I've managed to get through 6 Oneshots and there are still plenty more! This is fun!

Here's Oneshot number 1! Le02468 gave the prompt of: Leo doubts himself after the events of Fungus Humungous and his brothers, mainly Raph, help him. Enjoy x Xx

Never good enough

The four turtles were finally back at the lair after their exhausting day.

They had found strange fungus in the sewers which ended up showing them their worst nightmares after being sprayed with their pollen, the four turtles had nearly lost their minds and Leonardo had nearly lost his life in an attempt to save them all.

Now they had just come home from taking April and Casey home, nobody had wanted to be alone at any point, and they were just about ready to drop.

They all collapsed in the pit together and let out a collective sigh.

Leo closed his eyes as he tried to force his headache away.

His body hurt all over but his brain wouldn't stop racing, he had always feared he would lose his brothers and today showed him how easy and quickly it could happen.

He had failed to protect everyone from those spores and he had nearly been killed.

But even worse was he could remember his hallucinations clearly, his brothers' harsh words echoing around him driving sharp knives through his chest.

What if his brothers really thought of him like that?

What if they really thought he wasn't good enough?

They were right…. It was all his fault, he was a useless leader…

Leo opened his eyes to see all three of his brothers were staring into space, he assumed they could remember their nightmares.

''Hey'' He smiled softly. ''You guys ok?''

They looked at him sadly.

''No'' Mikey croaked as he leaned against Donatello.

''Anything could've happened today'' Donnie sighed quietly as he wrapped an arm around his little brother, ''Who knows what would've happened if the spores had kept us longer…''

''We nearly lost each other today'' Raph grimaced, Leo's smile becomes strained as he remembered his nightmare, ''Especially you''

Leo shook his head.

''It wasn't me I was worried about… I had no idea where you guys had disappeared off to during your fear'' Leo shuffled closer to Raph.

''That's the problem!'' Raph groaned. ''You shouldn't have went to defeat the fungus by yourself! You could've died!''

''That isn't important'' Leo replied sternly. ''What matters is that I managed to stop it before it went too far''

''You must've seen stuff too'' Mikey frowns suddenly, ''You were covered in spores when we found you… what did you see?''

Leo visibly paled yet his face didn't change.

''Nothing… I was too preoccupied'' Leo tried to wave off their concern but it didn't work.

''You must have seen something Leo'' Donnie sat up a little. ''What was it? Tell us the truth''

Leo sighed before telling them about his fear and how his brothers had been cruel to him about his failure, he left out the part about Captain Ryan… his brothers wouldn't have understood.

''Your fear was about failing us?'' Raph asked in surprise. ''Why?''

''Because you're my brothers… It's my responsibility to protect you… I-'' Leo swallowed and looked away. ''I can't stand the thought of losing you… At that moment… you were all gone, you had all disappeared and were god knows where experiencing your biggest fears… I thought I'd never see you again or…''

Leo shut his eyes and shook his head, the thought was just too terrible to express! He jumped when he felt a pair of muscular arms around him, he opened his eyes and looked down at Raphael.

''I should punch you for this'' Raph huffs, ''You're not a bad leader… you'll never fail us and you never have, we should have been more careful. Today you proved that you can protect us, you saved all of us… You don't need to worry anymore''

Leo bowed his head and gave a small nod.

''Thanks Raph'' He smiled a little.

Raph smiled back. The two looked over to see Donnie and Mikey had fallen asleep against each other, their eye lids suddenly felt heavy.

''Good idea'' Raph yawned.

''mmm'' Leo hummed in agreement as he let his eyes close.

Before they knew it both brothers fell asleep in each other arms, they both felt a little better after their scare.

They were all ready for anything.

Next one will be up shortly!