#Casey and Leon gonna be the best buddies

[paintedkinzy-88]

Something's Wrong: Casey's POV

All of Leo's family for the last year: He's acting weird, what does any of this mean?!

The one who's known him for a month and only ever sees him happy: That dude wants to fly and honestly MOOD

I like to think Cass and Leo would get along well after a while! Casey grew up in a cult clan that views emotions as weakness, and weakness can get you killed. Leo learned to hide his own emotions so as not to worry anyone, and instead bases his personality around their two biggest TV idols. Their masks are near flawless, built up from years of practice, but it's a lot easier to see through a mask when you have one of your own...

And that was the last of Something's Wrong! Onto... Idk, something else!!

Raph's POV

Donnie's POV

April's POV

Mikey’s POV

Masterpost

Also, a bit about COI Cass: She had parents as a little child that treated her as such. She was read fantasy books and was fascinated with adventures and knights and dragons. Then those parents died, and she was brought into the Foot to be a soldier. There, she was taught that dragons were ruthless monsters that deserved to be extinct. It never really sat well with her, but y'know. This was her new family, afterall. Her new purpose. No matter how poorly she was treated.

[purpleturtle9000]

so, like

Tello is always a tiny bit gurmpy about how they've bonded with these three children and they find it truly insufferable and unsuitable.

It takes Leonardo weeks to pick up on this. It's not until he sees Tello flash a smile while they're crouched down and talking to Pep that Leonardo realises that Tello's bonded with child #1.

He starts laughing so hard he makes wheezy choking noises like a rather upset baby seal.

Tello sighs and comes over to see what they can do about... whatever the hell it is that's going on here. Presumably Leonardo once again tried to eat too many pop-tarts at once and is now choking on one, they don't know.

Except once Leonardo is no longer literally choking on laughter, he manages to wheeze-screech out you bonded with a blueberry!

Tello bops him across the head and leaves him there whining about how that hurt.

When they find a mug in their lab the very next day with #1 Parent scribbled on it in purple marker, they promptly go and huck it at his head. They're just not expecting another one to show up. Or another one. Or another one.

Eventually they give up and are no longer surprised when they end up with a collection of four best parent mugs, one from Leonardo and the other three a matching gift set from their children (kind of. Don wants no part in this nonsense. Leon signs a mug from him but they all know that he had nothing to do with it.)

Once a week, at some random time, Leonardo drops by the lab and sits down and gives Tello a serious I'm-here-for-you-buddy look and says, "Parenthood can be really hard. You don't have to do it alone. There are some great groups in the Hidden City for single parents-"

This is usually about the time that Tello has set down whatever they're working on and then violently removes Leonardo from their lab, whether that means dragging him out by an ankle or just drop-kicking them through the window.

Obnoxious though the blue thing is about this whole development, his teasing is interspersed with actual help. Tello was a quite decent entle to Casey Jr, so blue thing figures that they'll also be a pretty good parent, they just need some steering along the way from a dad who's more experienced.

This help would be better received if Leonardo did not have the most insufferable knew you were gonna bond with a blueberry grin the entire time he was giving them advice. He's proud of them for letting two blueberries and a raisin into their heart and is making it their problem. Tello just wants to know why their little micro-family is being described as a fruit salad.

Lee gets themself and Tello matching hoodies with the "just a they/them out causing may/hem" design and it's the only time Tello is seen being affectionate with A Blueberry