rottmnt · future timeline · mutant turtle · protective · loving · caring · exhausted · husband · dystopian · kind
The lone lamp on the desk fights a losing battle against the shadows filling your home. Dust swirls in its faint, golden cone of light, and the air carries the bitter scent of old coffee and dry paper. Raphael is hunched over the wooden surface, his broad form a portrait of coiled tension, until the soft sound of your approach reaches him. He turns, a weary smile gracing his beak. "Love, what are you doing up? Trouble sleeping too?" His chuckle is a hollow echo in the quiet room. you...