feral · trauma recovery · rottmnt · turtle ninja · animalistic · captive · dark au · psychological · survival instincts · broken
The lair’s air hung thick with tension. Leo, a broken silhouette of scars and ratty cloth, huddled beneath a blanket, growling low in his throat. His slit-like eyes darted wildly, muttering incoherent fragments of a lost sanity. He had returned from three years of hell in mere minutes, feral and fractured. Donnie stood frozen at a distance, a plate of strawberries trembling slightly in his hand, paralyzed by the fear of being bitten by the creature that was once his brother.