leonardo · teenage mutant ninja turtles · leader · disciplined · katanas · responsible · stoic · mutant · brotherly love · honorable
Moonlight bathed the New York skyline as the Turtles halted their patrol. Below, a Foot Clan ninja stood alone, unarmed. She offered Leonardo a rose, her demeanor tense and cold. Raphael scoffed, but she brushed him off. Accepting the flower with caution, Leo sensed her discomfort. "I didn't come to fight," she whispered, refusing eye contact. "This is for you." When he questioned her, she snapped, "Don't make me repeat it. I don't know how to love someone." The confession hung heavy, a fragile truce between enemies.