#leo bayverse

[livltmntl]

THEY GLOW THEY GLOW IN THE FUCKING DARK

[nataliebattery]

Good morning/afternoon/evening, sorry if I'm bothering you and you can totally ignore my ask, I would like to ask if possible, what would the Bay Boys (TMNT) be like if they realized that they were completely in love (in a healthy way) with a human

Of course! You ask and you shall receive!

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞~✨❤︎︎♡︎♥︎( ˘ ³˘)

𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥

Y/n- “so if we do that there’s a better chance we won’t get caught…” you say to Leo giving your input

Raph- “or if we do that weak little idea of yours we get out asses kicked by a bunch of foot shoulders…” Raphael says with a slight cock of his head

Y/n- *raises a brow* “or if maybe we can shut our mouths and be quiet we won’t get ou𝐫 asses kicked” you say with your eyebrows raises and a slight bob of your head and April suppresses a smirk

A few minutes after that, Raphael started to realize that he loved your feisty little attitude and that you were not afraid to stand your ground and stand up for yourself. He liked that you did not let people walk over you. Raphael when he’s in love, he starts to be more rude to you if you will say because he’s trying his best to hide his emotions. He’ll be avoiding you more and trying not to talk to you more and trying to avoid eye contact with you because it gives him little turtle butterflies when his eyes meet yours It’s usually you that has to initiate the conversation because if you don’t, who knows how long you could go without talking to him so once he starts to get more comfortable that he’s in love with you. He’ll start to relax a bit more around you and he’ll start to be a little bit more nice to you And you guys will sometimes have little roast battles where you playfully insult each other overall he’s just a really insecure guy and needs some time to open up and get comfortable. he will be just a little bit more protective over you, especially towards Casey or Vern if he sees them eyeing you but he won’t be like the boldly possessive type He’ll probably just tell them to back off or something.

ꨄ

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨

realizes that he is in love with you when you comfort him after an argument with Raph.

It all started when you walked into the lair after a tiring day of work/school and you hear yelling so you walk a little faster and see your crush arguing with his brother. There voices booming while Leo was in the kitchen and Raph was in the living room and they were yelling at eachother you had a concerned look of your face and you were worried that it would maybe get physical. Mikey and Donnie were watching and so were you.

Leo- Raph you almost got us caught with that little stunt! How many times to I have to tell you to think before you act! It’s not a game so get your head on straight!

Raph- yeah?! Well maybe your ass should learn how to be a better leader and take consideration into how other people are feeling! What if I don’t wanna go by your dumb plans

Leo sighed and your voices was louder then both of there’s

Y/n- both of you shut up! Raph go to your room Leo walk to the dojo!

Raph shoves the couch out of his way and storms off to his room and poor leo was just so stressed so you walk behind Leo to the dojo

Y/n- what the hell happened!

You say your face having a look of concern and worry

Leo- Raph wanted to be a rebel and went straight in and attacked a foot soldier and there ended up to be 30 of them! This is why I always tell him think before you act! He never wants to listen to me!

You let Leo vent to you about the situation for a few minutes and think…Man he’s kinda sexy when he’s mad..so after Leo’s done you speak up in a soft tone and put your hand on his bicep

Y/n- I know being the leader is stressful at times..I know it’s hard but you also have to take the time to see how all three of your brothers are feeling…they all wanna be a big help to..before you wanna be a good leader..you need to be a good brother first..

Leo realized that your meaningful words had a deep meaning to them and he looks a little confused for a moment..Leo realized that he was in love with you that night.

At first when April first introduced you and Casey to the boys Leo was the most judge mental of you. Always secretly watching you to see if you were a spy or something always analyzing you. Kind of cold towards you. The way he looked at you kind of sent shivers down your spine. You felt out of place around him. But when he wanted up to you he would be more nice to you actually initiating conversations with you. His poker face might betray him when you give him a hug and he might crack a smile and Mikey loves to tease him about it when you leave

Mikey- Leo I saw the way you were all up on y/n I see you bro!

Leo- hush…*he says while trying not to crack a smile*

Leo would be more thoughtful his loves goes DEEP like the type that makes you feel so protected you worry about nothing when your with him

𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞

Our shy boy He realized he was in love with you when you were in his lab and he was trying to figure out this new code he was working on

Donnie- stupid code…*he mutters*

You raise a brow and walk over behind his chair and point to an error on his computer screen

Donnie- really! It was right there the whole time and I didn’t even see it! *he says his eyebrow muscles furrowing and letting out a sight of frustration*

Y/n- calm down…we all make mistakes *you say putting a hand on his shoulder before walking back over to your beanbag chair

Donnie- so you uhm..know how to code? *he says turning his chair to you

Y/n- oh baby I’m the master of coding! *you say with a smirk* I’m the leader of the highschool robotics team!

Donnie- ok then..how about we have a code debugging challenge?

Y/n- your on!

Donnie when he accepts that he’s in love with you he relaxes around you more and is less clumsy and doesn’t stutter as much he would find it really cute when you fall asleep in the bean bag chair he made just for you

He would be a little sad when you wouldn’t hang out in his lab because he enjoys the company. Donnie is really shy so it would have to be you that initiates the physical contact sometimes like walking up behind his chair and slumping your arms over his shoulders

This sweet boy would say the nicest things to you about how your so pretty and it would melt your heart

𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐲

Our ball of fun would not be so discreet about his crush he’s flirting with you when you and him are playing games and if you want him to stop. Trust he will stop he would not want to make you feel uncomfortable

Mikey realizes he is in love with you when you and him were playing Mario cart and you won again and Mikey pouts and you do a victory dance and Mikey realizes how fun you actually are.

At first he was kind of scared to talk to you because he thought you were mean.

When you explained it him that wasn’t the case and you just have social anxiety he was like your best buddy you guys were always laughing when you were together.

Always goofing around and play fighting. He would always give you a hug when you walked into the lair and lift you off of the ground.

Mikey of course loves physical touch so always expect a hug when you come and go. He’s always your hype man also he one time made a sketch of you and you found it in his room and he was a bit embarrassed because he thought you might think it was creepy.

But when you asked him if you could have it and you loved it. It kind of inflated his ego

[oozedninjas]

Any Leo fucking you when he's needy honestly

Warnings: 18+ / MDNI / NSFW / Smutish / Leo is late 20's to early 30's / general verses

Needy!Leo loves it when you breathe into his mouth, panting as he thrusts into you at just the right pace. Fuck, he missed you so much.

Needy!Leo loves it when you close your legs around his head when he goes down on you losing his mind when you tug the bandana, rubbing yourself to his face desperate to reach your peak. So fucking delicious, he drinks it all down.

Needy!Leo is crazy about your moans, he adores hearing how good he makes you feel.

Needy!Leo loves holding you so close to his plastron you can barely breathe, but god, your clit feels amazing grinding against his lower belly, that you almost don't care.

Needy!Leo stays inside after he's fucked his cum deep in your real good, slowly catching his breath as he holds you close. You're good for him, so soft and warm. What do you mean you can't breathe? This is no time for air, it's time for cuddles.

[glitchedoutpxie]

Reasons you should read my fic #3 ✨

My psychoanalysis of the Bayverse turtles: cognitive archetypes.

Splinter: my kids are completely fine!

... The kids in question:

Raphael:

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Why it fits?

Signs: intense fear of abandonment, explosive emotional outbursts, black-and-white thinking (“you’re with me or against me”), self-destructive tendencies (in my fic, he throws himself into gang fights as an outlet), difficulty regulating anger, fluctuating self-image (doesn't think he’s worthy of fighting next to his brothers)

Raph’s entire persona is fueled by emotional volatility. He lashes out to push others away before they can leave him. His aggression masks a deep fear of not being wanted or respected (as per his confession in the first movie when the tower was falling).

He’s either the family’s shield (blocking Shredder from stabbing Leo in the first movie, pushing Donnie out of the tank canon's way in the second...) or its scapegoat (trying to walk away from them); there’s no in-between in his mind. His solo mission to the police station in Out of the Shadows reads like a BPD spiral: impulsive, reckless, desperate to reclaim autonomy. Similarly, in my fic, he goes solo vigilante and instigates fights in gang territories, right after Master Splinter confiscates his sai.

Leonardo:

Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

Why it fits?

C-PTSD:

Signs: hypervigilance (always watching and planning), guilt or shame if he fails to “keep the family together”, stoicism as a coping mechanism, difficulty relaxing or trusting others to take the lead

Leo often acts like the “parentified child.” He may not lash out like Raph, but he internalizes responsibility, tends to isolate under stress, and operates on rigid moral frameworks.

His perfectionism could be a trauma response: “If I do everything right, nothing bad will happen.”

OCPD:

Signs: fixation on rules or discipline, “my way or the highway” mentality (in my fic he immediately alienates Rosie when she questions his methods), reluctance to delegate, struggles to forgive or forget mistakes (especially his own)

OCPD is about control, order, and perfectionism. BUT!! It’s personality-level and not about intrusive thoughts like OCD. Leo wants things done right. He’s rigid about rules, resistant to change, and can become angry or distant when others “mess up.”

Michelangelo:

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)

Why it fits?

Signs: high energy, difficulty focusing, emotional sensitivity, hyperfixations (pop culture, pizza, music), impulsivity, trouble with structure, 0 speech filter

Mikey is exuberant and fun-loving, but he often struggles with timing and appropriateness. Not because he doesn’t care, but because he gets overwhelmed by stimulus.

He fidgets, blurts things out, and often gets underestimated because his hyperactivity masks his emotional intelligence. He picks up on others’ moods fast, even if he can’t articulate his own (in my fic, this makes him the mediator between Rosie and his brothers). His “class clown” role often hides deeper insecurities, like fear of not being taken seriously.

Donatello:

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) + possibility of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Level 3?)

Why it fits?

OCD:

Signs: obsessive need for precision, thrives on logic and structured tasks, backpack full of categorized ready-use tools (classic sign of compulsive preparation),

Donnie’s OCD shows in the need to get everything exactly right. He overanalyzes, double-checks, and is constantly monitoring his brothers' vitals, most likely because his brain keeps looping worst-case scenarios: “If I don’t fix/predict this, everything will break.”

Donnie is constantly tweaking gear, even mid missions. He has his own lab space (not shared) that he trusts no one else to handle. It’s less about order for its own sake, and more about staving off imagined disaster.

Autism:

Signs: hyperfixation on tech and science, bluntness in speech, possible sensory sensitivities (headgear and headphones), routines and logic as safety nets

Donnie thrives on systems. He prefers predictable interactions, and his passion for machines isn’t just interest, it’s regulation: he goes straight into solution-mode under emotional stress. Technology makes sense; people don’t.

HOWEVER!! while he does show social awkwardness and intensity, it is not to a level that impairs his daily relationships + his intelligence is fluid as opposed to the more rigid thinking of those on the spectrum. He prefers machines to people, but still gets people. He teases Mikey, understands Raph’s aggression, and even mirrors Leo’s leadership cues. His focus on data could have resembled autism more if it was shown to impair his social communication, but it rarely does.

“Masks Off” Bonus!!

Rosalind Sacks

model: @ninakrasnolutskaya on Instagram

C-PTSD and Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)

Why it fits?

C-PTSD

Signs:

- Hypervigilance: noticed footsteps behind her before confirming them

- Emotional numbing: doesn’t trust her own emotions or perceptions, disassociation under threat (saw Leo's reflection in the window and her first instinct was to dismiss herself as hallucinating)

- Fear of abandonment: Her memory flashes (her dad handing her tape vs. his casket) show unresolved grief and internalized loss.

- Internalized shame/guilt from her father's legacy

- Freeze + fawn responses: when meeting the turtles, when the ceiling collapsed...

Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)

Rosalind doesn’t ask for help. She hides, she runs, she minimizes herself. That’s trauma conditioning. Even her social interactions (like giving her place in line to the father with the toddler) scream suppressed empathy and practiced invisibility. She doesn't want to “burden” others.

Signs: hopeless worldview (she’s surprised when things go right); lack of self-worth, emotional flatness (even during the subway chase, she’s shown as emotionally muted, no screaming, no asking for help), she’s functional (working, grocery shopping...) but not living.

Rosie’s carrying shame and responsibility. She doesn’t fully allow herself to feel joy or safety because it feels temporary or stolen. That’s not just trauma, that’s the slow grind of long-term depression.

You can see this analysis in practice throughout my fic here on wattpad and here on ao3 (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

[amingethia]

Fuck it here’s another character hot take/analysis thing.

Leonardo was scared of his brothers being human and leaving him.

In the 2016 (Bayverse) movie, his little meltdown has always rubbed me (and many others probably) the wrong way. It feels so random.

Like yes, maybe he’s confident being a turtle and would rather live in the shadows fighting crime than working a 9 to 5 and doing taxes (tbh who wouldn’t?) however, that in no way gives him the right to turn around and tell his brothers “We don’t need that kind of change.” “We’re turtles. Whether you like it or not.” (And of course the infamous and infuriating) “There’s only one vote that counts in this family. Mine.”

So what’s going on here?

My take is that it was fear. Fear of not only losing his little brothers, but them growing apart, growing away from him, deciding they don’t need him anymore. We see in the first movie Raph constantly challenging Leo’s position as leader (as a Raphael does of course) and implies that he hasn’t been leader for very long (we don’t know the exact time between them getting their weapons and Leo being named leader to the actual current events of the movie, but based on their appearance/size in the flashback scene it doesn’t seem very long) (maybe a few months at most). Which all of that concludes that he’s still trying to figure out what that role is and how to proceed.

And possibly has the same weight on his shoulders as other Leo’s, that his brothers lives depend on him, that at the end of the day it’s his job to get all of them home safe.

Then there’s Raph in the first movie talking about walking away and Leo insisting “He’s not going anywhere. We all stick together.” And of course the fact that he was in the cages with Donnie and Mikey, getting his blood drained and having to hear/process his two little brothers suffering/almost dying.

Long story short all of this is just my evidence to say that Leonardo, being the only one against the idea of turning human, was scared that being human would lead them all down separate paths, would cause them to drift apart.

And if he and his brothers drift apart, what team is he the leader of?

[angelnardo]

March 5th

Leonardo camping 🏕️

[eveandtheturtles]

"The Bath Tub Incident"

Pairing: Bayverse!Leo X You

Summary: A little mishap in your apartment ends with you needing to stay a bit with the brothers. They are curious what happened.

Rating: Strong T for some words and topic I guess lol

A/N: everyone mentioned are 20+ y.o.

A/N2: do you ever see a post on Tumblr and it is too fucking funny to not torment Leo with it? Here we go.

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"Hey, Leo?" Donnie looked at his eldest brother over the breakfast table.

"Yeah?" Leo replied then took a bite of his sandwich.

"Not that I have any business in it but I think we both are kind of wandering," Donnie took a glance at Mikey and Raph, who were now listening in like hawks. "And don't get me wrong I love your girlfriend, we all do..."

"Can you just get to the point?" Leo hated when Donnie was beating around the bush like that. He knew exactly where the genius bastard was going. He was mortified of the question but like, just get over it.

"Right, so how exactly did that bathtub brake?"

"Well, Donnie, as you said before it isn't-" Leo started, through his gritted teeth.

"We tried to have sex in it and we slipped," you cut him off.

Leo covered his face. Here it comes.

"I TOLD YOU!" Mikey jumped up banging hands on the table. He started silly dancing around the table. "I was right, I was right, oh yeah. Who's right? It's Mikey!"

Raph was too busy howling in laughter, while Donnie looked like the smuggest motherfucker on Earth.

"This is what I was trying to avoid!" Leo hissed to you.

You shrugged and stuffed your mouth with pancakes. "What were you going to tell them? That the Foot invaded my bathroom?"

The look on his face told you everything.

"Oh, my god!" You swallowed quickly not to choke on your food.

"I was going to stage things up a little!" He tried to defend himself.

"Like how?!"

"I don't know!" He threw his hands up.

Next to you Raph was crying laughing, his head on the table banding his fist on it.

"You ripped my shower fixture and bent my tub! You wanted to add more to the damage cost?!" You gaped at the audacity.

"It seemed like good idea at the time!" Leo hid his face in his hands. Hiding his shame.

"Y'all owe me 20 bucks!!" Mikey shouted from across the lair. His arms in the air. Hero posing.

"You are so lucky your dick snapped last night bc I swear to god-" You started and Leo made a whiny noise.

Donnie made a zoom on Leo's face. This was going into family archive of the most embarrassing breakfasts folder.

[ninnosaurus]

I'm just over here having dumb thoughts about Bay!Leo with @mysticboombox