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(CONTENT WARNING!- Nightmares, medical-based trauma and situations! Panic!)
CHAPTER 10- Never Again
âRaphael.â Leo tightly warned, raising his hands onto the sides of his brotherâs face. His normally calm tone plummeted into the negative degrees, replacing the warmth of brotherly concern with the chill of interrogation. Unfortunately, this was the only strategy that worked on his stubborn little brother. Kind, gentle words only added another brick to his growing wall of pride, coming off to the fiery sibling as demeaning and condescending instead of loving. The eldest deeply regretted how long it took him to realize this fact about his brother.
 It would have saved them both a lot of heartache growing up.
 Instead of getting lost in the past, he shoved his way back into the present, where his brother was shaking and crying, and not telling him why.
âRAPH. I am warning you- If you donât tell me whatâs going on in the next three seconds, Iâm going to drag your shell to dad.â
Leo allowed a faint snarl to escape through his teeth, hoping that his go-to threat would work like always. In all honesty, he wasnât sure if he would be physically able to haul Raphael to his fatherâs room- Despite how much the eldest had trained, Raph had always been faster and stronger.Â
That didnât aggravate the eldest in the slightest.
Not⊠at⊠all.
âI said Iâm f-â Raph began, attempting to twist his head out of Leoâs grip, but the eldestâ hands remained planted on his brotherâs face, snapping Raphâs gaze back to his icy irises.Â
âYou. Are. Crying.â Leo pressed in harsh whispers as he tightened his grip to emphasize how seriously worried he was becoming with each second. âYou donât do that. Thatâs not a thing that you do, and worse- youâre doing it in front of me⊠SoâŠâ
The eldestâs vice-like grip softened to a small caress, wiping away another escaping tear off his brotherâs face. Leoâs harsh glare melted with the true warmth he felt for his hurting brother.Â
â... I know something is seriously wrong.â He whispered with a gentleness his brothers all knew well. His breath shuddered as his hands slid from Raphâs face down to his shoulders. âYou⊠were held hostage at some- s-some mad scientistâs lab for over two weeks, Raph⊠I have no⊠idea⊠what they did to youâŠâ
Leo watched as Raphâs eyes kept overflowing with silent tears, reminding the eldest of a wordless history filled with pain and devastating fear that had been plaguing his brother for weeks.Â
Leo couldnât hold back the memories of finding his missing brothers at that horrible lab, rushing through the doors of the facility, maneuvering his way through the halls to the sound of screaming.
His brother. Screaming.
. . .
Donâs freckled face was nearly unrecognizable without his signature glasses and violet-hued mask. Those monsters had taken away all their gear- leaving them more or less naked and unidentifiable; Inhumane. Nothing but another creature for those psychos to study and pull apart⊠Not only had those heartless heathens stripped him down, but they had also strapped him down to the confines of a reclining chair via leather straps that painfully dug into his skin.Â
Donâs expression began as listless while he focused on breathing through the pain of whatever vile concoction was being injected into his veins through an IV. But then a sudden realization sparkled behind his heterochromatic irises, and Leo nearly shattered into a million pieces when his genius brother locked eyes with him for the first time in weeks.
âR-Raph?...â The freckled brother shakily called, as he leaned forward, squinting his eyes.
The frail sound of his siblingâs plea for familiarity and safety sent an arrow of guilt piercing into Leoâs heart. Before another second could be wasted, Leo ran to Donâs side. With a quick shuffle into his belt, the eldest pulled out a pair of glasses, sliding it oh so gently onto his freckled brotherâs face. Once Donâs breathing steadied, he looked up and lost his breath all over again.Â
âLeoâŠâ He gasped in between shuddered breaths. âLEO!!!âÂ
With the cry of the eldestâs name, Leo began to hurriedly disconnect all the equipment from his brother, who was now softly sobbing and shaking his head as if this was all just a dream.Â
âT-This⊠This canât be realâŠâÂ
Leo couldnât even reply as he carefully began pulling out the IV from Donâs bruised arm with all the gentleness he could afford. Tears of relief and shame and love and sadness all poured from his face as he set right to work on un-doing all that had been done to his beloved sibling. He rapidly wiped away his tears as he reached behind to pull out one of his twin katanas. With a number of practiced swipes with his blade, all the straps that once held down Don fell to the floor.Â
Now freed from his confines, Don arched himself forward, trying to push himself off the heightened medical chair. Slowly, and with Leoâs help, he finally had both feet on the floor, but not for long. As if a large gust of wind shot through the room, Donâs body began plummeting to the floor in an exhausted heap. As soon as Leo sensed his brotherâs weakness, he swiftly sheathed his katana and reached out. Within a matter of seconds, he was on his knees with Don pressed tightly into his arms.
âIâm here! Iâm here- Iâm so sorry. I love you- I love you I love you-â He cried out, finally being able to say what had been on his heart for the last eighteen days.
âLeoâŠhowâŠâ Don quietly sobbed into Leoâs neck, smothered yet crystal clear, âHow did y-you? H-how are you here? Are y-you okay? Did you⊠Did you find R-Raph?â
Leo winced in sympathy as he listened to the gravelly scratches carving their way painfully into Donâs throat with each word he spoke.
âShhhh. Shhhhh.â Leo whispered into his brotherâs ear, âYou need to⊠to rest.â A whimper weaseled its way out of Leoâs throat, leaving his whole body shaking with emotion and adrenaline. He was supposed to be the foundation of his team; the stronghold that would protect his brothers no matter the costs- the firm walls that would keep his family safe from the cruel, outside world.
And yet here he was, dissolving into shifting sand in his beloved brotherâs skinny arms. His facets of honor and maturity crumbled into broken shards of childishness as he let out a painful sob, finally unleashing a grain of the agony he had carried on his shoulders during the weeks of his brothersâ capture. The doubts and fears that plagued his sleepless mind were finally put to reassured rest.
Don was okay.
The stale air of the lab made Leoâs skin tingle with discomfort as he latched onto his little brother with all his might, vowing right then and there that he would never allow this to happen again. With a sense of determination he had not felt in some time, he pressed further into his brother, spreading warmth where only shadow and pain had touched. Each bruise and bandage littering his little brotherâs skin was a testament of the eldestâ failure to protect those he loved.
Never again.
The moment was abruptly sliced in half as a blaring alarm began to scream.
~
Leo blinked. And there he was again, kneeling at Raphâs side, with his hands on his shaking brotherâs shoulders.Â
âIt⊠It was a nightmare.â Raph simply shrugged, though his voice wobbled and shuddered like a glass cup during an earthquake.Â
After wiping away the last hints of tears, Leo sighed with the tiniest glint of a smile.
Still playing the tough guy⊠But at least heâs speaking again.
Leo released one of his hands off of Raphâs shoulder and planted it onto his knee, steadying his own swaying form from the sleep he was currently missing.
âDo you want to talk abou-â
â-No.â
Before his sore legs gave out underneath him, Leo flopped down onto his butt with a somewhat content sigh, using his arms to hold him upright.
âShould've guessedâŠâ He whispered as he slouched back. The smile on his face was still present, alighting the cold, dark room with a small ember of warmth. âWell⊠Iâm⊠here when youâre ready to talk.âÂ
Raph turned his face to look down at his brother, silently contemplating Leoâs offer.
 The eldest would be lying if he said it didnât hurt how cautious Raph was being around him. Heâd noticed it for years, slowly watching as hour-long conversations after practice would turn into quick, hollow âheyâs before his fiery sibling briskly left the room. Late nights of reading comics and trying to catch their favorite movies on tv slowly lessened as Raph wanted to be by himself more.Â
In all honesty, despite his own pride, Leo couldnât blame him. He and the second oldest would get into horrible fights growing up. Every small conversation turned into a horrible argument. Any compliment had poison at its tip, sharp and designed to sting. And no sooner had those hurtful words escaped their lips, their fists began flying.
Leo once noticed, mid argument with Raph, that Don had carefully guided himself and Mikey out of the room. One more glance revealed tears falling out of his baby brotherâs eyes, and a hardened, disappointed glare across Donâs face.
His and Raphâs actions had begun to affect his brothers. Thatâs when it became clear that something needed to be done.
So he and Raph just- stopped talking. Leo did his very best to back off unless necessary, and slowly over time their home became quiet again.Â
But silence is a two-edged sword. What can be felt as peaceful can also be sensed as cold and apathetic; The natural quiet of a forestâs winter trails compared to the restrained hostility boiling under a volcanoâs depths.
A cover-up. A simple bandaid rather than a full surgery.Â
Not enough.
Through the years, Splinter had begun training Raphael in better handling his temper. Every day before practice, Leo would see Raph sluggishly dragging his feet into Senseiâs room, and through the door, he, Don and Mikey would listen in on some of the fiery brotherâs lessons from their father. Splinter would guide Raph through his Bible, reviewing verses of pride, arrogance, and the need for love to be in the world. He then went over how important it was as christians to show Christâs love to others. And especially, the ultimate need for that love to be in their home.
During that time, Raph wasnât the only one Sensei honed in on. Seeing how Leo was half of the problem in the arguments bringing unwanted chaos into their home, he too had to be taught many lessons. The Bible verses his dad focused on werenât very different from the ones he overheard Raph learning. Huh. Interesting. One specific lesson planted deep roots into Leoâs heart, leaving an impact that would be with him for years to come:
âYour love for your brother needs to outweigh your longing to win.â
And then⊠one dayâŠ
Raph appeared climbing down from the forbidden manhole cover with a shattered wrist and a bleeding crack chipped into his plastron. No matter how he was asked, persuaded, comforted, or threatened, Raph never told anyone how it had happened.
After that day everything began to change.Â
And then about a year ago, he and Raph started talking again.Â
Even now, as Leo looked into the eyes of Raphael as he finally calmed down from his panic attack, he could see the tenderness and healing within his troubled brotherâs soul. Compared to the others in his family, Raph held the record for how many physical scars he had. For a long time, the brothers held him with the highest honor, as if he were a victorious war hero returning from battle⊠But Leo knew better now. The deep slash across his little brotherâs eye was dealt by his blade. An accident, yes, but a permanent reminder of his past recklessness as a child; A lasting testament of who he could never be again.
As for Raphâs second scar- the small lightning bolt cracked into his upper plastronâŠ
⊠Leo still doesnât know where its origins stemmed from. And the fact that Raph had held that secret within, warns the eldest of unseen battles that were being fought behind thick, impenetrable walls. Battles he may have helped to fight, had he thrown down his own barriers.
Those times were long gone, and he would not squander the second chance God gave him.
Before he could stop himself, he opened his mouth again.
âOkay⊠New subject-â He said as he sat up and leaned his elbows onto his crossed legs. â...Maybe this will help get your mind off of your nightmare. If you could think of anything to geek out about to me- right now- what would it be?â He asked with an inviting grin to his more-than-cautious brother.
Raphâs confusion only showed through his expression for a few seconds before his eyes were looking to the side, pondering over Leoâs question. âUhâŠâ He thought, tapping at the blankets draped over his legs. â... I guess⊠How kidsâ tv shows go too easy on âem.âÂ
Huh. Oooooookay.
âAlright! Tell me about it.â Leo gestured vaguely with his hands at Raph, waving them in swooping motions to propel his anxious brother to keep going.
Raphâs nervous expression returned, but he persisted through his anxiety, sitting up as well, and playing with the blanket fibers between his fingers.
âWell⊠you know⊠Nothinâ real happens in them. Like- Okay listen to this-â Raph said, as a miniscule spark ignited behind his irises and spread to his expression and posture, silently revealing that Leoâs plan was working.Â
Leo nodded with a small, but growing smile.
âTell me, oh Team Medic, what would happen to a person if they fell off a three story building?â
Leo sat back with a sigh as his brain began pulling out pristine files from its shelves.
âUm⊠my personal guess would be theyâd have at least a broken ankle, if not a seriously sprained kneeâŠâ He listed, as he began counting with his fingers for each injury that came to mind. â...Possibly a concussion depending on how they handled their landing- and most likely a good amount of scrapes and bruises to the knees and arms.â
Raph nodded emphatically to Leoâs medical diagnosis, gesturing stiffly with both arms as if to say THATâS WHAT IâM SAYIN.
âRIGHT. So- ya know- thereâs a thing called uh, what was it again- CONSEQUENCES.â Raph shout-whispered, still keeping his voice small, but making sure his words made up for the lack of volume. âSo, you tell me, how⊠does FRIENDSHIP save you from breakinâ your neck after falling off a flippinâ building??!!â He quietly roared. Somehow.
Leo had to stifle a chuckle as he watched his brother become as animated as the cartoon shows he was complaining about. It was hilarious to see such fire in his brotherâs eyes that didnât spark from anything occurring in the real world.Â
âThat⊠doesnât make any sense, dude.â Leo attempted to speak, but was unceremoniously interrupted by a snort escaping his nose. âGah-geez!â He hurriedly whispered to himself as he smacked a hand over his mouth to somehow smother his growing laughter at the situation.Â
Raphâs passionate expression softened at the sight of Leo fighting for his life to keep the serenity of their bedroom so his little brothers can sleep. Then his kind smile crackled and sparked into a mischievous grin.
After what felt like an eternity, Leo had finally gotten his laughter under control, plastering a stoic expression over the small gusts of laughter still tucked away in his throat. But all that hard work was blown to oblivion as Raph began to cross his eyes and flare his nostrils. Before the eldest could stop himself, another snort shattered the peaceful silence of the room.
My one weakness- THAT LIL BRAT-
In utter defiance and revenge, Leo thrust himself forward onto his knees and slapped Raphâs arm in playful, empty warning. With a hushed hiss he chittered,
âYOU STOP THAT THIS *SNNRT* THIS INSTANT, YOUNG MAN-â
âYa mean turtle?~â Raph winced as he rubbed at his slightly stinging arm.
Then the brothers went silent as they took a single second to think. At that moment, they pointed to the other and whispered simultaneously, â Mutant.â And then they were both fighting for their lives to not wake their brothers.
Despite their best efforts of shushing each other, smacking their hands over the otherâs face, and trying to regain stoic countenances which always backfired, they were quickly interrupted by a meek, worried voice.
âDon?âÂ
Raph and Leoâs laughter was snuffed out instantaneously as their immediate instinct to protect their brothers pushed past any humor with full force.Â
âMikey? Whatâs wrong?â Leo asked with a slightly raised voice since Mikey was in the bunk above Raphâs bed. âWhy are you calling to-âÂ
Leoâs sentence fell away into the shadows surrounding the bedroom as he gazed at Don in his bunk bed, cradling his head between his clenched hands. Shaking.
âDon?...â Leo asked, again raising his voice since Donâs bed was further away. At his call, the freckled brother turned his head slightly, the glistening of tears shining as they fell in threads down his face.Â
âDON!â Leo outwardly cried, no longer attempting to remain quiet as the newly revealed emergency played out right in front of him. He pushed off his knees and used Raphâs mattress to propel himself off the floor into a quick sprint across the room. By only running on instinct to protect his brother, he didnât have to think as he effortlessly leapt over the spare mattress and climbed up the ladder to Donâs bunk, landing in what Mikey would call a âspiderman poseâ.Â
âIs he okay?â Raph called from the ground, as Mikey briskly flipped off the side of his bunk, landing perfectly, and rushing to Raphâs side.
Leo suppressed a deep groan.
Mental sticky note- REMIND MIKEY to not risk damaging his ALREADY HEALING ANKLE.
With a disgruntled sigh, Leo turned his attention back to Don. In the moment he had, he ploughed through the medical checklists he could think of, assessing what was wrong with his genius little brother. However, it was clear without any medical expertise that Don was having a panic attack.
Him too?... What is going on?
Suppressing his growing questions, the eldest reached out his hand and placed it on Donâs trembling knee. Over the years, Leo found that physical contact worked as a solid anchor for his frightened brother; a grounding force that would pull his mind away from the fantasies that plagued his logic. Don had explained to him that when someone was having a panic attack, they were losing themselves to the lies in their mind. In order to remedy this and pull them out of it, they needed a firm foundation of truth to stand on.Â
âIâm alive.â
âIâm not dying.â
âI can feel my heartbeat.â
âI can hear my breathing.â
âGod is with me.â
âIâm safe.â
Leo stretched forward to place more pressure on Donâs knee.
âYouâre alive, Don. Youâre not dying.â He spoke firmly.
âMmmhmmâŠâ Don grunted as he shakily lowered his hands from the sides of his head, and slid them down to the nape of his neck, pulling down with constant pressure.
âYouâre home. Youâre not alone. Iâm right here.â Leo pressed further both verbally and physically.
âY-YeahâŠâ Don breathlessly agreed, as he tried to take a deep, calming breath.
âWhatever you saw wasnât real. It was just a dream, okay?âÂ
Donâs expression twisted at those words, and he stuttered, âThatâs.. n-not true, L-Leo⊠It⊠wasnât as m-much a nightmare, as it was a m-memoryâŠâ
Leoâs own expression fell at Donâs fragmented words sputtering and glitching like a tv set trying to hone in on the right signal. He hated seeing his intellectual brother so shaken like this. Don had never been one that needed to fight his own body just so he could speak. Normally his rants and logistics would smoothly escape his lips, coming out clear and precise in neat rows filled with elongated vocabulary.Â
Only one thing would have stolen that from him; something so scary and traumatic that it would resonate and affect him now.
âYou dreamed about the lab, didnât you?â Leo whispered at a volume barely audible as he slid closer to Donâs now relaxing form. He lifted his hand from Donâs knee onto his shoulder, but still kept a grounding pressure.
Don, once again at a loss for words, simply nodded his head defeatedly.
Not needing any more confirmation of Donâs condition, Leo pulled himself closer and held out his arms. Don had to know the option was there if he needed it.
At first, the freckled brother simply stared at Leoâs outstretched arms, as his pupils zipped back and forth in consideration. Then after he properly reviewed his options, he gently shook his head. âI think Iâm okay now.â He sighed, gripping onto the soft, fur blanket over his legs. âIâm⊠okay.â
Leo nodded in understanding before he was forcibly pushed to the wall of the nook as Mikey and Raph joined him on Donâs bed.
âDon, ya good?â Raph asked in genuine concern for his twin, searching his brotherâs expression and body for any wounds.Â
Don nodded with an exhausted but real smile.
âAre you sure?? You were crying, bro. Last I checked, computers canât cry.â Mikey playfully nudged Donâs arm, but the smile on the youngestâs face read of no ill will. âYou want to talk about it?â
Donâs smile fell a little as he made eye contact with Raph, and both twins sighed in mental understanding.Â
âI think heâs alright now.â Raph spoke up quietly, as he started pushing Mikey onto the ladder. âLetâs give him some space, Mikey.âÂ
Despite the youngest fighting and squawking in obvious displeasure, Raph remained persistent and continued down, pulling his little brother with him. Leo couldnât help but smile at the sight.
â...T-Thanks, Leo.â Don whispered, as he stretched out and placed his hand onto Leoâs arm. âI really⊠appreciated this.â
Leoâs smile brightened as he tapped his hand onto Donâs. The cool texture of his brotherâs smooth skin brought its own wave of comfort to him, reminding the eldest of a truth he had unknowingly taken for granted for years:
Theyâre home.
Before any more tears decided to fall, Leo wished his brother good night and slid down the ladder, making his way back to his mattress, saying one final, silent prayer.
Thank You, Lord, that my brothers⊠are home. Thank You that theyâre here and safe. Please continue to guide them as they recover from their time in the labs. Please guide me with what to say to them. AndâŠ
 Thank You for giving me a second chance.
Aaaand that's it for this chapter!
Man alive, it feels so good to be back. This chapter took a while to figure out because of the scenes with Leo and Raph- There were many options that I had to choose through over how Raph would react to Leo trying to calm him down from his panic attack- but this version won out in the end. :) To quote a very important Book, "Laughter doeth good like medicine". So I knew how I wanted this scene to go. :) As has been a running tradition in this book, there is a lot of hidden storytelling in this chapter~ Especially regarding Leo and Raph.
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Doodle based off how my sister and I react to the cold âïž
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Hello coauthor! A Residuum reader here. One thing I really like about your comic is how the consequences of the characters' actions feel so plausible, but what stands out to me the most is the pacing in how they're presented throughout the story. Do you have any tips for structuring a plot? Every time I try to outline mine, it feels a bit incoherent, and the scenes donât seem to flow well together. Iâd appreciate any advice đą
best advice? Write the whole outline down as much and as far as you can, doesn't matter if it makes sense, that's for editing you to figure out. Then edit the ever-loving daylights out of it, add in connecting actions, and take out things that don't work. Residuum has had Five different drafts, with major tweaking as we go. The outline is not set in stone.
Also donât share it outside of friends, that can make you feel pressured to stick to (the previous plot) even when it doesnât work for how your story has progressed. Thereâs a reason we didnât share any of the potential endings when we were still trying to figure out where the story was going. When the first arc was being posted we had an idea of the plot til about halfway through arc 4, but we didnât actually have a concrete ending.
how we structure a plot (and do pacing)
Write out your main plot points and then write what the characters need to do to make that event happen. We basically do the plot mountain structure, but for each arc (there are 4 of them) we tend to make the climax of each arc into turning points or decisions that the main characters have to make that they cannot undo. here's a good article to read about structuring plots. (Note! This is for the broad spanning major plot beats, each update actually gets written as needed, they aren't written into the outline.)
When it comes to character decisions itâs more about, âwhat would make the character do this?â rather than, âwould the character do this?â You can make characters do things they normally wouldnât if you give them the right incentive.
For the pacing with residuum, because itâs serialized, we try to have something progress with each update. Either you learn something new, the plot has progressed (aka the status quo has changed), or there's set up/foreshadowing for later, most updates actually have all three. When writing in a serialized format (each chapter getting its own release) itâs a good idea to treat each update as a complete chunk. Try asking yourself: what is the goal for this part? are you using this update for anything actually important? are you conveying anything new and/or important to the plot? Is this something you want to focus on? Are you writing this to meet audience expectations or because you want to? There are parts where residuum gets almost no interaction but, importantly, those parts still meet our individual update rules. If you're writing for audience engagement you are going to get discouraged from writing long spanning plots very quickly. The audience doesnât know whats coming, so they wonât interact with anything that doesnât have their current blorboâą, even if itâs plot important.
for how we make the consequences make sense
Make things make logical sense? honestly i don't what to tell you.
We read. a. lot. I used to read 400 books over a school year, beaze has read about 13.6K fanfics on Ao3 over the course of 4 years. plus a ton of manhwa and manga, and that doesnât include nonfiction, stuff from sites outside of Ao3, course assigned books, reddit fiction, royal road. Most of how we understand and structure plots is instinctual because we fire hosed our brains with them for years.
I'd recommend watching watching Overly Sarcastic Productionâs Trope Talks, and reading stuff that's not rise related, as well as researching nonfiction stuff that's relevant to what you want to write we are at a place where we arenât writing the outline anymore, just editing it if needed. We use the outline structure to make each update because it gives us a objective for the update, and gives us a road map for when to place the set up for future updates. But if you struggle to use outlines you can just⊠not use them. Garden writing is a valid writing strategy, I use it for one shot AUâs of residuum.
For long spanning stories written garden style the first draft can be your outline. Just edit and flesh it out once youâve written it.
Seriously Donnie
Worst pain
Sheâs everywhere, in every drop of my blood, in every spark of thought, and I want to fucking destroy her for it. To shatter her just like sheâs broken me. Because she brings me to my fucking knees. I want to ruin her so that sheâs mine, my beautiful disaster. My wild creature. My goddess of chaos.
â Brynne Weaver, Butcher & Blackbird
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