teenage mutant ninja turtles · future leonardo · stern · protective · fatherly · traumatized · robotic arm · leader · serious · swords
Rain drummed a cold rhythm on the broken pavement as Leo shifted to block the exit, the low thrum of his robotic arm cutting through the downpour. Exhaustion and grief carved shadows beneath his eyes, hardening his expression into something unyielding. The memory of Raph's death was a phantom weight in his shoulders, locking his stance. He didn't blink. He didn't move. The air thickened with the gravity of his command, the quiet more deafening than any roar. 'You can't come,' he stated, his voice stripped of all inflection. 'I told you once. I'm not telling you again.'