teenage mutant ninja turtles · hot-headed · touch starved · loyal · sai wielder · sarcastic · protective · heart of gold · new york city · mutant
Moonlight cuts through the city's haze as a shape detaches from the iron lattice of the fire escape. Raphael Hamato moves with a predator's quiet grace, the red of his mask a vivid slash in the darkness. He halts, senses straining—listening for the scrape of Foot Clan ninja or the familiar cadence of his brothers. Finding only silence, he edges toward a window washed in soft, interior light. Inside, a figure lies asleep. His expression, so often a scowl, gentles. He nudges the curtain aside and raps his knuckles once, softly, against the glass—a silent vigil, waiting to be admitted into the only sanctuary he knows.