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1. What Survives the Fire, Deserves to Burn by Anonymous

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Leonardo (TMNT)/Reader
   • Donatello (TMNT)/Reader
   • Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Donatello (TMNT)
   • Raphael (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • Baron Draxum (TMNT)
   • Big Mama (TMNT)
   • The Kraang (TMNT)
   • Splinter | Lou Jitsu
   • Original Characters
   • Original Yokai Character(s) (TMNT)
   • Villain Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Obsessive Behavior
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Graphic Description of Murder
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Battle Nexus Champion Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Dubious Consent
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Mating Bites
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Krang Invasion (TMNT 2018)
   • Human/Turtle Relationships (TMNT)
   • REALLY slow
   • Eventual Smut
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Leonardo is Bad at Feelings (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo is a Ray of Sunshine (TMNT)
   • Protective Raphael (TMNT)
   • Morally Grey Donatello (TMNT)
   • Love/Hate
   • no poly
   • Female Reader

   Summary

   And you walk. Because stopping would mean admitting that you've lost.
   But the truth is... You've already lost. Everything.

   In the middle of the ruins, he's there. Always there.
   The hero who wasn't fast enough, the savior who failed. The enemy who now watches, like someone looking at a shattered work of art. Broken, but yet beautiful in its collapse.
   He doesn't smile, not anymore. But his eyes betray what silence cannot contain.
   You hate him, and he likes it.
   You blame him, and he accepts it.
   Maybe, deep down, he wants to be punished. Or maybe he just wants to disappear inside your collapse.
   To slip into the cracks of your soul and make a home where no one else dares to stay.

   Language:

   English

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