[ cw: nightmares / trauma / ]
Post-invasion, Mikey sneaks into Leo’s room and when asked by Leo what the problem was, Mikey just smiles and says since he’s awake and knew Leo would be too, he didn’t want either of them alone. Leo laughs and lets Mikey stick around, both of them clumped together on Leo’s bed, watching grainy compilations of old Lou Jitsu commercials on Leo’s phone.
Technically, Mikey didn’t lie. He just didn’t explain everything that led him to Leo’s room. He didn’t explain the nightmare of his arms burning up too bright, too fast, destroyed before Raph and Donnie have a chance to help. He didn’t explain how he woke up with a wail caught in his throat, phantom pain in his arms and chest alike chasing away any semblance of exhaustion. He didn’t explain how his mind made sure he knew, vividly, that if one thing went wrong with his portal, then he would have never seen Leo again.
He didn’t explain, and he didn’t have to. Leo knows his brothers better than he knows himself, and Mikey has always been easy to read. So it’s no trouble to let Mikey know that he’s still with them, that Leo is here and alive with everyone else. And when Mikey finally regains his exhaustion and falls asleep leaning against Leo, Leo simply maneuvers him into a more comfortable position and stays by his side.
He doesn’t move, doesn’t go to sleep - not that he could, anyway. He just mindlessly scrolls on his phone, the soft snores of his little brother filling the room. He stays in place, awake, because he wants to be sure that when Mikey wakes up again it’s to the immediate sight that Leo is alive and well and home.
And, if Leo’s bring honest, that’s a reminder not just for Mikey’s sake.
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Don’t close your eyes just yet – Taylor just released four new songs to celebrate the start of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour! ✨
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casden.exe has stopped working
[pose reference]
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💕 Another ship makes an appearance this episode/chapter. 🐺⭐
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[Commission Info]
A wise man once said, "Men are best when battered and covered in blood..."
Olom Kylac for @kimiheartblade, thank you for commissioning me <3
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HELP ITS KILLING ME ALREADY, LAVA LAMP IN YUUKO’S WORLD? LAVA LAMP IN ORDINARY EARTH?
LAVA LAMP ORIGINATING IN THE SAME PLACE AS WATANUKI - OR DOES HE JUST HAPPEN TO BE WHERE WATANUKI ENDS UP?
LAVA LAMP IN THE SAME WORLD AS CARDCAPTOR SAKURA - OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT DIMENSION ALTOGETHER?
I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
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For the WIP game: as much as I *want* to say Open Space, could I ask about On The Line? 👀
Thanks for asking, boots!
On the Line is a dialogue-only series of sometimes-strained daily phone conversations that go down between Pete and Porsche in the month after the coup. I love the new barriers/cracks in their friendship, the paths along which it mends/doesn’t, and this shifting context they’re in many ways failing to adjust to.
Excerpt:
“So I hear you moved Arm’s bugs to the cafeteria toilet. He had to listen to three people shit before he realized it wasn’t coming out of Vegas.”
“...Kind of funny though, wasn’t it?”
“Pfft, fair enough. I guess you take the laughs where you can find them.”
“Yeah. Yeah, I guess you do.”
“So if he’s not suffering from violent diarrhea, how is Vegas?”
“Why do you still ask?”
“I just want to hear how he’s doing. How you’re both doing.”
“Porsche. We both know you’re getting health updates with or without me telling you.”
“...Still.”
Ask me about my WIPs!
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on the subject of museums though: I'm a FIRM believer that the smithsonians are genuinely some the greatest cultural heritage americans possess and I believe SO fervently in them being free to the public and accessible to all because they ARE our nation's history and tell (and ideally deconstruct) our national myths and help contextualize the natural world around us and show us the heights of human ingenuity and art. also my favorite of all of them is the national museum of the american indian and I personally think if you can only go to one smithsonian museum it should be that one
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"I can't believe the Mystery Flesh Pit isn't real."
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