was found making him dive a bit deeper until he found several different businesses security footage in the NYPD investigation files of numerous break ins

They couldn’t see the perps but a familiar tattoo on one guys shoulder had him delving in to get everything they could, that night they had gone out just to check it out once she had gone home and ended up busting the Purple Dragon’s and their big crime spree that had been going under the radar due to the fear and threats that came with the gangs reputation

Mikey was convinced she was really a witch in disguise after she had offhandedly mumbled Raph should change the bar he always used while lifting while watching her show with Splinter but he had waved her off, not even ten minutes into his workout that night the bar had snapped making his weights crash onto the concrete floor and throwing his brother off his bench

As much as he had looked into it he never really could figure out how she did it and didn’t feel like putting her on the spot by asking her if she didn’t just tell him figuring she would say something sooner or later even if she rarely realized she was doing it but it made them closer

So much so she had turned out to be a really good partner in the lab when she visited

She loved hanging out with him in his sanctuary and usually stole his roller chair right off the bat when she got there if he wasn’t sitting in it even teasing him for losing his seat if he got up but today she looked as if she felt uneasy entering into his lab

Defiantly not her normal behavior

He called out to her making her snap out of it as he connected the last wire but as soon as she was back from her thoughts her hand came up held out to him in an urgent manner

“Donnie… c-could you come here…? I had a nightmare I want you to hold me”

Hearing the terror in her voice he at first hesitated mumbling he was almost done and she could come in there; that it was safe and she was welcome to take the cot before they went to his room in a bit, he only had a few more things to do then he was all hers for the rest of the night

“Donnie, now! Get out of the lab!” her telling him again so forcefully finally got him moving, the genius jumped up not realizing the machine was making a odd sound as he powered it up to check his work going to her fast after seeing how scared she looked

He wasn’t used to this behavior but soon as he took her hand asking what was wrong thinking she was just having an off day she had yanked him out of the doorway and off down the hallway fast making him stumble a few feet

He regained his balance starting to ask her again what was going on trying to pull her back to the lab thinking it was a trick so she could get his chair but before she could respond there is a loud explosion from behind him causing the turtle to quickly grabbed her pulling the woman forward

He pushed her to the ground as debris went flying shielding her to protect his mate from injury having flashbacks to when the Foot had found their last home

Something hits the wall opposite of the two just inches from where they were standing as his brother’s came running having heard the blast, looking up he saw a small hole where something had shot through the bricks and stuck into the bricks across from where they were huddled before getting up wondering what had just happened

She wouldn’t let go of his hand even as he tried to leave her with his family to inspect the room, going inside to see what happened he noticing the machine he had been working on had malfunctioned and blew apart

His eyes went wide sees the room riddled with shrapnel and many of his things destroyed but what really held his attention firmly was a large pipe lodged in the wall where his body had been while he was working on the wires

She was still at his side hugging his arm tight but when he looked down her eyes were locked on where he had been and that pipe that would have no doubt gone right through him in the blast kneeling down taking her face in his hands he blocked her view making her look at him seeing her torment and udder relief once their eyes met

“How-? My love how did you…? Why did you call me out in the hallway again?”

Michelangelo knew he was going to be in trouble but to him this was worth Ha’shi time

He had lied to his brother’s and snuck out for the day after Master Splinter had gone for his nap hoping to surprise his babycakes arriving just as she headed inside the huge building dropping down off the roof he quickly followed in a group gasping at all the neat thins around himHis girl had been going on and on about the comic-con convention she had bought tickets for that weekend promising she would get him something while there but he had wanted to see it himself

He was so excited that nobody is scared cause they thought he is wearing a costume he didn’t see her rush to him but squealed when the girl grabbed his arm asking what he thought he was doing there looking around getting onto him for being so reckless by showing himself

As she was about to take his hand and leave a few people came over commenting on Mikey’s costume loving how much work he had put into it giving her a look as if he was proving her wrong

She turned heading to the table she had been at mumbling Leo was going to kill her but smiled as he nuzzled into her holding tight to his mate

He was like a kid at a candy store bouncing around at all the cool stuff and costumes other’s were wearing, he was so popular with the attendees that everyone was wanting to take pictures with him but she had to jump in and tell them he was incredibly camera shy

They had gone through all the booths he had wanted to go through and he had collected several new comics to add to his collection plus had his shell signed by his favorite comic artist which she promised they would put a clear nail coat over to make sure it lasted later at her place

They were having so much fun both didn’t realize they had been there for hours and it was getting dark out

She had just got a collectable souvenir of one of her favorite anime heroes signed happily gushing how it was going to be her prized piece in the ever growing collection on her shelves when he noticed she stopped mid-step and started looking around as if she is feeling uneasy

The younger male immediately notices going to her side seeing her eyes canvasing the room of the convention center

“Mikey- call your brother’s…”

He was in shock by the command but before he could say a word the small woman was grabbing his arm starting to pull him towards the back towards a small room before he could say a word

“What? But babycakes, we are having fun…” he stopped suddenly when for the first time since they met he put together something he had actually just ignored

“Sunshine…”

What he thought was a funny and cool coincidence that she would and could call things out of the blue before it could happen might be a bit more then just her being

Like advising his genius of a brother to look at a chemical before picking it up and two hours later a loud boom had shook the walls when Donnie had accidently grabbed the wrong chemical and his experiment had blown up in his face but luckily he hadn’t been hurt

Speaking up when they knew she was sleeping on the couch telling Leo to watch his step while he was meditating the leader laughing just thinking she was talking in a dream only for not even five minutes later him to jump off his perch to go get the tea ready for Master

Splinter and his shared quiet time when he step on a baseball that had rolled close enough beside him after Donnie threw it for Raph to hit causing the leader to not only roll his ankle but hurt his bad knee and crack his shell on the fall

The most recent had been about a month ago; she had been sitting quietly on the couch while watching TV with him when his massive brother walked through the main area quietly, to watch his babe go from laughing her butt off to just suddenly going quiet before she had warned Raph that he should stick close to his older brother that night but hadn’t said anymore and when he asked her about it she had just looked at him as if she didn’t know what he was talking about.

Raph had grumbled and laughed it off but Leo hadn’t taken it lightly having seemed to catch onto something they hadn’t yet

Later on while heading home after checking on the city and no action Raphael had been getting a bit ahead of them in his urgency to just get home for the night disappointed it had been so quiet for once but happy they could head in early, they had just landed on a roof when the hothead had turned to yell at his older brother for a stray comment but the second he took the next step Leo had quickly grabbed and yanked the massive turtle back just before several arrows hit where he had been standing one higher then the rest meaning it had been likely to be a kill shot if the leader hadn’t reacted the way he did

Needless to say after that night where as he thought she was the coolest girl he had noticed if she made a stray call out of nowhere his older brother’s oddly took her word highly

Her grip on his hand snapped him back looking her over seeing her breathing had increased and she clutched her chest as if it hurt looking unsure of herself but he trusted her if she was asking him to make the call “Okay – Okay I’ll call them baby just talk to me…”

She shook her head motioning for him to lower his voice pulling him again as she eyed the exits

“Mikey, I need you to trust me and call your brothers… I don’t know why but it feels like you need to go- but not out the doors. You can’t go outside…”

His baby blues although looking hurt that he would have to tell them he wasn’t over at Leatherhead’s and knowing he was about to get grounded by his dad for that split second he actually saw the fear in her worried eyes and immediately called his brothers to meet him at the location

Hearing they already knew where he was because somebody had posted pictures online to their social media and he was in one or two having been taken from a distance

His older brother getting onto him for being careless in revealing himself in the daylight had Mikey stopping Leo mid yell telling him this needed to wait because she had said something was wrong

He was relieved to hear they were already on their way after April had shown them the picture circling the web and Donnie had traced it before feeling her grab his hand as they start to head for the door to their left that was a large meeting area seeing her eyes drifting back before squeezing his arm as they ducked out of the room her pushing him against the wall to look back out once she had shut the door slightly

He didn’t see anything out of the ordinary, nobody was acting strange but the way his love kept looking around had the male concerned; hearing her mumbling something under her breath as her eyes got distant had him barely catching when she said something about ‘his shadow was upon them’ before she was looking to the roof with an eerie expression

Not two seconds later his phone buzzed on his hip noting the message from Donnie telling him not to come out any of the doors and to get somewhere out of sight, his radio that had been on his shoulder turned down buzzed just barely hearing Leo yelling orders before the sounds of a fight caught his attention on the other side of the line seeing her look back at him once he looked away from the screen

He hadn’t said a word and she was already pointing for him to get back further, Donnie’s words had already been followed to a ‘T’ before he had even finished his call and she had done it without seeing the message

Time had ticked away from them in that side room her keeping an eye out holding tight to him and slowly after what felt like an eternity later her whole body relaxed, like the weight on her lifted fast before his cell went off

Soon as he answered Leonardo was ordering for the three of them to get ready to move before coming back to the call telling Mikey he needed to grab her and meet them now so they could get out of there, somewhere in the background he heard his older brothers talking over the problem that they had found as they arrived

Just outside those doors ready to enter the main room had been the Purple Dragon’s with their boss; a few unlucky people had been coming out the doors but hadn’t suffered any fatal injuries before they arrived and took care of the situation

They had all the exits covered meaning if he had left he would have stood no chance in hell at getting away without harm

He looked over at his girl before scooping her up heading for the back door holding their bags in one hand as he exited the building seeing several men on the ground and could hear the sirens of NYPD getting closer knowing they needed to get out of the open fast; hurrying to meet up with his brothers seeing the lectures were going to be withheld until they were back at the lair

Before he could follow the others he looked back at the scene left from the fight now flooded with cops then regarded his mate with a mischievous grin “Okay, so when are you just going to admit I’m right and you’re really a Jedi?”

[nerdthatsiriuslylovesteaxx]

Helpless part 36, sorry for the wait, here is a long chapter as payment

Nico woke up after three hours with a splitting headache, he felt nauseous, where even was he? He spotted the blonde boy sitting on the chair next to him reading a book, he was surprised that he wasn't off with ten other patients by this point. "You okay Neeks?" Will said putting his book down and walking over.

"I've got a headache."

"Nauseous to?"

"How'd you know?"

"It's normal, I'll go get you some water." Will walked out returning with a glass and handing it to the Hades kid, he started taking small sips from it, letting the cool water run down his throat, when even was the last time he drank water? "Would you be open to talking to someone? I know you don't like opening up to people but it could help."

"Are... are you forcing me to?" Nico asked so softly Will could barely hear him, he sat down next to the whispering boy.

"'Course not Neeks, we just want you to get help."

"Please don't make me talk to people." He whispered back, curling up.

"You don't have to do anything you don't want to." Nico mentally laughed at the irony of Will telling him that when he was being kept in the infirmary which he really didn't want to do. The son of Apollo grabbed the small boy's hand and started rubbing the back of it in circles, "You could try a journal? I've heard that helps."

"Maybe... can we leave this for now?"

"Sure, anything in particular you want to talk about?"

"Can we finish our game of twenty questions?"

"Okay."

"Who's your favorite siblings?"

"Don't you dare tell any of them but Kayla, Austin will kill me if he finds out." Will laughed, "Least favorite of the seven?"

"Valdez, he's annoying as fuck also I fucked him that one time so it just makes everything awkward."

"Wait what?!"

"We were both bored and drunk, we never talk about that day. Anyways, have you ever dyed your hair?" He decided to let Will come to his own conclusions on that one, especially because Leo was too drunk to actually remember it, or he was just a very good actor. He remembered that night, it was the anniversary of when Bianca had died, while he last memories with her weren't the best he still loved her. He still wished he'd died instead of her. He was drinking himself numb, standing outside on the deck in the darkness when Leo walked, well walked was being generous, stumbled down the stairs, so drunk he could barely stay up right. He remembers thinking 'well might as well do it, haven't got anything to loose.' He remembers grabbing his shirt and smashing his lips against his.

"Why are you so drunk Valdez?" He muttered into his ear, trailing up kisses

"None ya business Shadow boy."

"Fine." He pulled away,

"Hey!"

"No sympathy sex if you don't tell me."

"My mom died today."

"I'm sorry."

"Di Angelo I seem to realise you are also drunk, would you care to explain why?" His words were practically just slurs, fuck it, he thought, they'd both just never acknowledge it again.

"My sister died today."

"What? But Hazel-"

"My other sister, Bianca, died when I was ten."

"I'm sorry."

"Can we just fuck senseless I can't take processing this anymore."

"Fine by me." And then that was it, they never spoke of it again and went back to hating each other, honestly it was a disaster that they we're probably never going to unpack.

"Nope, I was going to dye it brown again when I saw my mum but then she didn't talk to me for years so never really did that."

"That is messed up but in a desperate attempt to keep this light hearted we will unpack that later. Now, I will be kidnapping you and dying your hair every colour imaginable."

"Can I ask why?"

"You're blonde, what else would I do?"

"Umm... okay then, have you ever watched Star Wars?"

"Nope."

"What! How? I'm putting Kay or Aussi on tomorrow night and we are binging all of Star Wars together."

"Please no."

"Too late Angel boy." Nico sighed in defeat, shaking his head but accepting his fate.

"Why didn't you tell me you could speak Italian?"

"I didn't know, I mean the song I learnt a while ago but actually speaking it's like how Aphrodite kids can speak French because it's the language of love, Italian's the language of music."

"That makes a lot of sense."

"Speaking of Italy, do you miss it?"

"Yeah, but when I went back there with Jason on the Argo II I didn't really feel anything, everything there changed so much, it barely feels like home now. What's something no one or only one person knows about you?" Will could tell him so many different things, he had so many secrets but was it safe to share them? He could do the easy thing and say that he glows in the dark, he could talk about his mom or the things he does at night when he's sure no one's watching him.

"I can glow in the dark." It was too soon, he'd tell him... eventually.

"YOU'RE A PORTABLE SUNSHINE!!!" Nico cringed at himself mentally but it was so easy to get lost in conversation with Will, just about fun shit, not worrying about everything all the time. I mean he'd had his fair share of hard conversations and lectures from the blonde boy but it was still so easy to relax around him. That wasn't good, he couldn't let his guard down, especially after those kisses. He said he loved him, he kissed him after the first one, he didn't pull away but that didn't mean anything. He would leave after realising that he was worthless and didn't deserve love, he wanted to let him in but his brain wouldn't let him, the only reason he'd said half the shit he had now was because of Reyna.

"Shut up Doom and Gloom." He laughed, messing up Nico's hair.

"Don't think I will, Care Bear."

"Really?"

"You love it, be honest." Fuck, he shouldn't be letting himself get this comfortable, he shouldn't be getting this relaxed with anyone. But it was living sunshine, cinnamon roll, Will Solace, he could trust him... right? Will rolled his eyes in defeat,

"...Will you be my boyfriend...?" Fuck, why did he do that? What if he- his thoughts were cut off with Nico di Angelo, son of Hades, ambassador of Pluto smashed his lips against his own, grabbing his blonde hair. He wrapped his arms around the small boy's neck, pulling him as close as he possibly could until they broke the kiss.

"I'd love that Sunshine." Here goes nothing, at least he'd be happy for a day or two, he didn't want to build hope of Will liking him for any longer than that, but at least there would be some temporary happiness. A moment of silence passed until Nico asked the next question "What's going on with your mum?"

"Well- Umm.." Will struggled to hold back tears,

"You don't have to talk if you don't want to."

"I want you to know, it's just... hard."

"Take a deep breath, it's going to be okay." Will shook before a tear fell from his eye as started to talk.

"Well until I was eight she was amazing, honestly the best parent I could wish for. But then after that she became really busy, working two jobs to pay for the album she was writing. Then when I was nine she dropped me off a my aunts, said it was for a few days, three months later I ran away. Her house... it was a nightmare, constantly called the unwanted child, yelled at for getting in trouble at school and not paying attention. And for anything that went wrong... ever and well let's just say she wasn't the nicest overall. Food once a week and if I was in trouble once every three weeks and well she hit hard. I don't think mom knew how bad she was, at least that's what I used to think, now I'm not so sure. I ran away which is when I found camp, just wandering around aimlessly until I was attacked by symphalian birds and I just ran until they couldn't find me. I was in the infirmary for two weeks, which was when I met Michael... first time someone cared about my existence in a few years. I was claimed the first campfire I went to; I wrote to mom so much those first few months... poured my fucking heart out, never got a goddamn response. Well she sent me a letter yesterday... wanted to meet up next week, don't even know how she fucking found out where I was. Didn't even bother asking the fuck had happened." Will didn't realise he was crying until Nico wiped a tear from his cheek and kissed him on the forehead,

"I'm so sorry."

"I'm going to go there next week and say every fucking word I want her to hear." He said in a broken voice, he pulled him into a hug.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Will just nodded, sinking into the smaller boy's arms, slipping his hands into Nico's.

"Why do you always wear that ring?"

"Bianca gave it to me before she left, it was my mothers; nearly got it stolen at a club a when I was twelve."

"Why were you...?"

"Addicted to more things than I would be willing to admit, easiest way to get them. Cats or dogs?" A look over uncomfort washed over his face as he quickly changed the subject; Will knew he wouldn't get any more information on what had happened, at least any time soon.

"Cats and that is objectively the correct answer, also I already asked you that."

"Firstly, I don't care. Secondly, you're wrong. Thirdly, you are a golden retriever but you like cat's!? How?? Why??"

"Cat's are just better, and anyways you are the definition of black cat but preferre dogs."

"Cat's aren't 'just better' why do you think we have three headed dogs but not three headed cats?"

"Simple, a single cat is already perfect, why add two more when you've already got perfection?"

"Shush, dogs are still better."

"Whatever you say Neeks, just know that your opinion is wrong." Will teased, patting Nico on the head, covering his hand with his mouth to stop any protests. "Who's your favorite Mean Girls character?"

"Regina, what kind of a question is that? How much longer do you think Jason and Piper are going to last?"

"What?"

"His much longer will they last? It's doomed, my bets are another week or two before one of them snaps." Will thought back to the two of them, he didn't know either of them that well but he normally never would have guessed they're together.

"Umm... I haven't really thought about it but I guess another month maybe month and a half. Favorite book?"

"Ernesto, it was impossible to find and even harder to read since it was all in bad handwriting and dyslexia didn't exactly help. Also if I was caught with it I would have to spend months in the church but I still managed to get through it." Nico remembered finding the first page somewhere on the floor and picking it up, desperately trying to find out where it was from. It took him months to find one and about a year to read that one but he remembered the plot word for word. He could remember sneaking out at dawn to read it before anyone else was up, it was like that for half a year, waking up every morning to read it and then hide it from his mum and Bianca, he didn't know how he never got caught. "Do you like being in the infirmary all the time, I swear you never take a break."

"Yeah, I like being able to help people. Also I'm the only healer so I try to not put anyone else in the Apollo cabin have to be in here too much, I mean normally it's Kay and Aussi but sometimes we have other people in here. What's your favorite season?"

"Winter, I love the rain also I hate the sun."

"Heyyy!"

"Sorry Sunshine, it's the truth, when have you ever seen me outside willingly? What's your favorite song?"

"Probably... Pretend."

"Sing it?" Nico said laying down on his lap, looking up at him.

"Tonight my self-respect went out the window

It didn't stay for long

But I figured I'd be wrong

So, don't come close

My heart is rather clueless

I don't know why I do this But just once more

Let's close the door and play pretend

More than a glance

More than a friend

I'll close the door and play with you

Is that what you want me to do I'll do what you want me to do

Hit me up

It's fine, Mil pause my healing

It's all part of our truce

Oh, the sweet smell of abuse So, please don't go

My life is going backwards

No room in it for you But this bed fits two

Let's close the door and play pretend

More than a glance

More than a friend

I'll close the door and play with you

Is that what you want me to do I'll do what you want me to do

Why do I want it too?

I should be running from you

Why do I want it?

Oh, I want it too

Let's close the door and play pretend

More than a glance

More than a friend

I'll close the door and play with you

Is that what you want me to do

I'll do what you want me to do" Nico stared into his eyes, mesmerised by the blonde boy's voice. Will smiled, planting a kiss on his forehead."If you could have one wish, what would it be?"

"I'd bring Hazel's mother back, she deserves to see her again."

"Not your own?"

"I'd rather make her happy; do you play any sports."

"I love playing soccer but there isn't really time with being in the infirmary."

"You mean football?"

"No I mean soccer...?"

"Soccer is football, the abomination of a sport you have here that you call football is rip off rugby."

"I would argue with that but I really can't, there's basically no difference between the two sports. But it's definitely soccer."

"All Americans are dumb and that is the hill I will die on, you kick the ball with your foot, that's why it's called football. Where did soccer come from?"

"I don't know but it sounds better."

"It really doesn't Solace; just ask the next question, I can't afford to lose any more brain cells."

"Rude, but what's your favorite time of day?"

"Sunset, who's your favorite out of the seven?

"Probably Annie, but I talk to Leo a lot, mainly because he's here a lot."

"Can't imagine why." Nico said speaking in fluent sarcasm,

"What's your fatal flaw?"

"Holding grudges."

"How am I not surprised? Also that was the last question."

"Good, I was starting to run out of ideas."

"Same though," Will glanced down at his watch, "Neeks, it's almost lunch time. I want you to try eating just a tiny bit, stop whenever you feel sick, but could you try?" He half nodded, dreading what would come next.

***

______

Sorry again for the wait, I got distracted

I'll be honest I was running out of questions at the end

If you're still reading comment your Hogwarts house

May the odds be ever in your favour

-Siri

Xx

[zinzabee]

For the OTP questions, #5 and #34? (They make me so happy ❤️)

AWW thank you 🥹 they make me happy, too.

#5) Who is the cheesier of the two?

Raph is greyromantic and never really understood the appeal of those horribly cheesey one-liners and such in movies and TV, especially because Leo is famous for them & it was annoying as hell. But the moment he tried one out on Sharron (as a joke) and saw her flustered, happy reaction, he had a lightbulb moment where it finally clicked. In a sorta comical way, he started studying/researching more cheesey ways to show his affections because, by God, if those awful one liners are gonna make her laugh & smile like that, why the hell wouldn't he?

In the very early days of their dating life, there were some shenanigans where his brothers (mainly Leo, unfortunately/lh) would hide out nearby and try to whisper or encourage him on what to say. And...it failed miserably in the funniest ways possible, as you can imagine. "I like the orange color of your eyes, they- uh-- they remind me of --oranges...w-which are sweet, like you."

It actually gets bad enough that Sharron starts getting put of by it bc she can tell he's forcing it, and it becomes a whole conversation. In the end (and to answer your original question) Sharron becomes the one who's the cheesiest just because it comes more naturally to her (and Raph does love it, he gets giggly and blushes a lot despite himself)

#34 How do they cheer the other one up during sad times?

Sharron has a foolproof way of cheering Raph up that works whether she's physically there to comfort him or not. And that's to send him random pictures of funny animals and give them silly names. "This one is Jerry - he wants to know if you have games on your phone. And this one is Adam - he is late to every meme, he just learned about 'pog' this week. Cringe...And this one is Krystal - that one neighbour who disapprovingly peeks over ur fence everytime u have a party." It gets him to laugh, as distracts him from the negative thoughts that are bringing him down. Plus he loves animals, how can he be sad when there's cute pictures of puppies being silly on his screen?

Raph learned really quickly that Sharron responds best to simply being given space to allow the sadness to pass on its own, while still being there to physically comfort her. Which is good bc he's not the best with words anyway. She can get frustrated and overstimulated easily sometimes, and words can get hard to process/express. If she's having a bad day, just holding her hand or hugging her or even sitting and leaning against her in solidarity will help. Bonus if they put on a comfort movie or watch funny cat memes/favorite YouTuber channels until she's calmed down.

Tagging @tmnt-ocxcanon-comp just because I'm answering these to help promo these dorks

[supernaturalstilinski]

BayVerse!TMNT x mutant!f!Reader(Platonic)

Warnings: trauma,cussing, kidnapping,fluff,angst. Lmk if I missed anything

Summary: The boys always knew that they had to rely on each other but what happens when someone they never knew they had is found, and just like them?

“I don’t understand, why can’t we get into Sacks building at night?” Mikey asks looking around at his three brothers. “I mean I can try to hack into his security systems and block it and get in there and grab the Mutagen and leave” a smile is thrown from Mikey to Donnie.

“So we get in and get out.” Raphael shakes his head turning around and grabbing his Twin Sai’s and walks out of the lair towards the exit, with the boys following behind him.

-

“Stop talking so loudly Mikey, you idiot they’ll hear you” Mikey turns around looking at Leo with a Sheepish smile before dropping down into the lab. Looking around the huge lab they notice that there’s a lot more than just one Mutagen. One that would require a living being to create that much.

Donnie looks at them with a confused look before looking around for anything that can clear it up. Opening another door, he looks around freezing on a container. Meanwhile Raph trying to talk to Donnie but getting no response making him go over to him. “Can’t you hear m-“ he pauses looking at what Donnie sees. Without looking away Raph goes into the other room more not taking his eyes off Container. “Leo…Mikey get in here you need to see this.” Raph says before mumbling asking the unconscious mutant turtle in the container. He notices that it’s a woman and she looks older than them.

“Holy shit. We have to get her out of here.” Leo doesn’t waste a second before figuring out how to get her out of there. “Come on help me you idiots”

Snapping out of it the other three run over to help Leo figure out how to get the mutant out. Before their only focus was the mutagen but now they needed to know who this turtle is and where she came from. “Are you sure she’ll be okay?” Mikey grunts as he climbs back up to where they dropped down. Grabbing the woman he pulls her up first while Donnie runs around grabbing as much Mutagen as possible.

Getting to the Lair took a lot longer than usual considering Raphael is carrying the mutant. After setting her down on the couch, they all stand there looking at her confused. “Run some tests” Leo mumbles to Donnie before walking off trying to process it.

-

Waking up on something soft throws you off, quickly sitting up not being the best idea feeling a pounding sensation in your head. Looking around you notice a camera system but no one in the room. The mumbling of voices makes you stand up walking towards it slowly. Leaning against the door you hear muffled voices. “We don’t know who she is!” “We can’t just kick her out!” “She’s like us!” The voices say talking over each other. Opening the door I see four men. The voices stop,turning to look at me, eyes wide. I look at the one with the blue mask. “leonardo?..” I turn “Raphael?” Tearing up ii look at the last two. “donatello…? michelangelo? Oh my god” I go to take a step towards them but stop when they take a step back getting defensive.

“How do you know our names?” Leo steps forward glaring down at you. “I’m sorry you guys don’t remember me..um I was also an experiment when you boys were just little babies, When Dr. O’Neil burned down the building I was in a separate room from you boys and Splinter. They didn’t want us to have any type of connection. Little April she didn’t have time to save me, and Sacks got to me before she could. He’s been using me for years,but enough about me you boys are all grown up.” I smile slightly wanting to go over to them.

“That still doesn’t explain why he kept you from us, why would we have a connection?” Raph stays still not fully trusting you enough to let his guard down.

Sighing I step slightly closer to him before slowly raising my hand smaller hand that matches theirs to Raph’s face. “Because you boys are my sons..” I smile at them. “I’ve been hoping one day I would see you guys again.” I hear multiple sharp intakes of air around me. Glancing around I motion the other three to come closer. Holding their hands.

“But…we where told that you where dead” Mikey tears up laying his head on your shoulder. I tilt my head laying it on top of his before looking up slightly at the other three pulling them closer. Donnie on my other shoulder and the other two leaning their foreheads against mine.

“I’m here now…that’s all that matters. Not going anywhere.” Even in the tired, weak,and underweight state your body is in doesn’t stop you from holding your boys close.

“Now where’s Splinter? I need to thank him for raising wondering sons.”

At the end of the day you would go through all this again just to get to this point again no matter what. The boys have their mother and their mother has them.

TMNT taglist comment : 🐢

Fluff fics Taglist comment:♥️

Smut fics Taglist comment:🌶️

A/N: This was my first TMNT fic so it’s probably not great but I’m working on it. I don’t write much unless you send requests I love doing them. They are Open right now. Look at my Masterlist to see who I write for!♥️ thank you for reading Darlings!