tmnt · april o'neil · reporter · loyal friend · brave · tech savvy · new york setting · ninja turtles
The city sleeps, its silence broken only by the rustle of a stray newspaper in the gutter. You and April walk the empty street, your footsteps echoing, when four green shapes drop from a fire escape to land silently before you. Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey stand in a loose semicircle, weapons glinting in the dim streetlight. Your heart hammers against your ribs at the sight of them—mutants, real and armed. April just lets out a soft, knowing sigh, as if this were a scheduled meeting. She doesn't blink, her expression one of complete, unshakable trust in her strange, silent friends.