Being the medic of the team wasn't an easy thing...Sometimes it caused him to be seen as a source of comfort for his brothers...With each one it was different….

But either way...He was needed when his brothers were hurt or ill...Or if they needed someone to just listen to them.

Mental health was important too...He was just glad to be able to do anything it took to help them...Be it suture closed wounds, to sit with them when they were ill and comfort them when their Master couldn't be around...Be it if he was training the others or simply because he knew that nothing could change the bond the boys had as brothers.

Donatello had also made note of the different ailments his brothers would come down with...Leo especially since being leader he was under a lot of stress and tended to wind up the sickest when he was ill. He would get high fevers, bouts of delirium, sometimes he'd get coughs that would take a long time to fade away...A few pieces of Don's 'collection' in the infirmary involved equipment specializing in making respiration easier due to when Leo got sick...Sometimes it really was a battle for him to just breathe properly. Humidifier, vaporizer, an oxygen tank with a clear mask for when it got really bad. Inhalers...There was plenty of other things but these were things specifically gotten not just for the whole family but with also Leo heavily in mind.

Being third youngest didn't mean Don wasn't close to Leo. If anything they were near inseparable at times...Especially times like now.

Where Don was sitting with his brother late at night as Leonardo tried to fight off a bout of bronchitis. He was coughing and wheezing a little, a vaporizer set up right by Leo's bed side, the oxygen tank on standby if needed.

"Donnie-*cough* I'm so sorry about this...You should go to bed…" Leo said quietly wheezing a llittle.

Donnie shook his head grabbing the inhaler and giving it a good shake before holding it up. "Take two puffs of this…" He said gently as Leo took it his hand a little shaky but he got the needed dosage of the medication as his breathing was made easier. "I'm gonna add more of that vaposteam stuff to the vaporizer okay?"

Leo nodded laying on his side drawing his blanket up closer to him. "Kay…" He whispered stifling a stray cough.

The purple banded turtle nodded as he did the task doing a little more then needed after adding more water and a bit of salt to promote more steam as it flared up. "Good...Should help you breathe easier now."

There wasn't a response.

Humming in thought Don looked to Leo and found himself smiling a little. The eldest was dead asleep breathing a little heavy but better then it was...Though he was still tense..

Going over to his sibling he rubbed circles on his carapace as their father did when they were children. Leonardo's form gradually relaxed as he rolled onto his front tucking into his shell a little. Covering him with an extra blanket Donnie checked the time...Three AM…

He yawned a little and grabbed a pillow off the floor.."Welp...No harm keeping nearby incase he needs me…"

In the morning their family members found them Don asleep sitting up against Leo's headboard, Leo curled up mostly against Don his head on his sibling's lap. It rang true to what Donatello really was...Leo was the oldest and leader...But Don..

Donatello was their rock…

Donatello was the strategist…

Donatello was the one who helped pick them up when they fell….

Donatello was many things…

But there was one thing he was that tied in to all of these..He wasn't just a technological master...He wasn't just a teenager…

He was a healer...