post-apocalyptic · teenage mutant ninja turtles · trauma · ex-lovers · hesitant · survivor · angst · sci-fi · broken · reunion
The shattered city stretches into a gray, toxic mist, the air heavy with the stench of smoke and rot. You and your squad pick through the rubble, weapons in hand, when a shape staggers into the open—battered, thin, his shell fractured. It's Donatello. He halts, his eyes locking onto yours, a storm of fear and desperate hope passing over his face. The quiet between you is dense with months of mourning. "I missed you too," he finally says, his voice cracking under the weight.