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    Drabble Challenge November 2025 by

    Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, TMNT (2007)

    14 Nov 2025

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    100-word drabbles for the November 2025 challenge being run by @thedrabblecollective on Tumblr!

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    let the monsters loose by

    Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)  

    01 Oct 2024

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    Looking back, Raph can count all the red flags he missed and hates himself a little more for each one. Leo sometimes causes problems for fun, and he likes to see what trouble he can get away with or get himself out of, and he is a downright menace to society when he’s bored—but he’s good. He’s sweet, and charming, and wants to help.

    Leo wouldn’t have raised an issue with the other group of mutants, potentially cutting ties with useful allies, unless he had a decent reason to. 

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    Hollow Echo by for qolden

    Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types  

    08 Nov 2025

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    Shredder would destroy the Hamato clan from within. An infection would eat away at them little by little, until nothing remained. His intention was clear: he aimed at the captain of the ship.

    But the responsibility for pulling the trigger wouldn't be his.

    or

    I turned caged lunges by golden into a multiversal event.

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    Rise Leonardo-centric by

    Fandom: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types

    01 Oct 2025

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    Weightless on the Rooftop (Will I Fly?) by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types  

    07 Nov 2025

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    He didn’t feel…anything.

    Not the persistent dread, not the crushing weight of his own failures and guilt. Not even the constant fatigue from having to wake up every morning.

    Maybe he would have felt happy, if he could.

     

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    Leo get’s cursed and is…happy about it? Will he try to undo it, or will it be the death of him?

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    Nothing by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)  

    12 Nov 2025

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    "You're pushing me away just like you always did!" Raph accused, earning him a scoff in contempt. But he went on anyway. "Why!? Why is it so hard for you to admit you're hurting too!? What are you so afraid of!?"

    Leo opened his mouth as if to answer. But changing his mind he turned around to continue walking down the street. Raph followed, matching his slowed pace while Leo didn't have the energy to deal with another yelling match right now so listened instead.

    "I want things to go back to the way they were before with us."

    No response, Leo kept on walking.

    "Or if they can't go back that way there's nothing saying we can't work on this, together."

    For reasons he didn't quite understand Leo walked straight past his apartment building, continuing on down the wet New York street.

    "I don't want to leave things they way they are between us. It's been too long, don't you think?"

    . . .

    🔹🔹🔹

    Whumptober 2025 - #26 "Nothing Like a Relapse to Rehash the Kid who was Scared"

    prompts: power cut, drawn curtains (ch 1); relapse (ch 2)

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    Pot & Kettle by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)  

    12 Sep 2023

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    Raph couldn’t sleep. It’d been like this for a couple of days now. He was trying! It was just… his mind wouldn’t stop running. Laying on his back, facing the mess of shadows that occupied his room, the darkness worked as the backdrop of a projector for his thoughts. With nothing to occupy his vision and no other stimuli, Raph replayed the recent… events on a loop.

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    I Should Have Eaten You In The Womb by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types  

    08 May 2025

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    By eight thirty the lair was running on generator power and Donnie’s ears were ringing so loud he couldn’t even hear the baritone of the motor thrumming out in the open sewers. Note vibrating on the handle because no twin had returned home to rip it off with a roll of his brown eyes before depositing the original propane tank nearby. Donnie couldn’t hear Mikey’s voice as he asked about Leo, he couldn’t feel Raph’s hand as they brought him into the lair to warm up his frozen fingers.

    Someone else moved Donnie’s mouth and made his vocal cords vibrate into the open air of their home. Someone else stood in the doorway of their father’s room begging their dad to get out of bed because Leo was missing. Someone else felt the world caving in because all the things that were supposed to be unimaginable were happening right now.

    As if panic could knock back a respiratory infection Raph and Mikey hooked the TV up with Donnie’s numb help. The weather report was worse than they last knew. That blizzard that was originally projected to hit tomorrow by one in the afternoon would be here at their doorstep much earlier.

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    The Light Upon My Face by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types  

    04 Jun 2025

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    Something was…off.

    Leo’s demeanor felt different than usual. He was being less coordinated, but more than anything…he was happier. Although he put on a serious face and trained in the dojo for longer than he should’ve been earlier, here Leo was giggling and smiling like he was on pain meds again. Did he have rat flu or something?

     

    Or,
    Leo wakes Raph up in the middle of the night, but he’s acting strangely. Can Raph figure out how to help his brother, or will Leo continue to suffer in silence? (And, will a few bad habits of his come to light in the process?)

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    The World Nearly Ended (But We'll Be Okay) by

    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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    Operation: Undercover by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles (Cartoon)  

    01 Oct 2025

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    The rabbit seemed to snap back into focus, eyes back onto Leo’s. “Sorry, I'm bad with long speeches. Could you summarize for me?”

    Leo squeezed his snout between his fingers, exasperated. “I need to see you again in a couple days.”

    “Like a date?”

    “Yes, like a–” Leo looked up frantically, blush spreading across his cheeks. “No, not like that! I'm worried about the severity of your injury!” He looked away again. “Look, is there somewhere we can meet so I can make sure you won't die from this?!”

    “Wait what's your name?”

     

    AKA Leo goes undercover as a battle nexus medic to try to uncover one of Big Mama's plots, but ends up treating a cute rabbit yokai instead

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    Baby Blue by

    Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012)

    30 Apr 2023

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    Otherwise designated, ‘Leonardo and the Terrifying Ordeal of Being Known.’

    Follow Leonardo and his brothers, as they attempt to navigate his sudden transformation into the youngest brother (and the repercussions of a child’s honesty.)

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    can’t help but become the sun by for GibbousLunation

    Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)  

    25 Aug 2024

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    Mikey will never forget those horrible minutes after the portal closed, after Leo’s comms went dead, when he had wondered if he would ever hear his brother’s voice again. When he wondered what, exactly, his last words to Leo had been—they almost certainly weren’t I love you or please don’t leave so they didn’t count.

    To make up for it, he wanted to tell Leo everything every chance he got. He wanted to make him laugh all the time. He wanted to crowd into the little twin-size infirmary bed to watch movies or do art projects that got glitter everywhere. He wanted to sneak out for smoothies even though it would get them in big trouble, because that was literally why he helped save the world in the first place. 

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    Traffic Lights by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)  

    18 Aug 2025

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    With the portal closed, he thought it was finally over... until Mikey did the impossible. Time to take things into his own hands.

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    Its Over by

    Fandom: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)

    13 Jun 2023

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    this is a rottmnt series for if leo heard donnie and raph giving up on him at the end of the movie !

    you NEED to read "the begining" which is the first work in this series, for context.

    the rest of these works are alternate endings

    happy reading! <3

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    i'm around (through every mood) by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)  

    25 Oct 2025

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    Halloween was approaching and his twin, usually excited for the holiday, was still struggling with his mental health. The softshell wanted to do something for his new mate, he wanted to see a true smile on his slider’s face.

    Spinning his chair idly, his gaze flicked around the room, mostly lost in thought but also looking for ideas. His eyes caught on the cozy nest set-up on the spare bed, where he and his twin would curl up to watch movies when they both struggled to sleep.

    That’s it! Nostalgia movie night.

    Day 25: Halloween Movies

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    your royal blood was never meant to decorate this sand by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)  

    29 Oct 2025

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    He did really want to go experience Día de los Muertos, but he wanted Donnie to come too. Partially because he worked really hard to help Señor Hueso set up and he wanted his mate to see his efforts, but also because from what he knew, it was a really cool concept.

    Leo had spent a lot of time after the invasion thinking about death. But it wasn’t his own death he’d been so preoccupied with.

    You want to know what really happens to your brothers in the future? They die. Everybody dies fighting the Krang.

    Day 28: Día de los Muertos

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    angst for the soul by

    Fandom: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2024), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Bay Movies), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, TMNT (2007)

    17 Jul 2024

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    just a bunch of angsty one shots abt the turtles bc I can and also if you read any of these pls get therapy.

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    Shredder's Vendetta by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types  

    30 Oct 2024

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    Leonardo may have beheaded Shredder, but that doesn’t mean he’s gone. In fact, his soul is still very much alive, just trapped in another dimension, and now he’s a different turtle’s problem.

    (Indefinite Hiatus sorry gang)

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    i’m bringing everyone home by

    Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types  

    04 Sep 2023

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    Leo's been alive for 40 long, long years, so he would've hoped by now he'd've learned something. Gotten some life experience.
    All that fun and handy life experience is telling him that being disintegrated by a massive laser is fatal
    And yet.

    (featuring: all four future bros! existential crisis! leo being the worst medical patient ever! plentiful angst! and more!)

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