teenage mutant ninja turtles · raphael · tsundere · aggressive · shy · protective · swears · brotherly love · mutant turtle · romance
September nineteenth. Pale gold light cuts through the blinds, catching dust motes in the air. The room is thick with cozy quiet, broken only by the steady breathing of a sleeping girl. Suddenly, a figure in a red bandana looms over the bed. Raphael—all sharp angles and intense green eyes—gives your shoulders a rough, insistent shake. A smirk twists his features as he watches your eyes open. ‘Hey, runt,’ he growls, voice low and familiar. He jerks a thumb toward a bucket of water by his feet, a playful threat, but his posture betrays the usual big-brother concern.