[For a moment Raphael looks like he's about to argue, about to press. He holds Leo's hand a little tighter as if to keep him from running off (like he's going anywhere right now, though) but before he can get a word out, Splinter comes up and tells Raphael to go find a place to sleep and then do it.
And that, for now at least, is that.
Casey makes his way to Leo's side at some point and figures out how to lever the cot's hardware in order to sink it further down to the ground. It does have wheels, which Casey unlocks, Raphael had just found it easier to carry it and Leo both out of medical.
Casey and Mikey together maneuver the cot with Leo on it, protesting when he tries to get up (embarrassed over the fuss, maybe?), but it truthfully doesn't take much effort to get the cot under the blankets and into the aforementioned 'ballroom.'
Mikey piles pillows near and against the side of the cot for his own nest, eventually locating and corralling a drowzy Raphael over to their side as well. When Raphael lays back down he flings his limbs every which way, used to his brothers using him as a mattress wherever possible. Mikey does just that, happily squeezing between Raphael's arm and the cot by Leo's thigh, pulling a blanket over all three of them and burying himself beneath it until not even the top of his head is visible.
Splinter comes to tell them goodnight, takes a moment longer to pass a hand gently over the heads and shells of his sons, and disappears into a different section. Casey fumbles about awkwardly for a moment until Raphael grabs his pant leg and sleepily pulls him down into the pile. Eventually April joins them as well, casually draping herself over the other side of the cot with her own blanket, yawning a quiet 'good night' at Leo before settling down.
And so...they sleep. Some of them. With fits and starts, with one or the other or multiple members waking just to be shushed by the others.
At some point during the night -or perhaps now, the morning- Donatello leaves his lab and quietly bypasses the blanket fort, heading straight for the kitchen without a word or a sound.]
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And that, for now at least, is that.
Casey makes his way to Leo's side at some point and figures out how to lever the cot's hardware in order to sink it further down to the ground. It does have wheels, which Casey unlocks, Raphael had just found it easier to carry it and Leo both out of medical.
Casey and Mikey together maneuver the cot with Leo on it, protesting when he tries to get up (embarrassed over the fuss, maybe?), but it truthfully doesn't take much effort to get the cot under the blankets and into the aforementioned 'ballroom.'
Mikey piles pillows near and against the side of the cot for his own nest, eventually locating and corralling a drowzy Raphael over to their side as well. When Raphael lays back down he flings his limbs every which way, used to his brothers using him as a mattress wherever possible. Mikey does just that, happily squeezing between Raphael's arm and the cot by Leo's thigh, pulling a blanket over all three of them and burying himself beneath it until not even the top of his head is visible.
Splinter comes to tell them goodnight, takes a moment longer to pass a hand gently over the heads and shells of his sons, and disappears into a different section. Casey fumbles about awkwardly for a moment until Raphael grabs his pant leg and sleepily pulls him down into the pile. Eventually April joins them as well, casually draping herself over the other side of the cot with her own blanket, yawning a quiet 'good night' at Leo before settling down.
And so...they sleep. Some of them. With fits and starts, with one or the other or multiple members waking just to be shushed by the others.
At some point during the night -or perhaps now, the morning- Donatello leaves his lab and quietly bypasses the blanket fort, heading straight for the kitchen without a word or a sound.]