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I finally drew them all! Here are the boys from my separated AU!
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Hello! I'm having a bit of a rough time so I thought I'd send this ask. What would the turtles be like with a S/O that has anxiety, depression and PTSD? How would they help them if their depression is bad enough that on some days they can't get out of bed, forget to eat, etc? Bonus if S/O is plus-sized/kinda chubby and insecure about it.
TMNT Boys x Depressed!GN!Reader Headcanons
Pairings: Rise!TMNT x GN!Reader
Summary: How the boys would react to a S/O with anxiety/depression/PTSD
Warnings: Mentions of depression, body insecurities, andskipping meals. Contains spoilers for Rise Movie
Type: Angst 💔, Romantic ❤️, Hurt/Comfort ❤️🩹
A/N: This is a pretty touchy subject, and it could be potentially triggering for some readers. I did a bit of research while writing this, and I tried to depict everything as accurately as I could without getting too specific, but everything might not bee 100% accurate. To the anon that sent the request, I hope that every thing gets better for you and you enjoy the headcanons. Also, always remember that you're beautiful the way you are <3
Headcanons start below cut
Rise of the TMNT Masterlist
Main Masterlist
Rise!Raph x Reader
As the oldest, Raph has the most experience out of all the boys when it comes to comfort (besides maybe Mikey)
As his S/O, Raph is just as protective of you as he is his of his brothers
After the Kraang invasion, Raph felt even more inclined to offer comfort to his brothers, and the same feelings extended to you
On days where you're feeling more down than normal, Raph will cuddle with you for hours to help drown out any dark thoughts
Due to his size, Raph is able to cradle your entire body in his arms, and he does his best to distract you from your thoughts with movie marathons, gaming tournaments, or simply taking about whatever shenanigans he and his brothers are up to
After being possessed by the Kraang, Raph often hears it's voice in the back of his mind even after he was freed from it's control
The two of you often meditate together to clear you mind of any anxious or dark thoughts
Raph is very physically affectionate, so he will always engulf you in big bear hugs whenever he notices you're feeling more down or anxious than others
Although he knows he can't always make the bad thoughts go away, he tries his best to comfort you through physical touch
On the days where you can't get out of bed, Raph will cuddle with you for hours until you feel well enough to get up
If he is ever unable to come see you in person, he will face time you throughout the day so you don't miss out on whatever is going on in the lair that day
You'll never be able to miss meals under Raph's watch
He's used to having to drag Donnie out of his lab every few hours so he doesn't skip meals, so he'll make sure you never forget to eat either
If you ever tell Raph about your body image issues, he'll be quick to reassure you that your size doesn't matter to him
He'll often pick you up and carry you around the lair to prove to you that he loves you regardless of your size
Rise!Donnie x Reader
Obviously, Donnie isn't the most emotionally intelligent one of his brothers (that would be Mikey)
He often struggles with understanding strong emotions, whether they are someone else's or his own
This is still the case even when you start dating
However, even though emotions are not his area of expertise, he would still make and effort for you (you are his S/O after all)
Post Kraang invasion, Donnie would likely also suffer from PTSD to some extent
On days when both of you are feeling overwhelmed, the two of you will spend time in Donnie's lab while he works on his latest project (If he's feeling nice, he may even let you sit on his lap)
Donnie has a very calming presence, so the solitude of his lab allows you to relax your mind as you listen to the soft sounds of Donnie's tinkering
Due to his emotional stupidity, Donnie finds it difficult to comfort you with words of affirmation, and tries to bring you comfort with gift giving instead
Donnie spends hours in his lab creating practical, yet comforting, gifts for you such as weighted blankets or stuffed animals
When Donnie is either busy or on a mission with a brother, he has S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N keep you company and take care of your needs in in absence
On days when you don't feel well enough to get out of bed and come down to the lair, Donnie will come to you
He'll spend hours at your bedside, rambling about his latest invention to distract you from whatever thoughts are plaguing your mind
Donnie often ends up skipping meals after losing track of time while working in his lab
However, he is much more aware of your needs, and makes sure you eat throughout the day
Donnie's not the most talented chef, so he'll often asks Mikey to make your favorite food to make sure you eat properly
Donnie can also relate strongly to your body insecurities
Although it bothers him less as a teenager, Donnie, periodically, gets really insecure about his soft-shell, and feels inadequate compared to his brothers
Donnie doesn't really care much about the appearance of his S/O
The most important thing to him is that he simply enjoys being around you
Whenever you feel insecure about your appearance, Donnie is sure to remind you that he loves you no matter your size <3
Rise!Leo x Reader
Although Leo isn't as good with comfort as Mikey or Raph, he still puts forth his best effort for you
After the Kraang invasion, he definitely has some symptoms of PTSD himself, and is able to relate to you in that regard
He often has nightmares about his time in the prison dimension, so if you also have reoccurring nightmares or trouble sleeping, the two of you will spend many sleepless nights having Jupiter Jim or Lou Jitsu marathons to help clear your minds
On days where you can't get out of bed, Leo will come to you to keep you company
He'll portal to your room with all of you're favorite snacks, and he'll entertain you until you feel better
If you don't feel up to talking, that's also fine!
Leo's willing to sit silently and cuddle until any dark thoughts leaver your mind
In spite of his unserious attitude, Leo is actually a very good listener
Whenever you share your insecurities with Leo, he is quick to smother you with words of affirmation to get rid of any self-deprecating thoughts you may have
Unfortunately, Leo is not always the best at making sure you don't miss meals
He can often become easily distracted and forget basic things like that
Luckily, Mikey is always willing to use you and Leo as taste testers for his new recipes, which helps to cancel out that problem
Overall, Leo is a very loving and attentive boyfriend, and is willing to do anything to support you in spite of his carefree attitude
Rise!Mikey x Reader
Despite being the youngest of the brothers, Mikey is the most emotionally intelligent out of the four
He's also a sympathetic crier
Like Raph, Mikey is also very physically affectionate
Mikey is very in tune to your emotions, so he always senses when you're feeling more depressed or anxious than normal
He always makes sure to give you a big hug whenever he sees you, and showers you with kisses and words of affirmation <3
Like his brothers, on days where you can get out of bed, he will leave the lair and spend the day with you in your room
Mikey will spend all day telling you about his latest missions with his brothers, new recipe ideas, or talk about his improvements with his mystic powers to help keep your mind off things
Accidentally skipping meals isn't something you have to worry about when dating Mikey
One of his love languages is quality time, so he loves spending time with you in the kitchen either cooking together, or having you as his taste tester
If you're not in the lair, he'll text you reminders throughout the day to make sure you don't accidentally skip any meals
Like Donnie, Mikey has no preferences about the appearance of his S/O
Whenever you express your insecurities, he is quick to reassure you that he thinks you're perfect no matter what
Rare pictures taken before disaster
So Shell Feed
five: ✧ portal hijinx
sᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪᴅᴅᴇɴ ᴄɪᴛʏ. ʏᴏᴜ sᴏ ᴅᴇsᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ʜᴏᴍᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇ sᴏ ᴅᴇsᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ғɪʟʟ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪssɪɴɢ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ.
parts: One || Two || Three || Four (you’re here!)
I wanted the title to be "Portal Hijinx and a turtle's Sly Winks so badly but... haha. Sorry if this one came out later than anticipated! I've been super busy with work - but I'll try to find more time to work on this book! Also, we hit 1.3k reads on ao3? WHAT? Yall fr like this story? That's WILD! <3 //
One moment you were standing at the bottom of the ladders leading up to the city.
The next moment, you were being held on for dear life by a turtle who was chasing you down with a sword.
It was only at the very last moment when you were too late, did you realize that Leo had pushed you and him through a magical portal leading you to God knows where.
Your first instinct was to scream until you stopped falling. Your second instinct was to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing something that would cause your mind to go medically insane. In a world of turtles and magical swords that opened gateways to... wherever, that wasn't such a farfetched idea to go with.
You don't think a single human being could stop you from screaming your precious little heart out (you were, coincidentally, terrified of the unknown) but Leo, being anything but human, fairly managed to grab ahold of your face and reassure you with a "calm down, you're kind of causing a scene."
....Well, you wouldn't exactly say reassure when all he did was piss you off with those words. Piss-assured. Pissed-assured?
"Leonardo... I know you did not just say that to me." Your voice came out gritted and angry, sending a shiver down the Blue-clad turtle's spine. Although, if you're giving credit where it's due; he did manage to stop you from screaming.
"You just threw us into a portal!!!"
...Nevermind. More screaming ensues.
"I know! I know! And I'm sorry, but it's cool, right? Look where you are right now, it's still exactly what I wanted to show you so it kind of worked, yeah?" Leo waved his hands frantically with an embarrassed smile.
You genuinely didn't have the patience for this right now. You thought Leo was cool, but this was seriously infuriating.
"LEE-O," your voice came out heavy, ignoring the pout that he gave as you angrily gripped his shoulders. It was only when you realized anger won't solve the problem of getting you home that you let out a sigh, calming your nerves and releasing the tension in your jaw.
"Leo," this time you spoke calmly. "I think you're misunderstanding where I'm upset. It doesn't matter where we are. What matters is that we aren't where I need to be right now. My mom expects me to be home soon, and now I'm in the middle of nowhere!"
Your arms shot up dramatically, and you were close to having your anger issues resurfacing again.
"No! That's totally okay!" he didn't even think about apologizing to you (you did NOT take that 'I'm sorry, but' to heart) - something that pissed you off endlessly.
But he continued, "I can just portal you right back to your house once I'm done showing you around!"
"But I don't want you to show me around!"
"PLEAAASE just trust me!! I promise it will be worth your while - you aren't even giving it a chance! Don't lie to me and say you've seen any of this before!"
Although absolutely irate, your curiosity couldn't help but follow Leonardo's outstretched arm. It was only then that you indeed took sight of the place you and him were in.
"....OH WHAT THE FUCK?"
The scenery bloomed with color all around you; pillars, castles, and buildings littered every line of sight. Floating creatures and animals swooped past you high above, and the streets were flooded with monsters and creatures you only knew to compare to the four turtles.
"See?!" Leo beamed. He proceeded to break into a little victory dance while you stood slack-jawed in awe. Or was it shock?
Maybe it was you mentally losing your mind; consciousness becoming aware of things the human brain was never met to comprehend. You fought the urge to roll your eyes to the back of your head.
"This is all... This is seriously some Little Monsters sorta shit," you whispered.
"I don't know what that is but I'm gonna take that as a compliment!" he answered you in a cocky tone, seemingly unaware of how utterly petrified you were.
Honestly, you weren't sure whether or not being petrified was logical for the current situation. On one hand, you wanted to trust Leo, on the other, your 'red-flag subconscious was profusely signaling to you that you were actually being viscously manipulated by four reptilian monsters and one mentally disturbed high schooler so that they may turn you into delicious toppings of a freshly bought pizza.
Your face paled. Surely not, right? Either way, one thing was for certain:
When it came to putting your life into the hands of someone - of all people - maybe it shouldn't be Leonardo.
Eyes never straying from the overwhelming sights before you, you slowly brought out your futuristically refurbished phone from your pocket.
Surprisingly, your phone didn't have a single dent or scratch from the portal fiasco moments before.
[ 23 Unread Messages. ]
A worrisome pit fell to the caverns of your stomach. No one was answering. Was there even reception here? Of course, right? You were clearly sending the messages?
"So! Seeing as I am the only one here with you - and your only means of transportation back home, howsabout I take you on an exciting tour of the Hidden City? It'll be a BLAST, we might even be able to"
"You kidnapped me."
" - WHAT?!"
"You totally kidnapped me!" you shot an accusing finger at Leo, making him jump back.
"I did not!....... Mean to! Ugh!" giving up, Leo slouched with another dramatic pout. You simply crossed your arms.
"Maybe it looks that way to you, but I didn't intend for it to! I was going to show you the cool tricks my sword could do, and where it could take us! I didn't think I'd trip, I just got so excited - "
"So you ran towards me, with a sword, all because you were excited?!"
"Yes! Exactly! I was excited to show you! I wanted to impress you - "
Oh shell, where was he going with this? If he told you he wanted to impress you so you'd think he was cool it would have the complete opposite effect of his goal!
" - you're the first human we've met in seven years that wasn't trying to kill us or call us freaks!"
Your anger dissipated as shock from his confession set in. Words couldn't find their way to your mouth, so he kept on.
"You have no idea how rare this is for us! I just thought that if you were impressed by all the talents we have - all the fun that we can get into, you'd want to.... y'know, stick around." He didn't sound whiny or cheesy like one would imagine, rather like he was... tired.
'Okay, Leo, not necessarily the reason, but it sounds believable enough, right? Makes you sound more brotherly than pathetic.... right???"
As you processed his words, a frown began to pull at your lips. You pitied him - all of them, but didn't you just say you all could -
He wasn't there to hear you say you were staying. To offer a proper hangout.
All he saw was you getting ready to head out of the sewers.
Oh.
"Leo, I don't exactly plan on leaving you guys anytime soon." Your response came out hesitant, "I don't exactly have any other friends I'd rather be hanging out with," the reasoning behind that sentence brought a foul taste to your mouth, but you didn't want to talk about it.
His demeanor quickly changed for the better: back to his usual flirty and hyperactive self. That iconic, charming grin he wore was once again present on his lips.
"None as radically cool as me, right?" he joked. "It'd be hard to top all of this," he smugly gestured to himself, making you roll your eyes.
"Exactly," his face grew hot, "point is, I'm not going anywhere. You don't have to worry about that whatsoever." You took a moment to think.
Your mom wouldn't be... that mad, right? 'Wait a minute... Gadoie, dingbat, why don't you just text her?'
And so you did, face flushed in embarrassment and hands fumbling on the keyboard. You simply wrote: 'Momma, is it alright if I get pizza with my friends? It should only take an hour, maybe two. They offered to drive me home.'
A lie, indeed, but there was some truth! Like the transportation home, and the staying out for two extra hours (that you definitely didn't hope for).
'You can have up to 90 minutes. Be safe.'
Her response came quicker than you anticipated, but you were grateful nonetheless. You texted her a short, 'thank you!' and turned your phone off, finally meeting Leo's gaze.
"...Alright, I'm convinced. You've got forty minutes of my undivided attention, little boy blue." You couldn't help but smile watching him hoot and holler victoriously. "But if we get into any trouble, I'm counting on you to get me out of it."
"Luckily for you, I am the best when it comes to the ninja-ing in the family." His smirk could not possibly be pulled any higher, and he swatted the ribbons of his mask over his shoulder as faux hair.
"We're gonna have to count on it because I'll be a pretty horrifying ghost. Get me killed and my whole family comes after you, too. The risk is all yours to - "
" - Yeah yeah, that's great let's go!"
He interrupted you! In the middle of your threat for the sake of your very life!
You let out a startled scream as he tugged you along. He broke out into a sprint, leaving you almost flying behind him. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" you yelled out.
He didn't look back when he responded to you, "you said only forty minutes! We can't spend all of that time with threats and jabs at each other! Forty minutes with Leonardo is forty minutes of fun!!!"
He was crazy! But, you had to hand it to him, this high-speed running around was kinda fun. He acted as if you two were being chased. And to him, you were; being chased by the hands of a clock, looming over with a bloodthirsty grin ready to slice your held hands apart, tearing you away from him forever.
You let out a laugh: a shrill, joyous giggle that drove Leo crazy. You were excited! Finally, he got you anticipating a day with him!
Okay, maybe not a day - maybe 39 minutes, but he'll take what he can get!
Looking around, he had to be honest with himself. He's not as familiar with the hidden city as he acted like; after all, they only rescued April Mayhem from it maybe two or three weeks ago. All he knew was that the city at least looked exciting.
But again, you two didn't have much time. At the very least, it was not enough time to go looking for the City's Tour Booth and snag a map, so he could only depend on trusting his gut and taking you to wherever he thought would be both safe and exciting.
"We're really cutting it close with the time that we were given, but I think I know the perfect place to take you, mi amiga!" he lied, hand tightly wrapped around yours. You followed in blind faith.
He led you 'downtown', where the street was littered with booths of food, street games, and performers. Each and every creature there were not human - making you feel like the alien out of all of them.
"This is so surreal," you admitted quietly. You were busy staring at the performers while Leo spent his time eagerly staring at your mesmerized reactions.
"Yeah? But it's kind of thrilling, right? Oh my god, wait, you have got to try this," easily distracted, the blue-clad turtle tugged you away from the acts to bring you up to a particular booth from the food vendors.
This booth had what looked to be a hairy, purple egg.... thing. It had a stem on the top indicating (hopefully, you thought) that it was not actually some alien pre-hatchling but instead a fruit or something.
You had an idea of what Leo was about to suggest.
Buying one of the eggs from the vendor was pretty easy for him - for some reason, the Hidden City accepted U.S. currency. You're gonna ignore the multitude of questions you had.
"Eat! Eat! You're gonna LOVE this.... this thing!"
You knew it. You knew he was gonna pull this shit.
"You want me to eat this thing?!" fear poured from your voice in waves. Leo nodded eagerly.
"Yes! Oh just take a biiiite, it's not poison! I swear it tastes like 50 different meals at the same time and you can never describe any single one of them!"
You pulled him away from the vendor in an anxious but polite manner, only so that you could dramatically decline Leo's offer without having to seem rude.
"There is no way I'm gonna eat that! You don't even know what it's called, Leo!"
Leo wasn't looking at you - eyes focused on slicing the 'egg' with his sword instead. (Something that was actually quite humorous to see, if not insanely stress-inducing. This dude has no concern for blade safety!)
"Yeah, good points are being made here, but, I also don't know the names of a lot of human food, too." Licking the excess juices off the odachi, Leo picked a slice from the egg and delicately placed it in your hand with a smirk.
"Try it. Trust me."
"Agh, okay, you've convinced me," you smiled, bringing the fruit up to your face to peer at it.
"Really?!"
"Nope!" and then you threw the slice behind your back. "Fuck you, Leo! I'm not trying to have an anaphylactic shock over egg fruit!"
"That's not gonna happen, I don't even know what that word meansss," he cooed, waving another slice of the gooey, furry egg thing in front of your face, "and besides, on the offhanded hypothetical that something does happen to you, I'm sure Donnie can handle it with his nerdy science stuff. 'Cause he's a nerd."
You frowned, pushing the fruit away with a flat hand. "No thank you, Leo. I'll just take your word for how good it i-"
Leo interrupted you for what felt like the 100th time today by shoving the fruit into your mouth. At first, you wanted to panic. But he was totally right.
Whatever this food was, it was delicious. And Leo had so kindly peeled the furry skin off of this slice so the texture wouldn't make you cringe - oh my gosh, you don't think you've ever enjoyed food as much as this funky little egg.
You wanted to be mad that he totally violated your boundaries, but you were legitimately in euphoria right now.
"Riiiiight? I told you! UGH, SO GOOD!" He groaned satisfactorily, taking a bit out of another slice himself. "Nothing like mystic food, seriously! Except... maybe pizza."
Mouth still full and hands grabbing for more slices, you laughed in agreement. These dudes love their pizza, huh?
Honestly, seeing Leo smile at you the way he was right now made your stomach flip. And not even in a romantic kind of way, you know? You were simply over the moon with how much fun you two were having. And in a mystic city?
Your old, shitty friend group couldn't top this feat even if they tried! You hit the absolute jackpot with friends this time.
[New Messages.]
"Gotta say, Leo, you're a bit overzealous." You'd finally finished the fruit together, and although it was only a few slices it felt as if you ate a three-course meal. Now you simply sat at a bench watching as fireworks danced in the streets.
Like literally, in the streets. Right by passersby. You chased some with Leo only a few moments before. He turned to you with a curious glint in his eye.
"Me? Overzealous? Nah, I think you mean I'm just eager for fun," he corrected you with a teasing tone, but your words actually shook him a bit. He hoped he wasn't scaring you away.
"....I think I was right," you joked, "all the same - I'm kinda happy you pushed me to chill down here for a bit. You were right, I had no idea what I was missing."
"Ah yes, right, as always," he bragged. His eyes closed and a smile grew on his face that showed off his canines. You shoved him lightly.
"Whatever. You're just lucky I let you pass the forty-minute mark," you joked.
As soon as the words left your mouth, Leo's eyes widened back up. He turned to you curiously but then started to chuckle, "ohoho, you were totally selling me short! How long has it been since then?"
You looked down at your phone. "Hmm... looks like I gave you an extra 30 minutes by now," that meant 20 minutes left till you're home.
"Are you serious? We've been here over an hour and I didn't even realize - but you realized! If I didn't know any better I'd say you actually like my company, amigo!" he poked at your stomach, pulling another laugh out of your lips.
"Nah, I think I'd have had a lot more fun with the others," you mocked. He replied with an 'oh I'm sure,' but you both continued to wildly grin.
"But really, I only have 20 minutes left till my mom expects me to be home. You think you can get that portal going yet?"
"Why of course I can," he put on an Old English accent, bowing with a wave of his sword before turning away from you.
Bringing his mystic odachi to his chest, he let a deep breath in and out to soothe his quaking nerves. Then, he turned back to you, arms gestured outward as he confidently posed.
"Watch and be amazed!" he announced, "I, Leo the great, will take you and me back to the lair in three, two...!"
Slicing a cut through the air, he caught the 'one' in his lips as he choked. There was definitely a portal.
But it was not at the lair.
The portal looked like a window to the leaning tower of Pisa.
".......Aheh. Funny." Although a bit frazzled you let yourself believe that he was probably teasing you again. You hoped he was teasing you.
Sweat dripping down Leo's head, he turned to you anxiously. "Only joking, okay, real thing real thing," and sliced again.
.....
"Leonardo," you cautiously started, staring through Portal #2, "I really need to get home. Be serious now, I don't remember the lair being in Egypt."
"Oh yeah, don't worry don't worryyy, sometimes this thing just likes to be a little funny, gimme a second," he mumbled out the last part of his sentence in a frustrated tone, vigorously shaking the odachi as if it was going to pour out portals like a salt shaker.
"I'm going to trust you for three more minutes before I'm calling Donnie for help," you sighed. That sent him into a panic.
"No no no no no, there's no need for that!" he anxiously stammered, "I've got you, ____! You don't need some turtle taxi when you've got me!" And it was going so well! What went wrong? Come on, you stupid little sword, make the portal!!!
"I guess all I can do is wait and see," you mumbled. You picked at the black polish on your nails and gnawed on your cheek, nervously watching as Leonardo clearly struggled to make a correct portal.
"Ugh! This is so weird! It's like my sword wants me to break it," okay, now he was threatening his own weapon to comply. Suddenly, you were reminded of how peculiar your choice of friends was.
With another frustrated groan, Leo threw his hands in the air. "Fine!" He sighed, "I guess we can call Donnie. But I'll get this thing to work and when I do we're so gonna have a better Leo and ____ day like we DESERVE!"
Another portal - this time one that finally looked familiar..... Too familiar....
'That place looks a lot like.... no, it is! That's my street!'
"Leo!" you bounced out of your seat, jolting the boy out of his tantrum. "That's it! That's my street! How did you know?!"
Leo's stare was blank - if anything, maybe baffled. "....Huh?!" his eyes flickered to the portal and his sword with lightning speed.
"No way, for real?"
"What do you mean for real? You made the portal, didn't you!"
"N- Yeah! I totally did, yup, ahuh! See? What did I tell you, I totally had it covered!" quickly pulling a confident facade, Leo puffed out his chest with a heroic laugh.
You cheered alongside him without thinking of the implications. And when you did, a creeped-out shiver went up your spine.
"...Wait... so then, does that mean you and Donnie found out where I lived?!"
Leo's face paled. "We didn't!"
'Shit, what should you say, Leon?!'
"I lied!"
'Way to go.'
"Yeah, I actually had no idea. Maybe the sword knew? It's mystic, mystic swords can do that.... I think," he shrugged. "But we can ignore it because at least you're successfully home! Yippee!!!"
Panic was seen throughout every pore of Leonardo's reptilian body. You, although still very put off, slowly agreed nonetheless. "Yeeeah.... Yippee."
Deciding that you had suffered enough craziness today, you let out a heavy sigh. "Well, I guess I'll talk to you guys tomorrow. Or maybe next week. After all the craziness I've had to go through in the span of a few hours, I might go into a coma," you spoke as you walked through the portal.
Looking back at Leonardo still standing in the mystic city, you gave him a tired wave. "I'll text you guys that I made it home, okay? You do the same for me, yeah?"
His sword lay limp next to his leg as he just stared at you. Only for a second though, because after he processed the night really did end for you and him, he smiled softly. "....'Kay. Don't sleep for too long though, I'll be so bored." His playful attitude returned.
You laughed, "I'll try, homie," and turned away, heading down the street as the portal closed.
And then it was just Leo left, watching the Hidden City move on by while he stood still......
".....Crap!"
'Seriously, Leo?! Lying to their face? ADMITTING TO IT? YOU LOOKED LIKE SUCH A DOOFUS!'
"UuuUuuUuUuGHGHHGHG I NEED TO SLEEP THIS DAY OUT OF MY MIND!" Leon pulled at his face and ferociously shook his head, hoping that the humiliating scenes poured out from his brain and left him alone.
He tried for another portal. This time, it worked in one go. And when he stepped through the blue wisps to the lounge room of the lair, he was greeted by three brothers and an intensely worried April.
"Leo!" they all exclaimed.
He moved past them, trying to head to his room without a single word uttered. But they persisted.
"Leo, where's ____?! Are they okay?" Mikey asked, pulling Leo by the arm.
He groaned, "they're fineee, I took them home," was all he said. Or I guess, wanted to say. They kept going.
"You were gone for almost two hours, what have you been doing? We have school in the morning!" It was April's turn to interrogate him, and her foot tapped against the floor as she waited for an explanation.
"They said I could take them to walk around the Hidden City, all we did was eat and hang out! Sheesh, they were the ones that agreed to it!"
"You're not getting the point, Leo!" of course it was Raph that started to lecture him once more. Leo quickly grew irritated as the oldest brother blocked him from entering the subway.
With his classic, crossed-arms, furrow-browed look, Raph began again. "You can't just kidnap someone just because you don't want them to leave! They didn't intend to spend another two hours hanging out, they wanted to go!"
Guilt tugged at Leo's chest, face reddening again as he felt another oncoming wave of humiliation. He hadn't even told Raph that you were initially against the idea, and he still found a way to be in the right.
It made Leo seethe. "Whatever, they wanted to have fun, and they had fun! You're not the only one that read the group chat!" He pushed past Raph as fast as he could, more than ready to leave the conversation and just pass out on his couch.
He ignored the small 'there's a group chat?' he heard from April and headed down the stairs, leaving the three brothers and human friend to watch his exit with equal, dumbfounded expressions.
April only looked up at the rest of the three of them.
"....Well, uh..." the air was tense and awkward, making her shuffle her feet anxiously. "I think I'm gonna head out, too. School night, as I said," she quietly reasoned. She said her goodbyes to the three turtles and they walked her to the ladder, watching as she exited the lair safely.
Then, the three brothers turned to each other.
"Raise your hand if you feel bad for ___ for having to endure all of us," Donatello finally broke the silence, lifting his hand and watching his two brothers do the same.
"Oh good, I'm not the only one."
Mikey felt his phone vibrate, and he pulled it out to find you had left a message in the group chat, indicating you made it home safely.
Reading the messages, a giant grin grew on his face.
"If they can handle us," Mikey shoved his phone in front of his brothers' faces - inches away from literally decking either of the two as he grinned mischievously, "I'm sure I make it worth their while! I'm sooo their favorite! Just watch, they're gonna be coming to the lair just to see ME!"
Donnie shook his head, and Raph snatched the phone away from his smallest sibling. "Highly unlikely, my oblivious younger brother! They were so impressed by my amazing tech skills, they're gonna be over the moon when I give them a tour of my lab!" he threw a jab at Mikey and they quickly began to roughhouse.
Raph chided the two, "no way! You should've seen how we connected! We're gonna be attached to the hip before you guys even know it!" and jumped into the fight, ignoring Leon's screams for them to shut up and let him sleep.
And though they spent the rest of the night horseplaying, all of them could agree to at least one thing:
They couldn't wait to talk to you tomorrow.
May I request for a Raph x male reader, where they both take a shower alone together from all the training, and they feel shy & embarrassed about it. But then Raph tells him about his nightmares from the aftermath of the Krang invasion, so the reader comforts him with hugs and head pats, and one of them accidentally confess to him, and they both get very nervous and super flustered? Then they reveal that they never had their first kiss or know how to kiss, so they both bashfully try it together at the same time?
Hi! Thanks for waiting Shadow! This took longer than I thought it would, but I really liked this request! Do let me know if this isn’t what you had in mind.
Break like glass
Pairing: Rise!Raph x Male Reader (No use of Y/N)
Type: Oneshot
Summary: Raph's been keeping his distance, treating you too softly since the Kraang, you're determined to let him know he doesn't have to.
Warnings: Small shower scene, SFW but the characters are flustered.
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Your breath came heavy, and your throat felt like it was burning, but you couldn’t stop, you just needed to steal one bandana from Raph, you’d never gotten so far before while training with him, but you were determined to win this time.
Ever since the Kraang attacked, Raph hadn’t given you a chance to train with him, always trying to avoid taking too much space, being too loud, too strong when treating someone, you wanted to prove to him that you weren’t something delicate he could crush when in grasp, you wanted him to be loud and big, wanted him to give you back the strong hugs he used to.
He was just about to reach you when your size became useful against his, being small enough compared to the turtle to catch an opening on his stance and rush under his arm, the bandana in your grasp.
You both breathed heavily before your grin brightened as you looked up at him, waving the bandana in your hand at his surprised gaze “Well big guy, looks like I just got movie night privileges doesn’t it?” He rolled his eyes fondly at yours before reaching out with one of his hands to your head, his touch a little softer than it used to be, but familiar as he ruffled your hair.
“Alright shrimp, you just got lucky, but Raph’s gon’ beat you to it next time” he finished with his arms crossed and your grin widened slightly realizing he was willing to train with you again, you were making progress.
“You’re on, but right now I just need a really long shower, ugh” you were finally relaxing from the overexertion and you were sure you reeked, if you were going to have a sleepover here you weren’t going to let Raph smell your stink, plus, if you passed by Donnie in the way he would definitely let you know how bad it was.
Raph lifted one of his arms and sniffed a bit before making a face “Yeah, me too, come on! Grab your bag and let’s go.”
You followed behind Raph to the bathroom, before you could reach the door it opened, and Leo came out through it, a giant wave of mist right behind him while he whistled with a towel on his shoulders.
“Leo!” Raph growled and his brother stiffened up, only his eyes traveling up to the snapping turtle “Did you stay there until you finished the hot water?”
Raph had made a strangled noise from behind you but when you whipped to look at him he had his back to you, opening the curtain to the shower and seemingly very interested in the tub.
“Noooo?” he dragged the ‘o’ before chuckling slightly and running away before Raph growled again, the eldest just sighed and turned to you.
“You can go first, there’s probably enough warm water for one” He offered and you thought over your options for a moment before coming to a conclusion, a risky one? Sure, but despite your now clammy hands and nervousness you strolled inside the bathroom while one of your hands pulled a very confused Raph alongside you.
“Let’s just go in together, I’ll keep a pair of shorts on and we’ll share the water” You managed to keep your voice firm despite everything but avoided Raph’s eyes like the plague as you placed your bag over the edge of the sink to pull out a pair of shorts, thankful that you carried an extra pair.
Once you both were ready you entered the shower with the water thankfully still somehow warm.
Neither of you turned to look at the other, your heartbeat racing as you were still nervous for what you had just suggested, sure, Raph didn’t wear clothes really and he had seen you without a shirt before, but this was just way more intimate somehow and awkward as you both tried to shower beside each other, managing around your sizes to both get turns under the water.
After a bit you kind of bumped into his side and Raph tensed up even more immediately, you looked up at him for the first time since you entered the bathroom and your eyes clashed, you chuckled nervously before speaking “Chill Raph, you look like you just hit me”
In your defense, you weren’t thinking straight right now, if you ever had, but that just seemed like the wrong thing to say after Raph turned away from you with a grimace, once again, he looked like he was trying to make himself smaller, less hostile, your heart clenched.
“Raph, talk to me” You murmured, just loud enough to be heard over the water “You’ve been quieter, smaller, and I know you’re tired, you always seem so tired Raph” with a little bit of confidence your hand reached out for his, he almost pulled away but instead he squeezed back slightly.
You both stayed quiet for a moment before the water went cold, shivering slightly he let go of your hand “Come on, let’s talk in my room” He said, giving you a small smile, too weak for your liking, but you returned it with a nod, the embarrassment of your moment in the shower momentarily forgotten while you both dried up.
Once you’d reached his subway car Raph guided you to his bed, you followed and sat down, his weight soon accompanying you slightly further away.
There was silence at first, just the sound of your breathing before Raph sighed.
“I keep seeing myself hurting everyone, going on a rampage, most of the time I have a tentacle for an arm and it’s around Leo’s neck, holding him up tightly” Raph shuddered for a moment and you leaned closer to him, placing a hand on his knee to remind him you were there, there was a moment before he resumed “I’ve always been an angry guy, and I’ve learned to control most of it, but Raph wasn’t in control back then, I was jus’… so full of rage, and it wasn’ even my rage what if-”
He stuttered slightly before looking at you with those big eyes, glimmering with tears on their corners “What if I lose control, it’s so easy to hurt, I don’t want to hurt them, I don’t want to hurt you.”
Your arms were suddenly around him as far as you could go, and his breath hitched “You won’t Raph” you squeezed “That wasn’t you Raph, that would never be you and it wasn’t your fault, you were being manipulated, you were doing it against your will, there is no way you would ever hurt any of us unless it was against your will” his arms went around you “We’re not made of glass, you won’t break us Raph and you don’t have to deal with this alone just because you’re the eldest brother, you can rely on us.” He was holding you tightly now, unafraid unlike the way he had been with you after the attack, you felt wet tears on your shoulder and let him cry while you held the big turtle, patting his head while you did.
“I missed this,” You said “Missed you holding me tight” his head had lifted slightly from your shoulder and he sniffed with a small chuckle.
There was a moment of you both just looking at each other nervously before his gaze fell on your lips for a second, your eyes widened, you almost couldn’t believe it, because you weren’t misinterpreting the situation, right??
“It was harder to avoid you than everyone else, since I always want to be near you”
You both stilled, arms still around each other while processing what he’d said. Trying to see his expression you leaned back slightly, watching his nervous face meeting your own flustered one.
“Have you-” you cleared your voice and his eyes went back to yours, making you wonder if he had been that close the whole time “have you ever uh…” your eyes wandered traitorously down to his own lips and you heard Raph give the most minuscule gasp you’ve heard before he shook his head slightly, you swallowed looking back up at his eyes “me neither.”
He’d leaned closer slowly like he was asking for permission, but you were so done with him being careful with you, your arms still surrounded him and you pulled him close to connect your lips, at first a bit roughly before you both relaxed into each other, his hands trailed over your back while you kissed, a little awkwardly but it didn’t matter, you could feel him smile into the kiss and it made you giddy, smiling too as your teeth clashed a bit with his own.
You spent the night in each other’s arms, he slept better like that, holding you tight, without worrying that he would hurt you, knowing you were alright, right there in his arms.
Redraw time!!
this one is the 2022 redraw,
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and this one is from 2019
I REDID IT ITS BETTER NOW
Still practicing how to draw the boys, especially raph I'M HAVING A HARD TIME DRAWING BUFF CHARACTERS SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME
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