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    Leo is retreating further and further into this new character that doesn’t care about himself or anybody else, and it’s happening right before Donnie’s eyes. He’s already slinking away, out of the warmth and light of the kitchen, away from his family.

    Donnie realizes abruptly that there is a non-zero chance he might lose his twin brother. That one day he might wake up and not know Leo anymore.

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    10 Jan 2025

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    “Michelangelo?”

    Mikey’s head snaps up like a rubber band, so fast it hurts his neck. His father is standing in the doorway, whole and unharmed and strong. He tilts his head, taking in the probably dumb way Mikey is just standing there staring up at him.

    He’s alive. In this moment, in this memory, he’s alive. But just a minute ago he was dying, he was choking on blood and then he was gone, and no matter how many times Mikey cried for him he didn’t come back.

    Mikey’s chest feels like it’s closing around all his squishy insides like a fist. It’s really hard to breathe in a way that isn’t just desperate gulping gasps for air, so he holds his breath. It’s a good and useful thing that aquatic turtles can do it for a long time.

    “I thought you and your brothers had left already,” the rat says mildly.

    “We did? I mean, uh, yeah, we did,” Mikey says. He watches Splinter’s expression tighten in tiny inscrutable ways, and knows he didn’t do a very good job of sounding normal. So he clears his throat and finds a lopsided smile and tries again. “I just had to come back for something.”

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    10 Jan 2025

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    series title borrowed from 'king and lionheart' by of monsters and men

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    04 Jan 2025

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    “Case, man, she was pretty zonked when I saw her. It’s possible she’s just super exhausted.” Raph tried, but he was already up, grabbing the spare key to the apartment.

    “Dude, my wife is the lightest sleeper.” came an incredulous squawk.

    “I know, I’m already heading out the door. I’ll call you back in a bit.”

    He ended the call, stuffing his cell into the pocket of his leather jacket before shrugging it on. He scooped up his helmet before grabbing the key to his cycle, heading towards the garage in a quick clip.

    April was fine, he told himself, there was a reasonable explanation for all of this.

    He just wished his heart would get with the program.

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    Raph thought he was getting a quiet night.

    He thought wrong.  

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    02 Jan 2025

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    “You can’t make me go,” Mikey blurts, too loud. “I won’t. I don’t want to.”

    “Jesus,” Donnie mutters, rubbing his forehead. He’s already so fed-up with Mikey after like three seconds of conversation that Mikey can feel his eyes start to sting. “The last thing I want to do is fight with you, Mike. I thought you liked Cowabunga Carl.”

    It’s not fair. Donnie’s so smart. He’s tired and overworked and unhappy, but he’s smart. How can he get this one thing so wrong? How can he not know Mikey as well as he used to, like all of those years of being each other’s best friends and co-conspirators and secret-keepers from where they were relegated to the “B Team” aren’t as intrinsic and important and fundamental to him as they are to Mikey? How can he look at Mikey, right in the face, and not understand him at all?

    Something breaks. 

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    27 Dec 2024