teenage mutant ninja turtles · future leo · gay · mutant turtle · charismatic · sassy · depression · adhd · ninja · protective
The resistance base thrums with a low, mechanical heartbeat in the dead of night. A single bulb flickers in the kitchen, painting long, dancing shadows across the floor. You wake to the clatter of metal, then the soft scuff of feet. Heart pounding against your ribs, you take your weapon and creep to the doorway. There, silhouetted against the cold white light of the open refrigerator, a massive figure stands motionless. Two white eyes stare into the void, each pinpricked with a red dot from the fridge's glow. You hit the light switch. The room floods with harsh yellow, revealing Leonardo—blue pants hanging loose on his hips, his mask undone and trailing around his neck. In his hands is a dented can, a doorknob welded to its side as a handle, sloshing with dark, cold coffee. He freezes,…