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Julie and the Phantoms
Rise of the TMNT
Art of Mine(an incomplete list):
Rise of the TMNT:
Doodles/Drawing: Crash Pad - Mrs. Cuddles - Patches - Digital Practice - Mikey Practice - DTIYS: Wanderer!Donnie - ATWLP Donnie - Donnie Emotes 1 - Donnie Emotes 2
Painting: You F*cked Up - Practice 1 - Experimenting
RotTMNT in The Mummy
Possessed & Cursed AU Collection
Inspired by Purple Delusions: Stay Draft - I Want You to (Stay) - No Reason To (Stay) - Stay Final
Inspired by qolden's Canary Continuity: I Only Wanted - Storyboard Project - Colored Panel 1 - Colored Panel 2
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A harsh hissed “Shhh,” nearly wakes you up entirely, with how loud it is. The same voice continues on in a breathy attempt at a whisper despite the lack of volume change. “Look.”
“About time.” Someone chuckles, softer than the first voice. “Guess we should clear out?”
“She can take the study.”
Only the sounds of the ongoing film kept it from going completely silent with all the side conversations stopping at once.
“Wait I thought—”
“Exasperated sigh, it’s fine. I was going to Barry’s, anyway, to finish setting up there.”
“Sure.” An unconvinced voice cut in, following up with some teasing your brain didn’t grasp onto as you fell into the floaty comfort of sleep.
Chapters: 11/?
Fandom: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Donatello (TMNT)/Reader, Donatello (TMNT)/You, Donatello Clone/Reader, Donatello Clone/You
Characters: Reader, You, Donatello (TMNT), Donatello Clone, Leonardo (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT), Michelangelo (TMNT), Sunita (TMNT)
Additional Tags: Reader-Insert, POV Second Person, Unhealthy Relationships, Possessive Behavior, Murder plotting, She/her pronouns for reader, Violence, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Violent Outbursts, Identity Issues, Unhappy Ending, Bittersweet Ending, Not sure what kind of ending exactly but straight up Happy aint it, Aged-Up Character(s), Mild Blood, loosely based on a single Heathers the Musical number
Series: Part 3 of Donnie Double AU
Summary:
Wide dark eyes, under arched thick drawn on brows, stare at you like you’re the strange one in this situation. To some extent you guess you might be.
Did this a whiiiiiile ago for a prior Meant to Be chapter.
Anyway, got a boost for some writing energy but not enough to finish the whole chapter, so enjoy the first 2,000ish words for the upcoming Meant to Be chapter.
Movie night is less chaotic than you anticipated given who all is there. After your movie marathon with Patches you’d anticipated far more interaction. Granted there is some especially at the beginning. Boisterous reenactments, heated conversation turned debates, a plethora of jokes you don’t fully understand, but after like the third reshuffling of seating arrangements, which landed you on the couch between CJ and Donnie, the energy is quick to fizzle out.
Or maybe you just missed most of it since you struggled to stay awake once the first movie ended?
You swear you didn’t feel that tired but as soon as you were comfortable and full of pizza it was like your brain suddenly decided it was done. (Granted you barely had any decent sleep the night prior and refused to let yourself fully nap all day.)
The last memory of the night you have is a hazy recollection of their discussion while you were on the cusp of letting sleep claim you.
A harsh hissed “Shhh,” nearly wakes you up entirely, with how loud it is. The same voice continues on in a breathy attempt at a whisper despite the lack of volume change. “Look.”
“About time.” Someone chuckles, softer than the first voice. “Guess we should clear out?”
“She can take the study.”
Only the sounds of the ongoing film kept it from going completely silent with all the side conversations stopping at once.
“Wait I thought—”
“Exasperated sigh, it’s fine. I was going to Barry’s, anyway, to finish setting up there.”
“Sure.” An unconvinced voice cut in, following up with some teasing your brain didn’t grasp onto as you fell into the floaty comfort of sleep.
______
“Morning!” Mikey cheers, after spotting you in the hallway (you'd been hesitant to linger in the study after you'd woken up). His chipper cry announces your presence to the few others scattered around the living room.
He's busy in the kitchen again, cleaning up dishes from whatever he'd cooked earlier. A savory aroma lingers in the air, with notes of baked bread, eggs, and a mix of spices you can't quite place.
Sunita and Casey are on the floor with Raph again despite the amount of free chairs available. You join CJ on the couch, which has once again been moved to sit in front of the window. The four of them all have plates, filled to varying degrees of what looks like a biscuit, egg, and sausage mix.
"Want some?" Mikey asks, poised by a casserole dish at the counter, spatula ready in his hand.
"Maybe later," you hedge, waiting for your brain to fully boot up. Wondering where Leo is, and how long you might have to wait to ask for him to take you home.
As if you thought it into existence a flash of blue light cuts across the air in the hallway, slowly spreading to large pool of blue light. April and Leo emerge from the portal, at first you think they're mid argument but it quickly becomes evident they are are actually grilling Donnie when he appears shortly after them.
“Seriously, when is the last time you slept?” April questions as she flicks something off her jacket.
Donnie opens his mouth but Leo cuts him off before he even makes a sound. “Actually slept. Not a micro nap or some shit.”
"There's no time." Donnie says, reaching for the coffee pot. Glaring when Mikey slaps his hand away.
"Uh-uh." April steps between the two, having to squeeze herself between the counter and Donnie in order to do so. Which in turn makes her have to crane her neck uncomfortably in order to continue staring him down. "We've all managed to find the time to get some sleep."
With an inaudible grumble, Donnie pushes April to the side just enough to manage to snag a mug and the coffee pot from around Mikey's continued slaps.
"C'mon Hermano." Leo slings an arm around Donnie's shoulders. Donnie pouts as Leo continues on. "You've given me more than enough lectures to know the dangers of not getting enough z's. At this point we're not even asking for a full eight, a solid hour or two will work."
April opens her mouth, clearly ready to argue, but is dissuaded by Mikey quietly whispers something in her ear. Possibly pointing out how Donnie looks like he might agree.
"Fiiine, I'll--" Donnie says with a roll of his eyes. When they land on you, you swear there's brief change in his expression. You're imagination surely, since Donnie just as quickly focuses on where finishes pouring himself a cup of coffee and settles on the closest bar stool. "I'll think about it after this cup."
"Blue is right, Purple." A rougher voice chimes in out of nowhere. Glancing back at where the portal was you spot the snoring rat from a couple nights ago. Hair still in that top knot, and wearing a well worn robe and grim expression. "One cannot share tea from an empty cup. Better to to take the time to rest and repair while you are able."
The Rat nods as Donnie slumps in his seat. The first time he's let his exhaustion show in any way. There's no time for you to examine it though as within a blink your vision is obscured by the Rat suddenly standing directly in front of you.
A squeak catches in your throat by his abrupt closeness and you lean back to get a little more space. The rat doesn't pay your reaction any mind. His crow's feet crinkle with a smile as he observes you.
“So you must be the latest stray my sons have got it in their head to adopt.”
“Pops” Raph coughs out, pounding a fist against his chest clearly having almost inhaled his last bite of food.
Curling his lip, Donnie’s coffee cup freezes halfway up to his mouth, “Must you phrase it like that?”
The rat waves his hand dismissively by his head, as he makes himself comfortable on the recliner. “It’s what you boys do, is it not?”
“Kick ass and take names?” Leo says with a smug grin, immune to the groans of most everyone else in the room.
“Adopt?” You ask, nose scrunching up with your small, bemused smile.
“First there was that odd-patterned cat.” The rat speaks as if he didn’t hear you or Leo.
“D’ya mean Mayhem?” April asks a little too loudly.
“No, I’m pretty sure he means the raccoon.” Donnie mutters back, and April doesn’t look any less confused even though she mouths a silent ‘oh’.
“Aw, I miss Stripes.” Raph gushes.
“The salamander, the scrappy dog, then April.” The Rat continues on as if no one else had spoken.
“Pretty sure I adopted all y’all, Splints.”
“The miniature Komainu.”
“That’s Mayhem.” Donnie says in a familiar way that suggests he’s trying to whisper even though his volume doesn’t change at all.
“Gotcha.” April mutters back in a similar fashion. Do any of them know how to actually whisper?
At this point ‘Splints’ has his hand raised so he can keep track of his tally with his fingers. “The ridiculously friendly capybara, the annoyingly clumsy bull, the overly excitable girl band.”
“Todd? You’re counting Todd? He shouldn’t count.” Mikey asks over his shoulder, still focused on whatever he’s doing in the kitchen.
“None of those should count.” Leo’s face pinches up with distaste.
“Actually, if any of them should count it’d be Bullhop.” Donnie’s flat expression does it’s own annoyed twisting after Leo punches his shoulder while muttering something about being a smartasss.
“Sunita, Frankenfoot.” Splints continues over top his son’s squabbling. Sunita preens a little, though you’re still trying to figure out if you should know anyone else he is listing off.
“Ugh, Draxum.” Splints adds in utter disgust, and it is the most emotion any name has gotten so far and Mikey noisily rolls his eyes at it. “Boneman, the Sci-Fi actor.”
“Yeah, okay, I get counting Hueso and Marcus.” Leo’s smile widens, even if his brothers look a little skeptical.
“Casey,” Splints drops his hands and gestures towards said woman before his hand moves towards where CJ is sitting. “Then fut-”
Immediately the room fills with everyone, except yourself and Sunita, yelling over a thoroughly baffled Splints.
“What?” He asks, with an accusatory glare around the room.
“Ix-nay on the ackstory-bay.” Leo manages to say between grit teeth and too tight lips. April, Raph, and Donnie all smack their foreheads. Though you’re just as lost as Splints. Probably more so.
“She is dating Purple, no?” Splints asks and Donnie nearly chokes on his drink in a similar manner as Raph did earlier.
“No. No she isn’t.” Donnie barely gets out between coughs. “It’s the other one she’s been…affiliating with.”
“Tomato, potato.” Splints once again waves to dismiss the objection then turns your direction. “You. What has your purple told you about that one?” He demands while pointing to CJ.
You take your turn looking at the man sitting on the couch next to you. Dark, shaggy hair pulled back just enough to keep his eyes clear. A small smile crosses his face as he waves his hand, an almost small gesture. You wrack your brain but you’re fairly certain Patches never mentioned him.
Reviewing the list Splinter just went over and glancing around the room, it slowly dawns on you. Patches never mentioned anyone besides his brothers. In all the stories he told and memories shared it was only the four of them.
Not a word about April, even though it sounds like she should have been present for a while. No mention of Sunita. Not until you directly confronted him about it anyway. And absolutely nothing on the Casey’s.
“He, uh.” you start but have to stop to try to clear away your sudden dry throat. “He didn’t say anything, actually.” A vague memory hits you and you turn to point at Leo, “But you did.”
“Me?” Leo chuckles, barely glancing at the exasperated looks his family is giving him out of the corner of his eye.
“Yeah, at the diner. You mentioned something about CJ and time travel.” It wasn’t much, a throwaway sentence you’d just mentally brushed aside after your initial shock at the absurdity. Didn’t really focus on it, seemed more like hypothetical theorizing than anything substantial at the time.
But, considering what you’ve seen between now and then, you aren’t so sure anymore. Plus, if this is the same CJ, Leo had been talking about (and considering how weirdly vague he’s been) you can’t help but wonder.
You turn to face CJ again, the same enigmatic smile on his face. Not quite, actually, there’s a weird tension in his eyes that wasn't there before.
Your brain must be more fed up with everything than you thought as the only summation of your thoughts you can articulate is a bland, “Huh.”
Immediately Casey breaks down cackling, arms wrapped around her middle. April and Raph begin snickering as well soon enough.
“That’s it?” Donnie shouts, shooting you one of those judgy looks that seem permanently glued to his face at this point.
“Give me a break.” You snap back before slumping back into the couch “Between you lot and Patches this has been a weird, eventful month. The existence of Yokai, a not quite underworld secret city and magic being real. After all that, time travel doesn't seem so surprising.”
“She has a point there.” Raph says, raising his mug like he’s giving a toast.
“Month?” Leo quietly echoes, shooting Donnie a quizzical look.
No one except you or Donnie, who’s suddenly doing his best imitation of a plank of wood, seem to notice though. Nor does Donnie give them much of a chance to.
“Oh-would-you-look-at-that, there's-a-bug-in-the-security-system, need-to-go-trouble-shoot-and remedy-before-it-gets-out-of-control.” He says in one unbroken rush, barely glancing at the tech on his arm, then finishing off his coffee in one quick gulp. The mug is still clattering on the counter by the time he’s slamming the door down the hall.
"What?" April shouts, wildly glancing between the mug and the hall, before giving chase. "Oh no you don't! You are going to sleep."
Based on the argument you'd witnessed earlier you half expect Leo to join April. However, he stays seated where he is. Just staring at you.
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For Reggie it was simply a fact.
Couples fought.
They hid their fighting as best as they could around others but no matter what, they fought.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Julie and The Phantoms (TV 2020)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alex Mercer & Luke Patterson & Reggie Peters & Bobby Shaw | Trevor Wilson, Alex Mercer & Julie Molina & Luke Patterson & Reggie Peters & Bobby Shaw | Trevor Wilson
Characters: Reggie Peters (Julie and The Phantoms), Julie Molina, Alex Mercer (Julie and The Phantoms)
Additional Tags: Prequel, Minor Julie Molina/Luke Patterson, High School, Hints at fights, First Meetings
Series: Part 2 of A Matter of Time
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When Julie accidentally texts a stranger she finds herself with a new group of friends.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Julie and The Phantoms (TV 2020)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Julie Molina & Flynn Taylor, Alex Mercer & Julie Molina & Luke Patterson & Reggie Peters
Characters: Julie Molina, Flynn Taylor, Carlos Molina, Reggie Peters (Julie and The Phantoms), Luke Patterson (Julie and The Phantoms), Alex Mercer (Julie and The Phantoms)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Epistolary, Texting Fic, Grief/Mourning, Wrong Phone Number, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting
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ooooh thank you! In no particular order (and potentially with some cheating because one or two of these may end up being series):
I Could Be The Monster (M)
Reggie fell.
Luke could barely wrap his head around the news. He wasn't particularly surprised, the rate the three of them had been going at this point falling was an inevitability. But he always figured if, when, they fell they'd fall together.
I'm With You - The series (M)
Julie finds herself in a world where she is the only person left. Or is she?
Hanging by a Moment - The series (T)
Luke Patterson is still working through some grief when he has an unexpected reunion.
When Julie and Reggie’s paths cross in a unique and unexpected way, their lives easily seem to become more and more entangled…especially because they are both rather endeared to her daughter.
Where I Belong (G)
It all started with a comment Ray made after they finally finished telling him the truth about the band. “It’s not like ghosts can choose where they haunt.”
Except the more Luke thought about it, the more the sentence didn't make sense. What was Ray’s comment supposed to mean anyway? Are there even rules for how ghost haunting works?
I don't often think of crossovers but when I do it's thoughts like wonder how the Goonies kids and Stranger Things kids would get along. (Especially if the slapstick physics stick around the Goonies kids)
On this featured Friday I’m recommending a fic by @jmrothwell. She has so, SO many JATP stories to choose from. I went with an adorable short fic about Flynn, Luke, AND Reggie all thinking Julie is attractive called Glasses.
Julie, Flynn, Luke, and Reggie's study session takes a detour when Julie puts her glasses on.
I have fuzzy sick brain but I wanted to write so I’m going to just dump some Possessed and Cursed AU stuff here. Following from this.
April shows up to the lair a few hours after Mikey’s holed himself up in his room. She’s a little confused and thoroughly pissed.
Leo tries to calm he down and explain everything but Donnie is being no help. (Donnie is a little distracted doing a more thorough review of all his archival footage and is noting more discrepancies beyond just Raph being missing.)
April is stunned to hear Leo talking about Raph like this. She’s never met Raph and he’s a sore subject Raph and Leo practically avoid talking about. According to her, Mikey once said that Raph left to go help find food and a day Dad was particularly dissociative and never came back.
At some point during all this Mikey comes out to get comfort cuddles from April but doesn’t really say anything.
Leo is trying to grapple with April’s tale and sort of sputters his way through several Raph stories and facts that they MUST remember. Plus ok, who’s pulling the real prank here? Leo thinks it’d be just like Raph to pull a stunt like this after a fight. (A fight Leo knows happened recently but is the one Raph related memory he is struggling with. [FYI: Donnie also finds this particular memory a bit of a fuzzy spot]))
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While trying to find out what happened to Raph, Leo and Donnie transform into their alternate forms and immediately freeze.
For Donnie especially it’s startling. He’s always struggled with his alternate form. His head gets noisier and more frenetic, sharing the space with more than himself. His impulses become practically impossible to ignore, and everyone else is far less able to control or reign him back in. Plus, there’s the whole manic destructive urge on top of it all.
Not this time though. This time it’s just him, and the power he’s struggled to control pulsing evenly through his veins. He’s just starting to feel a bit of an excited thrill at being able to finally properly test this when Leo mutter’s.
“Raph what did you do?”
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So that memory that Leo and Donnie were struggling to recall?
Welp, the night before this aaaaaaaaaaaaaall started Raph and Mikey left for patrol. Ecept Leo thought Raph was acting way too obviously suspicious and parrticularly infuriating. Taking Mikey on more solo patrols and benching Leo and Donnie more and more. (especially Donnie, given his lack of control over his alternate form). So Leo decides to tail the two of them.
Donnie feeling especially singled out (and increasingly angry about it) tails all of them.
Unsurprising to Leo, Raph sends Mikey home alone. After a solid ten minutes (maybe. he doesn’t really count just waits long enough to make sure Mikey is well out of ear shot) he confronts Raph, who for some reason is exploring some abandoned building alone.
Leo first tries to make it a joke. Asking if Raph is trying to go Savage on all of them.
There’s a bit of back and forth where it becomes increasingly clear Raph is uncomfortably lying through his teeth and Leo is just done. Eventually (whether it’s Leo making a hail mary jab or Raph breaking) it’s revealed Raph’s been secretly trying to find something to help Leo and Donnie.
The reveal quickly turns into one of those sibling bickers where anyone else would claim it’s a fight but you know it’s not. During which Raph says something about just trying to help, especially Donnie.
This escalates things for several reasons. First, Leo, doesn’t need help but why is Donnie ranked as needing more help then him. Second, this is the remark that gets Donnie to reveal himself because he is tired of being treated as fragile. (he and Leo also take it as a ‘Why can’t you just be normal’ slap even if that’s not Raph was trying to say.)
Raph doubles down insisting henjust wants to help them better control their alternate forms. He’d “do anything” to help them out.
The fight escalates but doesn’t particularly resolve so much as break apart. Leo and Donnie go back home leaving a heated Raph and unbeknownst to all of them a powerful creature more than willing to accept Raph’s open ended deal.
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