Mae_the_Mermae
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take one for the team by remrose
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
11 Aug 2024
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“I don’t know what to do. All my instincts say to put my family first, walk away and get a new job as fast as I can. But maybe if I stayed on we’d be better off if it does work?”
Leo understood the stakes. The younger three were barely allowed to remain in Raph's care, let alone if they lost everything. If they were on the streets with no food for Raph, no anti-seizure meds for Donnie, no comfy bed for Mikey…
Yeah, no. Leo could totally do this. “Go with your gut. Whichever way you wanna go, I support you. And I’ll take on as many shifts as they’ll give me until you get back to your bread-winning self. Don’t even worry about it — hey Raphie, look at me.”
Raph audibly sniffed and turned his red rimmed eyes at his younger brother. Welling with frustrated tears. It was clear all over him that this wasn’t what he wanted.
But life wasn’t fair. Leo learned that a long time ago. He squished the arm in his grasp and said, coaxing and calm, “It’s gonna be fineee, I promise we can handle this. I’ve got your back.”
or: human au where leo would do anything for his family. anything.
Series
- Part 1 of take one
Bookmarked by The Cult of the Mermaid (Mae_the_Mermae)
06 Feb 2026
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State of Grace by ihaveathingforpink
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
12 Apr 2023
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Raph glances at the maze’s entrance and admits, “We don’t really think they’re just friends, Senior.”
Senior Hueso idly taps his pen against the notepad as he recalls the soft, happy grin the two had shared when he’d approached their table. He’s seen plenty of customers, been forced to bear the turtles and their allies’ companionship enough times to know that’s not the way someone looks at just a friend.
“No,” he says, “but I feel this is something you think your brother needs to work out himself, no?”
or, five times someone sees Leo and Usagi's friendship for more than it is and one time Leo and Usagi do.
Series
- Part 3 of our days, our months, our years
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18 Jan 2026
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Dear Friend by ihaveathingforpink
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
17 Jul 2023
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Leo and Usagi struggle with returning to their normal lives, while Mikey (unintentionally) plays matchmaker.
Series
- Part 2 of our days, our months, our years
Bookmarked by The Cult of the Mermaid (Mae_the_Mermae)
18 Jan 2026
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Fish in a Birdcage by ihaveathingforpink
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Usagi Yojimbo
13 Jul 2023
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Big Mama plans, and everyone suffers.
or,
“Why even bother with the wedding planning?” Donnie asks, “How does she benefit?”
“By marrying one of her own, Leo will become of service to her. He must have something that she desires. Or impressed her in some manner. A difficult and impressive feat—one she’s not forgotten or is willing to easily give up.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Raph repeats.
(or, OR, I finally wrote the thing!)
Series
- Part 1 of our days, our months, our years
Bookmarked by The Cult of the Mermaid (Mae_the_Mermae)
18 Jan 2026
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Pull Your Own Strings, Pinnochio! by Anonymous
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
25 Dec 2025
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Donnie had always lived life on manual.
It was hard having to direct himself all the time. Hard not to be like everyone else, who were so smooth, so natural. Able to move on automatic autopilot all the time.
But not Donnie.
He’d been the last one to learn to run, because his dumb little toddler brain couldn’t understand the mechanics of it. He’d had to watch, had to repeat, had to replicate over and over until he didn’t have to think about momentum and gravity and the nuance of balance anymore. Until the lack of instinct was replaced with hard won muscle memory.
All his life it had been the same way. From kata’s to skateboards to triple flips, he was always the last to learn, even on the rare occasions he was the first to try. It wasn’t like coding, inputting a string of instruction and having his body obey. He had to keep working at it, keep inputing the same directions over and over again until his body finally, finally learned.
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- Part 6 of TurtleWorks
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Bookmarked by The Cult of the Mermaid (Mae_the_Mermae)
26 Dec 2025