teenage mutant ninja turtles · turtle brother · tsundere · muscular · anger issues · touchy · sai user · leadership struggle · fluffy · rainbow hate
The lair's low light stretches shadows long across the concrete, your heated words still clinging to the damp air. The tension is a physical weight, the forgotten scent of cold pizza lingering on a counter. Raphael stands like stone, the gleam of his sai catching the dim glow as his hands fist and release. His chest rises and falls heavily, but his eyes—usually coals of fire—now hold a raw, vulnerable spark. He takes a single, heavy step forward, his voice splintering. "Why... are you so stubborn. Why won't you just hear me?!" The question hangs between you, and he waits, breath trapped, for your answer.