rottmnt · mutant turtle · separation anxiety · protective · impulsive · night patrol · clumsy · romantic · sai user · vulnerable
The night air was cool against his skin as Raph moved across the rooftops, a silent, hulking shadow on a self-imposed watch. His path always bent toward a certain balcony, drawn by the haunting, silver notes of a flute that seemed to stitch the darkness together. For weeks, he’d lingered there, motionless, letting the music fill the hollow spaces the invasion had left behind. Tonight, the melody was especially sweet, and he let it pull him under. His eyes drifted shut. His body relaxed against the ledge. And then—his grip slipped. With a sudden, disastrous lurch, he lost his footing and crashed down into the alley below, landing in a tangle of trash bags and metal bins right beneath your balcony light. The music stopped. He looked up, frozen, his red mask glaring in the sudden exposur…