Day 124: His Rock

His Rock
Summary: Raph listens to Don breathe as he sleeps
Pairing: Raph/Don
Prompt: Breathing
Day: May 3
Disclaimer: TMNT does not belong to me.


It was late and everyone had gone to bed already. Raph had ended up in Don's bed with him that night. Don though was too tired to do more than just curl up against Raph's side and fall straight to sleep. He had been busy all day doing minor repair work throughout the lair and making a quick run to the junkyard as soon as it was dark enough.

Raph was having a not untypical bout of insomnia tonight and was content to just hold Don and listen to him breathe. Don was sighing in his sleep, breathing deep and even. Unlike Raph, Don didn't snore unless he was absolutely, drop dead, exhausted. While he was definitely tired, he wasn't at that point tonight and was just making the cute sighing sounds.

There was something very calming about Don's breathing. It was almost always calm and steady. The only times it really deviated from its normal pace was if they had just been sparring or out for a run. Even then it was still steady despite being at an increased pace.

Sometimes during meditation it helped Raph to clear his mind. Focusing on a candle did nothing for his concentration and just trying to empty his mind was very difficult. Raph may not have been like Mikey, always bouncing around doing things, but Raph was always thinking something. Listening to Don's steady breathing always did the trick.

Don's breathing was just like him. He was a very calm and steady person and it reflected his personality perfectly. Raph loved that about him. He was the rock that Raph could always count on being there. He was steady when Raph was chaotic. Don helped hold his head above water when he felt like he was about to drown in the sea of his anger. Raph would be lost without him.

Raph smiled a little went Don gave out a small snort as he shifted closer into Raph's warm arms. Don had confessed once that he loved to listen to the sound of Raph's snoring as he fell to sleep. Something about it sounding very soothing to him. Raph knew exactly what he meant.

Don may have been the one sent to that horrible future but he wasn't the only one affected by it. Raph would sometimes wake up at night afraid that Don had been taken from him. It would set him into a near panic until he could find Don and make sure that he was safe.

It was even worse when Don wasn't in the room. He couldn't relax again until he had found wherever Don was and seen with his own two eyes that he was indeed breathing and not lost to him. Only then could he relax again.

Right now, with Don in his arms, knowing that he was safe as long as he was there, Raph couldn't help but relax and feel comforted. There was nowhere else that he would rather be right there in that moment. Forget Disney World, this was the happiest place on Earth.