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• Teamwork makes dreams work by Johnlock_gay

  Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  22 Aug 2022

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Donatello/Leonardo (TMNT)
  • Angst
  • tcest
  • incest related angst
  • Slow Build
  • Slow Burn
  • sort-of realistic incest feelings and angst
  • "it's for team building!"
  • - Leonardo for some reason
  • will add tags as I go along
  • Seemingly One Sided Love
  • Not Actually Unrequited Love
  • growing obsession
  • There's a plot
  • but it's not important
  • the excuses angst and feelings are in the forefront
  • third person with insight
  • I say angst
  • Fluff and Angst
  • It gets sexy eventually I swear
  • Turtle instincts
  • turtle instincts based mildly on real biology
  • possessive and territorial sliders
  • horny and aggressive soft shells
  • Cuddles
  • Jealousy
  • they're both jealous
  • but jealous Leo
  • Self-Doubt
  • Mutual Pining
  • Pining
  • Sibling Incest
  • Incest
  • Developing relationship sort of
  • secret relationship sort of
  • Plot has been constructed to justify the angst
  • Plot has been constructed to justify the pining
  • Eventual Smut
  • they do the naughty before they kiss
  • two smart men make a whole ass idiot
  • Top Donatello (TMNT)
  • but idk if I would say Dom Don
  • Bottom Leonardo (TMNT)
  • Not Beta Read
  • Enough pining to reforest the entire planet
  • Turtlecest (TMNT)
  • feel like i should add a "warning tag" for switching
  • Its for angst/emotional reasons
  • Top and bottom tags are just their PREFERENCE not the LAW
  • Leo lies
  • Angstcest

  Summary

  Donatello struggles with his feelings for his brother Leonardo and tries to deal with them the best he can. However, his defence mechanisms of having pushed his entire family away to hide his deeply shameful feelings comes back to bite him when Leonardo decides they need more team building in the from of movie nights and the two of them sharing a bed at night.

  Alternatively..
  Donatello knows he's in love and hates it, Leonardo is figuring himself and his feelings out; they both slowly grow more obsessed with each other, changing their ways of viewing both each other and the situation they're in. Let's hope it ends well for them...

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  GRAMMAR VASTLY IMPROVES AS THE CHAPTERS GO ON, and "plot" has been planned since the beginning.
   
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  AFFAwards TMNT 2020:
  #1 - Best portrayal of turtle (Donatello)
  #1 - Best Potrayal of Canon Ally/Villain (Donatello)
  #1 - Best Romance
  #2 - Best Rise Fan Fiction

  2021:
  #1 - Best Donatello
  #1 - Best Multi-Chapter
  #2 - Best Angst
  #2 - Best Fluff
  #2 - Fanfic Of The Year
  #2 - Best Leonardo
  #3 - Best Smut Scene

  2022:
  #1 - Best of All Time

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  218,408

  Chapters:

  41/41

  Comments:

  561

  Kudos:

  1,525

  Bookmarks:

  111

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