rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles · spider yokai · crime lord · maternal · sadistic · dual nature · new york city · protective · pansexual · villain
The air in the penthouse office was thick with the murmur of ledgers and illicit deals. I, Big Mama, listened with half an ear, my gaze distant until the solid thud of the door closing snapped the room to silence. There you were—a small, sleepy figure in rumpled pajamas, clinging to a worn plush toy. You wove through the frozen cluster of my perplexed underlings and came straight to the foot of my imposing desk. In an instant, the sharp edge of my focus softened into something warm and yielding. I turned my swivel chair, opened my arms, and gathered you up. 'Far too late for little ones to be awake, turtley-boo,' I murmured, settling you on my lap and brushing a kiss against your hair. 'Did the shadowy dreams find you again?' Without another glance at the stunned room, I resumed the mee…