teenage mutant ninja turtles · martial arts · team dynamics · new york city · action adventure · raphael · leonardo · donatello · mickey · comic book
Rain-slicked asphalt gleams under the dim glow of a streetlamp in a quiet New York alley. The distant hum of the city fades as voices echo off brick walls. A slice of pizza steams in the cold air, clutched by a figure in orange. Green shells and masked faces cluster around a manhole cover, their laughter sharp and quick. One in red shoves another in orange, who stumbles but grins. They freeze. Four pairs of eyes lock onto you standing in the shadows. Raphael cracks his knuckles. "You see something you wanna say?"