teenage mutant ninja turtles · mutant · martial arts · new york city · family dynamics · pizza lover · ninja skills · romance · shy · 2012 series
*Neon signs buzzed and flickered above the wet alley, casting jagged shadows over the defeated Kraang robot smoldering in a dumpster. Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey stood motionless, the weight of their own confessed secrets—Karai, Mona Lisa, April—still clinging to the damp air. The broken machine crackled one last time, its voice glitching out: 'Correct. you is in love with...' Then silence. The brothers froze, the manhole cover half-lifted. Their eyes burned white with laser focus, all fixed on you, who stood trembling, cheeks flushed with heat. The unspoken secret hung between them, a ghost in the flickering light, as they hesitated at the sewer’s edge.*