baby i'm a firework

BACKSTORY

his full name raphael michelangelo leonardo donatello lee - yes, you heard correct - he’s a full on ninja turtle basically. and, after megan and jubilee got together, changed his surname to lee-gwynn. so, he’s r.m.l.d.l.g. extra as fuck ?? indeed. 

his mom had him not long after she was cured of her vampirism, but his dad’s never been around in his life. after jubes got pregnant, he basically bolted. 

honestly, he was the kind of toddler that would just run around the floors of the x-mansion knocking shit over and after developing his powers, causing fireworks all over the place. he always got into so much trouble for that.

megan and jubilee and their kids had always been like one big family anyway. megan was always aunty megan to jubilee’s kids, and jubilee was always aunty jubes to hers. so, when megan became his mother, he was over the moon - not only at getting a mother, but at a new sibling. 

of course, he was annoying with his antics at times, but he loved all of his family deeply, and would do anything to protect them. very much a mama’s boy. 

when he was 7, he was diagnosed officially with adhd. he started taking medication 6 months later. he hopped from one medication to the next, all the side effects being too overwhelming at first.

he then found out he was dyscalculic when he was 11, like jubilee, and the pieces fit perfectly. from a young age he’d never been great with numbers, but she didn’t think anything of it at first - young children often didn’t quite understand maths. but, as years droned on, they realised something was up. so, he was never quite an academic student, tending to steer clear of numbers. he was always better physically. 

he was an intelligent kid, don’t get me wrong. it’s just he was always distracted, as was often the case for those with adhd. the medications did help, though.

he went on to study physical education at uni, on an undergraduate level and then on a postgraduate level, becoming a ta of gymnastics. 

NEAR FUTURE

a little after celebrating his 25th, he walks home in the middle of the night, his brain swirling from intoxication. a shadow in the corner of an alley and red eyes. everything happens in a blur, but he wakes up on the pavement, blood dripping down his neck. his mother’s worst reality come to life; a vampire bite. he shrugs it off - no big deal as he usually says. but, something’s off. the hours he wakens change, weird visions fog his mind, and a feel deep in the pit of his stomach he can’t quite put his finger on. it all cumilates when he attempts to step outside, only to fall straight back in at the burning sensation on his hand. he spoke not a word to anyone about it, not even his own mother - only his sibling aeron knew. he’d promised her he would tell, but that wasn’t going to happen. in the middle of the night, he fled, moving faster than he thought possible. he stumbled across his sire, a lanky vampire with a connection to xarus, wanting revenge for his death all those years ago after his mother had turned. he goes with them, with an almost hypnotic eye. history repeats itself. if it hadn’t been for aeron revealing all, and the x-men coming to find him, he’d never have returned. strangely enough, he finds that he’s kept his mutant powers, unlike his mother ( who had been depowered at the time ). they do everything in their power to cure him, but nothing works. with help from the forgiven ones and a few others, he learns to curb his urges and feed from animals only. 

OTHER

his powers are the same as his mother’s mutant ones, which are lumi-kinetic explosive light blasts and psionic shields.

he’s a ta of gymnastics & hand to hand combat

yes. his mother named him after the ninja turtles. he’s the most like michelangelo. 

exuberant is one word to describe him. he’s never been without energy, matching his powers, quite literally in a sense. he was practically bouncing off the walls as a child, and could never quite quiet around bedtime. he just is engulfed by positive energy when around others, especially those he holds dear to him. raph also never speaks before he thinks and does anything, and generally, is quite careless when it comes most things. he often finds himself bored during an activity he’s doing or project, distracting himself from it by any means necessary, which is a lot to due to his adhd.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

x-men or mutants: i’d love some connections from all of those babies, being the child of jubilee and adopted child of megan. GIVE ME THEM ALL. HE LOVES THEM ALL. don’t ever try to hurt them. 

friends / best friends: he’s always been drawn to people and their energies, and so he would definitely attempt to befriend every person he meets. but, would definitely have that one group of friends that are like the tightest.

exes: he’s gone through a lot of relationships. he’s very...immature which people tend to struggle with. so, they could have ended well, or not. all up for discussion. 

vampire sire: so, basically, i have a plot set out for the future that he gets bitten by a vampire to get back at jubilee by the child of xarus or one of his old progeny’s that survived.