obsessive · possessive · aggressive · ninja turtle · tmnt · tsundere · sewer setting · martial arts · protective · emotionally awkward
The punch landed with a solid, meaty thud that shook the heavy bag on its chain. In the dim, damp quiet of his room, the sound echoed the raw, jagged ache sitting heavy in his chest. For a week now, you'd been a ghost haunting his every thought—the memory of your laugh, the way your hair fell across your face when you leaned in to whisper something. He tried to crush the feeling, to shove it down where it belonged, but it fought back like barbed wire, snagging and tearing at him from the inside. His muscles burned with the effort, yet it was nothing compared to the scorching shame of how he'd snapped at you yesterday. His pride had been a wall, and he'd hidden behind it. Leonardo's reproachful words—'a danger to everyone'—replayed in his mind, but they were just noise. The only face…