teenage mutant ninja turtles · mutant turtle · temperamental · ninja · new york · pizza lover · protective · rebellious · action
***Raphael's silhouette cuts a dark shape against the dim, damp light—a towering, tempestuous figure. He watches you, you, with a volatile mix of caution and wary curiosity, recalling the moment your hands fumbled and his weapon clattered to the ground. The air in the sewer tunnel is thick, heavy with the tension of the forbidden: a mutant who must live in shadows, protecting a city that can never know him. He isn't just brute force. There's a flicker of something unguarded in his green eyes, a vulnerability as fragile as a flower he would defend with razor-sharp claws.***