Rating: K
Word Count: 372
I do not own TMNT.
09. Holiday
Screaming erupts from the streets below. Confetti is flying in all directions and fireworks explode in the chaos. Leo watches from the rooftops of Times Square. The fireworks light up his face in the lowlight and cast shadows on the thoughtful expression he holds. There are people kissing and crying and opening up bottles of liquor like they have one night left to live.
Another year, Leo thinks to himself. In some way he understands the revelry they're indulging in. Almost as if they're saying "screw you life, I made it another year!", rubbing it in the face of fate that they made it and that they're going to keep going. Leo has made it another year, but he is not celebrating like the people below.
Leo imagines that his brothers are with him. Raph would be offering him a beer right now - Leo would decline, as always. He can imagine Raphael's voice, gruff and teasing. "Take that stick out of your butt. It's one beer on one night of the year. Live a little."
Donnie would be busy at his phone, chattering about last years statistics and what people are predicting the next year will hold. He'd list off every movie and game release for the next year and comment his own prediction of how well they would do until somebody shut him up. "My Dirty Wife? Sounds terrible. Is that a joke? No, it's releasing in March."
Mikey would be coming up with all kinds of New Year's Resolutions and writing them down in a notebook. He'd swear up and down that he was going to stick to every last one of them. They all knew they'd find the notebook wedged between the couch cushions two months later, completely forgotten. "I'm going to beat all 99 levels of "Mercenaries II", and I'm going to travel to California, and then I'm going to buy a helicopter and I'm not letting any of you guys fly it! Actually, I should probably buy the helicopter first, so I can fly to Cali in it."
Leo leans into the wind, and although the sounds of cheering and music are grating against his ears even at this distance, it feels quiet.
