[Everyone sticking close by is nice. It's a comfort, in more ways than he can count. He can't remember the last time they did something like this - pillow-blanket-fort in the main area for them all to pile into. Somewhere down the line, they got used to having their own spaces, all of them rebuilding after Shredder destroyed their home, Leo moving into a rundown subway car.
But this is nostalgic in a way Leonardo didn't think he could be at sixteen. And while the others start dropping off to sleep, he lays quietly. Listens to their steady breathing, the quiet shuffle of fabric as they shift in their sleep. But insomnia is always his companion in the night, and Leonardo does not sleep. He knows if he does, only worse things will find him in his subconscious, so the mix of fear and natural insomnia become the mix with the sore muscles and bruised limbs.
Worse, probably, is the lingering taste of copper in his mouth. He's fairly certain the spackle is mostly dry now, and the pains are minimal as he starts to climb out of the cot long-ways and crawl out of the fort. Water is easy enough, he can get his own water. Even if he's a little slow going, it's fine.
But he stops in his tracks when he sees someone else in the kitchen.]
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But this is nostalgic in a way Leonardo didn't think he could be at sixteen. And while the others start dropping off to sleep, he lays quietly. Listens to their steady breathing, the quiet shuffle of fabric as they shift in their sleep. But insomnia is always his companion in the night, and Leonardo does not sleep. He knows if he does, only worse things will find him in his subconscious, so the mix of fear and natural insomnia become the mix with the sore muscles and bruised limbs.
Worse, probably, is the lingering taste of copper in his mouth. He's fairly certain the spackle is mostly dry now, and the pains are minimal as he starts to climb out of the cot long-ways and crawl out of the fort. Water is easy enough, he can get his own water. Even if he's a little slow going, it's fine.
But he stops in his tracks when he sees someone else in the kitchen.]