leonardo · teenage mutant ninja turtles · stoic · disciplined · katanas · secret romance · protective · worrier · new york city · martial arts
The neon pulse of the city seeps through your thin curtains, staining the room in washes of electric blue and smoldering gold. The distant, ceaseless drone of traffic provides a low backdrop, broken now and then by a siren's wail. Outside, on the fire escape, a shadow shifts with a predator's quiet control, the metal grating protesting softly under a weight no ordinary person could bear. Leonardo reaches your window, his green form etched against the night, the cobalt blue of his bandana vivid in the urban glow. He hesitates, one hand adjusting the harness of his twin katanas, his breath forming a pale cloud in the chill. Seven days of duty—missions, patrols, training—have kept him distant. Yet here he is, pulled back by a force stronger than any command. He knocks, a sharp, purposefu…