Bonding
By: AndiKaneUnderwood
Despite Don spending the majority of his time with his elder twin, he was also quite fond of weekly chess games with his older brother.
Leo was a strategic person, the only one with the patience to play against Don's genius brain.
Sometimes, Mikey and Raph would watch them play. They'd pull up chairs and comment from time to time, asking how a move was done or what it's name was.
Other times it was Splinter, wandering over after his programs had gone off and watching silently and peacefully as his sons matched wits.
Most of the time, Don was the one who won their weekly games.
Sometimes though, when Don was excited about a project or blueprint he was telling Leo about, the ebony would manage to beat him.
Don was grateful that Leo would play with him. Not because his brothers weren't smart enough, but because they would get frustrated and that was never good for the home.
Because then Mikey would be bouncing up and down off the walls or Raph's frustration would build and build, until finally. It would all come to a screeching halt and a brother would snap.
Someone else would run off.
Another brother would chase after them.
It would be hours, well into the next day, before either brother was seen again.
And to be honest, Don didn't like how suspenseful the house's atmosphere felt during those times, because if he wasn't chasing after the brother that ran, then he was worrying at home.
So while he still asked if they wanted to play him, only on occasion when Leo was busy, they declined and Don would be secretly grateful.
TMNT~TMNT~TMNT
Raph often got along best with Donny, that much wasn't really a secret. But the next brother he got along with best, was Mikey.
Mikey had a zen vibe around him that Leo didn't have and Don couldn't replicate.
Mikey, to be honest, was their mediator. He knew how to calm Raph, sooth Leo, and comfort Don, all at the same time.
It wasn't a big wonder why.
Mikey was a stress reliever. He would screw with Raph until the ginger boy snapped and would drop everything to chase him.
It was rather cathartic.
So the next time a water bomb was dropped on his while he pounded the Hell out of the punching dummy in the dojo, he made sure to give Mikey a three second head start.
"Mikey!"
Sorry it's so short, I don't really know what to put that the show doesn't already show us and the first part kind of got off track, sorry about that, but here it is. Skye7Diamond (spelling?) I'll be getting to the rest of your prompts soon, I promise.
Memories chapter order: Raph, Donnie, Leo, Mikey.