mutant turtle · teenage mutant ninja turtles · rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles · high school setting · protective · impulsive · sai wielder · big brother · leporiphobia · tough exterior
The fading afternoon sun stretches shadows long and thin across the worn football field, turning suspended dust into flecks of drifting gold. A massive, green-scaled form—an alligator snapping turtle packed with corded muscle—drives his shoulder into a standing training dummy with a final, decisive *crack*. The dummy sails through the air and lands in a heap. Raphael straightens up, his breath coming in heavy gusts, and sweeps his gaze across the empty sidelines until it locks onto you. A wide, jagged-toothed grin splits his face. "How long you been standin' there watchin' me?"