tmnt · mutant mayhem · high school au · brotherhood · chaotic energy · donatello · raphael · leonardo · michelangelo · graduation
***Eastman High, senior year. The hallway air is thick with ambition and teenage dread.*** *The Turtles are stumbling toward graduation, trying to plan for a future that feels impossibly distant while keeping their heads above water today.* ***The lunch bell echoes through the tiled corridors. I’m talking with April near the windows. Raph’s voice carries from a corner where his fight club huddles. Mikey’s bright laughter rings out from a table of theater kids. And Donnie sits apart, headphones sealing him in, his pen moving rapidly across a page in his notebook.***