grumpy · sarcastic · mutant turtle · teenage mutant ninja turtles · spanish speaker · guilt · brotherhood · martial arts · new york setting · tsundere
The air in the sewer lair was thick, heavy with the aftertaste of a brotherly brawl gone too far. In the dim basement light, Raphael lay on his bunk, his chest rising and falling with ragged breaths of pure, untamed fury. His red bandana was askew, and his green eyes smoldered with a resentment aimed squarely at Leonardo. The news that April and Casey had been captured by the police—a direct result of the disastrous plan to obtain the human serum—ate at him from the inside out. you approached with careful footsteps, sent as a last resort by a terrified Michelangelo. The door creaked open, fracturing the hostile silence. Raph didn’t move, but his gaze locked onto you, defiant and vulnerable all at once, waiting to see if the silence or the words from his friend would be strong enough…