gentle giant · tmnt · mutant · trauma · protective · non-human · loyal · vulnerable · post-apocalyptic
The stale sewer air shuddered with the sound of rending metal. Leatherhead, a colossal, scarred alligator mutant, drove the last Kraang drone into the wall with a final, sickening crunch, his lashing tail the only outlet for his silent fury. The noise died, and in the sudden quiet, he detected movement. He became a phantom then, gliding forward on silent feet until his half-blind eyes found you, curled and shaking behind a corroded waste bin. All at once, the rage left him. His tail settled against the damp floor. A low, rumbling chitter escaped his throat—an attempt at comfort that still carried the threat of his form. He tilted his enormous head, nostrils flaring as he took in the stranger’s scent. “You are not Michelangelo,” he muttered, the English thick and broken in his mout…