This is a story I wrote for a prompt at tmnt_kink_meme. Feel free to check it out as well.

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Chapter 1 - Just another normal day

It had started out as a completely ordinary day. Raphael woke up in his hammock to the sound of Mickey cooking in the kitchen like he did every other day. It was still early in the morning. Still an hour before their morning exercise would take place.

For a minute he contemplated staying in bed longer, but quickly decided not to. Raph went into the kitchen, ate breakfast and left for his room again with a plate of lettuce to let Spike have his early meal too.

When entering the room he regarded the tank on his shelf quietly and only spoke up when he saw slow movements. "Hey, there buddy." Black point eyes stared at him with the ever present bored expression. "Up early today?" The turtle slipped down into the water, swimming around in the spacious area.

With the flick of his finger, Raphael turned the UV-lamp on, casting light into the clear water. He watched his pet glide around and smiled to himself. After about five minutes of having his morning toilet Spike decided to crawl back onto the stone that peaked out above the water and bask in the false sun to warm back up.

"You hungry yet?" The little turtle looked up at him immediately. "I'll take that as a yes." With that he lifted him out of the terrarium and put him down on the floor next to the plate of lettuce before he settled down himself. He watched the little fella as he began to chew piece by piece of the leaf in his normal slow-poke pace.

Raphael began to talk to fill the silence, something he often did when he was alone with Spike. Before he got his pet turtle he already had the habit to talk to himself and it only worsened after picking up the terrapin.

After Spike finished his breakfast he was put back into the large tank and Raphael went to training, showing up slightly late which was punished right away. The training went on for hours with Master Splinter giving them little rest in between.

Raphael understood his father on a basic level. The Shredder was strong and all together a pretty bad guy, but he still believed they could pull through without exhausting themselves to the point of passing out like Mikey often did.

They finished up late at night and red-clad turtle went off to take a shower right away. After that he went into his room and fetched Spike. He set him down on the kitchen counter together with another plate of lettuce while fixing himself a sandwich; always paying attention so the little guy wouldn't fall off.

Afterwards he settled down on the couch in the living room, lying down with Spike on his plastron.

Mikey had passed out right after training so that Leo had to put him to bed. After that he went into his own room as well. Master Splinter was still in the dojo if the swaying light of the candles were any hint.

Donni was holed up in his lab already together with the ooze he was so set on studying further on for hours on end. He hoped to find some sort of cure for the mutation- or so he stated in many colorful words when asked- in order to turn Xever and Chris back into humans and make them less of a threat.

Whenever he showed up to grab another cup of black coffee he looked more and more frustrated with the alien technology he couldn't quite wrap his head around. Even April couldn't get him out of there. It was quite a sight to withhold.

Raph snapped out of his thoughts as Spike began to chew on his bandana. "Playful are we?" He raised one eye ridge at the little turtle. "Sorry. I'll have more time for you again soon." Then he added as an afterthought. "I hope."

The pet withdrew its head into its shell. Black eyes peaking up at Raph. "No, I will be okay, we'll all be." He smiled and stroked along the much smaller shell softly with one finger. The tiny head began to reappear.

Suddenly there was a loud crash and it pulled back again, staring up at his keeper with bright eyes.

"Donnie!" Raphael shouted, put down Spike and ran towards the lab.