I was inspired by my discord friends and this lovely art by @secreterces5charlie! If you're confused, blame The Pit! :)
Raphael wasn’t sure what he expected his twenties to look like, but he really shouldn’t be surprised that it’s full of fighting the Foot and the Purple Dragons. This particular battle rages like nothing he’s seen in years. More goons than he thought either group still had were here, but so were many friends that he and his brothers had made over the years. Together they stood a chance.
The cry came to him through the sounds of fighting. It wasn’t the sound of someone that needed help, so he wasn’t too worried. He couldn’t risk looking away from his current opponent, though. The dragon in front of him was big—not as big as Hun, but still. But, size didn’t mean much when it came up against years of training. The pipe the dragon swung was easily parried and twisted out of their grasp.
“Raphael!” The cry came again just as Raph brought the dragon down, unconscious. And suddenly Usagi was next to him, hand falling on his arm. “Raphael, will you marry me?”
Raph stared, eyes surely bugging out of his mask, at his boyfriend of four years, and friend for much longer. His mouth opened and closed without any sound coming out. Surely he had heard wrong?
A battle cry shook him out of his daze and Raph turned to face the enemy. “I don’t think now’s really the best time, ‘Sagi!”
Usagi parried a blow from his own attacker. “Now may be the only time, my love!
Raph whirled around to bash the opponent he sensed behind him, but Usagi was already there. Always watching his back.
Usagi caught Raph's wrist in his hand. "Raphael! I've made my choice." He lowered their hands and leaned closer. His voice was soft and gentle, completely at odds with the battle raging around them. "What's yours?"
So many feelings swirled within Raph's chest: adrenaline, the thrill of the fight, bewilderment, awe. And love, love, love for this insanely incredible rabbit that he was just so damn lucky to have in his life.
All of these feelings came rushing out in one great burst in the form of a shout Raph threw behind him. "Yo Casey! Marry us!"
"Uh I'm a bit busy at the moment, bro!" Casey called back from where he was pushing the head of a foot goon into a car window with one hand and using the other to knock two more back with his hockey stick. "Besides, why me?!"
"Didn't you become an officiant or whatever it is?" Raph punched another goon so hard they fell back into their buddies. "Y'know! So you could make sure your cousin could get married when he found someone nice!"
Realization dawned on Casey's face. "Oh yeah. I did do that!" He grabbed the back of the foot ninja's shirt and hauled them out of the car before throwing them into the group surrounding him. Then he leapt up on top of the car. He stood proudly as he made his declaration, "Dear esteemed guests! We're gathered here today-"
A ninja crept up behind Casey, a knife ready to stab him in the back. But no one needed to warn him, he swung his hockey stick right into their jaw. "-to bash your teeth in, bitch!"
Raph can't help but chuckle at Casey as he and Usagi fight in tandem. He decides to help the poor guy out.
He grabs Usagi's hand as they dance around each other. "Miyamoto Usagi. Do you take me to be your husband?"
His samurai gives him that warm smile he only ever gives Raph, even as he cuts down a foot soldier. "I do!"
And Raph laughs again, unable to fight the joy. "Great!"
Usagi pulls Raph in to parry the blade of another ninja. “Raphael Splinterson. Do you take me to be your husband?” They fight off the swordsman together, sword and sai working in sync. “In sickness and in health, through battle and peace?”
Raph knows he’s got a dopey grin on his face even as he reaches past Usagi to catch the blade coming down behind the rabbit with his sai. His other hand barely leaves Usagi’s. Even when they do let go to parry this attack or land that blow, they never leave the other’s side and soon they’re right back together with their hands clasped. “I do!”
Casey, still on the roof of the car, kicks the head of a dragon punk like he would a soccer ball. “As Raph’s best bud and by the state of New York --ha!-- I now pronounce you husbands! You may now-” Two more try to jump onto the car with him, but he hits them out of the air before they have a chance. “You may–fore!” Another tries to rush at him, but he uses his hockey stick to smack the side of their head.
Raph and Usgai fight with their backs to each other, defending their love while they wait for those final words from their friend that will seal the deal.
Sword meets sai above their heads as they spin, ready to meet the next opponent. They realize who they’re looking at and just as quickly their weapons fall to their sides as Usagi grabs Raph’s shoulder with his free hand to pull him in for a kiss.
A few moments stretch into a brief eternity. The battle continues around them, friends and brothers alike fighting their enemies so that one day, they can live in peace. But for these moments there is peace. A few blissful moments where it feels like the world is empty of everything but each other. They embrace as they kiss, and Raphael marvels at the softness of his samurai’s fur. His husband Raph remembers. They’re husbands.
The sounds of fighting filter back in, and they can’t stay still for long. They jump back into the fray with hearts full and grins they can’t shake, never leaving each other’s side for the rest of the fight. They won’t leave each other’s side for the rest of their lives.
