BrightLotusMoon

Fire And Oxygen: I’ll Fall With Your Knife It was just the beginning I think that I was meant to be next to you, to you On this planet spinning I think that I was meant to be next to you, to you And you know I found the dust to be resilient And we’re the dirtiest of the dirt Every time we fall to pieces We build something new out of the hurt And we can never come back to earth To earth, to earth, to earth, to earth We can never come back to earth, to earth, to earth Are you living your life or just waiting to die? The bright, the bright, the bright The brightest things fade the fastest All my life, the bright, the

Your Darker Light Shhh. The voice was softer than air, it could’ve been his own breath in his sleep. Shhh. A violent emotional sensation rippled through his entire body, but he was used to that. He had been born an empath. Mutated an empath. Whatever. He sensed things. People. Objects. Environments. Sometimes it was clairvoyance, clairsentience. He’d read about it. Father said he used to have small seizures as a child, and sometimes he still did shortly before and after each psychic experience. He liked to keep it hidden on the down-low, so his brothers couldn’t take advantage of it on patrol. His oldest brother had this

Donatello was too busy immersed in metal parts and blowtorch heat to hear it, but finally his oldest’s brother’s yelling reached him. Leonardo had grown up being authoritative, and his voice had a distinct actual authoritative flavor. “Mikey! I told you to clean the kitchen an hour ago! Why are you still sitting there? You’re not even playing the game. Get up and go clean!” Donnie removed his welding mask and stood up, feeling an odd pinch of concern. He waited for the usual patented whine from his little brother. Silence. Frowning, Don left the lab and looked down into the pit. Michelangelo was sitting ramrod

He was tired. He glanced at the clock. It had only been a few hours, really, maybe five hours? It hadn’t been that long since the incident even happened, but it felt like so much longer now that there were no more millionths of a second feeling like forever. Oh, he was tired. The adrenaline leaving should have been enough. His mind wasn’t built for that, it just kept going. Heh. They were the same, really, he just kept forgetting because his brother was louder on the outside than he was on the inside. He ran his hands over the bandaged arm again, feeling the pulse thrum steadily under his thumb, just because he could feel it and

Raphael was having nightmares again. They were always the same. The endings were always different. This time, Michelangelo took the katana in the side but Leonardo didn't notice in time. This time, Michelangelo took the knives to the chest meant for Donatello, but they couldn't save him. This time, Michelangelo was raped by that Foot ninja more than once, more than just fingers, and Raphael could not reach him. And Raph bolted up in his bed roaring, tears streaming down his face. He was rasping out his little brother's name. Chompy had climbed onto his chest, pawing at his face, making those little frantic whimpers, the same whining soun

(Author's Note: This occurs a short time after the events of "Water And Oxygen: Acuity". There are a hundred little moments between each of the "Mikey The Lifegiver" stories that altered how the clan worked and lived together, and this came to mind easily. Even though "Spirit And Oxygen: The Children Of The Sun is essentially the final piece in the series, I plan on writing little tales that cover more events to tie things together. Naturally all disabilities are my own.) **** After they figured out it was truly ADHD-I and Major Depression, after the traumatic brain injury that revealed epilepsy and ultimately the Utrom manipulated, mutage

Author's Note Stuff that is my heacanon here: 1) Shinigami is in a polyamorous relationship with Karai and Michelangelo, and the girls have their own bedroom in the lair. Karai and Leo still circle each other. 2) Raph has taken a shine to Shini and her attitudes on life and is so proud his little brother has such an awesome loveperson who is also banging his awesome sister. 3) April has finally decided to try dating both Donnie and Casey, although she's spent more time with Don, and Casey doesn't mind. 4) Splinter and Shredder are dead. Shredder's henchmen have teamed up with Purple Dragons and other gangs, and have recreated robot Foot ninj

Leonardo had discovered his own affinity for spiritual intuition when he was very young, just as they began their ninjitsu training, but of course he'd had to work at it, under Master Splinter's gentle guidance. What had irked him was the first time he had sent his aura out to feel for his brothers, and realized that his youngest brother, the irritable, loud, bouncy, forever smiling, always giggling Michelangelo had a stronger aura than his own, and that his very potential for spiritual intuition was better. He had known that Splinter had sensed it, but had kept silent, although that tiny tiny smile had stirred something strange inside him.

(Note: I have no idea where this came from. I started writing it from a slip of a thought, and in less than an hour, this whole thing happened. It takes place sometime during the "Water And Oxygen" story. It's more B-Team fluff. I keep getting anonymous reviews and messages about "Don being somewhere on the autism spectrum" which makes me groan because that is not the wording anymore, it's technically not a spectrum, it's like a curvy shape, a Mobius strip, an Infinity knot, an Ouroborous. Spectrums mean a high and a low, and that's not what autistics do. So I think I unconsciously wanted to prove that "Look, you're trying to stereotype a cha

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick, And think of you Caught up in circles confusion Is nothing new Flashback warm nights Almost left behind Suitcases of memories, Time after Sometimes you picture me I'm walking too far ahead You're calling to me, I can't hear What you've said You say go slow I fall behind The second hand unwinds If you're lost you can look and you will find me Time after time If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting Time after time If you're lost you can look and you will find me Time after time If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting Time after time After my picture fades and darkness has