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Hold On (Or Three Times Donatello's Soft Shell Almost Killed Him, and One Time it Saved His Life) by dunk_on_em (the_author_at_221B)
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
26 Sep 2022
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The word "soft" has a lot of different meanings.
It can refer to something that is comfortable or it can refer to someone who is much too kind-hearted.
In Donatello's case, the word "soft" meant yielding, pliable, delicate, fine, breakable.
Oh so very breakable.
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05 Jun 2026
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sahlo folina by astragaloi
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
09 Feb 2025
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Donnie can barely remember the last time the two of them had really talked.
…Never mind, yes, he can. Eugh.
His heartbeat thuds, dum-dum, dum-dum, in his ears.
Donnie says, “I invoke the Prisoner’s Dilemma Accords.”
Leo, who has graduated to actual tricks during his monologue, sends his cards to his left hand, a good two feet below his right, and claps them to a halt. As he squares the deck, his golden eyes dart up to meet Donnie’s, dagger-sharp.
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In the aftermath of Mind Meld, Donnie and Leo revive a childhood tradition and try (not) to have a vulnerable conversation.AKA: It’s time to swap secrets with your twin. Is the gun really necessary?
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09 Jan 2026
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The World Nearly Ended (But We'll Be Okay) by uncouth_peasant
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
22 Jul 2024
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A few weeks after the Kraang invasion, everyone seems to be healing except Leo. Raph tracks him down on a roof to finally force him to talk about it.
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"Who's fault was it then, Leo? Who do you blame?"
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09 Jan 2026
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lean on me when you're not strong (i'll help you carry on) by mad_and_thick_as_thieves
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)
09 Feb 2025
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Mikey used to hate being the youngest, resenting Raph's need to baby him.
It takes a few cataclysmic events for them to work things out.Or: How growing up doesn't have to mean growing apart.
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- Part 30 of ROTTMNT One Shots/Short Stories
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09 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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09 Jan 2026