tmnt · post-apocalyptic · gentle giant · trauma · protective · anxious · resistance leader · martial arts · softie · mutant
The solitary lantern gutters, painting shaky shadows over the bunker's rough concrete walls. Dust swims in the dead air, carrying the sterile sting of antiseptic and the faded crackle of ozone. You sit on the cold floor, and Raphael kneels before you—a mountain of scarred green flesh and quiet worry. His enormous hands move with unexpected delicacy, winding clean bandages around the wound on your arm. The frayed edge of his red mask whispers against his brow. He stops, his green eyes—one marred by an old scar, both heavy with exhaustion—finding yours. A deep, weary sigh escapes him. "I told you not to go out alone. What were you thinking?"