I love your writing & I wish you luck with the school. How would the TMNT mirage react to s/o revealing that they had a rough childhood, but still remain optimistic & caring person? But still suffer from depression & such.
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Leo 💙:
- Leo is somewhat listless when you spill the tea about your childhood. Leo had always believed that people with tough childhoods always turned out rough around the edges. But you weren’t like that. You were happy-go-lucky.
- Leo will try to forget what you said (key word: try). No matter how hard he tries all he can do is hear your voice echoing in his head. The truth about his feelings will only come out to April over a beer. April, being the best big sister ever, will try to help him figure his feelings out.
- Leo awkwardly tries to tell you he’s there for you the next time you meet. He’s not a very “touchy-feeley” guy like that. When he sees the blank look on your face he’s afraid that he pushed you too far. He only settles after you wrap him in a hug to thank him for listening.
- Leo will take it upon himself to go back to the area you grew up in and personally clean it up. You were a success story of rags to riches, but some other kids might not be so fortunate. He thinks that if he can spare another kid from the trauma that you faced, he’ll be doing a service to the world.
- Leo won’t hesitate to reassure you that you are a good person. He knows that you are prone to bats of depression and anxiety stemming from the childhood trauma you have. He’ll go to about any length to help you feel better. Hugs, kisses, your favorite food. He wants you to know whatever happened wasn’t your fault.
Raph ❤️:
- Raph didn’t exactly have an “easy” childhood, or an “easy” life for that matter. I mean, how easy could your life be when you’re a human-sized turtle that was trained by your strict father to be a killing machine. It also doesn’t help to be in love with someone from an entirely different species in a world that wouldn’t understand. It’s not like Raph cared much though. The moment he saw your face all his worries were put to rest.
- He’s in shock when you tell him about your childhood. I mean, Raph knew about your depression and your not exactly five star family life, but he wouldn’t have guessed your childhood was so rough. He’s dumbfounded. Who in the hell would want to hurt you, let alone sweet little baby you.
- Raph is a little awkward about it. It’s not because he thinks you’re strange, it’s because he doesn’t know how to react. You, the love of his life, just spilt your guts to him. What if he does something wrong. Will you not trust him? Will you leave him? How does he know?
- He’ll ask if you want to talk about it. If you do, then he’ll quietly sit and listen as you go more into detail with how you’re feeling. If you don’t, he’ll simply put his arm around you and try to distract you from your pain.
- Raph is seriously gonna bust some skulls though. He’ll enlist Casey to help make whoever made your life miserable pay. Using some ninja skills he’ll put whoever hurt you through unbearable pain and blackmail that you’ll find them crying on your doorstep begging for forgiveness.
Donnie 💜:
- Donnie had a feeling that you had a tough past. You were so optimistic and happy and perky but you seem to have a few demons. The moment you open up to Donnie he decides to just sit and listen.
- Donnie knows you well enough to know what you want. If you’re a touchy-feeley he’ll give you physical affection. If you want some time to process, he’ll leave you alone and give you time to think.
- Donnie will try to help you catch up on anything you missed. If you had to skip out on school to take care of your home life or your younger siblings Donnie will spend hours on end trying to catch you up on your academics. You will walk into a date knowing only basic literature skills and leave knowing Shakesphere level phonics.
- He won’t think that you’re stupid. You may feel like a dummy around a genius like Donnie. If you ever even HINT at feeling stupid Donnie is on you like white on rice. He’ll do anything and everything to make you feel adequate.
- If the area that you grew up in was rough, Donnie will tell his brothers about it. He won’t explicitly say that you in particular had a rough childhood, he’ll just say that they should patrol the area more often because it’s a rough neighborhood.
Mikey 🧡:
- You reveal the fact you had a rough past in the misdt of a intimate conversation. He has a lot of questions about it. He doesn’t mean it in the harsh way. He just wants to know.
- He’ll give you any physical reassurance you need when it. When ever the demons of your past come back to haunt you he’ll wrap you in his arms and reassure you that your last doesn’t affect your future.
- Like Raph, whoever hurt you in the past is gonna get it. He’ll hunt down your past abusers like a dog. Whoever hurt you is gonna fear you for the rest of your life.
- He’ll make sure you know you’re loved. He knows that your past was harsh but he doesn’t want you to think your future has to be. He’ll pay you every compliment in the book to make you feel better. He’ll also help you drown your feelings in pizza.
