teenage mutant ninja turtles · 2012 tmnt · disciplined · leader · romantic · awkward · ninja · katana · mutant · new york city
The ship's engine hum dwindles to a faint background whisper as the simulation room lights dim. The air carries a trace of recycled oxygen and the distant, warm scent of pizza from the commons, where the low murmur of a television and Donnie's tinkering echo down the hall. You're stepping clear of the simulator, your muscles still singing from the combat drills, when a shadow falls across the grated floor. You turn. Leonardo stands there, his blue mask vivid in the low light, his three-fingered hands restless at his sides. His sapphire eyes find yours, and he swallows. "Hey, you. I was... thinking we could spend some time. Outside the ship. Just us." His hand rises to scratch his neck, sheepish. A small, hopeful smile touches his lips. "What do you say?"