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[Closed] Re-Acquaintance

Who: Donnie

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What: ~~Huvrye finds out he's the proud dad of twins~~ In which Donnie promptly forgot he fell asleep in some stranger's house
When: *waves a shoehorn vaguely*
Where: Huvrye and Leo's apartment, Central City
Content Warnings: N/A

Passing out at the end of a couch is comfortable and all until you wake up. Then the rest of your body dutifully reminds you of what a terrible decision that had been, to which you would argue that you didn't really have a choice when it was you, dear body, that gave out in the first place! Betrayal!

...not that Donnie hasn't woken up from such a position in numerous other instances. Just that this one is a lot softer than a worktable surface. Slowly pushing himself upright, the softshell stretches out his arms before rolling out his shoulders, slumping immediately as his brain kickstarts the rest of his waking routine.

-wait, where is he and who is sleeping behind him.

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Leo is also startled by that reaction, half rising from his own seat.

"Donnie? You good?"

He's never quite seen Donnie react to something mystic like that before.

"Wha- oh. Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, it's cool," Donnie attempts to reassure them, realizing that probably doesn't sound reassuring at all. He resists the urge to pull his goggles down again, much as he wants to confirm the strangeness he'd seen, even if he isn't quite sure what to make of it. Not yet, anyway. But it's not going to help if he can't really concentrate.

"Might have to do some reconfigurations, Confluence probably screwed some settings up," he reasons dismissively, even as he shoves a hand against his mouth as another yawn builds up after it.

Huvrye narrows his eyes slightly - because that sounds like someone waving off an injury, or something else concerning - and glances to Leo. Leo knows his brother; is Donnie telling the truth here, or is this something to be concerned over?

Donnie can’t lie to save his life, so Leo sees through that he saw something just now that surprised him, but Donnie isn’t acting like it’s something he thinks is dangerous or immediately concerning, so Leo won’t treat it like it is.

“…Okay, well, that can wait until later. If you yawn one more time you’ll put me to sleep.”

He’ll ask him about it later - or if it’s really important he might tell him once they’re away from Huvrye.

“Finish eating and I’ll take you to one of the spare rooms.” At least they have furniture, though he doubts it will be to Donnie’s taste - something they can worry about later.

He at least manages not to sigh in relief, even though he knows they probably are aware something's up. Unfortunately Donnie has no real answers to give them at the moment, but he's glad they're not pushing for them. He's grateful that Leo's taken that cue.

That still doesn't mean Donnie can't try to protest the suggestion that he needs to go to bed sooner than later, he has ...some kind of image to uphold after all. He musters up his best look of unamusement before shoveling away the rest of that pizza. Never underestimate the appetite of a hungry teenager, even if he is on the verge of falling asleep.

Something is up - Huvrye is sure of it - but Leo knows Donnie better than him, so he's taking his cue from Leo. If Leo's letting it ride, then he's not going to get involved. He glances from one to the other, then sighs. "I'll go put sheets on the bed. Call me if you need me." That imparted, he heads out of the kitchen to make up the bed in one of the empty rooms. Whatever conversation needs to happen may not happen if he's there; he can remove himself from the equation for a bit if need be.

Leo looks up as Huvrye leaves to make the bed. "Oh, thanks!" he calls after him, before focusing on Donnie again.

He won't stop him from eating more pizza if he wants it, but he is going to lower his voice and give him a light shoulder bump.

"You sure you're good?"

Might as well make sure, since Huvrye has so kindly left them to themselves again.

He'd echo the thanks if he didn't have his mouth full of pizza, pointedly staring at his plate instead of tracking Huvrye as the guy leaves.

Of course Leo asks that. Donnie doesn't have to fake his answer there at least. "Yeah, 'm good. It's..." He shakes his head. "Probably fine. Don't think I've ever tried looking at alchemy with these, brain's not ready to soak all that in. Maybe it's a dimensional thing."

"Oh. That weird, huh?"

Leo wonders if that's all it is, but then maybe it is. Donnie is more used to magic now but it doesn't mean he's wrapped his head around it entirely, so it could just be more than he was ready to tackle when he's half-asleep and still trying to figure out the whole "new dimension" thing.

Either way, Donnie is acting normal enough now that Leo doesn't let it bother him too much. He's eating, so he's fine - Leo Logic(tm).

"It's alright. We'll get you rested up and then your big brows will be ready to handle anything."

"That weird." Really, really weird.

Just as well that Leo accepts that answer. Donnie doesn't like not having an answer and avoiding one would just make it more suspicious. He is also very pointedly avoiding admitting that he is possibly too tired to think right now.

Making a show of pushing himself away from the counter, Donnie drags himself over to the sink to wash his hands off. "Yeah, you better believe it." But first he is going to faceplant so hard on that bed.

Mmhmm, he's definitely not too tired to think. Yep.

Leo will be very gracious and not continue to point that out, instead wiping his own hands off with a paper towel before moving to the doorway of the kitchen.

"Come on, I'll show you where you're bunking."

With a noncommittal mumble, Donnie wanders after Leo as he shoves his hands into his hoodie pocket. The shoulder bump is totally because he's sleepy and not at all some quiet reassurance in reciprocation of his brother's earlier ones.

He smiles but doesn't comment on the definitely-just-sleepy-totally-not-physical-affection shoulder bump. Donnie always has to mask his intentions like that. (Maybe that's one of their twin traits.)

"This one's my room," he says as they near said room. The door is open, and if Donnie looks inside he'll get a good idea of why the rest of the apartment is surprisingly clean given that Leo is living in it: his mess has been confined to his room, and as a result it looks like a tornado hit inside. At least they have spare rooms in this ridiculously large apartment.

"Huv's across the hall." He points at the door, then moves to the next one. "So I'm guessing this is where he put you... Yep." The room next to Leo's, which is clean and furnished with a pretty standard bed, dresser, and nightstand. "Here you go!"

At least it's easy enough to remember the room situations. Donnie can't resist a peek in his brother's room as much as he's starting to look forward to having one of his own. He turns a knowing look towards Leo upon observing the damage within.

And he's right next door. An actual bedroom and not some cold, empty sewer. Yeah, he can probably get used to this. "Could use more purple," he says, if only because he feels like he's expected to say something. He steps inside, taking a moment to just let it all sink in. Then his feet carry him towards the bed; he doesn't care if Leo's still watching or not, that bed is just too inviting. Donnie flops right onto it. Maybe he'll crawl under the covers later.

It’s his space and he gets to decide where the piles of dirty and clean laundry go!

Anyway, Donnie says something typical about the lack of his favorite color and then he’s down and out. He really had been exhausted. Leo bites back a laugh.

He remembers what Donnie asked earlier, about if it was okay for him to be here, and feels a chill down his proverbial spine. As if Leo would let him go out and collapse in some random place to sleep.

But it’s okay - Donnie is safe and asleep in bed, and everything is… well, not alright, because it’s still weird and they aren’t home where they’re supposed to be, but it’s getting better.

Leo goes and gets Donnie’s battleshell from the living room and sets it just inside the room, then closes the door. Then he heads back to the living room.

Putting sheets and a blanket on the bed doesn't take long - there's something to be said about military efficiency, though it's been years since Huvrye's quarters had been subject to inspection - and once Donnie and Leo head to the room, Huvrye returns to the kitchen to put what's left of the pizza away. It'll still be good reheated, and he knows Leo at least won't turn it down.

He finishes and heads out to the living room at about the same time Leo returns. Huvrye nods towards Donnie's room. "How's he doing?"

Leo flops onto the couch, looking exhausted himself - though his affliction is emotional rather than physical.

“He’s okay.” He tries to give Huvrye a reassuring smile, but it falls quickly, and Leo reaches up to rub his eyes. “I… I should have been keeping a better eye on the confluences. Of course he would run, we’ve spent our whole lives dodging humans. But he spent days wandering and I don’t know how much food he got or if he had anywhere safe to sleep.”

And that’s before he even gets into the emotional aspects of being abruptly kidnapped, but for Donnie’s sake he won’t get too deep into that. He’d said those things to Leo privately, after all.

“I can’t let that happen again. If any of the rest of them show up… Mikey… he makes friends easily, maybe he wouldn’t run, but Raph would, and Raph gets weird when he’s alone, I mean, weird…”

He’s spiraling a little.

Leo looks like he could also use a nap, but Huvrye isn't going to suggest that just yet - Leo could probably benefit from a conversation first, and Huvrye needs to know just how much Donnie knows so he can make sure not to reveal anything that needs to stay a secret.

He perches on the arm of the sofa and reaches down, putting a hand gently on Leo's shell. "Breathe, Leo. You got Donnie here, and he's safe now." Leo is drowning in hypotheticals; the least Huvrye can do is offer him something concrete. "We'll keep an eye out for the rest of your family - I'll help, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. You can't be everywhere, but you did what you could, and you did everything right." He rubs his hand gently up and down Leo's shell. "It'll be okay."

The shell rubs are nice, and Leo relaxes into them. The reassurance helps, too; Leo did do what he could, took care of his brother in the way he knew how.

"I'm just glad I happened to find him. He can take care of himself, but I don't want him to have to."

Donnie can put up all the emotionless bad boy image he wants to, at the end of the day Leo knows he wouldn't be any happier alone than the rest of them would be. Being capable of feeding himself and keeping himself safe isn't really the same as thriving.

But he should probably get to the other important thing Huvrye should know.

"He... doesn't remember the Krang invasion."

Stupid time travel.

"Well, now you can take care of each other." The fact that Huvrye plans on taking care of the both of them hopefully doesn't need to be said - he's already taking care of Leo, after all, and he sees no reason not to extend that to Donnie.

Leo seems to like the shell rubs, so Huvrye keeps it up, pausing briefly as Leo drops that particular bombshell. That...complicates things.

"Oh, buddy," he says sympathetically. Leo could use the support of someone who'd also survived the invasion; if Donnie doesn't know, he can't help, and that gap in knowledge is too big to ignore. "I'm sorry."

It doesn't need to be said, and Leo really appreciates it. Much as, like many teens, he'd like to pretend he is totally self sufficient, he feels better when there's an adult around to help.

"It's okay." Leo doesn't really sound like he thinks it's okay, but what else is he supposed to say? "I'll... have to tell him eventually. He knows I'm hiding stuff from him." And he doesn't like hiding stuff from him, not big stuff like this, anyway. "But I'm gonna get him through his first few days first, at least."

Stalling. He's stalling.

The shell rubs start up again. It seems like Leo could use them.

Huvrye lets that answer sit for a moment or two. Leo had told him more than once how smart Donnie is, and Donnie had been hungry and sleep-deprived and Still investigating Huvrye's alchemy at the kitchen counter. "If he already knows you're hiding something, do you really think he'll give you that long?" Huvrye doesn't know Donnie nearly as well as Leo does, but he has his doubts about that.

The shell rubs are keeping him sane.

"Aaaauuugh... No. He can be annoyingly persistent - actually, that's a family trait." There's no way Mikey or Raph would drop it either, so he was never going to escape no matter which of them showed up. And he would have been just as persistent if it were the other way around.

And there it is. He tries not to smile at persistence being a family trait - it's not like he's seen Leo display that trait or anything, noooo - and moves on instead. "You should probably figure out what you're going to say, then."

"...Alright. I will."

He will not, which is what leads to the mess in the other thread, but at least Huvrye tried!

"In the meantime... I should probably give you some more pointers on how to talk to him, because uh... no offense but that was a trainwreck."

Not that Leo is blameless himself here but geez guys!

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