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froggyphycosis · 8 months ago

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Cassanda Jones/April O'Niel

Hurt/comfort fic!

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Summary

It's been 4 months since the invasion and Cassandra needs to to follow through on her promise! She's taking April to the bowling alley on a totally not at all date! Unfortunately Cassandra has feelings and is not great at expressing them good or bad.... And this gets her into more trouble than she likes to admit, especially when it comes to people being rude to April. Thankfully April is caring and would litterally do anything to make Cassandra feel better.

Hurt/comfort fic

Its pretty angsty at the end of this first part (kinda???) but the second part is complete tooth rotting fluff cuddles, love and comfort don't you worry honey <3333

Content warnings!

Swearing/strong language (it's Cassandra I mean come on)

Violence/depictions of violence

Blood

Depictions of alcohol

Suggestive hints at weed (it's one sentence and it only hints)

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April Stomps up the stairs to her apartment building so hard Cassandra's distantly worries she might break them.

She hasn't spoken to her the entire way home. The only thing stopping Cassandra from grabbing her shoulders and begging April to talk to her, is her soft hand entwined in Cassandra's rough and calloughesed ones.

God she was so so stupid

April deserves to be mad at her, she does, she does, she *does*. Cassandra has messed up yet again. Yet she can't help the sinking, childish, feeling that this is all unfair somehow. But she had promised April she wouldn't get into anymore fights.

Years ago, after the shredder, they became friends really quickly, and after losing both her father figures and general purpose in life, April became her rock to lean on, and April was ecstatic to have a human friend. They grew to care about eachother really quickly, but Cassandra would frequently show up to her house covered in blood and battered to all living hell and naturally, as is with friends, April disliked that a lot. And even though Cassandra hasnt lived a day since she was 9 without fighting she promised she'd try and control her temper better, she promised she was going to try so hard for April.

And despite the occasional mess up, April never got this mad.

Cassandra likes her so much, more than anyone she's ever known... *Differently* to anyone she's ever known, and those feelings are difficult to navigate on a *normal* day. But with the blood dripping down her face and the angry way April's face is set, she feels like she's drowning in it.

Fuck everything was fine?? how the hell had she fucked up so bad???

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It had been 4 months since the invasion.

4 whole long, and very tiresome, but productive months. The city had been putting itself back together pretty officiantly much quicker and officiantly in fact, than Cassandra would have even thought possible. The city wasn't even fully fixed yet, but people were still out and about, moving on with their lives, finding work and good in the small places.

The city that never sleeps, Cassandra could certainly attest to that now.

But on the up side! Places were starting to open up again! Restaurants and shops, homes and hospitals, all the nesscesities of living and thriving were coming back, and even places that weren't, places just for fun! And much as Cassandra has been revelling in all the battles with leftover Kraang, she's got to say she pretty glad they were finally reclaiming their lives, the feeling of normality was slowly but surely seeping back into the city and the peace was settling again.

Aaaaaaand most importantly of course, over April and her family.

Cassandra could see how hard she had struggled under the weight of everything that had happened during those 4 months, healing and progress happened, but life still took its tole. Ones little brothers almost dying and having the fate of the world on your shoulders will do that to a person. It tore her apart not beung able to help.

Although April went outside for meds and food runs during that time, she hadnt really gone out and done anything *fun* or relaxing, to busy with making sure her brothers were healing up all right to do so.

She pretty much lived with them during the aftermath, even neglecting time with her mother over it and not explaining why, Cassandra herself had only seen her once briefly just a month after it all.

April was grabbing supplies for her brothers, not even noticing Cassandra till she put a hand on her shoulder. She had cried and given Cassandra the nicest, warmest hug she's ever recieve, and April fretted and told her how worried she was, and how much she missed her. Then proceeded to cry even more when she had to go back home because she didn't want to leave the older teen, but Cassandra had given her the pack of ice cream she bought (last on the shelf) and held her hand shortly, promising to 'take her out somewhere nice once everything calms down'.

And now since that moment in the ice-cream section of the frozen isle, 2 months ago, it was finally that moment and Cassandra was extatic.

Leo had finally healed up a little bit and was now preoccupied with his little rabbit friend. Mikey was training up his mystic powers with Draxum and going out to do spray painting art again, his hands finally stopped hurting and tremors were light even on the worst days. Donnie was working on his own tech instead of upgrading medical equipment, and all the small cuts on his shell had healed up.

And Raph was doing training to make up for the lack of vision in his right eye, trying to adjust to his new disability and doing considerably well.

April almost Immediatly took up Cassandra's promise of bringing her out. Cassandras insides do somersaults if she thinks about that for to long.

And Cassandra being litterally the best person she is, found the first open bowling alley since the invasion and books. It's a really *really*nice place and she is nervous as hell. She couldn't even care less about how much this bowling alley costs, hearing how excited April was when Cassandra told her it was a bowling alley, makes it all worth it by a mile, Like a galjillion million miles,

.... yeah that was probably a real number.

April's smile always makes her feel like someone is throwing her brain in a blender, it feels like a scene in a movie when someone gets shot and all they can hear is ringing and chaos. Cassandra being the one to put it on her face is even worse, because if she's being honest it kinda feels like a solid hockey stick to the stomach WWE style.

She also prefers not to think about that either.

April always has a tendancy to make Cassandra soft and gentle, more emotional and loving than she usually allows herself to be. It was nice getting to be that way, it was nice getting to know the Cassandra she *could* have been if not for all the sadness and hurt she'd been put through.

April still believes that Cassandra can be that person, and even if she hasn't convinced her yet, she would walk across glass to try and be that person for April anyway.

She was embarrassed to admit it, but she was so excited she even brought out the orange frilly blouse Mikey bought for her birthday, its not her usual fit, but it's really nice and suits her amazingly, and honestly? Paired with her new ripped jeans and red converse, best decision she's ever made.

She looks fucking gorgeous.

Casey laughs at Cassandra from the other side of the kitchen, snapping her out of her worry induced daydreams.

"Mom stawp wowying if ywou eep pacin like tha ya gonna buwn holls thwu the cwarpet" his face is stuffed with about a half a jar of peanut butter, and the other half is smeared around his face.

Cassandra can't help the betraying gentle smile that works its way onto her face, the knot twisting inside her guts eases a little, even though she's trying to scowl at his remark. She's so glad he's comfortable with her and with eating food when he couldn't stomache anything before. She's not his Mom despite what he calls her- they both know that. But despite that they are family, and Cass loves him like a little brother.

So much so, in fact, that she will let him eat a whole jar of peanut butter Mikey style (he probably taught him that she thinks off handedly, thanks alot Mikey) in their kitchen without batting an eye.

"I'm not worrying what are you talking about?? " she snaps back without any really heat.

Casey swallows and doesn't even look up from the jar, still trying to grab the last specks of food "Suuuuuuure okay Mom sure," He smirks and Cassandra is stunned for a second with how much it reminds her of Leo's. "but let's just say for a second, that you were, hypothetically of course, worried i would again, hypothetically, say you are going out with Com- April and you know her, so there is nothing to be worried about." He looks up cocky smirk still plastered on his face. "unless of course you-"

The doorbell rings.

SHIT. APRIL'S HERE .

Cassandra snatches her keys off the counter and presses a kiss to Casey's hair getting a chirp in response.

"Okay so I bought Dino nuggets because I'm literally the best they're in the fridge just heat 'em up when you want," Cassandra pauses trying to find anything she might have missed, "Snacks have been restocked so you can have some of those.... oh! And leave my brownies alone, they are.... Special brownies.... Not for childeren.

Casey side eyes her suspiciously. Cass can't help but snicker as she walks off "Love you CJ I'll see you later!!"

"Love you Mom byyyyye!"

Cassandra opens the door swiftly and takes a look at April, getting the first good look at the younger teen in person since the invasion and is frozen still in the doorway like a block of pathetic fucking ice. April is all smiles and wide eyes, like she'd just seen her most favourite thing. She's wearing a long pale green sundress that ends at her ankles it compliments her dark skin stunningly, and the her eyes are a Fierce and warm chestnut that are striking against her red glasses.

Cassandra's neck feels like it's getting increasingly hot, it spreads like a wildfire to her face and cheeks, tipping it off onto her ears. God fucking dammit, she actually really wishes she was a block of ice right now, (granted she'd probably be a puddle on the floor if that was the case) her heart stutters in her chest painfully and she stands there completely silent taking her in.

(Leave it to April to make the loudest person in the room quiet for once)

"hey Cass you ready to go bowling?" April asks playfully bouncing on her toes seemingly oblivious to Cassandra's plight.

"Y-yeah" she breathes, her face feels like it's getting somehow increasingly hotter, which is making her more embarrassed than she all ready is.

When did she start getting embarrassed?!? Or feeling shame?!?! *THE* Cassandra jones does *NOT* feel shame NOR!! does she get EMBARRASSED!!!

"okay well that's great! because I don't know bout you but I am like, *so* excited for this!!" she squeals "I haven't done anything but stress in so long it already feels like I'm becoming Splints's age."

Cassandra can't help the laugh that sputters out of her at the comment. She grabs April's hand and darts down the stairs before she can overthink it to much.

Fuck she missed this.

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They arrive at the bowling alley a little late, courtesy of new york traffic and April resolutely sticking to road laws, stubbornly going at a snails pace for the sake of 'road safety' whoever came up with that concept deserves to be run over Cass concedes. They are still shoving eachother and stumbling around, throwing half-hearted jabs they don't really mean at one another when they get through the door. It feels like being 17 again.

The place is huge, and not surprisingly, very very full. Family's and friends celebrating survival and rehabilitation, laughing and chatting, ordering drinks occasionally at the bar which is just out of view around the corner. And eating cheap cheasy fries out a paper box with their kids. It's overly sachurine and sweet, it fills Cassandra up seeing the way April lights up when she's sees it all.

SUCCESS BITCHES WOOOOOO!!!

Music is playing quietly in the background and cheap L.e.ds softly pulse above them, it's such a disarming and comforting backdrop that it makes something tense in Cassandra's shoulders ease. She really couldn't have picked a better place, and then she gets a glance at the teenager at the front desk, he's alone so he's probably running the place by himself and he looks at them as if he wished he'd rather be anywhere else, serving anyone else. He probably does.

"hi. Welcome to Timothy's bowling alley how may I help you?" he mumbles.

"it is I!! Cassandra!! And I have booked this place for me and the wonderful lady behind me!!" she shouts pumping her fist in the air she wants to jump up and down on the spot from excitement but she refrains.

The boy glances down at his computer painfully slow. Cassandra wants to smash his face into the screen.

Kindly though.

April wouldn't like it if she was mean.

"alley 5."

They start dragging eachother hand in hand to their lane giggling and making absolute fools out of themselves the whole way. They spend the next half an hour drinking apple juice cartons and shoving eachother around playfully, getting into heated arguments about who was going to win even though Cass knew for fact April was going to win by a mile, the evidence was right infront of her. April was striking almost every round. Cassandra had strength, but her aim was as April had politely put, 'a pile of dogshit'.

Not that she minded, Cass was having the time of her life right now! Even if she is losing- which! Is a first! Cassandra lives to win at everything she can, but when April's here, laughing and joking, any sort of care she remotely had for that is out the window. Cassandra's chest feels so full she could burst and the smile that's stretched across her face is so happy and wide it starts to hurt a little.

...She is also starting to sweat from the exertion, which is kinda gross. Probably shouldn't have picked the heaviest ball every round on a day when her muscles are aching from an intense work out the day before.

She might have overestimated herself on that one....

"Yo Apricot imma go freshen up in the bathroom okay?"

April looks back at her after throwing, it's gonna be a strike she realizes and April won't even notice.

"yeah sure thing Cassy! I need to go up to the bar and order more apple juice anyway,"

April walks over and starts shuffling through Cassandra's bag for her money, not even bothering to ask first and weirdly that makes her smile, just seeing how comfortable she is. Cassandra huffs a laugh and says right as she turns to leave "I'll see you in a sec then!"

April grins "yup!" and runs off towards the bar to wait for the depressed under-paid teen to come out of hiding and serve her.

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Now Cassandra taking waaaay to long in the bathroom is no fault of her own. She gets distracted by the pink silky soap that super easy to make bubbles with almost immediately, the wierd looks she gets for the women next to her is totally worth it too. Cassandra manages to walk out of the bathroom with most of her dignity in tact feeling refreshed and clean despite it still being a little bit to warm in the building.

She walks out to go find April in their alley and finds that she's not even there.

Okayyyyy... Odd. She's probably still getting drinks.

Cassandra's sure she was in the bathroom for a solid 15 minutes though?? Maybe the guy just hasn't come out to serve her yet? she thinks as she walks away to the bar trying not to do so with a worried jog because April's fine and she isn't going to be weird about this.

Cassandra is still thinking about it walking down the hall when she turns the corner towards the bar-

The she sees it.

Cassandra goes completely rigid in an instant.

A shock of anger so quick and hot it burns flashes through her, she has bites her lip not to say somthing she'll regret and is distantly aware of the blood pooling into her mouth.

April's back is pressed against the bar hands propped up on the edge and there's a tall man leaning over her hands laid there aswell.

He's caged her in.

Now April is almost exactly as strong as Cassandra is- almost -but she's still strong and amazing in her own respect.

April isn't in any danger.

She can see that at a glance.

But she still can't help the bout of anger so strong that it shoots itself right through her and buries itself in her chest, festering clawing at her ribcage.

Cassandra is moving forward with a single minded focus before she even realizes she's doing it.

She shoves in between the two of them so that she facing the guy directly, keeping April behind her almost pressed against her shoulder.

He looks drunk off his ass.

They would've let anyone come in here for money at the minute. Pieces of shit.

"hi," she says overly sweet with a fake smile on her face that feels misplaced and wooden "im so sorry but I don't really think my friend is comfortable with you trapping her like that I'm going to need you to apologise."

She makes a point of waiting, and not moving, and being patient, and being all the other things she supposed to be in this situation. To. This. Living. Embodiemant. Of someone. Who should die.

WAIT wait wiat wait wait.

She isn't going start a fight. She's better than that. She isn't gonna let April down more than she already has.

Her head is pounding dear fucking lord.

The smiles and soft touches of affection when Cassandra gets better, or finally gets somthing right is worth every ounce of effort she has put into healing.

Every ounce of effort to not hurt this man till he wakes up breathing through a tube that is. But this is really really pushing it, she is losing what little sense she has standing here looking at this guy sneer at her like she something ugly and undesirable. She's tired of those looks. She doesn't want to see that anymore.

God April was looking forward to this please please don't ruin it for her.

"oh yeah? And what are you gonna do if i don't?" he slurs, getting more into Cassandra's personal space than he should.

*oh just you wait and see fuckface.*

She's about to retort a reply before April stops her.

"Cassy listen to me, it's not worth it take a deep breathe for me." April's hand is warm and firm on her bicep, voice calm and smooth.

It's the same voice you would use to talk to an injured bird, patient, yet sad. Cassandra doenst reply, just clenches her teeth and fists harder, she wants to scream and hit and punch and act like someone half her age.

Fuckfuckingfuckfuckerfuckingstupiddd!

But times ticking and he has about *four consecutive fucking seconds* she decides, before she loses it with him.

"That's right listen to the hotty okay? I dont mean no troubleeee im just tryna hava good time like everyone else okay? She doesn't need some ugly ass guarrddog like you to keepen her fromm haven a good time okay?" he smirks leaning over her. His breath stinks of booze. "so how bout you take a hint and fuck off." he whispers jabbing his finger into her chest.

*well his four seconds are over!*

Cassandra swings then, using all 11 years of street fights and training and anger into one punch aimed right at his nose. It lands and she only sees a spray of red as his body twist painfully with his head and he lands on the floor.

Fucking jerk deserved it.

And wow maybe she has been doing better at not getting into fights because her knuckles actually sting from the impact. (Or maybe she really did juts hit him that hard?)

April's outraged voice popes up behind her "Casey!?!? *fuck* you can't just-"

OKAY. So, turns out, this isn't jerkface's first rodeo, because he got up pretty damn fast! And Cassandra is too shocked to react fast enough when he swings towards her, she feels the solid connection of fist to nose and the painful way her face snaps to the side putting her off balance and landing her painfully on the floor. He takes that second of weakness and uses it to stomp on her stomach as hard as he can with his boots, she can't let out more than a grunt. He's winded her and it's only by some miracle she doesn't throw up right there on the ground.

"GET OFF HER!"

April shoves him off alleviating the pressure on Cassandra's middle. He staggers away and glares at April, fists tightening.

He's going to hurt her.

He's. Going. To. Hurt. April.

She hooks her leg around his ankle, grips his trouser leg and *twists.*He lands on the floor *hard*but his boot is positioned right next to her face and he uses that by kicking her with what little force he has left in his drunken body. They grab scratch and punch and she feels like crying. Punches don't usually hurt this bad, scratches don't usually sting this much, she doesn't ever remember crying over an injury once.

And all she wants to do is watch this guy *fucking die.*

So. Why. Does. This. Feel. *So bad?????*

She's pinned him on the ground now and April's ran off, probably to call someone or just leave her, she wouldn't be surprised.

"awwww wyy you cryin princess? does it hurt want me to kiss it better?"

Oh.

She *is* crying. Oh wow. Okay, yeah she is crying *a lot.*

It doesn't seem to stop either, they're making her face sticky and she can't see properly through the mountain load that are streaming down her face.

April comes rushing back into the room with the teenage boy in tow, he's paled and is shaking like a leaf and April looks completely and utterly pissed off. She yanks Cassandra back to her feet by the blouse and then roughly grabs her elbow turning her too the exit leaving the boy stammering over the knocked out drunk on the floor.

"W-wait ma'am uh what do I uhm do about this exactly??" he splutters

April turns to look at the boy none of that unforgiving anger thaws in her eyes.

"How would I know?!?! Call one of the other employees!!" she nothing short of shouts before walking off.

She drags Cassandra down the hall around the corner, across where the alleys are, she gets a few odd stares as she's walking past, but most people are preoccupied with there own enjoyment and Cassandra is glad of that.

April drags her back outside to the car.

Cassandra is bloody, beaten, bruised and crying and it's resurfacing things Cassandra hasn't thought about in a long while, things she doesn't want to think about.

The car ride home is silent and tense.

Her only solice was the cold window of the car on her nose and the the pitch black sky against the twinkling city lights. April doesn't say a word the entire way home, just stares angrily infront of her, white knuckling the wheel.

April is so good to her despite everything she has put her and her brothers through, she has kidnapped their father, fought their youngest over a video game and accidentilly brought back an ancient demon who is also sorta their grandpa??? WHICH ALSO DESTROYED THERE HOME.

But despite this the turtles, and April especially, never held it over her.

She remembers going to their home after the battle only to find it destroyed. Gone forever swept out from under their feet so quick they could have never seen it coming. Although they were able to salvage lots of their things form the rubble thanks to Donnie's tech, many of their very precious things from childhood were gone. Comics scateboards, tech pieces, teddies bears, beanbags, Fairylights and paintings.

Just, gone.

The loss was so heavy for them that no one really cried? Just stared silently at the rubble of their home. Cassandra didn't even know what to say, she was grappling with her own loss, losing the 2 men who has felt like father's to her and her entire purpose since she was 7.

She offered them refuge in an old run down barn house that used to belong to her mom before she died, April had come along to stating that it could be a 'family holiday' of sort.

Her and April had grown so close during that time. Even if it was only for 2 months, Raph Leo and Master Splinter had been going at it constantly, so Donnie spent all his time with Mikey or more Mikey's shell since he refused to come out of it.

But that left her and April.

They went swimming down by the lake, had movie nights, all the things normal teenage girls did on summer vacation.

But star gazing was the thing they loved the most.

They would climb up on the roof in ancient oversized sweaters that were left inside the abandoned wardrobe in the hallway.

April knew every name of every star which isn't surprising given how many space movies she's watched in her lifetime, that and she grew up with Donnie.

They told eachother everything when they were underneath those stars, April knew things about her that no one else did nor would they ever know. She made Cassandra feels so special.

And underneath those stars she had made Cassandra promise to try and not get into any fights.

And she agreed.

Stupidly.

No more starting fights. No more ending them. No more getting into them full stop.

If it made April feel better she would walk across broken glass.

She had only lived with the turtles for 2 months but they felt like home, She's so glad they all came into her life even if it didn't start out great. She misses spending tine with April under the stars like she did almost 3 years ago now.

And it's strange that staring out the car window and up at New York's pitch black sky, that that's all she can think about

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