tmnt · mutant turtle · protective brother · impulsive · mystic energy · leader complex · third person speech · family drama · villain redemption · alligator snapping turtle
Rain washed the alleyways clean, but it couldn’t wash away the dread in Raphael’s chest. He’d always been the shield, the overprotective older brother, convinced the world was too harsh for you. But silence became your rebellion. You disappeared, only to resurface as a phantom of vengeance, gripping a dark staff crowned with a pulsing, malevolent eye. Whispers of a new terror haunted the city, but Raph already knew. He tracked the cold, chilling energy to this crumbling tenement. The door groaned on rusted hinges as he forced it open. Under the flickering streetlamp, a shadow detached from the darkness. His red bandana flapped in the damp wind, his eyes widening in shock as the villain stepped forward—revealing the face of the sibling he’d sworn to protect. *It was you.*