[As Donnie starts digging through the blankets, there's a thunk of plastic and metal, and Leo's cell phone lights up from the motion before the screen darkens again.]
[The top of the text roll is about on par for them. Asking what someone wants him to bring on his way home, fighting over where someone left something of someone else's.
Scrolling down further though, it becomes texts only Leo is sending. No responses received from them.
[In a way, its good this is text. Its easier to have emotions when he doesn't have to emote them.]
Nardo, that isn't what I'm trying to get at. Let's be fair, I could absolutely confirm which of us is older, and have chosen not to. Its only half because I might be younger. But if I had proof, the argument would stop, and its just one of our Things.
Of course you protected me, looked out for me.
I'm glad you did. And I don't want you to stop.
But
[There is a pause. Tapping at the side of the phone.]
But its not always older looking out for younger. Raph is our safety, but he's had moments where someone else had to make him feel safe too.
Its not about whose older when we need it.
Its about whose there to give it.
You were really good at being there for me.
And I think I'm figuring out I wasn't there for you as much as I should have been.
[It's a lot of snapshots of their lives. Childhood tots playing and looking out for each other to more recent, having fun together as teens and even when they're fighting, he's finding the moments of absolute joy on his brothers' faces. Hundreds of them all.]
[Honestly, he cannot fault him. Donnie absolutely has a secret album of his own in a similar style, except its not just in his headspace, its a part of his archive because seeing them happy is important in figuring out how to keep making them happy and also makes him happy.]
[BUT ITS GODDAMN EMOTIONAL TERRORISM]
[...]
[Hm]
[He's gonna let the phone charge a minute.]
[He's going to grab the paper and paints again, but this time, he's fabricating up]
[A printer.]
[And putting in the paper and a paint he can make compatible.]
[Connect his phone]
[And gonna picture up some of these fucking pictures, EMOTIONAL TERRORISM GOES BOTH WAYS MOTHERFUCKER]
[Sometimes one must aggressively arts and crafts.]
[He's not going to do the whole album as fucking tempting as it is, because that would risk draining the battery faster than its charging and he ain't seeing what that's about, but have some happy brother moments plastered on the wall. Preferably ones with Leo also in the picture.]
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That battery's getting pretty low though. About 5%.]
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Scrolling down further though, it becomes texts only Leo is sending. No responses received from them.
Raph? How do I do this?
Mikey could I get some help
Donnie stop saying that
Guys?
Guys
Please
I can't do this
Guys?]
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...
[Adds to the conversation?]
'This is Donnie. What did I say?'
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And then the universal tech symbol of 'user is typing'.
And typing.
And typing.
Until it finally stops and disappears.]
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I'm trying to understand, Nardo. You know I miss things when it comes to people. If I'm being cruel unintentionally, I want to know.
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It might be better to set it down.
No response is going to come.
Just check on other thi-
DING.]
why cant i be the older brother?
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istg if this is more of your humor deflection, I'm throttling you.
But I am assuming this is a serious question, why does it matter so much that you want me to stop refuting it?
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raphs our big brother and he protects us
i look out and protected you
was i not supposed to ?
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Do you think it has to always be the older who protects the younger?
Didn't you protect Raph too? He's definitely the oldest.
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fine
you can be the older brother
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Nardo, that isn't what I'm trying to get at. Let's be fair, I could absolutely confirm which of us is older, and have chosen not to. Its only half because I might be younger. But if I had proof, the argument would stop, and its just one of our Things.
Of course you protected me, looked out for me.
I'm glad you did. And I don't want you to stop.
But
[There is a pause. Tapping at the side of the phone.]
But its not always older looking out for younger. Raph is our safety, but he's had moments where someone else had to make him feel safe too.
Its not about whose older when we need it.
Its about whose there to give it.
You were really good at being there for me.
And I think I'm figuring out I wasn't there for you as much as I should have been.
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[ITS RUDE AND HARD]
[He's going through his pictures now]
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[Like]
[Honestly, he cannot fault him. Donnie absolutely has a secret album of his own in a similar style, except its not just in his headspace, its a part of his archive because seeing them happy is important in figuring out how to keep making them happy and also makes him happy.]
[BUT ITS GODDAMN EMOTIONAL TERRORISM]
[...]
[Hm]
[He's gonna let the phone charge a minute.]
[He's going to grab the paper and paints again, but this time, he's fabricating up]
[A printer.]
[And putting in the paper and a paint he can make compatible.]
[Connect his phone]
[And gonna picture up some of these fucking pictures, EMOTIONAL TERRORISM GOES BOTH WAYS MOTHERFUCKER]
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[He's not going to do the whole album as fucking tempting as it is, because that would risk draining the battery faster than its charging and he ain't seeing what that's about, but have some happy brother moments plastered on the wall. Preferably ones with Leo also in the picture.]
[Okay. Anything else he can access on the phone.]
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[At least until he's got a good wall covered with happy pictures and then he will stop. Dismiss the printer. Set the phone down on his bedside table.]
[And then make his bed.]
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