Day 264: Cliche

Cliché
Summary: Raph and Don don't quite see eye to eye with Leo and Mikey
Pairing: Raph/Don
Prompt: Complete
Day: September 20
Disclaimer: TMNT does not belong to me.


Raph and Leo sat together in the living room waiting for their two brothers. Since Don had refused to make more fuel for the jet packs so they could use them on patrol Mikey had changed requests and begged for a movie night with the four of them when they got back home.

Raph had taken a position at the end of the couch and Leo had claimed the corner chair. Before they took their seats they had set up the tv to have the movie ready to go as soon as their mates got back from gathering snacks in the kitchen.

Working together Don and Mikey were able to complete putting together all of the snacks and drinks that they might want to have during the night. It didn't take too long before they walked into the living room carrying two big bowls of popcorn, a bowl of assorted candies, and two cans of Pepsi for each of them.

Mikey plopped down on Leo's lap and cuddled up to him while Donnie curled up on the couch beside Raph. As soon as Don was settled at his side Raph put his arm around Don's shoulder and pulled him in even closer so they could snuggle together. They knew that they were running the risk of being teased by Mikey but at that point they didn't really care especially when they could say that same thing right back at him.

As soon as everyone was settled down where they wanted to be Leo picked up the remote that was sitting beside him and started the movie. It was a clichéd romantic comedy that Mikey had picked out simply for the purpose of laughing at all of the clichéd moments.

During the slow times when nothing funny was happening Raph got a little bored and found his own entertainment in the turtle sitting next to him. Nuzzling turned to kisses and kisses turned to gentle nips and licks along Don's neck. Don had no problem with the attention that he was receiving and merely titled his head to the side to give Raph more access.

The movie was able to recapture Raph's attention though. The third act was drawing to a close and the main male character drew the female protagonist into his arms and whispered to her, "You complete me."

This one line caused both Don and Raph to burst out laughing and have Leo and Mikey give them strange looks.

"What are you guys laughing at," Mikey asked almost indignantly. "That's such a sweet line."

"Sweet, maybe," Raph responded, "but it's also totally clichéd."

Their brothers were still giving them confused looks as to why they would find this line funny. To Leo and Mikey it was just another nice line as far as they were concerned.

"For example, it's not like Raph completes me even though we're together," Don explained. "I am my own person full and complete on my own. He compliments me however with his own personality but I don't need him to be a whole."

"I feel the same about Don," Raph agreed pulling said turtle closer to his body. "I can be myself without him. I want to be with him, I just don't need to be."

It was clear to them that while their brothers understood and did agree with them to an extent they weren't completely convinced. This didn't matter all that much to Raph and Don however. They knew what they meant and that's all that mattered to them.