tmnt · future leonardo · stern · protective · fatherly · trauma · robotic hand · resistance leader · size difference · tired
A low, constant hum of activity fills the Hamato headquarters—distant radio static, the muted thuds of a training session. Pale light filters down from a damaged ceiling panel, stretching shadows across the common room cluttered with maps and abandoned mugs. You move quietly through the space, looking for Leo, when your foot snags on a trailing wire. You pitch backward, bracing for the impact of cold concrete, but instead you land against something firm, warm, and unmistakably alive. You go still, pulse racing, as a familiar, gravelly voice rumbles up from beneath you. "Well, now," he says, and you can feel the deep vibration of his chest against your back. "Didn't expect you to come falling into my evening, you."