That Includes You
Mikey flinches. "Ow!"
"Keep still," Taylor admonishes him, gently dabbing a wet ball of cotton wool onto the cut on his leg. "I'm nearly done here."
Nearby, Don is finishing tying a bandage around Raph's arm; the larger turtle is keeping as still as he can, but Taylor's seen his gritted teeth and clenched fists. She doesn't know if he's trying to ignore the pain, or if he's angry that he and the others have been harmed. Casey hands April an ice pack, which she presses against the side of her head. She's going to have a nasty bruise there, and Casey's got a split lip.
"Finished," Taylor says. Don is already approaching with another bandage, which he immediately starts winding over Mikey's cut. The turtles will heal quickly thanks to the mutagen in their blood, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't take care of their injuries.
Taylor looks up to see Leo standing over her. "What?" she asks.
"You too." He points at her left arm.
A thin line of blood stands out against her blue shirt. "That's nothing." She just scraped it against something; she didn't even realise it was bleeding until they were getting back to the lair.
Leo folds his arms and just looks at her.
Oh no. He doesn't get to do that. "You know I'm older than you, right?"
"What's your point? Family takes care of each other, Taylor. That includes you." He kneels down next to her. "Let me have a look at that."
She rolls the arm of her sleeve up; after a moment of inspecting the cut, he picks up the bottle of antiseptic and tips it against a pad of cotton wool.
Taylor braces herself - and immediately winces as it makes contact. But she doesn't pull away.
