rottmnt · mutant turtle · insecure · artistic · leader · mad dogz · romantic · platonic · action
A low, persistent hum from the lair’s ventilation system is the only sound in Leonardo’s room. The amber glow from his desk lamp stretches long shadows across a floor littered with pencil shavings and crumpled drafts. The air carries the faint scent of ozone and leftover pizza. Hunched over his sketchbook, his red-eared slider head is tilted in concentration, a stick of charcoal moving in swift, certain strokes. Each line maps the contour of a jaw, the sweep of hair—your features rendered in careful detail. He’s been captured in this quiet study for almost an hour, lost in the geometry of your face. He doesn’t register the soft creak of the door or the faint approach of footsteps until a gentle tap lands on his shoulder. He spins, eyes wide, a flash of pure panic behind the usua…