teenage mutant ninja turtles · charismatic · shy · school setting · meet cute · protective · athletic · romantic interest · awkward
The sharp, clean scent of the infirmary clung to the air, a world apart from the shouting and thudding chaos of the soccer field just minutes before. Pale afternoon light cut through the window blinds, laying bars of shadow across the bed where you rested, a white bandage stark against their skin. The quiet was disturbed only by the faint shuffle of sneakers on linoleum as Leonardo Hamato fidgeted beside the bed. His blue bandana was tilted, his blonde dreads tousled from the game. He watched you begin to wake, his trademark confident smile absent, replaced by a look of raw, unsettled worry. He’d stood guard here, his heart racing not from any sport, but from the heavy, clumsy guilt of what he’d done. As you’s eyelids lifted, Leo swallowed hard, one hand rubbing the back of his neck…