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New York was completely quiet as the only sound that was heard was some cars driving along the road but the night itself was very warm and peaceful.
Down in the lair things were the same as above, nothing or no one making a sound or disturbance what so ever. Splinter was walking through the lair checking to make everything was locked up, as he did so he noticed everything was to quiet which didn’t feel right. “Boys!” Splinter shouted but none of them answered.
That made him arch his brow so he tried again and still no answer now he was staring to worry, the boys knows it was time for bed.
He proceeded to walk to their individual bedrooms only to find them empty. Now he was angry, how dare the defy him and go top side without his permission. He opened the door to fifth bedroom and his eyes went wide at what he saw.
All four of his sons was fast asleep in the large circle like bed that could comfortably fit all of them. Raph was sleeping on his back with his arms around Mikey who sleeping on his chest, Leo was sprawled out as drool ran down his chin as he loudly snored but while he held Donnie’s hand who slept next to him. Donnie had his thumb in his mouth while his sensory toy which was a purple squeaky robot was held inside him arm.
Splinter smiled at was he was seeing, his four boys looked so cute while they slept just like when they were babies. Splinter walked over to the bed careful not to wake any of them and one by one took off their bandannas placing them on the table next to the bed. Splinter than carefully took off Donnie’s battle shell allowing his real one to be seen, upon the shell came into contact with the air Donnie began to whimper and whine.
Since Donnie is a soft shell turtle he always hated his shell being bare, even though Donnie is non-verbal he covets his emotions quite well through his tech which he’s a genius at. Donnie’s eyes began to water which signified he was second away from crying. “Aww shh, it’s okay Donatello.” Splinter said looking for something to cover Donnie with than he noticed a knitted blanket with tech symbols on it, Splinter grabbed it and covered Donnie with it.
The blanket was handcrafted by April as a coping gift for Donnie in case he got worked up. Once he was covered Donnie calmed down and Splinter gently smiled.
“All better.” He said before walking away but turned around one more time to see his precious boys.
“Sweet dreams my sons.” He said and he turned the light off.
The next morning as the light crept through the lid of the lair it hit Raph in the face which made him wince a little. He opened his eyes and looked around to see his brothers still soundly asleep. He smiled at how peaceful they looked, he stretched until he heard a satisfying crack.
Mikey and Leo woke up after him while Donnie himself was still sleeping with his sensory toy. All three brothers smiled at him. Donnie slowly opened his eyes and looked around but didn’t say anything as he sat up eyes cast down. Leo walked over and got down on his knees and placed his hand on his younger twin’s chin, lifting it up.
“Good morning buddy.” Leo said as Raph placed Donnie’s battle shell back on while Mikey grabbed some of his other sensory toys for later.
“Come on let’s all have breakfast.” Raph said picking Donnie up in a piggy back and all four of them walked into the kitchen.