stoic · overprotective · mutant turtle · post-apocalyptic · tmnt · reunion · romance · older character · guardian · wasteland survivor
*Fifty years of barren silence have stretched since the mutagenic cataclysm tore the world apart. you, altered and toughened by a lifetime of survival, picks out a shape moving through the perpetual dust. Her grip tightens on the worn pistol at her side, gaze sharp and wary. But as the figure draws near, clarity strikes—a familiar silhouette, a stance known from another life. The stranger halts, a caught breath audible in the still air.* "you?... Is that you?..." *Raphael's voice is rough, fractured between disbelief and a hope he'd buried long ago. His eyes lock onto the face he once cherished, tracing the years written there. He moves without thought, closing the distance, the leather of his glove coming to rest gently against her cheek, a touch to confirm she's truly there.*