#donnie IS smart but not a smartass

[normal-internet-user]

could you do a oneshot with rise donnie and gn reader where around other people they’re always fighting and never get along but in secret they’re dating and get along perfectly? love your writing <3

Yes. Just. Yes- Also tysm! I am literally so happy people enjoy my writing.

ACT

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Summary: You and Donnie decided to keep your relashonship a secret, so around his brothers you act like you can't stand each other.

Warnings: very minor swearing

Requested: Yep!

GN Reader!

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"Here we go." Leo groaned as the bickering from the kitchen grew closer.

"-least I'm smart enough to understand basic math."

"Ok, number one, it wasn't 'BaSiC MaTh', it was advanced calculus, and number two, at least I'm able to comprehend the concept of multi-universal travel."

Donnie laughed bitterly, "Scoff! (Name), we have discussed this. The idea of multi-universal travel is such an impossible concept-"

"YOU INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT TO ME YOU-"

"Ok, you two. That's enough, don't make me get the Getting Along shirt." Raph scowled at the two of you.

You crossed your arms, and glared at Donnie, with him scowling at you in turn. You had to admit, the two of you were incredible actors. Of course you didn't actually hate each other, this was simply theatrics to throw his family off the scent of your relashonship.

The two of you had agreed to keep your dating statis on the down-low, knowing that his brothers could be a bit... essentric.

In actuality, the two of you were quite sweet to each other when you were alone, having no need to keep up the act.

Raph sighed, "You two need to learn to get along. Maybe some time in the Lab would do you guy's some good." He then muttered, "And then we wouldn't have to listen to you argue."

"Fine." Donnie scoffed, then he looked at you, "But don't move anything. If you try to reorginize my toolbox again I swear to the pizza supreme-"

"Relax, smartass, I won't move your stuff."

The two of you began to walk to the Lab, Donnie continuing to glare at you, "That's what you said last time, then you put my blowtorch on shelf #7 instead of shelf #3."

You rolled your eyes, "A small mistake that has only occured once."

The Lab doors closed behind you, and you kissed Donnie on the cheek, "And I apologize."

Donnie cleared his throat, his face darker with his blush, "Well, I suppose you can be forgiven."

You nodded with a small smile, then flipped over a chalkboard to reveal the blueprints and plans for another A.I., a small project you two had been working on based on S.H.E.L.D.O.N's new found loneliness.

"So I was thinking that maybe, our current issue lies in the motherboards programming." you started, "Perhaps, with the proper examination, we could trace the bugs back to a faulty motherboard."

Donnie hummed, looking over the motherboard that lay among the other parts scattered on the table, "Good, observation my dear. I'll give it a quick check just to make sure."

You nodded, turning back to the chalkboard to double check the equations on the blueprints. The only noise in the room was the buzz of Donnie's goggles behind you, and you frowned.

The two of you worked best with music in the backround, this much silence was distracting in a way.

"Would you mind some music, Love?"

You and Donnie blinked at each other, then began giggling. You had moments like that often, where your minds just seemed to meld together.

Before either of you could say a thing, however, the loud voice of Leo cut through the air, "WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!"

You and Donnie whipped your heads around, your gazes meeting the incredulous ones of his three brothers.

Leo looked horrified at the concept of you and Donnie getting along. And "Love" ???

Raph and Mikey looked at the two of you, confusion evident on their features.

"But- I thought you two hated... each other..?" Mikey said, confused.

You looked at Donnie, the two of you having a silent conversation. He sighed and looked at his brothers, "Well, the jig is, as they say, up. We're dating. surprise!" you giggled as he made the jazz hands gesture, and Leo's mouth opened wider.

"Woah, woah- wait. wait wait WAIT. You two, are dating? when did that happen?"

Donnie looked at you, signaling it was your turn, "Uhm- like, last year? sometime in August."

"WHAT?"

You chuckled, and Donnie sighed, "Alright, we have work to do, so, out out. Shoo!"

Donnie pushed his protesting brothers out the door, promising to answer questions later, then all but slammed the door in their face.

He turned to you, his cheeks once again darker with his blush.

"Well, at least we don't have to pretend to hate each other anymore."

Donnie laughed, shaking his head as he sat back down, "You realize they won't leave us alone for like, the next 10 years, correct?"

You nodded and pulled your swivel chair to sit next to him, "I am well aware that's a possible outcome of the situation."

With a sigh, Donnie layed his head on your shoulder, and you smiled. Yes, perhaps the jig was indeed up, but at least now, you could burn that stupid script.

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There you go Anon! srry the ending kinda sucks, but I really enjoyed writing this one!

#tmnt #x reader #tmnt x reader #rottmnt #save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #donnie x reader #tmnt 2018 #tmnt 2018 x reader #donnie x gn!reader #gn reader #rise!donnie x reader

[writinandcrying]

TMNT HEADCANON / how the turtles text

A lot can be said from how someone express themselves through texting, so this is just some crack / light headcanons !

Not really based on a single version per say, more that turtles have been deprived of social interaction for the majority of their life and I think texting them would be an very interesting experience lol

Idea based on @avery73 last random turtle post (thanks for being one of our strongest soldiers and writing wonderful pieces 🫡) English is not my first language and I didn’t proofread this, if there is any grammatical erros pls don’t hesitate to tell me!

Mikey

🎢 Single texts

🎢 Just like this

🎢 Loads of it

🎢 You got 60 new messages

🎢 in the past 2 minutes

🎢 Loads of gifs too

🎢 And voice memos

🎢Oh look

🎢6 personality tests links

🎢What do you mean you won’t do it

🎢He needs to know what kind of cupcake you are!!!!

🎢 And music recs

🎢 Your phone won’t stop vibrating

🎢 for the next weeks

🎢 After you meet him (Honestly really annoying unless you have a crush on him)

🎢 For the latinos/latinas; if he EVER finds out about WhatsApp and the stickers. Oh you are so done. If you have an older phone that shit WILL blow up / malfunction for SURE

🎢 uses TONS OF EMOJIS !!!!! 😍😍😝🤪😋🤩AND CAPS AS WELL!!! 🥳😽✌️👅🗣️

🎢Mikey live reaction when you ask if he’s upset that you asked him to tone it down a notch with the texting on a busy day:

🎢 Will lowkey tone it down with the emojis when he finds out some ppl find it cringe, but with his angels cakes ???????? 🫵 YOU BET 🗣️ HE WILL SHOW YOU WITH IT 💋🫦💅🏻🤳🏼💃🏻🕺🏽🙈🦋🌺🧡🌚🌻🔥💥🌟

🎢Will accidentally send you some random ass emoji that wasn’t supposed to be on the context of the text, also the autocorrect is def not his friend

Mikey : how’s it going baby gorila

Mikey: babygirl*

Mikey:

Mikey: I’m sorry

🎢 adds emojis to very contacts in his t-phone:

Leo: Leader of the pack 🐺 🐢 🫡

Donnie: Eistein 📚🧬⚗️ (Raph also shares this name on his t-cell)

Raph: Murderous teddy bear 🧸 🧨

Splinter: Mafia Boss 🪤 (no one knows about this name tho)

April: Chanel N.6 🎤(or World of Apes 🦧 lmao)

Casey: New York Hockey League 🏒

Vern: Some dude (adds 🦅 so he knows it’s Vern and not “some random dude”)

Y/n: angelcakes pookie wookie baby boo boo love of my life !!!!!! 😍🥰👀🧚🏻‍♂️

🎢Mikey live reaction when Raph yells at him to stop flooding the chat, followed by mikey texting him “make me” (they are sitting next to each other):

Donnie

🔭Huge blocks of it in the speed of light. many topics, many questions and also explanations at just one sitting

🔭But won’t hold back on a smart ass short cut response for one his brothers (literally has the sharpest tongue)

🔭Will hardly uses emojis, only when it’s a single text to express an emotion (most current used emojis: 🤓when he does something impressive 💜: for y/n 🙄: when venting about something annoying Leo / Mikey / Raph did)

🔭Will want to discuss random ass problems he has encountered in his projects, in forums online, specially if you ever show interest in debating / doesnt hold back into showing your strong opinions

🔭 Has named their brothers as “Failed Lab Experiments” and managed to color code their messages (has the only t-phone that has this feature)

🔭Donnie creating the most unique and smartass way to charge his phone just cuz he can:

🔭Deadass his reaction when texting his crush 👀:

🔭 Has modified Mikey’s phone so he doesn’t have access to emojis for a whole week after his baby brother decided to spam him “out of no where” (after Donnie won consecutively 10 Mario Kart matches AND ate the last 2 slices of cold pizza)

🔭Result: mikey spammed EVEN MORE and only spoke to EVERYONE by Japanese emojis. Leo and Raph begged demanded that donnie install his emojis back cuz they were DONE with the whole situation

Failed lab experiment N.4: ( ๑‾̀◡‾́)σ" °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° (♡´౪`♡)

Failed lab experiment N.1: Stop.

Failed lab experiment N.4: ┬┴┬┴┤ᵒᵏ (･_├┬┴┬┴ Failed lab experiment N.4: (;﹏;)

Failed lab experiment N.2: You stupid IDIOT Failed lab experiment N.2: look what you've done now he’s sad

🔭 Donnie also has to deal with his brothers thinking he is their personal Google (he will always answer their questions, even out of spite):

Failed lab experiment N.4: Donnie what’s a Cochlear implant

Successful lab experiment: A small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. The implant consists of an external portion that sits behind the ear and a second portion that is surgically placed under the skin.

Failed lab experiment N.4: :0 yikes

Failed lab experiment N.4: Okay thanks!!!!

Successful lab experiment: Stop asking me stuff when you can just Google it.

Failed lab experiment N.4: But I like talking to you 🙀😔

Failed lab experiment N.4: You are my favorite turtle Siri!!! 😉

Successful lab experiment: I’d prefer if I wasn’t... Also, why are you curious about cochlear implants?

Successful lab experiment: Mikey?

Successful lab experiment: Mikey!!!!!

(He still doesn’t know why)

Raph

🥊 Barely uses emojis. Lowkey barely texts? doesn't see the appeal to it, rather prefer to hang out with you 1 on 1 than being far away from you (will never ever admit to it. maybe after 3 years in a relationship)

🥊as a friend: he wont be the one spiking a conversation, but might keep going if he's truly bored (this is prone to happen during daylight / evening when they still can't go out) but will probably be the one to ask to hang out when he needs an outlet and such 🥊*sees messages* eh i'll reply later *completely forgets about it*

🥊 will effortlessly take the most breath-taking pictures of new york during patrol and send it to you 🥊 if you are already his s/o / someone he trusts: will most likely text you to ask about stuff (if you need anything or something he needs from topside) or to diss / vent / gossip about his brothers 🥊 will send embarrassing pictures of his brothers to you cuz he can't deal with that shit alone lmao

🥊 will either be pretty clueless with the most random ass stuff or out of propose just to tease you: y/n: jniasunoakpfa raph: what was that y/n: keyboard smash? raph: how do i do that y/n: just press anything raph: 7 🥊 Raph Live reaction as soon as he realizes he has feelings for you:

🥊 Also Raph Live reaction when he comes to terms with this feelings and has an excuse to ignore Leo (even if he doesnt like texting) just bc he can ignore Leo as he pleases:

Leo

🎏 Perfect texts 🎏 looks like an email/letter sometimes 🎏 to most people: 1 message with divided topics. pretty direct 🎏 when he can't reply right away: "Hello. I'm happy you wrote to me. I try to reply promptly but currently I'm not available at the moment-" Like omg bro RELAX. 🎏 to his s/o: 70% direct, the other 30% likes to send little reminders, either with songs or pretty things she has seen during a patrol with a "thinking of you" message. lowkey romantic when he doesn't even mean to be, def shows how thoughtful he is 🎏 prefers to call you rather than texting. especially if you are dating/has a crush on you he might not even realize why he likes calling you so much, until it hits like a brick that he just wants to hear your voice 🎏Leo when he calls you and doesn't know when to "intervene" / his time to talk back (god forbid he's unpolite and interrupts you):

lowkey him listening to April vent about smth dumb shit Casey did /any human friend venting and he doesnt know how to react lmao 🎏Just like Donnie, has favorite emojis and will only use it in specific situations (this will take time for it to happen, like after years Donnie first invented the t-phone and finally relized he didn't had to be so formal when texting): 🐢 when talking about team work or his brothers / 🪷 for meditating or mindfulness (thinks its peaceful) / 💙 for his boo and his boo only / 😏 only in a relationship, especially when he's feeling scipy (extremely rare for it to happen over text tho)

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Group chat (more than one reaction)

💚 catching social cues irl can be hard, you are telling me there are hidden social cues in texting too??

💚 “Nah shut up” group, doesn’t care much about it and won’t change their ways: Leo, Raph

💚 Will research about it, will talk to every single human he knows (yes. you. Vern. Casey and April) Needs to know the social cues. NOW: lmao try to guess

💚 Also needs to know, but for meme reasons, he has to say up to date w the terminology/ slangs: another hard guess /j

💚 Oh btw, Donnie totally uses /j /Tw /srs terminology WHILE he texts fast AND huge text blocks. none of his brothers know how he does it

💚Will over use fresh lingo he has learned overhearing humans on patrol, shows, from his humans friends to the point it’s almost unbearable: Mikey 💚Live reaction of Raph and Leo trying to understand when Mikey or Donnie spamming the group chat with their extremely recent memes or hyperfixations:

💚the chat WILL be flooded with things related to their favorite basketball teams, show they want to see or dumbass pictures of their daily lifes, example: Mikey: *has sent an selfie*

Mikey: you know y/n

Mikey:If you’re fortunate enough

Mikey: your internal organs will spend their entire lifespan in absolute darkness

Mikey: but mine?

April: oh boy here we go

Mikey: Hasn’t. 😏😏😏

Y/n: Oh?

Mikey: *send another selfie flexing muscles* you see when you fight crime everyday-

Raph: yeah he shallowed a glow stick

#visually this looks a hot mess I apologize #did i add a bunch of my old incorrect quotes on this? #yes i did #i regret nothing #tmnt headcanons #tmnt x reader #2003 tmnt #tmnt bayverse turtles x reader #2003 tmnt x reader #2007 tmnt #mm tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles 2007 #giulia writes

[multicharablack]

Donnie is an extreme smartass dumb and Leo is an extreme dumbass smart

so…Donnie could solve the most hardest mathematical or scientifical question in the whole wide world in his sleep and Leo could solve the most trickiest trick question or riddle without batting an eye

But both go dumb dumb stupid when they argue

#rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #rise of the tmnt #chara is typing #rottmnt #it’s the disaster twins shenanigans time #Disaster twins #double trouble #Time for trouble #make it double

[tickle-page]

“Being smart is a curse” ( THE RISE OF THE TMNT)!!

A/N: This is a tickle fic based off my fav turtle from ‘The Rise of The TMNT”, Donnie!! Haven’t finished yet, so no spoilers😭. It may seem like I made Donnie this really annoying nerd, but I can assure u, he’s my fav, and I’m joking😭.

Lee: Donnie

Ler(s): Leo, Mikey, Raph, brief April

With Mikey:

“And that’s how I built Sheldon,” Donnie finished talking about his dumb robot thing to Mikey who literally didn’t ask.

“Uh, huh, cool,” Mikey was on his phone during Donnie’s whole “lecture”. Replying with words that’ll make it seem like he was listening.

“And… You don’t care.” Donnie slouched in his standing position.

“Nope, but it was rlly cool talking to ya, D!” The orange turtle waved him off as he continued looking at his phone, exiting the room.

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With Raph:

Donnie examined Raph’s fighting style on the side lines, cringing at his techniques. “Ya know, Raph, you gotta do it like this, or that way won’t be as effective while fighting the villains.” Donnie showed him a “good technique”.

Raph was kinda getting annoyed that Donatello kept telling him different ways to fight every step of the way, “I understand that, Donnie, but I like doing this better than that.”

“Hmmm,” Donnie pondered, “I still don’t see it.”

Raph sighed and face palmed, then he walked back inside from the rooftop.

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With Leo:

Leo was casually skating doing some tricks like he always does, while Donnie was on the side watching him. Leo couldn’t focus like this, so he stopped, and asked the purple turtle why he kept staring at him.

“Only bc I feel like I can do way better at skateboarding than you.” Donnie laughed almost mocking Leonardo.

The blue ninja turtle scoffed, “As if.”

“Nah, frfr, Wanna bet?” Donnie grinned, leaning on the wall. Which keep in mind, he just wanted to be cocky bc he had no skateboarding talent whatsoever.

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Mikey, Raph, and Leo all came together to complain abt Donnie’s cockiness within the last week.

“We need to put an end to him being a smartass.” Raph said.

“Uh huh, tottally. We need to think of something he absolutely HATES, that’ll knock him down a peg.” Leo agreed w/ Raphael.

They all thought of one thing he couldn’t stand, and that was… tickling.

“We could tickle him to make him understand.” Mikey jumped up, excited to be the first one to come up w/ an answer.

“Oh yh, remember that one time when April tickled the living crap out of Donnie, making him cry?” The blue ninja turtle drew a figment imagination in the other two turtle’s heads. Like a flashback.

“Mhm Mhm, we had to console him for hours.” Raph.

“Then we should do just that.” Leo ended the “family meeting”.

They all walked into their third youngest brother’s lair. “Hey, D!” Michelangelo nonchalantly walked to the right side of a very concentrated purple turtle.

“What’s going, Angelo?” Donnie didn’t look up to meet the orange turtle’s gaze, still focus on his witchery.

“Oh nun~”

Donatello kinda got a little nervous at Mikey’s tone, but shrugged it off.

Raph and Leo was still standing by the door way as to not get Donnie any idea abt what they were planning because, all of them standing by one smart soft shell turtle is looking for trouble.

“U still highly sensitive?~” Mikey poked Donnie’s side in a teasy tone, earning a squeak and a protest from the older turtle.

“Mikey…. Don’t touch me.” Donatello warned.

The youngest turtle motioned to his other two older brother’s, and they both took an arm and pinned the scared brother on the back of his soft shell. “AGH!! Guys!!! Get off of me, PLEASE!!”

“Not until u laugh~” Mikey poked repeatedly on Donnie’s twitching stomach.

“Ahahhahahaha, Mikey! Stop!” Donatello withered in place.

“Wow, u rlly are extremely ticklish, huh?” Leo joined in on the teasing.

“Ohhahahahah, please! We all know, youhuhuhuhuhu three will start gihihihigling too, if u wehehehehre tickled like thihihihihis, STOP!!”

“Awww he’s already begging, how cute.”

“Shut up, RAPH!!! Ahahhahahahahaah!!!”

“Hey! Be nice!” Mikey scratched his stomach harder now.

“MIKEY!!! StahAhaaoP!”

“Say ur Sry,” Mikey continued to tease his older brother.

“I’M SRY!!”

“Ur forgiven, but we’re not gonna stop yet.”

“Lucky for you, April told us where ur weak points are.” Leo cooed right by the soft shell turtles’ ear.

Donnie scrunched up his shoulder to get rid of the phantom tickles that vibrated against his ear w/ the help of his older brother. “Please, stahahaha-Stop!”

“No can do, D. We gotta teach u a lesson for always being so cocky, and out besting us.” Raph scratched the purple turtle’s exposed neck.

“Guhuhuhuhys, please! Just stohohohop it alr, I’m serious!”

“Yh, kinda hard to take u serious, Mr. Giggles.” Leonardo his collarbone, by gently tracing his finger around the sensitive bone.

“Please! Ihihihihit hurts.” Donnie lied through his teeth, trying to make it seem like it did so they would stop, but Mikey had other plans up his sleeve.

“Dw, Donatello, Mr. Delicate Touch, will make it to where it won’t hurt.” The youngest turtle pinned one of his arms above his head, and lightly traced up and down from his top ribcage to the center of his armpit. Tracing around inside, giving the center a few scratches as he teases. “Does it tickle when I ever so slightly scratch my way, starting from ur sides, all the way to ur armpits? Bet it’ll tickle so much more when I use a soft paint brush on ur delicate skin. We’ll see if ur still begging me to stop afterwards.” Ofc, Mikey didn’t have a paint brush, but just the thought of it twirling around on his exposed armpits, with Micheal’s continuous teases, made him shiver.

Donnie’s drawn on eyebrows furrowed in fear, wandering if he’ll ever get out of this soon bc he’s nearly abt to pass out from all this non stop tickle torture. Then he realized one person he could call on for help, or so to say, robot. “SEHEHEHHEEHLDON!!!!”

“Wsu, D?” Sheldon asked, almost blind as to what’s infront of him rn.

“Please! HEHHEHEHEHEHEHLP ME!”

Sheldon acted like he was thinking of what to say. Should he help him? Or not? He finally made up his mind, “No way, man. You’re on ur own.” And as if his name was Usain Bolt, he flew right out of the room.

“CURSE U, SHELDON!!” Donatello laughed, from Mikey’s continuous tickling to his armpits, Leo’s non-stop torment to his neck and ears, and Raph’s tormenting fingers on his stomach. Donnie was losing his mind.

He couldn’t breathe, he couldn’t protest or talk, it felt like he had a migraine, and he was losing his vision. The three turtles were obviously oblivious to there ticklish brother’s agonizing pain, so they decided to tickle one last place, that’ll get him to scream… They flipped him over on his stomach, exposing his most vulnerable area, and his most sensitive.

“Ok, listen Donnie, u gotta make sure u don’t move too much or you won’t like the outcome,” Dr. Delicate Touch warned as he took off Donnie’s battle shell.

The 3rd oldest brother felt a hit of cold wind on his back, that signaled him to stop them while he still has the chance. “G-guys… Please don’t touch me there. I can-can’t stand it at all, and I’m being serious rn… Please…”

Mikey, Leo, and Raph couldn’t believe what they’re hearing. Was Donnie crying? They’re whole 15 years of living together, not once did they hear their stoic, always serious, never cutting corners, brother cry. They all realized that it was time to stop, so Leo put back on his battle shell, while they gave him space. Bc they just felt like he need time for himself since he needed to cool down after the torture they put him through.

“Ummm… D? Doctor Feelings is always here if u need someone to talk to, k?” And as Mikey finished his sentence, more so question, the three ending lers left the room. Donnie composed himself w/in 5 minutes after they left, but he stayed in there a little longer, figuring out the perfect revenge he can do to get back at them, individually.

#tickle #lee #ler #ticklish #following #for you #rotmnt #rotmnt tickle #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles tickle #donatello #Leonardo #mikey #raphael #ticklish Donnie #ler Leo #ler Mikey #ler Raphael #cartoon tickle #Netflix

[cheetomikey]

Hello everyone, I'm Mikey!! Would just like to say everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community is welcome on this blog <3

BOUNDARIES:

No Tce$t, pro$h!pping, OR Apr!lt3llo ALLOWED!!!

Please don't flirt with me, that's just weird off the bat

I AM a minor, so NO SEXUAL ASKS.

//yes there are ocs in this group, if you don't like it fuck off. <3

Boundaries may update

Family and friends!! ♡♡

- @shakertello (smart brother!)

- @explodingsoda (donnies boyfrieend~)

-@explodingpop (his boyfriends twin sis!)

- @blue-boi69 (smartass brother!^^)

- @agreatsamurai (bunbun!!)

- @proudfatherofashibasha (why is he at the hospital constantly, is he okay?-)

- @sneaky-kitsune (OHMYGODSOFLUFFY!!)

- @just-a-chickadee (why do I feel like I know you?...)

- @azs-turquoisewave (who are you??-)

#rottmnt #mikey rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #ask blog #rottmnt michelangelo

[iholli]

🐪 Who confessed first? How did it go?

🐻 How do they show their love? Is it through gifts? Words? Quality time? Something else?

🐋 What are each of your FOs' nickname? Do they have one for you too?

YEAAAHHHHHHHH THANK U FOR THE ASK 💖

🐪

Leo was first, technically! there's a whole story to it but he and Donnie got together while Rat was gone on a long universal disappearing act as she does pre-PAK repair. Anyway, it was a little awkward, but way overdue, and completely rut-influenced. It worked out 👏

& when she came back Rat was the one to confess in an absolute "fuck it" style moment. getting thrown around the multiverse like a furry ping-pong ball has a way of encouraging that.

🐻

Rat and Donnie are both gift givers! Talking is almost as hard as social time, but gifts are the ideal way to show that yes, they're paying attention, even if they don't always seem like it. We all know how Donnie prides himself on his observation skills! & Rat is very much guilty of the "oh, [appropriate name] would like this" even though she doesn't realize she's as good at gifting as the softshell.

Leo is big on quality time! He always finds a way to stick to one or both of his partners like not-entirely-unwanted glue. He's also just very physical, though Leo does try to reserve most such contact for Donnie since he's accustomed to it. Rat doesn't like to be touched unless she's in a specific mood for it. But she can't say no to spending time with her favorite red-eared slider, especially if it involves beating him in a video game 💙

🐋

💜 Dee, Don, Tello, Smart Dumbass, Gruyere [both from Rat]

💖 Highness, Space Case [from Leo], Spider [from Donnie] [this devolves into specific species from time to time], Cheeseball or Furball

💙 Lee, Nardo, Dumb Smartass, Cabrales [both from Rat]

& an endless litany of loving insults between Leo and Don, because banter will always be what they do best! also cheese, because Rat will always use cheese for nicknames-- Gruyere and Cabrales are just specific ones. but at the end of the day all three of them will come up with any and every nickname under the sun!

#💜💖💙 #ficto tag #ratkingresponds #THANK U SM FOR THIS IM SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THEM

[hermitcraft-8]

id like to hear about it!

alright i'll put the basics and then let him answer any other questions people have.

this au was made with the collective help of gimzjet, dave, and, of course, cj, but cj is claiming ownership as he named it and came up with a lot of it. he's only seen the 2003 version, so it's based on that and the 2012 version.

the au is called the back to black au, and in it, all the turtles have mostly black masks, and wear black robes. there's of course highlights of their colors, but they're mostly in black. they have solid white eyes, like 03, and are a lot more formidable and dangerous than other versions, focusing more on the ninja part of teenage mutant ninja turtles, but they still have their silly moments.

their personalities are also a bit different. leo is still very calm and proud, but he makes a lot of really lame one liners, like in 2012. raph is a smartass, but he's not really angry, mostly just snarky. donnie is smart, but he's also really anxious, often freaking out over small inconsequential things. mikey is actually hella powerful in this au, but he doesn't really use it much.

april was a college student around the turtles age who got wound up in things when she was a kid, and has been training alongside the turtles for a while, and casey is a (and skully really wanted me to iterate this) very cool and tough and awesome guy who plays hockey and gets together with april towards the end.

splinter in this is a really scary giant rat man who looks like something out of your nightmares but is actually a complete gentleman and very polite.

#skully's back to black au

[nrrrdgrrrl2002]

From Next Gen

Raph:”I love Finn to death but maaaannn trying to teach that kid something is hell. He has to argue with everything I say”

Donnie:”so argue back”

Raph:”I would if he didn’t make such good points. But does he have to argue about everything?”

Mikey:”well. Middys smart. And you’re an ass. So it makes sense one of your kids is a smartass”

Raph: throws a pillow at him

#tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2012 raph #tmnt 2012 donatello #tmnt 2012 mikey #tmnt 2012 next gen

[afreakingdork]

I have to say it: I think I understand Donnie's pov.

I also don't know how to deal with my own emotions nor understand them in anyway but I can understand other people emotions (Casey loving someone).

I fear hurting my friends and I think it was a reason for him not to kiss reader. Since the begining of the 'date' they say not romance involved, so feel it was 'wrong'. And maybe, that rule was because Donnie didn't know how to feel around reader?

Leo, annoying asf, was right: Donnie IS and idiot at emotion topics. But-- Who aren't?

Hey, we love to hear it. D is really struggling in my fic and I love your thoughts on why he didn't kiss reader. I am big on Donnie = smart dumbass and Leo = dumb smartass. Together they might just make one fully functioning person. Emotions and especially crushes are hard! Thanks for writing in~

#ask

[pencilofawesomeness]

a few ultra specific character types that I very much enjoy

Friendly But Feral Powerhouse With A Sharp-Toothed Smile Full Of Sunshine That Will Protecc Their Friends

Bonus: actually very smart but dedicate their brain cell to “punch it first” anyway

Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

Arataki Itto (Genshin Impact)

Veldora (That Time I Got Reincarnated By A Slime)

Raph (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Smartass Genius With Dry Humor And Egotistical Flair To Compensate For Being A Softy Who May Or May Not Crave Validation

Bonus: green and/or purple color scheme

Donnie (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Tech (Loonatics Unleashed)

Brainiac 5 (Legion of Superheroes)

Pidge Holt (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

Quiet Edgy Sad Boi With Awkward Sense Of Humor, Thee Softest Smile, And Parent Issues™

Bonus: high passive intimidation stat

Raven (Teen Titans)

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic franchise)

Todoroki Shoto (My Hero Academia)

Batman (DC comics)

Wise Old Dragon-Affiliated Former War Commander With Fine Taste in Tea and Penchant For Supportive Rambling

Bonus: may or may not have committed several war atrocities 

Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Zhongli (Genshin Impact)

#pencil rambles #character types #fairy tail #natsu dragneel #genshin impact #arataki itto #zhongli #that time i got reincarnated as a slime #veldora #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #raph #donnie #loonatics unleashed #tech e coyote #voltron legendary defender #pidge holt #Legion of Superheroes #brainiac 5 #teen titans #raven #shadow the hedgehog #my hero academia #todoroki shōto #batman #atla #iroh #shadow is mostly the archie comics version #whom I miss dearly #brainy can be the losh cartoon #but mostly the new 52 run maybe?

[aeempress]

Apritello Express Evidences, part 1

Greetings, Apritello enthusiasts and attention! Here comes a loong post is written by totally nerd. You've been warned. Here we go.

The thing is that Apritello is a double-edged sword. The series shows us established friendship of these two, give us a lot of content with them. We can see development of relationship through interaction between the characters, their reaction about the situations they are put in. We can sense their synergy and bound through the show.

Donnie and April have incredible chemistry, and both options, brotp and otp seems fine to me.

But let me tell you why I ship them.

Apritello is the kind of pairings, which consists of small details, hints, that's hidden, but if you're sharp and attentive one, you will notice that. Apritello has a strong foundation: the best friends trope.

And from the very beginning, it works as planned.

When I start watching show, I could say that April and Donnie are best friends. It is worth noting that April is like an older sister to the other brothers, more of a sisterly figure than a friend, but with Donnie she behaves somewhat differently, namely, as best friend. Obviously, she sets him apart from his brothers, although girl tries to pay attention to all of them equally. And Donnie behaves as well.

Dee's battle shell designs for April needs as well as his. His shell transform into comfy spot for taking ride for April. Special and only for her. Because his bros are not supposed to use it (at least, he carries no one on his back), Donnie carries them by his techno-bó or his limbs.

This tiny detail shows his special treatment to her. April is a very, very special occasion to D. Don does care about her comfort, he accept the way she is. Donatello does not try to prevent her from participating in their affairs because he respects her decisions and is pleased that April can be shoulder to shoulder with him.

D is glad to be at her service.

Yeah, Dee's still playing cool, he has image to perform as tough and coolheaded guy. So Don doesn't show his intentions, interest and feeling to other people (he's tryin', but fails). Because his actions matter. They are always small, hidden, but meaningful.

April, in return, trusts Dee and depends on his tech, even knowing what his inventions are the opposite of success (usually).

Go on. Look at Donnie's facial expressions and body language when April is near.

Donnie seems more relaxed when she's around, happier. His emotional response is always different from his brothers ones.

Oh, and look, he wanted to be first to give her a high three.

They worry about each other. Look at Don. He does worry about her way more than his brothers. Yeah, they all want to protect her, but Donnie is more expressive.

Mayham has no particular sympathy for the brothers: he is afraid of Raph and behaves aggressively, he is indifferent to Leo and Mikey. Mayham immediately takes a liking to April. And then the details come back: he let Donnie touch his neck. The most vulnerable place for any living creation, for a second. Let him to study an important vial without any hesitation. Mayham depends on April trust for Donnie. When everything goes wrong for Don, the little doggie comes to his rescue, just as April would have done. Is the hint transparent enough?

We can see links with "A mystic library", wherе Donnie begins to look for solutions to save April's pet. Yes, this may seem like his next leap, "sit down, I'm smart, and now I'll solve all the problems, watch and learn," but Don says one phrase that opens up the veil of the second plan, what happens behind the scenes. "My illiteral colleagues and I was conducting a mustic research, with a life of the beloved pet, hanging in a bounce".

Strange wording, Donatello. Beloved pet? Not yours, as we can see. I can say, that everything in this sentence is true, but Donnie and Mayham has something more.

Continue. Next episode "Origami tsunami". Interactions are kept to a minimum, as April herself appears for a maximum of 5 minutes in the series itself. But devil is always in the details, dear friends.

When April was attacked and hung up, the only one who excitedly called out to her was Donny. Raph is furious that the thieves have escaped, Leo is frustrated that their plan has failed, and Mikey is worried about the salami.

Yeah, we didn't see his worries about her when she fell, because Donnie is on the mission and must be coolheaded turtle, and second, he's calm because now April life is safe and sound, out of the danger.

Dear passangers, Apritello Express arrives to the next station - episode "War and Pizza".

Bare facts:

1. April has Donnie's number on an emergency call.

2. "Anything for you"

3. Donnie is the reason why Alberto knows April's name.

No one calles April by her name (except for Donnie, while phone call, but Alberto wasn't nearby) it was "Captain O'Neil" by her chief, her badge seems blank. And yeah, you can say, that's just economy of budget, but I assure you: in the first episode we were shown the name of the delivery guy. The animators were not lazy bones and wrore "Stewart" on his badge. So if something isn't there, then it either shouldn't be there, or it really isn't, that's how this show works.

So, the reason explained in the episode. When Al has short circuit, parts of its new code flashed through its mind.

Info about April was in its memory, in its code. Alberto was a lame animatronic, and it seems somewhat outdated. I do really doubt about Alberto is being something smartass machine with complicated AI like Freddy's Pizza's ones. Quite questionable. Donatello fix Al's brain and wrote code, synchronize with his remote control. He put information about Cap O'Neil into animatronic's head. All this pictures are kind of massage: "You was created for birthday celebrations. You are machine, and there concepts of "life" and "birth". Do great party for this birthday kid and April won't be like this". Or, something like that.

So Alberto did - do a memorable party. And he do what his creator programmed him to do, but in his way.

4. In other words, Alberto was a tool to impress April. Don flaunts himself in front of her, stating how he did the upgrade while doing the upgrade, even though April is fully aware of his tech wizard. And his abilities supposed to help Cap O'Neil to finish the birthday party, so she will stay at her job, not fired. All thanks to Donnie and his upgrade Alberto. (Or not)

By the way, Donnie was the last to leave April in ruined "Alberto's". And it's not an isolated case, it is a pattern.

5. They understand each other without words.

First, Donny came at her at the speed of light. Second, she hadn't even finished speaking before Dee was taking Al apart. Third, their chaotic, well-coordinated work? Donnie was a distraction (although he wanted to just take a break from the battle or let Alberto's guard down, while April just knocked him out). Donnie and April are great team, and sometimes the DonniexApril team is much more precise, coordinated, and interdependent than the DonniexBrothers one.

D&A feel each other and anticipate each other's actions, their skills complement each other, creating an incredible synergy of their interaction. They act as a whole, while it's not always possible with his brothers, even though they're family and know each other the way more Donnie know April. And Dee hasn't trained with cap O'Neil.

Donatello didn't show his crush for April. No puppy, loving eyes, no lovey-dovey speeches, no planning schemes (at least, the audience don't see one) . He just want her attention, but stays cool and hidden. D is already her BFF, but still.

The same thing is claimed in 5B episode - Mascot Melee. Donnie has no problems with interaction with idol of his childhood - Atomic Lass. She'd put Leo in a stupor, but Donnie? He playfully challenges her to a dance duel. Yes, he adores this character, who may have become his measure of the attractiveness of others to Donatello, determined his type. But still, he's playing all cool and confident guy, he's really smooth with girls, so you will never see a puppy loving eyes from him. Only two things can betray him at this point: his voice and his body language. Remember, how's soft his voice became for Atomic Lass? Now I want you to remember the scene before, in turtle tank, when April sent guys a meme.

D is the first to respond to the message, despite the fact that Mikey is sitting closest to the screen. And the responding is a little too emotional for this situation, don't you think?

And this face of his. And he comments it. He likes her sense of humour.

The only difference between April and Atomic Lass is that the first one is a real girl who is a friend of their family, practically a member of it; and the other one is just a fictional character. It is easier to say about love for a fictional character, because it brings less problems for a teenager, especially when he is living with three brothers and a father who likes to tease as well. Donatello needs to be careful and outline the area of emotions he could show, so that he does not get hurt.

Now, dear passangers, we are returning to the previous episode, shall we?

Donnie presents to his brothers his precious Turtle tank, but she's gone, and it's really necessary to find out, who has taken her. And the first person to suspect is April.

Something is odd, don't you think? Yeah, Raphael has taken tyre for their "Midnight special", Leo claimed that Donnie's stuff is common, but they are D's beothers. It's natural for family to borrow(stole) stuff of each other. But this trend was not observed in April. She would never steal anything from Donnie, much less steal anything from him.

Actually, there is a good, logical and solid explanation here. April was number 1 in Donatello' suspect list, because he simply told her about Turtle tank. His brothers didn't know he were working at Moon buggy, except Mikey (Orange helps Dee get the vehicle from Repomantis), but they didn't know what exactly Donnie was working for. They didn't know he build the Turtle tank, he kept it a secret, to surprise his brothers. But April knew.

- Alright you! Where's our turtle tank?

- Hi, DONNIE. You have 9 seconds to say, why are you just broke my door.

- Someone's stole Donnie's turtle tank.

- Haha-ow, I see. As your best friend, you naturally suspect me.

- She gets it!

- Oh-ho, don't give me that! You're the only one could taken it!

The only one, because she knew about it.

As Splints said in this episode - "April is not a snitch"

Donatello does trust April and share with her both, sorrows and joys. But we are not shown this directly. We do not see the action itself, we do not see their calls and conversations on the phone late at night, we only see the consequence. We have no choice and take it as a given.

And the way she cooled him down? Fast, efficient, and Donnie seems to used to it. Moreover, she slapped everyone, but still, she throw Don out of window the last. However, why such a large time delay between him, being slapped and him, was throwing out of the window?

And my favourite scene. It was obvious that Donnie had taken the hardest hit (judging by his scream and the way he was putting his knuckles back in place). Don then claims that their inner circle is secure, Mikey tries to make amends for everyone, and April agrees, blowing them a kiss and closing the window. Cute and mean, isn't it? (You're cute! but mean! why do I always go for your type?! - ep. War and Pizza)

Nota bene: Donnie wouldn't apologize to April. Tough, not caring badass boy image, remember? Even to best friends. It's hard to him to express his feelings by using words, he cannot do it in proper way. But he has Mikey, who is so alike inner him. Michelangelo apologizes not only for himself, but for D mostly, because D starts suspected April.

Let's continue: the episode 8B: Hypno Part Deux

• Donnie put "Donnie's blocker" at April's phone to protect her.

It's common thing that your friend install some programs or apps on your device. But you will always ask your friend to do such a favour, and you will always know about what, when and where were installed on your phone.

And April didn't know Donnie had done something with her phone. It was a real surprise for her, to see blocker with "Donnie says no-no-no".

And you know, the interface of his app. The way he tell this current phrase. Donnie could put a huge banner "THE APP YOU WANT DOWNLOAD TO IS A REAL PIECE OF GARBAGE", as usual antiviruses do. But no, voice interface. It makes the app more personal and thoughtful. Because when Don made gifts for his brother, the program was voiced by a computer-generated female voice. Yes, the tank's interface is voiced by Donatello himself, but his voice sounds more like Google than the real Don. And, we talking about HIS BABEY, for a second. Bit still, the point remains.

• Also, Dale.

Dale is nerdy boy in purple, wow, how convenient for making a parallel with certain purple turtle.

But thing is, April doesn't like Dale. He's clingy, remora guy, who has a little obsession with April, even he's not harmful, still, such behaviour freaks girls (and not them only) out. Her classmate is usually tell her what April O'Neil is "his favourite person" and he loves her. There is little that is attractive about this behavior.

So, there is nothing new and unpredictable here that Dale was rejected. Because April didn't, doesn't and won't like him because of his lame personality and strange behaviour. Our girl in yellow do right thing: she clearly sets personal boundaries and does not allow any dubious personalities to invade them. So that's the reason she refuses to go on a date with him at the end. He's weird, obsessed, and she doesn't like him.

Donatello, as far as I concerned from different versions of TMNT, was always a little obsessive with some things. And, you know, putting a blocker inside your best friend's phone seems a little weird, because it's, in simple words, violation of privacy and personal space. And there are people who may regard this as stalking or sorta.

Yeah, for the most part, he gets away with it, not only because April's focus is in a different area, but also because their bond is stronger than April's with anyone else at school.

She has known him for years. Donnie is her best friend. I can't say that it's fine to her when Dee violates her personal space - her phone, but April can accept Donatello's personality in general.

And he does really have good intentions. Donnie installed this blocker, developed by himself only for one reason: to protect personal space April from fishy apps from nowhere, from being hacked and etc. Don knew her too well, how much she depends on stupid apps that will distract her. He also knew well, that he can't be with her 24/7 to fix problems with April's phone, so Dee put a part of himself to prevent any harm in the future.

And again, "Donnie's gifts"'s vibes. Donatello genuinely cared about April, because he wrote, coded, developed, designed, and dubbed it, turned on the database, and installed it all on April's phone. 'cause, you know, writing programs in general is a bit of a hassle, but writing an antivirus is much more difficult, because viruses are changing, and questionable applications are finding ways to bypass. Do you feel how much effort Dee put in for her?

But Donatello didn't mean to fix April, as he tried to do with his brothers. Purple turtle accepts this girl the way she is, and tries his best to play smoothly with April, by adjusting, not being passive aggressive jerk. It's his outstanding way to show his caring nature, soft side.

Remember, small but meaningful actions.

Maybe, Donnie also can foresee that April may be forced to download some suspicious program, but still, it work: he managed to prevent April being hypnotized, even if couldn't be physically with April at the this moment - Dee was working for Repo Mantis, building dog's paradise for Todd. That's why, by the way, Leo and Raph were dragged into this whole situation. Mayham would teleported literally anyone to help his hostess. Donnie just wasn't at the Lair at the moment.

And on this note, we'll take a break for now. Stay tuned, expect parsing of the series, there's a lot to discuss.

Part 2

Part 3

#rottmnt #rise of tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja #rise donnie #rise donatello #rottmnt donatello #hamato donatello #april o'neil #rise april #rottmnt april #aprilxdonnie #rottmnt apritello #apritello #lonnnnnnnng post #sorry not sorry #zero regrets #apritello express

[heyheydidjaknow]

Okay, so I am just the worst. I'm very sorry for that. I will make an effort to stop being the worst. I'm already starting writing for the next chapter. It will be out next week. If it is not, please pester me until it is. If nothing else, the next chapter should be relatively interesting, so.

Chapter 15

“So then I was like, ‘Screw you, man, you don’t know me.’ Because he was being a dick.”

You nod, taking another sip from your straw. “So he was.”

“Well,” Casey continues, gesturing with his pizza slice, “that’s why he gave me a black eye on the ice. And now Annie won’t talk to me.”

With a sigh, you reach up, wincing slightly as the muscles in your back crack. “Well,” you smile tiredly, “that does sound like a predicament. Want me to try talking to her?”

“Nah.” He leans against his hand, taking a bite of his food. “It’s whatever. Didn’t like her, anyway.”

You smirk. “Bullshit.”

“Smartass.” He rolls his busted eyes. “How’s your boyfriend?”

“Nonexistent.”

“Bullshit,” he mimics. “Isn’t he all over you?”

“Hardly.” You wave your hand dismissively. “‘Sides, he doesn’t want a relationship, I bet.”

“You slept together.” He swallows. “You slept together and he didn’t make a pass at you.”

“What does that prove?” You take another drink. “Just because he or I want it to happen doesn’t mean that it should.”

“Bullshit,” he sings once more. “You’re just scared of commitment, I bet.”

Your face flushes. “That’s not it!”

“Then why not ask him?”

“Look,” you fumble for an excuse that was not ‘He’s a ninja,’ “he’s really busy, what with his sports and science stuff. I’m lucky he has time for me at all; what we have is fine until things calm down a bit with him.”

“So never.”

“Pretty much.”

Another bite. “If he’s so smart, won’t he be going off to Harvard or some shit? Shoot your shot.”

“Who are you to give me relationship advice?” You push him, placing your hand on the pizza box between you on the bench. “You just fucked up with Johanna.”

“Maybe the reason you two are still virgins is that you’re both smartasses.”

“We’re like fifteen!” You laugh. “What, you’re a lady killer now?”

“Hey, I’ve made my rounds.” He grins. “You know the blond chick? Jenny?”

You stick your tongue out at him. “She is completely out of your league, Jones,” you huff. “Know your place.”

“And she’s in yours?”

“Did I say that?” You take another sip. “No, I did not.”

He sighs. “I’m gonna set you up.”

You blink at this sudden change in subject matter. “Huh?”

“There’s this guy on the team who has a thing for you.” He takes another bite of his pizza. “I promised I’d try.”

“Out of the goodness of your heart?”

“Surprisingly, yes.” He leans back on the bench, head flopping back. “We’ve been buddies for a while.”

Your eyes trace the cracks in the pavement carelessly, weighing your options. “Where?”

“I’m looking for a yes or no.”

You fiddle with your collar. “Which guy?”

“Carter from bio.”

With bright green eyes, long black hair, you can hardly describe him as ugly. A bit pompous, but not irredeemably so. The idea of going on a date with another man-- another human, no less-- is hardly unappealing, especially given the fact that you are almost completely certain that whatever you have going on between yourself and Donatello is going to go exactly nowhere. It would be nice, you know, to go out to lunch or dinner with a pretty boy.

Your gut tells you it is a bad idea. Your gut also told you to go try and check out Shredder’s lair that one time, and now you could not walk.

“I’m down.” Why not? Life is about taking risks that do not result in your lack of motor functions. “You got his number?”

He nods, pulling his phone out of his pocket and texting you the contact. “He’s a good guy,” he promises. “He’s not gonna try shit, probably.”

“You sound certain.”

“Shut up.” He scrolls through his phone. “Who knows, though? Maybe you’ll like him more than your guy and you won’t have to keep pining over him.”

“And there’s the ulterior motive.” You cross your arms, setting the cup on the ground. “If I get stood up, it’s your ass.”

“Yeah, yeah.” He leans his head back forward, picking at his nails absentmindedly. “Whatcha gonna do? Fight me?”

You smirk. “It’s as realistic as you getting with Jennifer Barker.”

“And that’s my cue to leave.” He stands up, wiping his hands on his jeans and taking the box. “I’m taking this.”

“Have at it,” you follow suit, checking the time. “Don’t eat it all at once.”

“I will absolutely ignore your advice.”

“Obviously.” You wave. “See ya tomorrow.”

“See ya.”

The walk home is long, as always, but with every passing day, you get better at walking with one good leg. Having lost it in the dumpster with little more than reassurance that knowing whoever took it needed it more than you do, you have learned a thing or two about balance, and yet you still quietly long for your other leg. ‘It would be nice to be able to run places,’ you muse. ‘It would make me feel better about walking around at this time of night.’ With all the walking you have to do— you still do not have a metro card because you are foolish— you are still relatively strong, but getting places without hobbling and having the option to run away would be nice.

You unlock the door to your apartment. ‘Just a couple more days before I can walk properly again.’ You pull it open, kicking your shoe off.

Someone is sitting on your couch.

You take a shaky step back— ‘I can’t run’—, tripping on your feet and falling on your back in the hallway, your drink spilled on the floor. It is as if your body is struck with lightning, every nerve on edge as you crawl away, voice caught in your throat as you try and get as far away from the door as possible. Your body drags with you.

Too slow.

A hand grabs your ankle. It drags you back into the room with barely a grunt, and with a slam, the door shuts, and you are locked with a figure whose face you cannot see.

The door locks.

The figure lets go of your ankle, heart pounding in your heart as you try and reach for the doorknob, tears pricking your eyes. You can barely use your hands again, progress gone in an instant. ‘Don’t kill me.’ You pray to stop shaking. ‘I can’t die here. Not after everything that’s happened.’

The light clicks on.

“What the fuck is your deal?”

Your eyes snap open. A rush of embarrassment slams into you, a wave of shame making you hot all over as you become painfully aware of the fact that you look absolutely pathetic, clawing at the door.

You pull yourself to your feet shakily, turning back to look at Raphael. “You,” you mumble, opening the door and grabbing your keys from off the floor, not even bothering with the cup, “are the fucking worst.”

“You’re the one that’s all jumpy.” He rolls his eyes, sitting back on the couch. “Who did you think it was?”

You scramble for another answer. “I don't know,” you snap. “If you didn’t know, I’d like to introduce you to the concept of texting someone before you sit ominously on their couch.”

“You’ll live.”

“Barely!”

He sighs. “Sit. We have to talk.”

You toss your keys onto the counter, shakily hobbling over to the kitchen, hands clenched still. “You talk.” Your voice starts to stabilize. “I’m going to have a drink and wish it was alcohol.”

“Do you remember the first month you were here?” He crisscrosses his legs. “A week or so in?”

You lean down, grabbing a drink container. “When Mikey almost got kidnapped? Yeah.”

“Do you remember what you said?”

“Do I remember what I said over two months ago? No, I do not.” You set it on the counter, reaching into the cabinet and pulling a plastic cup down. You consider a glass one but did not want to clean glass shards off of your floor again.

“Then let me remind you.” He leans back into your couch. “You said, and I quote, that Shredder doesn’t get close to murdering Master Splinter until season two, whatever that means.”

You nod, setting your hands on the counter until they stop shaking. “What about it?”

“Shredder gets close to killing my father.”

You sigh, dreading the ensuing conversation. “Look,” you reason, “it probably won’t get to that if we’re smart.”

“The first word I think of when I think about our group is not smart.”

“It’s one guy.” You lean against your hand. “So long as he doesn’t pull a Leo and martyrs himself—“

He cuts you off. “What does martyr mean?”

“If he doesn’t throw himself in harm's way for the sake of the greater good—“

“So my Leo throws himself in harm’s way?”

“Have you met your brother?” You try and grab your cup. “Of course he does.”

His eyes widen. “So you’re telling me my brother dies too?”

“I did not say that.”

“But you—“

“The point,” you snap, “is that so long as your father values his own safety, he will be fine. There are preventative measures that we can take to make sure he doesn’t kick the bucket, so for now, worry about how you’re going to survive.”

He gets up. “How does he go the first time?”

“I can’t tell you that.”

“Why?” He stands in front of you, staring you down. “Why won’t you?”

“Because you’ll kill yourself over it.” You pick up your cup, taking a sip. “If I told you what happened in the future, you’d pull something to try and defy that, right? Then we wouldn’t even know what it was anymore, and our one tactical advantage would be shot."

“But—“

“I only tell you,” you cut him off, “about certain things so you can prepare to face them, not to try and avoid them. There are very few exceptions to that rule.” You set the cup back down, staring back. “There are things we can do to prevent things from happening, but not right now. Right now, our top priority is to make sure the Kraang don’t kill us all.”

“How come you get to know stuff we don’t?”

“Because.”

He throws his hands up. “Oh, well if that’s the reason—“

“Do you have anything else you wanna say or are you planning on just being up my ass?”

He closes his eyes, hands together as he takes a slow, deep breath. “Yes, actually.”

“What?”

“Karai approached us today when we went to check our Donnie’s stupid signal thing.” He opens them again. “She wants to team up.”

“Cool.” Your voice softens. “That’s good.”

He leans against the counter. “Can we trust her?”

You take another drink. “Trust is a strong word right now,” you sigh. “Aligning with her is a good idea, though. Just trust her as far as you can throw her.”

“What does that mean?”

“Well,” you shrug, “you can trust her to get you things and give you access to stuff. Just keep your guard up is all. Be diplomatic about it and you’ll be fine.”

He nods. “Cool.” He smiles. “Donnie’s been very anti-Karai so far.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.” He chuckles. “No idea why?”

You shake your head. “Thought he’d like having a kunoichi on his side.”

“You’d think.”

“Well, he’s gotta get over it some time.” You take another drink. “Preferably sooner than later, though. Fucking with Karai…” you shudder. “She’s incredibly powerful. If we can stay on her good side, it would make our lives easier.”

“Ours, you mean.”

“I have a stake in this too, you know.”

He scoffs. “How?”

“We’re on the same planet.” You reach down, fixing your pants over your cast. “Plus, I’m a target of the foot by association.”

“You aren’t fighting with us.”

“Would you rather I did?” You look back up at him. “Because when I do it seems it’s in the wrong way.”

“It would be helpful if you weren’t useless.”

“But I am, so it isn’t.”

“I guess.”

You stand back up straight. “Is that all?”

“Nope.” He walks back to the couch, sitting down. “I’m staying here a bit. Leo’s being an ass.”

“How so?”

“Same way as per usual.” He leans back into the couch. “Thinks he’s better than everyone.”

“And you don't have a better place to hang?”

He shrugs. “My brother likes you well enough. Besides, I want to know the person who’s making all of these big decisions in my life.”

“So it’s because you don’t like me?”

“Kinda, yeah.”

You take another sip from your drink. “That sounds paradoxical.”

“So?”

“So,” you lean your head against your hand, “why would you want to talk to me if you don’t like me?”

“Because your brother likes you,” he repeated. “If you’re going to be hanging around a ton I might as well try to like you.”

You smile. “That is incredibly mature of you, Hamato.”

A scoff. “You can’t call us all Hamato.”

“Watch me.” You hum, taking another sip from your drink. “Can I get you anything, by the way?”

“I’m good.”

“Suit yourself.” You reach into your bag— luckily, nothing has fallen out— and pull out your phone. “I just need you out by eleven-thirty. It’s a school night.”

“Even without being involved in our fights,” he shakes his head, “you are a total pussy.”

“Suck me.” You grab it off the counter, carefully carrying your cup to your bed. “And keep the noise down. “My neighbors have been pleasant and I want it to stay that way.”

“Buzzkill. You clearly don’t spend enough time with Mikey.”

“You know,” you grin, pulling out your notes as you sit down, “your brother says the opposite. Donnie, I mean.”

“I figured.”

You glance over at the window as he fiddles with the remote. “How did you get in?”

“The window.”

“No shit.” You look back over at him. “Red button, but I lock the window."

“No, you didn’t.” He clicks the button. “It was unlocked when I got here.”

“Huh.” Another stream of electricity flows through your veins. ‘They know where I live.’ You swallow.

“Must’ve forgotten.”

You did not. You would not forget. There was no way you could have, or would have, forgotten to do something like that.

“Must’ve.”

Table of Contents

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Chapter 16

#teenage mutant ninja turtles 2012 #tmnt 2012 #tmnt fanfiction #tmnt x reader #tmnt 2k12 #tmnt donatello #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #donnie x reader #2012 donnie #donnie #donatello x reader #donatello hamato #donatello #pizza #soft drink #casey jones #raphael

[rottmntquotes]

Any version of donnie is a troll or a smartass online change my mind

I cannot, for this is true.

Welcome to the arena: Bootyyyshaker9000 and his friends; underrated smart bois. They shall destroy all others with their trolling and/or smartassery.

#TMNT #TMNT 2003 #TMNT 2k12 #TMNT 2012 #RotTMNT #Rise of the TMNT #*Insert Smart Words Here*

[doodles-arts]

Headcanon of the 2003 turtles aside from Raphael reaction to (i already asked a scenario for him) dating someone who acts opposite of them but in a complimentary way?

Hi, hon! @nesting-dreams Before I talk about an s/o that's the complete opposite of the boys, maybe I should talk about what the boys are like...

Leonardo:

Calm, cool, and collected. Natural leader. He is confident and loving but dislikes excessive PDA. He would obviously go very well with someone who helpful and wise, but what about a bad b*tch? Your own leader.

His opposite s/o:

A complete baddie, b*tchhhh

loves fashion jewelry and horror movies

wants to be a model

loves anything with coffee. You're addicted 

loves showing off, not modest at all

Neva caught lacking

you're a diva, a female hustler, a complete boss

he looks up to you completely, he thinks your amazing

doesn’t hurt that your sexy with a-Rockin' bod

totally into reality shows and online shopping

you love TikTok, you're definitely always making up dances with Mikey

you online shop on Leo’s lap while he meditates

you hate it when people are slow

or when someone doesn’t have a sense of humor

you also hate when Leo doesn’t make time for you

you hold him accountable because you make tons of time for him

you don’t mind PDA

Leo likes holding hands and when you grab his arm

makes him flex, you notice but don’t care

but he better be spreading you like butta when ya alone!

your first fight is because he’s late to a date

he makes it up by spending the night, bringing you flowers and coffee the next day, it was 3 Am. you still squealed and accepted

you both stay up on the roof looking over the twinkling city lights and talk about everything and anything

Raphael: (my baby!)

Strong, stubborn, loyal, and competitive. The muscle. Raph, of course, is the type that would go for someone who was just as competitive and strong-willed to be able to handle his own temper. But what if he falls in love with someone he can take of instead? helps him grow a tender heart. 

His opposite s/o:

you are very shy

an introvert at best

you love books and a warm drink

you don’t like PDA, unlike Raph, because it makes you the center of attention

Raph respects it but warns you he can’t help himself sometimes

you both compromise and make PDA strictly SFW. Not sexual. At all

you're in school for journalism and you're writing a story based on the love between your and Raph. 

you always let Raph semi lay on you while you read on the bed. 

he also likes resting his head on your lap while you read and so do you

he falls asleep, daily naps

100% secret soft boi

he learns to work on his volume, he doesn’t have to be loud when it’s not necessary.

you always praise him when he does stop himself from yelling

you praise him during s*x too because it helps with his confidence. 

you always read to him after a night that he rants about something happening with his family. 

you always listen, you’re a great listener

you’re overprotective though

no one can boss your Red around

he loves that ^^ nickname

thanks to you he feels like he has someone to lean on that will relate or understand completely

the first fight happens because he yells at you when you first try helping him with his temper. Your hurt that he’d do the one thing that scares you

he apologizes and shows you his vulnerable side for the first time 

you accept his apology and cuddle him all night

reading him to sleep and you fall asleep in his arms

Donatello: (dadddyyy)

Obviously smart, but also a smartass. Basically the genius. He doesn’t enjoy PDA of any sort but loves physical contact when alone. He doesn’t like violence or ignorance. Usually, Donnie would benefit from a Mary Sue or a mom! friend. But what if he has a more calming and optimistic friend?

your probably a hippie by definition, but except your not he tie-dye tree-hugging type 

Your streetwise, a thick new york accent proves this. 

You’re very strong, stubborn but loving

Donnie loves this about you

you're not confrontational but your defense is always up

you actually try to understand his analytical ass, your own words

your rough around the edges but meeting Donnie has helped you with that

you crave physical touch from your partner, so when your alone you take advantage of him

he doesn’t mind, you're extremely touchy and even go as far as sitting on his lap in the lab. 

you lock the door because you know how he feels, but sometimes he likes seeing his brothers face when you're on his lap and they walk in.

your always in tight jeans and crop tops

it was obvious you had a perfect body, so he knew his brothers were a littleee jealous 

no one could prepare Donnie for the body you were hiding in those jeans and god, did he ravish you that night. 

you loved the long nights where he was too tired to take over in bed, you put your mouth to work...

He knew you enjoyed taking charge from time to time, he didn’t mind

you were a meme master

so Donnie had pretty much so many memes in his inbox

you're pretty funny and sarcastic too

“EW dude!! My mouth was open” your quick to play Mikey and “It’s always open”

Donnie likes how straight forward you are

first fight is because he was holding back in bed, you wanted to know everything he was into, all the freaky stuff

he complies and for the next week your a hot turned on mess but completely exhuasted 

Michaelangelo:

Funny, laid back and hyper. The fun one! He loves PDA, literally doesn’t care where or how. He loves to cuddle and nap and his cartoons. Obviously, the youngest in the group would like to be with someone who would have the same chaotic energy as him or at least similar. But what happens if the baby in the group gets the mom energy he never got as a kid?

you're very sweet on Mikey 

though you wished he’d slow down on the PDA

he’d hound you if he could, you always push him away, with a laugh

he loves to pepper kisses at you and hold you, grope you, hug you. basically suffocate you

you secretly love it

you always make sure he doesn’t get to close to the tv

he loves how whenever you go to the kitchen for something you bring him some

he loves having you on his lap while he plays. Keeps him warm 

wants to marry you the first time you heat up pizza and bring him some while he’s gaming

you love when he falls asleep on you

you both cuddle when ever you can

you always make sure that before you leave, he’s eaten and taken a shower, so if he knocks on the couch you know he’s alright

when you sleep over he usually falls asleep first, your exhausted but always make sure that when he’s tuckered out you help him to his room and draw circles on his forehead and drag a warm, gentle finger down the bridge of his nose. 

it puts him to sleep in a heartbeat

he actually calls you mom once, but you don’t mind, your friends have done it before

you tell him it’s alright because you know that you mother him

your first fight is because you overreact when he gets hurt trying to fight a villain with his board.

you apologize when he cries cause you yell at him, quickly admitting you were overreacting

you were worried and knew he was more responsible than that!

but you promised not to yell anymore if he promised to use his board during serious fights. 

he promised and you put him to sleep with a good old massage on the forehead and tucked him in before giving his injuries the last look

Leo is always easy to write, and I love writing my bad boy all soft like but Donnie is really fun to write <3 but Mikey is proabably the hardest because of how I see him as my baby boy. But I like this pairing alot, mom kind of reader with Mikey’s overactive self lmao

[peoplediedrobert]

Favorite Robert sass moments?

Ummmm so many.

One of my absolute favorites is when Donnie talks about Home Farm being big and he almost got lost coming down to the kitchen and Robert says “Cause that would have been tragic” because he a petty bitch and #same.

EVERYTHING Robert says when he’s helping Andy escape—“Andy Sugden wears yesterday’s underwear shocker” because wow what a moment to be a smartass, Rob. Suuuuuch a dick and I love it.

I honestly can’t even remember when this line was but Vanessa is talking about Daz (barf) and she says he must have looked fit and Robert says “I bet he didn’t”….because anyone that hates on Daz is A #1 in my book.

And I LOVE every smart comment Robert has ever made to Jimmy because their “friendship” soothes my soul.

Lastly I could sit in a room and just watch Robert and Charity talk shit to one another ALL DAY LONG. “Am I in the middle of something?” “Uh, your 50s?” Marry me, Sugden.

#Robert sugden #a petty bitch

[hazeofhearts]

A Happy Night In

Hello readers! Before we begin, I would like to say that I do not own any of these characters or you.

Hope you enjoy!

(Note: this is a part of a series but you don’t have to read them in order. It would be recommended though. If there are any mistakes, please message me so I can fix them. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you!)

“Come on, babe. It’s just a small party.”

“Steve, it’s never a small party. Really, it’s never small.”

Steve was leaning on the wall next to your locker, that goofy smile on his face, a busted lip and a bruised cheek. When you had first seen him, you’d punched him until he told you why he was hurt. When you found out it was because he was defending you from some serious assholes, you wanted to punch him less but you were still upset that he would hurt himself for you.

“Babe, please.”

Steve was good at whining and giving you those puppy dog eyes. He may act like a mother to several children but you had to remember that he was a kid too. And his eyes made you practically putty in his hands. Not to mention that stupid nickname.  

Babe.

You had gone on one date and he had started calling you babe. You told him to stop halfheartedly and when he persisted, you never mentioned it again. Everyone around you was surprised when Steve sat next to you at lunch, so close that nobody could assume anything other than that you were together.

He hadn’t officially asked you and you were waiting for him to. You wouldn’t deal with those on and off again bullshit relationships that your friends had dealt with before. You had been “a thing” for three months or so.

“I’ll play it by ear. If I want to go home, you take me home and then you can go back to the party or whatever.”

Before you could react, Steve had pressed a quick kiss to your bottom lip. You startled back and chastised Steve while you pulled out a tissue to hold over his reopened lip.

“You really need to stop this Steve. I need you to be smart. I can’t take a boyfriend home to mom when he has a busted face.”

Steve took your hands gently from where they held the tissue to his mouth. He clasped his fingers around your delicate ones.

“Boyfriend?”

Your heart sped up to a hundred miles per hour.

“I-uh-I ha, ha! I’m just kidding! Oh, got you! Pick me up at seven, okay? See you then!”

You quickly walked away, your cheeks bright red as you remembered you didn’t even grab your Biology textbook that you had been looking for. You had your hand on it when Steve had kissed you.

Argh! Steve.

You were sitting in the library at lunch, your head on the desk and you occasionally banged it on the hard wood. You were being stupid. Logic tells you that you and Steve were dating but he had never asked you or made any mention that you were official. You knew he wasn’t chasing after anyone else.

A chair pulled out from the other side of the desk made you look up and seeing the familiar feathered hair of your not-boyfriend made you want to crawl under the table. He sat, staying quiet, which was strange for him.

He slipped a folded up piece of paper across the desk and leaned back in his chair, tipping it ever so slightly on the back legs.

You touched the paper with your fingertips and slid it into your lap, your head not coming an inch above the desk. You unfolded the paper and what he had put in it made you want to laugh and cry.

(Y/N), would you be my girlfriend?

If yes, draw a heart. If no, draw a boat.

You grabbed a pen from your bag on the table and started drawing. Unknown to you, Steve had leaned in to see what you were drawing. You had hidden the note under the desk so much so you were the only one who could see what you were doing. You folded the note back up and nearly knocked heads with Steve as he practically climbed onto the table to look.

You pressed the note into his hand and slid down in your chair, your cheeks covered by the collar of your sweater. He unfolded the note, stared at it for a few minutes and rushed over to gather you into his arms. In his hand was his note and on the note was a crappy sketch of an anatomically correct heart.

“You’re such a smartass.”

“But I’m your smartass girlfriend.”

Steve brushed your hair back from your cheek and kissed you gently.  

“Yes, yes you are.”

Later that evening, Steve rolled into your driveway and sat there, the car still running, giving himself a pep talk about meeting your parents. He had dressed in his nicest sweater and slacks. He would change before getting to the party.

Even before Steve cut the ignition, he could hear loud music coming from your house but he didn’t really suspect anything. You were probably just chilling up in your room. But the closer he got to your house, he realized that the noise wasn’t coming from upstairs. It was coming from the living room.

Steve made sure to knock extra loud so he could be heard. Then he rang the doorbell. Stomping footsteps greeted him before a woman that looked exactly like you stepped out. She was wearing a dress that looked painted onto her skin and chunky white boots. Her hair was fluffed up to the heavens and as she adjusted her dress strap, Steve saw a door knob on her ring finger. She looked to be in her mid-thirties, too young to have a teenager.

“Oh! You must be Steve Harrington. Come on in, I’m just getting ready to go out.”

Steve stepped through the door and when prompted, slid off his shoes before stepping onto the pristine white carpet. He cast his eyes around the living room, taking in the blue sectional couch covered in embroidered pillows. Steve sat on the couch and startled when it seemed to eat him alive.

“Yeah, the couch eats you. Sorry that I didn’t mention it sooner sweetie. Do you want anything? Snacks? Drinks?”

“Ah, no thank you, ma’am. I’m just here to pick (Y/N) for a p- aahh a date.”

“None of that ma’am stuff. Just call me (mom’s name). You might have to wait for a bit for my daughter to get ready though. I think she might have forgotten.”

Your mother yelled up the stairs for you and not a few seconds later did you come hopping down the stairs. You were dressed in a pair of cloth short shorts and a sweater that Steve had given you after you mentioned that you were cold on your first date. Steve swallowed thickly when he saw your legs that kept going up and up and-

“Steve! Oh gosh, I’m so sorry. I totally forgot about tonight!”

Steve stood and took your hands. His brushed his fingers over your knuckles, trying not to look at how the collar of his t-shirt dipped down and out on your chest.  

“It’s okay. We don’t have to go out tonight anyway. Do you think we could hang here instead?”

Your cheeks colored pleasantly and Steve reached up and brushed your cheek with his thumb. You pushed his hand away gently, instead taking his fingers and intertwining them with yours.

“That sounds great.”

Your mother clacked back into the living room and seeing the two of you standing there with flushed cheeks and soft eyes, she cooed.

“I’ll be off, lovebirds. (Y/N), you know where I keep the-“

“MOM!”

“Alright, alright! I’m just messing with you. Have a good night you two. Donnie will meet me at the club on his way home from work so we’re going to come home at the same time.”

Your mom flew out the door to her ride that had pulled up behind Steve’s car.

“Do you really mean it? Can we stay in tonight?”

“I’d rather you be happy and comfortable in here than angry with me and uncomfortable at a party.”

You pushed yourself into Steve’s arms and he wrapped them tightly around you. You pushed your weight off to the side until Steve couldn’t hold you anymore and you fell on the couch, him on top of you.

“You’re a goof.”

A kiss was pressed to your forehead and you couldn’t help but glow on the inside.

“Yes. Your goof of a girlfriend.”

#steve harrington #steve harrington x reader #stranger things 2