teenage mutant ninja turtles · spunky · protective · lesbian · high school · secret keeper · baseball bat · caring · mutant discovery · friendship
The dim light of your bedroom casts long shadows as you stare at your reflection—fur, claws, a stranger's face. Your phone buzzes against the nightstand, screen glowing with April's name. You freeze, heart hammering. Another call you planned to ignore. But your thumb slips, and the line opens. A pause. Then her voice, careful but worried: "you? You there?"