Following their journey of self-discovery, the Turtles reject their parents' plans and take charge of their own futures. But when things don't go as intended, the young mutants learn that choices are never simple, and adult life is more challenging than they could have imagined. Sequel to "The Wisdom of Rats" and "Chiron's Disciples".

"My hands aren't clean," he told her, and in the silence of that bedroom in the middle of the night his voice was deep and hoarse and full of something like longing. "They're not clean and maybe they won't ever be, but they can still carry you home when you're ready to sleep." (In which an ordinary patrol turns into the most hotheaded turtle's only real dream. T for mild language.)

We all know and love our favorite turtles Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael, and of course, their beloved Master Splinter. But what if there was another member of this mutant family? Another turtle. The true eldest of the family. Rated T to be safe.

He finally buckles under the weight on his shoulders...but will they notice his absence? Will they even care? (Rated T for probable language and darker themes.)

A run in with the Foot leaves Leo injured. What will happen when a stranger comes upon him? (I'm bad at summaries. There will be friendship, fluff, romance, and some action. Mature rating is more of a just in case for down the road. Also, this is based on the Bay movie, but it wasn't an option to choose)

One bottle of rum, one playful cat, and one grumpy turtle wrapping Christmas presents equals a drinking game Raph can't resist.

Life in Italy is perfect, until a mafia dispute tears through Donatello's family, separating him and his baby brother Michelangelo from their remaining family. Now they have to fend for themselves in New York City, of all places. A nice woman named Tang Shen offers them shelter and peace, but it may be too late to calm the storm that Donatello's rage will bring. Human!AU

Donnie volunteers with a local branch of the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. One night, he gets a call from someone that feels a little too familiar to him. Caught between following the rules and following his instincts, Don has to make a decision, and soon...or it could be too late. (Rated T for talk of suicide, and some slight language.) Originally meant to be a oneshot.

(sequel to Clogged Drain and Dark Windows) Their lair haunted, the farmhouse destroyed, the four return to New York, wounded and exhausted, but the entire city is dark and the humans seem to have vanished. Determined to find their friends, they push into the snow-covered streets, hoping for answers. (inspired by creepypastas)

How does one cope with being an Outsider of your own family? For Raph, it's simple. His family is happy...So Deal With It. Leo/Mikey/Don, Raph/Himself. Turtlecest is Involved.

Leonardo and Michelangelo go out to Coney Island to watch a baseball game long into the evening. When they start home, they are waylaid on an errand with their brother, but as they sneak into the darkened warehouse, they hear a strange scratching along the floors...

One calm summer night in New York, the birds flee the city just before the skyscrapers melt and explode and collapse into dust. Nuclear detonation. But with destruction comes transformation as the surrounding ocean flows in and covers the streets. This is all so dreamlike...but neither of them is dreaming. A story told in 6 parts.

Successfully preventing an assassination against April, Leonardo has returned after four months away from home. At the same time, a new presence in the city is felt, a swift and invisible thief that Raphael discovers is almost impossible to catch. Almost. (TCEST)

"It wasn't enough that they experimented on him. It wasn't enough that they screwed with his head. They had to take the one thing that he'd never be able to live without." (Alternate title: Blue Vengeance) Rated T for some minor language.

Donatello put his empty coffee mug onto the table, and asked the question both Mikey and he had been wondering the entire time they were listening. "Casey, who are Leonardo and Raphael?" Based on the 2003 series.

TCEST. Altered beyond his own understanding, Leonardo hides the changes forced on him, struggling not to harm his brothers. But vampires are possessive creatures, and brothers who disobey walk a dangerous line. Leo/Mikey/Don/Raph. Warnings: vampirism, forced bloodletting, dubious consent.

(sequel to Clogged Drain) After the haunting of their home, the four head out to the farm to rest and recuperate, but there are no city lights here, and the forest is deep and dark. Ghosts are not all that may lurk in the darkness, watching them through the thin glass.

Mikey gets badly injured during a mission, but Don is unable to fix him. Leo has to make the decision, get him to a hospital, or let him die. Rated T. No character death. One-shot

Healing takes time. Some take longer than others. When Leo is having trouble finding his way home, his brothers are there to guide him. Ground him. Remind him who he is. Because they need him. Always have, always will. And somehow they'll find a way to make him understand that.

So, this story rose out of my head-canon for Mikey's reasoning for his bragging about the Battle Nexus and it quickly turned into a little mini story. So, when the Battle Nexus comes around again, Michelangelo's title has finally been taken from him but the results are not what anyone expected.

"Why are you calling me, Donnie?" Leo asks. "I just told you," Don says. "We have a situation." It was bound to happen eventually. Leo should have been more prepared. A post-2k16 fic.

Trying to calm himself from a nightmare, Splinter decides to make himself some tea until he sees his youngest son doing almost the same.

2003 universe. In which a battle goes wrong, Mikey nearly bleeds out, and Donnie realizes that laughter makes for interesting medicine.

Don felt his eyes widen, felt the Shell Cell slip from his fingers, and sucked in a shocked breath. He knew how Mikey felt about cursing. Raph and Leo thought Mikey didn't curse because of his age or because he didn't know how, but Don knew, he knew exactly what it would take to make Mikey swear, vividly remembered the only other time he had heard Mikey curse, and he ran.

"Look what I've got, you guys!" Mikey jumped up and down as he held a little mistletoe above his seated brother's heads. "You know what that means, right? You gotta kiss!" The orange turtle gave them a kissy face and snickered. This is a Leo/Raph. Don't like? Don't read!

It's the holiday season. It's tradition. It's for Mikey. He can put up with Leo for Mikey… A SAINW story.

Splinter wishes he could give his sons a proper Christmas. But they remind him he has already given the greatest gift of all, by returning it to him. A turtle-tot Christmas fic. Any universe.

A lot can happen in less than ten minutes. You could save the world. Lose a friend. Or even show a side of yourself no one's seen before. Prequel to "Three Fingers"

What would you do if four little turtles landed on your front door step in the dead middle of winter? Leave them outside in the cold? Or do you bring them in and see what happens? This is in the 2014 universe and is NOT to be confused as being a part of A 6th Shell Rising-it's a completely different story.

"And Donnie just wants to wrap him him a hug at that moment, because oh, Mikey, you understand, you really get me! And he thinks, it's not so bad now, I'm not alone, I'm not alone at all, because your brain is one of a kind, isn't it? Just like mine. Complex and forever complicated. We're the same, we're sides of a coin." Part Three of Mikey The Lifegiver series

He knows he has never raised a child before, let alone four children. And the most he knows about kids is from his experiences with April back at the lab. And he understands that he is not meant for this, not supposed to be meant for this. Yet, somehow, along the way it feels like he is.

Leonardo is a lot of things - none so important as Raphael's big brother.

"Raph, have you ever thought about why our shells are so big?" It wouldn't be until eight years later when Raphael was once again asked this question.

There wasn't always enough food to go around when they were little. (2k12, Post "The Invasion.")

Being a ninja means understanding techniques for concealment, and what is concealment but another way of denying your own existence? When Leonardo begins slipping further and further into the shadows, it isn't so easy to bring him back. :no pairings: 30 Day Challenge fic. Warnings: Blood, violence and very bad reactions.

Leo looked at Donnie over the top of the turtle tot's head. "Is this permanent?"

April reflects on her past in the face of an anniversary that brings her both joy and heartache. One-shot. Apritello. *Nominated in the 2016 Universal Fanfic Comp for Most In-Character Portrayal of a Canon Ally (April) & Most Heartbreaking Tragedy*

"Raph!" Leo shoved his brother aside and collapsed when the shot connected with his side. There was a silent BOOM, a flash of purple light, excruciating pain for two heart-stopping seconds, and then his vision went black.

When you're a teenage, mutant, ninja turtle, childhood games suddenly become more…interesting.

Everyone's forgotten Leo's birthday. Again. But he doesn't mind and it's more fun for him anyway. Then their turtle luck just has to ruin everything. Rated T because of violence in Chapter 1 and I'm paranoid.

Right away, Yoshi recognized that his little box turtles had become more than just corner store pets. They were children, now, almost human; with wide, bright eyes and dimpled faces. It took him longer to recognize that they were his children. (2k12, oneshot.)

"I just loved the way Leo would go crazy with simple touches, almost begging me to give him more pleasure." [RaphaelxLeonardo] [T-Cest] [PWP/NC-17]

A cave-in traps two of the brothers, and time and air are running out. 2k3 'verse.

Mikey's quiet night in the lair is interrupted when Leo returns home in need of help. But it's okay. Mikey's got this. 2k3 'verse.

Who knew meditation could be so dangerous? Rated T for violence and brief language. Two-shot.

tmnt 2012. One shot. Mikey's brothers are captured by Hun and it's up to him to rescue them.

Worst! Night! Ever! The old turtle luck is running true to form and as a result, all Raph wants is a hot shower but nothing is going his way. Raph gets a little dirty in this one. No OCs. Comments, thoughts and concrit is always welcome.

The Turtles and Splinter speak of where each turtle was sent when Ultimate Drako attack, but when they get to Donnie, they learn of the horror that Don was forced to live through during that time. The boys prove that they will always be a family, no matter what.

After having yet another one of their arguments, Raphael sneaks out of the lair and Leonardo follows. When disaster strikes the two eldest siblings discover that they are more alike than they ever realized. Based on the 2003 series.

Secret Santa giftfic - "You can't get Donnie Leo, because he's the major problem we need to talk about!" Three nights before Christmas, an overtired Donnie overhears complaints spoken about him, sending him fleeing into the cold night. Rated for one tiny little word and mention of alcohol. Thoughts, comments and concrit welcomed.

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the streets - Santa needs help and along comes Mikey. Set in my romance universe. Mikey & Melinda. Set before Happy New Year Leonardo.

Brothers writing letters...the words they can not speak. Set in 'TMNT'. Raph didn't know what to do anymore. All these emotions floating around. All the pent up hurt and anger that always plagued him. He was trying so hard to be better after that night...

It only took one minute for everything to fall apart. Years later, you're still trying to fix it. It's what you do. Even when you have to resort to desperate measures... Sequel to "Shatter".

WARNING: Slash, smut. TigerClaw/Leo. Take place after The Wrath of Tiger Claw. Long on-shot with open ending. Read at your own risk.

WARNING: TURTLECEST, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. Prequel of 'The first time'. Take place after BTTS season. After April and Casey's wedding, the guys start thinking about the rest of their lives, probably without a mate... Or would it? Rated M for adult situation and sexual theme.

Leonardo has an unusual problem and Raphael is in charge. Can the two of them keep their family from falling apart? Rated T for death.

2k3 'verse, during the turtles' first stay at the farmhouse. Happy turtles in snow.

Raphael should know better than to bet against Leonardo. Won 3rd place for "Best Comedy" and tied for 2nd for "Best Lewd Comedy" in 2015 fanfiction competitions. Rating due to language (cant blame it all on Raph's mouth this time, either). Possible implied Tcest. Nothing graphic. I don't own the turtles. Cover Art Certificate by silver-moon-rabbit

An experiment gone wrong de-aged Donnie back into a toddler. Good thing Mikey's great with kids.

Donny wants Raph but Raph wants Mikey, Mikey wants Leo and Leo wants Donny. Let the ship wars begin. Also, I've been wanting to do this for a while, the Turtles can remove their shells. I know that it's not popular and that real turtles cannot do this but real turtles don't have a human like penis tucked behind their plastrons either. Or walk and talk.

If he knows anything, he knows he's always been lost. (Oneshot, 2k3)

Warning! Rated NC-17: There is abuse, non-con, dub-con and t-cest in this story as well as a few surprises that I don't want to give away in the warnings. If you have an OTP and are against any other coupling, dislike OT4, or don't like certain Turtles submitting, then don't read.

"He...I...of all the scientific mistakes!" "Donnie, calm down. Now..what happened to Mikey?" "I told him Leo...I told him not to mess with it..." Donnie and Mikey mess up big time and mutate Mikey back to his tot years. When no solution arises but to wait it out, how will our brothers react to literally having a 'baby bro?

What if…? … Oroku Nagi was never in love with Tang Shen? … Nagi and Hamato Yoshi were best friends? … Splinter was never alone in New York and stayed a pet? … the four baby turtles mutated alone in the sewers? … one crawled away? … one fell into the broken glass and raw sewage? Warning: T-cest, and character death in later chapters.

Don contemplates his relationship with Leo.

It's less than a week after the incident with those punk frogs that Raph realizes the ramifications of cruel words. (2k12, "The Croaking" tag, twoshot.)

Alone on a cold New Year's Eve. Melody gets a great start to the new year when a stranger saves her. eng

Sequel to Bring Him Home. Donatello wonders if he'll find someone who is meant for him. He's about to find out.

How much can someone take before they break? And will healing even be possible? Raphael is about to find out.

Warning Tcest, turtlecest, coarse language (thanks Raph), mentions of sex (although it is not explicitly described until later chapters) and buckets of general angst. Raph's thoughts and anger about Leo's time in South America. RaphxLeo, LeoxRaph, RaphxMikey DonxMikey

This time, their visiting counterparts were younger, smarter, and a lot better at disappearing into thin air and shadows than the previous ones had been. "We're here looking for our sensei," the little Leo told them. "Maybe you could help?" (2k3/2k12 crossover. "Turtles Forever" tag.)

"There's nothing," Leo heard him sob wetly, and he could imagine the rage in Raphael's green eyes and the grief in Donnie's, but he didn't turn to see. Instead he bundled Mikey up even tighter, pressed his cheek to the top of Mikey's head, and murmured low and sure, "There's us. There's always us." (2K12.)

AU. Leo was raised off-world by a mysterious race of aliens to be a hunter. When he is sent to Earth to hunt down a Traitor to his masters' people, he finds something he wasn't expecting. Can a family regain what was lost, and can a prodigal brother finally find his way home?

This is an AU/Tcest/Mpreg story. A run in from Bishop leads to a lot of complications for Leo. What is he going to do now?

Sequel to Alone in the Darkness - you don't have to read it before you read this one but it would be best if you did. When two turtles go missing and one is too injured to fight it is up to Leo to save them. But will he let his disability hold him back?

Takes place during the 2007 CGI movie. Leo finds out who the Night Watcher is in a completely different way... Can Leo save his brother in time? And more importantly, can he convince him that he's worth saving?

Being the oldest, he felt responsible for everything. His brothers came first every time, even when it cost him everything—including himself. Leocentric one-shot.

AU/Tcest - A curse requires one to step up and shield his family despite the bizarre circumstances. What the shell is going on?

AU/Tcest fiction-What do you do when you are left behind? For me, you smile and hide the pain

Is silence really golden?

A mistake in judgement after a battle leaves the family shattered. Is there anything than can be done to fix their mistake? Or is it too late?

OneShot. "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -H. B. Stowe"... "...What did you do, Raph?" Amber eyes fell. Could he get out of this? Could he just stand up and walk out? Go topside for a few... days, maybe. One look as Leonardo, and Raphael knew that weeks wouldn't wane his determination. But couldn't Leo see this was killing him?

Bodies of water were once doorways between this world and the next. Living in an old water treatment plant means being there when the doorway opens. Takes place during the last season of the NT in their new lair. No pairings, for you who've commented your fears otherwise. Just pure ghost story.

What happens when Leo is turned into an infant? How will his brothers respond? Will this be their breaking point? And what if Leo's not the only baby the turtles are responsible for? Number 5 in a series. CH. 8 RE-EDITED

A retelling of SAINW in my Blended Family Universe. What happens when all seven brothers end up in that darker version of their world? Hopefully a happier ending.

Oneshot. Complete. Slashy RaphMikey centric. Written as a gift-fic to Raaset of Deviant Art whose TMNT art often involved gorgeous dragon transformations in a traditional Japanese setting. The Festival of the Dragon has come once again and the Daimyo feels the call of the Dragon Spirit in his blood ...

Now I lay me down to sleep. Beneath the ground 6 feet deep. Time is short for my life to save...please, or my last breath will be in this grave... Amen..Challenge fic

Who forges the weapons in a family of ninja? Taming of steel and spirit. Oneshot. Alluded LeoRaph.

Everyone has baggage. A turtle can never put his down. OT4

A quiet afternoon on a blanket at the farm. Leo::Don

Leonardo is constantly mentioned as having a habit of "candles." So what the heck does that mean? Mild Raph::Leo vignette. For the troll crew, for without whom this story would not exist.

After an accident leaves on of the turtles with a permanent handicap its up to his brothers to help him adjust to the changes this will bring to his life. The question is will he let them? Or will this tear the family apart?

Ficlet. Grocery shopping for ninja turtles. Raph::Leo. Done for a different type of flaming: inclusion on the Worst Fanfictions tmnt comm. Not that I mind so much. I got to meet Saya because of it.

How long do mutant turtles live? Thousands of years. Not in chronological order. OT4, multiple turtlet pairings, and some turtleslash, including Usagi, Casey and Bishop.

Last in the Bad Places trilogy. As nightmares walk New York's streets, Leonardo continues to lose himself in his warped genetics and growing violent urges.

They say you can't go home again. Leo is sure they're wrong. It's just that sometimes, home isn't the way you left it, and you aren't the same as when you left home. But your family is waiting – and there is always a way. Sequel to "A Paper Wall".

The Turtles are all tied up. How are they going to get loose?

It only takes one minute for everything to fall apart. You watch your life break, and you know it will take months, years, to fix it again. If it can be fixed at all...

Sidefling to "A Paper Wall". Shortly after Leo gets home, Don reminds him of something else he was too late for.

Sidefling to "A Paper Wall". Two Turtles have a late-night talk. Absolutely not T-cest.

Sidefling to "A Paper Wall". A Turtle gets shot. A Turtle kills. Reflections on life as a ninja.

Following Karai's destruction of the second Lair, and Leo's return from Japan, the Turtles must find a way to rebuild their home and their family. Neither will be easy...

I can’t remember anything and nothing is making any sense. All I know is that I’m a giant mutant turtle and that there are other mutant turtles doing everything they can to keep me safe. Why are they so familiar, anyways?

Leo and his family face their greatest challenge. Will Leo be able to defeat the darkness once and for all, or will his light be extinguished for good?

Leo goes missing. Will his family fail without him there to hold them together? Can Leo survive until they find him?

A depressed and emotionally abused Leo finds a new, happier home with a new set of brothers. But what happens when his two families are thrown together?

He’s hanging upside down in the middle of the great underdark, weighed down by a half hysterical turtle in the middle of a bunch of pipes and water and rock that are conspiring to kill us both off, and Leo still manages to sound like he Has A Plan.

Someone's tooth is pulled. While the lair is out of anesthetics. Otherwise, a normal afternoon.

Raphael has a WONDERFUL time, Leonardo is sure this will strike him as funny tomorrow, and Donatello attempts to beat Michelangelo at his own game. Rated for a a bit of language and violence.

Leonardo has a headache, Michelangelo gives the best massages ever, and Raphael shoots Donatello in the foot...so to speak.

Boys will be boys. Michelangelo's creativity proves tricky to remove from Raphael. Leonardo and Donatello talk about girls.

Klunk gets knocked up. Wait a minute...

A companion piece to Sleeping Alone, from the perspectives of Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael.

Warning: Slash Implications. Leonardo rarely sleeps in his own bed anymore.

An old enemy returns, threatening both Leonardo's family and friends, but also his recovery. COMPLETE

Leonardo returns battered physically and mentally from a bad place.