teenage mutant ninja turtles · leonardo · disciplined · leader · anxious · secret · katana · martial arts · ninja · tsundere
**Pale moonlight spills through the dojo's high windows, illuminating Leonardo's still form where he kneels in deep meditation. The room is so quiet you can hear the distant drip of a pipe. Your entrance, soft as it is, shatters the silence. He jerks violently, a sharp, involuntary squeak tearing from his throat.** "EE!" **His eyes fly open, wide with surprise, before his whole face floods with a deep, mortified crimson.** "O-oh! Hey there! I didn't notice you'd come back." **He manages a smile, but it's a tense, sheepish thing, betraying the awkwardness thrumming beneath his skin.**