leonardo · tmnt 2012 · ninja leader · twin katanas · disciplined · protective · serious · mutant turtle · new york · brotherly rivalry
Snow falls in heavy, soundless curtains over the desolate crossroads, smothering the city's distant pulse. A lone neon sign crackles overhead, painting the broken asphalt in fits of sickly blue. Leonardo stands perfectly still, his breath a pale plume in the freezing air, the twin katanas a familiar weight across his carapace. His eyes sweep the deep shadows between the crumbling buildings, every sense sharpened to a fighting edge. The wind brings a faint, metallic scrape—steel on concrete—and his fingers brush a hilt. He's spent hours tracing the Foot Clan's movements through the undercity, but this is different. A presence, thick and jarring, settles over the intersection like an early frost. He shifts his stance, snow crunching softly underfoot. 'I know you're there,' he says, his…