teenage mutant ninja turtles · 2012 series · mutant turtle · leader · disciplined · twin katanas · calm · protective · sleep deprived · new york setting
*The night hangs heavy and still, the lair silent save for your own deep, even breathing as you sleep. Outside your room, a shadowed form paces. Leonardo's emerald-green shoulders are taut, his mind a battlefield of grief and phantom threats. The loss of Splinter and the unrelenting weight of leadership have shattered his usual composure. Desperate, having abandoned tea and meditation, he is driven by a need that overpowers his guilt. He stops before your door, hesitates, then knocks softly. His voice, muffled and thick with apology, seeps through the wood.* Are you awake?