This was devastating to me. I joined April in her tears, wishing with all my heart to join Leo in his courage. Never got there.

I don't know how you do it, but you do it...beautifully. Every time.

Absolutely gorgeous imagery!

Dammit, SS, I'm suppose to be writing right now, not sitting here, crying over yet another of your stories. And just when I don't have any tissues around too.
Crap, excuse me for a minute...

Alright, I think I can see now.
This was absolutely heartbreaking, SS. I swear, your writing kills me, but it's the sweetest death. I mean, my gosh, how do you do this to me EVERY TIME? I cannot get my words together enough to make any sense. It's just... imagine a sobbing fangirl, clutching tissues and muttering incoherent things; 'cause that about sums me up right now.

Let me try to make a list for you:
Description: how many different ways can I say this? Your writing is beauty and inspiring, and I swear you are one of the best writers on this site! For you to express sights and sounds so perfectly, so clearly that I can picture every aching detail in my mind is something to behold. You drag me right into the story. And I can do nothing but watch in awe until I tumble back to reality with the final word. AGH! You. Are. Incredible.

Emotion: Do I have to say it? Really? After I had to walk all the way down the hall to grab a tissue just so I could see my screen?! Fine. You hit me right in the heart, over and over and over again. And sometimes, you tear the knife down to my guts and spill me all over the place too. Pain, fear, horror, sadness, the more pleasant emotions as well-you never fail at making me feel. Period. This fic made me cry. It screwed my heart into a ball like a piece a paper, spat on it, then spit balled in back into place. As you can imagine, it's quite wet at the moment along with my eyes.
...I hope this review isn't sounding too weird. heh...

Characters: Dead on. Oh gosh, could I ever imagine Leo clinging to Splinter like that. See him raging at Raphael over such a devastating loss. And Splinter... poor, poor Splinter. For him to fight as hard as he did... so realistic and so haunting. I am about to start crying again just thinking about it.
*Deep breath*

Nope, I can't continue without crying, and I've already been typing this review for 20 minutes... so I'm gonna have to call it a day.
I hope the length of this speaks for itself, as I am beside myself at the moment. Sorry for any weird metaphors... I was aiming to express myself in a way that wouldn't sound like a broken record. Whew, seriously, girl, this is one of your best works.
Always admiring your talent,
Cheers! your Red Writing Rebel

This is just awesome.

I admit, I MAY have cried a little while reading this...
Ps. This is amazing. The emotions and everything were really well written and clear. The description is just breath taking! The whole thing is just inspiring, to say the least. :)

you're so good with family tragedy! it is a gift! :)

Wow. A very poignant story and very sad, too. Yes, I can see Splinter fighting to the end and Leo feeling so guilty for having to leave him like that. I really liked the picture of Splinter's eyes being gold when he said his final goodbye to Leo. That was an amazing comparison to the sunrise that Leo is remembering. Nicely done on this, Seeker. Your writing never ceases to amaze me.

The Bubbly One,
Shell

What a lovely, touching little story. Well done!

This was so sad, yet awesome? Great story seeker!

Hi
Its sad! I like it so much!

Gah! :( so much sadness and heartbreak here. The gold line reminded me of one of the characters from a book called "The Outsiders." Have you read it before? In case you haven't you definitely should look into it. But there's a line in there and it goes like "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." :)
All these SAINW stories make me really want to see those episodes because I haven't seen them yet. Shame on me I know.
Poor Leo...I can understand how he feels. His rock was dying and he was forced to make a choice. I'm going through something similar and if I could...I digress. At least Splinter's eyes were clear at the end :') it meant it was his time and he was ready.
Awesome writing as always! :D

Such beautiful imagry especially when painted in the presense of one who wouldn't be enjoying it again. I found the rooftop fight between the brothers interesting since in the SAINW episode it was like they had the opposite arguments, like time had twisted the incident back on itself, as it often does. The most gut rending part was Splinter's lingering demise, now I go cry. You're as bad as Tea sometimes. Much luvz.

Very nicely done on this, Seeker. I'm assuming this is a SAINW fic, and I feel it does a wonderful job of connecting everything together well: Splinter's death, Leo and Raph's distaste for one another, Donnie's disappearance, etc. You did a nice job of blending the canon in with your own spin on the events leading up to it. I applaud that.

The writing was very nicely done as well. A lot of very bold imagery. Your use of color-from drab hues like ash and metal to the gold gleaming through-really adds a little something to the piece. Color often evokes emotion, and because of that, there is a lot of emotional upheaval in this piece... it ebbs and flows between being utterly depressing and mildly hopeful. In any case, it was very well done.

As always, great job, Seeker!