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1. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE MEANS (and it's killing me) by Writing_In_Denial

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   31 Aug 2023

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael (TMNT)
   • Leonardo & Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Donatello & Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo & Raphael (TMNT)
   • Casey Jones & Raphael (TMNT)
   • Donatello & April O'Neil (TMNT)
   • Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael & Splinter (TMNT)
   • Donatello & Casey Jones & Leonardo & Michelangelo & April O'Neil & Raphael (TMNT)
   • No Romantic Relationship(s)
   • Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Raphael (TMNT)
   • Donatello (TMNT)
   • Casey Jones (TMNT)
   • April O'Neil (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo-centric (TMNT)
   • Good Sibling Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Hurt Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Protective Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • BAMF Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo Has ADHD (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo Has Anxiety (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo Has Self-Esteem Issues (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo Has a Bad Time (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo Has PTSD (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo is Not Okay (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo is Metaphorically Baby (TMNT)
   • Good Older Sibling Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo is older because of Dimension X
   • Dimension x
   • Post-Canon
   • Alternate Universe - Post-Canon
   • Alternate Universe
   • Dead Splinter (TMNT)
   • Abandonment
   • Self-Blame
   • Self-Hatred
   • Self-Harm
   • Guilt
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Michelangelo Whump (TMNT)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Heavy Angst
   • Depression
   • Depressed Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Family Issues
   • Lack of Communication
   • Drinking
   • Underage Drinking
   • Substance Abuse
   • Everyone Needs A Hug
   • Michelangelo Needs a Hug (TMNT)
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Loss of Parent(s)
   • Medical Torture
   • Medical Experimentation
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Blood and Injury
   • Malnutrition
   • Eating Disorders
   • No Turtlecest (TMNT)
   • Brotherly Angst
   • Brotherly Affection
   • The TMNT 2012 Brothers are NOT ABUSIVE
   • They are hurting too
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Touch-Starved
   • Michelangelo Has Powers (TMNT)
   • Chi Control
   • Spiritual Powers
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide Attempt
   • (kinda)

   Summary

   "Finally, they could try and regain their lost childhood, to be a family again.

   Except…

   His family didn’t feel like family anymore.

   Michelangelo knew that logically, friends often drifted apart—changed directions in their lives. Though he always expected family to stay. To have a bond stronger than the forces of nature, impossible to sever. They always came back in the end, didn’t they? No matter what happened.

   Turns out….he was wrong because his brothers left him too."

   Or: Michelangelo's brothers deal with their grief and trauma in different ways after the loss of Splinter finally settles in, eventually, they all leave in one way or another-- only he remains. It doesn't help that something is lurking in New York.

   What will it take to bring his brothers home?

   Series

   • Part 1 of Gravitational Collapse

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   48,450

   Chapters:

   11/11

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