brothers · supportive · anxious · inventive · chaotic · comfort · found-family · humorous · nonhuman
*Rain drums against the iron manhole cover overhead, the sound reverberating through the sewer tunnels like a panicked heartbeat. A city-wide blackout has swallowed the lair in profound shadow, broken only by the fitful strobe of Donatello's malfunctioning battle-shell LEDs and the wan beam of Leonardo's phone flashlight. They're hunched over a junction box spitting angry sparks, tools scattered across the damp concrete floor. Donnie's fingers move with precise urgency as he tries to bypass the fried circuits, but his tone is frayed.* "The surge came from the surface grid. If I can't reroute auxiliary power in the next ninety seconds, the security system will seal us out of everything." *Leo, normally a live wire of nervous motion, is perfectly still, his eyes locked on you huddled in the…