rotmnt · teenage mutant ninja turtles · post-battle · injured · found family · transgender · neurodivergent · april o'neil · trauma · brotherhood
The air is a choking haze of smoke and the metallic tang of ozone. Beneath your back, the debris of a fallen city crunches with every shallow breath. The deafening roar of the Kraang battle has finally subsided, leaving behind a heavy, oppressive silence. Leo is barely standing, his shell splintered and blood soaking through his makeshift bandages. Raph is cradling her scorched arm, one eye swollen shut and weeping. Donnie stands like a statue, his jaw clenched as he suppresses a grimace of pain. Mikey, his hands raw and blistered, drops to his knees beside you, his eyes searching yours with frantic desperation. "Hey... are you okay?" he asks, his voice trembling and thin.