Missing Hearts
Chapter Two – Obsolete
He woke up with a slight gasp, finding himself covered in a cold sweat. He focused himself to calm down and felt some weight holding down his right side, looking across he found his partner fast asleep. The turtle smiled and gently freed himself from the sleeping turtle, and out of the bed.
Making his way over to the en-suite bathroom, he closed the door before putting the light on. He flinched as his eyesight adjusted to the brightness of the bathroom lights before walking over to the sink to wash away the evidence of the nightmare he just had.
He was surprised in seeing the tiredness in his eyes but he thought about it, then realised that he had been getting less sleep than his family. He closed his eyes away from the reflection and lost himself in thought.
"Hey babe, you should come back to bed... it'll be morning in a few hours" A soft voice brought him out of his thoughts, the sound of running water fell silent.
"I'm sorry love, didn't mean to be this long" He replied feeling a warm hand take his, leading him back to the bedroom with the light switching off behind them.
"Was a nightmare, wasn't it?" His partner asked, letting go off his hand and climbed back into the king sized bed.
The turtle sighed and climbed in after him. "Yeah Donny it was" He muttered softly, moving into the arms of the genius turtle. Their roles were reversed as he searched for comfort from his mate.
"I think its because you're seeing the twins in Cody, after what happened today with those bird warriors" Don muttered sleepily, tracing his fingers along his lover's plastron.
"Inuwashi Gunjin" Leo butted in sleepily, enjoying his lover's touch.
"Whatever, but my point still stands... you're seeing Akira and Yoshi in Cody and your fatherly instincts are just taking over" The genius turtle mumbled being warmed up by the leader turtle.
"Is that a bad thing? That I want to be protective of Cody?" Leo asked softly, snuggling up against Don earning a moan from the half asleep turtle.
"D-depends if you want it to be, just that he's not our son... he's a decent of April and Casey even though that is hard to believe sometimes" Don muttered in reply, "You're always the leader I've fallen in love with... even though I nearly lost you today when the Gunjin were put back into status"
Leo sighed, his eyes closed as he remembered the scene. "Just was so focused in trying to find who wanted Cody that badly... then being rescued by Darius" He muttered moving a little to get comfortable before pulling out of Don's arms and pulled his mate into his own hold, "It's just something I can't get over"
Don sighed as he opened his eyes, looking up at his mate. "I guess I owe him, kept going over it myself during training" He muttered as he got comfortable in Leo's arms.
Leo smiled softly, "So that's why Mikey beat you earlier... Donny, love you have really got to focus in your training... we've talked about this before" He said softly, giving the turtle of his life a gentle kiss.
Don sighed and nodded, closing his eyes. "Let's just get back to sleep, Cody wants us to start training him in the morning... so that's going to be a long day" He muttered, wiggling under the blankets to get warm.
Leo smiled as he watched Don fall asleep, and shivered himself before curling up close and shortly fell asleep with the thoughts of the day cleared from his mind.
For now.
