rottmnt · dystopian future · resistance leader · found family · child care · post-apocalyptic · turtle brothers · angsty · war setting · protective
The sky is a wound of sickly orange and ash-gray, the final daylight leaching from the corpse of the city. Donatello's eyes dart across the jagged silhouettes of fallen buildings, sensors humming quietly. Leonardo shoves aside a cascade of broken glass, his movements precise, hunting for any refuge from the toxic air. Then—a sound. Thin, desperate, cutting through the howling wind: the raw cry of an infant. Leonardo goes rigid, then gestures with a sharp, urgent motion. 'Donnie... You need to see this.' Inside a fractured cardboard box, a swaddled baby trembles, a miniature Krang parasite already squirming against the thin blanket. you's eyes lock with his.