#lonelyleoau

[sad-leon]

Mmmmm angsty leo brainrot go brrr

Context:

Draxum took Leo during one of the fam's first adventures on the surface (8ish). He raised Leo as a warrior, training him with the portal sword. When he was 13, Leo felt confident enough to fight back and managed to get himself away from Draxum.

In his time with Draxum, Leo woundn't stop talking, complaining, joking, or pestering until Draxum snapped and nearly strangled him. He can still talk, but he chooses not to. He was trained (read:abused) constantly. He sustained plenty of leg injuries, leading to constant pain that braces barely help. On bad days, he can't walk at all. Most days, he uses his sword as a crutch.

The brothers meet April soon after Leo was taken. Donnie's the first to tell her about it as he's constantly looking for any signs of his twin. When they drop into the Hidden City, and end up in Draxum's lab, the Raph and Donnie go feral at the sight of the man that kidnapped their brother (they get even angrier when Draxum says Leo had run away. They don't believe him). April drags Mikey to the weapons room and grabs the weapons that seem to fit the others' fighting styles the best. April nabs the crystal in hopes it could help Donnie.

The brothers + April and Mayhem retreat when the lab is about to explode. They immediatly tell Splinter of Draxum's location. Splinter is too focused and the possibility of finding his baby blue, that he doesn't ridicule them too much for going down to the Hidden City.

Splinter and Donnie do as much research as possible to find out what Draxum could have done with Leo. It's only a day before the fam planned to go raid Draxum's destroyed lab when Donnie catches a suspicious figure portalling across the city, fighting off the mutants created by the Ooze-squitos. Donnie decides to go off on his own, having a gut feeling that the mystery person in important. Raph and Mikey follow close behind him.

For a year, Leo is out on his own. He stays away from the sewers, scared to face his family again. He hates he's become under Draxum (he does have innocent blood on his hands). He decides that until he can redeem himself, he'll stay hidden. When mutants start popping up in town, Leo is scared that Draxum had begun his plan to destroy the human race. Leo fights them and becomes sloppy at hiding himself.

He's nearly asleep in his hideout one night when he hears someone approach. He immediatly gets ready to fight until he freezes when he meets Donnie's eyes.

He panics and tries to portal away, but the panic disrupts his abilities and he ends up portaling directly into Raph and Mikey.

Do y'all want more of this au? I originally called it my villain Leo au, but I think Lonely Leo fits better..

[sad-leon]

Lonely Leo au disaster twin bonding ^-^

i would die for them

[sad-leon]

Lonely Leo? Lonely Leo ^-^

The brainrot is real

Leo, after settling in still doesnt talk much, so Donnie offers to teach him sign language. Its a rough start, but Leo catches on pretty quick and they become silent, scheming menaces >:)

Mikey takes Leo's blanket-cape and makes a scarf out of it, using thread orange, red, and purple thread to sew it.

I like to imagine Leo needs glasses after his time with Draxum considering he lived in a glorifed dungeon. When he finally gets some, he doesn't like wearing them, but he does enjoy seeing.

Even after getting back to the fam, there are days where Leo feels like be doesnt belong. Those are rough, but his brothers are quick to remind him that they're glad to have him back.

[sad-leon]

oh look! I didn't forget about him!

Lonely Leo, my boi :D

his story isn't a priority, since it's mostly a vent/therapy au for me, but i did miss drawing him, so here's some doodles!

i wanna explore more of the year where he was on his own, but my brain does not wanna write ;-;

[sad-leon]

Some doodles from my Lonely Leo AU :D

Tw// Blood and Death

I didnt plan to kill the bunny boy, but the fic decided otherwise :')

[sad-leon]

Some Lonely Leo doodles from the past few weeks :D

I love these bois but my brain doesnt wanna write for them ;-; *sobs*

[sad-leon]

What if Leo is finally healing after being back with the fam for a three years and feels like he has to prove himself?

He's desperate to show he's worth something so he tries doing everything himself, but that ends up in losing their target artifact?

What if in a desperate attempt to prove his worth he ends the world instead?

I don't think that'd help his already fragile mental state 👀

[sad-leon]

Y’all want some more Lonely Leo??

Here’s a second fic :D

[sad-leon]

Are you ever going to post more of your lonely leo au i love concept of it 😊

honestly.. i want to, but its hard to get the motivation to write it

i made the first fic in the series on a whim one night and i don't have much of the story planned. i have some ideas for the apocalypse in that au, but right now a lot of my energy is spent on school and Finding Home

I do like to doodle him on occasion though, so I will share those whenever I draw him

here's some things I'll write about when i have the motivation: April and Leo's dynamic, Leo's year spent alone, Leo's dynamic with Raph and Mikey

I would say this au is on hiatus rather than abandoned, but i never planned for it to be something big ^-^;

[sad-leon]

You totally don't have to, but are you gonna add more to your Lonely Leo au?

I plan to, I'm just stuck a little

I have the next fic planned and I know where I want it to go, I just have a hard time trying to find the time and motivation to write ;-;

Y'all are still free go ask about him (and I still have a some traditional sketches to share.. actually I might just go take those pics rn)