Raph x Reader (Y/N)

Chapter 1

You walk down the quiet street with a box of donuts in your hands. Your headphones are blasting music into your ears as you walk beneath the bright light of the street. You were busy humming the songs playing in your ears and hadn't noticed that it was oddly quiet near you for New York City. There's nobody else around. You come across a dark alleyway and without a warning, a large hand reaches out and grabs you by your hood. You let out a distressed scream as the hand drags you away into the darkness.

Your headphones and phone fell on the floor when you were being dragged so you have no hope of calling anyone for help. You hear tape rip and suddenly your mouth won't open. You freak out because of how dark it is and you can't see what's happening. You hear a man scream behind you. Something had taken them and it sounded like the man had just been knocked out. You see a large shadow stand in front of you. You could make out the shadow because of the streetlights now, they were huge. About 3x the size of an average man. You see a three-fingered, large hand coming towards your mouth and you flinch before they remove the tape from your mouth. You gasp for air and tears stream from your eyes.

The large shadow moves away as you reach for your phone in the darkness. Your hands are extremely shakey as you pick up your phone and headphones. You stare at the figure, breathing heavily. The shadow eventually speaks. They have a rough, deep yet comforting voice.

"You okay?"

You inhale deeply before quietly responding with

"Y-Yeah...I'm fine"

You look at the figure curiously

"Are you..going to show yourself then..Mister..?"

"The name's Raphael, but everyone calls me Raph. And about the whole showing thing, I kind of can't. You'll be scared..everyone always is." Their voice had a hint of sadness in it, you could tell because they went quieter and deeper in tone.

"I won't be scared, I promise!" you reply, hoping Raph trusts you enough.

"If you say so..." he muttered, stepping out of the shadows.

A giant turtle with a red mask around his eyes and a fang that hung out of his mouth stood before you. Your eyes beam with excitement and curiosity. He gives you an awkward toothy grin before rubbing the back of his green head nervously.

"Wow...you're so big and adorable!" you say without thinking, you turn a bright red after realising what you said.

Raph blinks at you, a light pink blush crossing the corners of his cheeks.

"Uhh..thanks. That's the first time anyone's ever said something like that." He chuckles awkwardly as he replies quietly.

You both stand there awkwardly for a few minutes. You can't take your eyes off of this snapping turtle. Something about him made you feel extremely safe, like you could just hug him right there and then and everything would be okay. He had a kind of calming aura which reassured you after the previous events.

"Well, I should head back home, my brothers will be wondering where I am right about now. Here's my number. Text if you need anything, cya!" Raph finally said to break the silence.

Before you could reply, Raph passed you a piece of paper before jumping up to the rooftops.

You plug your headphones in and start walking home with your box of donuts which were luckily in perfect condition.