the same pressure would've pulled you under.

leo telling him when he's being sarcastic...raph's "don't worry donnie, this isn't a hug, it's a rescue" is a Joke but it's also soooo like. <3. like even when they're about to die raph's doing what he can to accommodate donnie's hatred of being touched

SOME THINGS HAPPENED TO ME IN MY FORMATIVE YEARS THAT I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT.

SOME THINGS HAPPENED TO YOU, TOO.

𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄, we're all relatively uninformed. ind. sel. canon character multimuse by dirk.

taken from robbie williams' 2000 album. feel free to adjust/edit as needed.

"you made a miracle."

"what did we do wrong?"

"why don't you love your brother?"

"are you out of your mind?"

"i can't contain how i feel."

"i'm getting old before my time."

"i'm doing all i can."

"go easy on my conscience."

"it's not my fault."

"when's it gonna stop?"

"you're keeping me up all night."

"you're with the wrong man."

"i don't want to be sleazy."

"all the best women are married."

"all the handsome men are gay."

"are there bags under your eyes?"

"what are you really looking for?"

"do you need a bit of rough?"

"everybody lives for love."

"i didn't mean to get so high."

"you can't just up and leave me."

"there's only one of me."

"please don't think of me."

"do you think it's not hurting me?"

"you'll meet other men."

"if i see you with them, it's gonna tear me apart."

"maybe in another life."

"you're not the only one who feels like this."

"i'm so scared of what i'm doing all the time."

"the more i sleep, the less i have to say."

"i'm scared that you think i'm boring."

"i'm so sick of people's expectations."

"do you know how much it hurts?"

"i'm controlled by my fear."

"please don't hurt me."

"you said i was northern scum."

"that's fighting talk where i'm from."

"i've been running nearly all my life."

"don't hate me 'cause i'm handsome."

"baby, do i scare you?"

"there's something you should know."

"there's nothing funny left to say."

"everything i touched was golden."

taken from the (incredible) robbie williams biopic. feel free to adjust as needed.

"you looked like you were having a good enough time."

"i was just trying to make sense of it."

"you're so fucking ugly when you're wasted."

"i'll be sober tomorrow."

"you give a fuck what everyone thinks. that's all you give a fuck about."

"you should come home more often."

"if you're going to laugh, do it on the inside, yeah?"

"i dent easily."

"even if it's shit, you've got to make it your shit."

"i'm finally free, and this is only the beginning."

"it means i'm very famous."

"where are you going to run?"

"you useless little prick."

"it's like someone's picked sides for an after-school game and it's all gone horribly, horribly wrong."

"it's one against thousands."

"i'll be like a lamb to the fucking slaughter."

"no one buys a ticket to hear your problems."

"they make other people's problems go away."

"this has been a sudden change in fortune for you."

"i mean, you're flying high."

"let's talk, if we may, about this success you've been having."

"would you say this is a different kind of success?"

"i've said worse things in interviews."

"oh, we're going to talk about my sex life?"

"you make me feel so small."

"i've hated you for it. for making me feel so unnecessary."

"i thought you couldn't help it, but you just don't want to."

"i can't help you anymore."

"you're a fucking animal."

"you should've said no to this one."

"you can't buy this kind of promotion."

"you thought getting to the top was hard? try staying there."

"you've no idea what it takes to get up there."

"that fucks me right off, when people say that."

"all i wanted was for you to ask me, just once, how i'm doing."

"you've got no fucking idea what that feels like."

"you know, jealousy doesn't suit you."

"i might have close to fuck-all, but you, you've got fucking nothing."

"i have waited my whole life for you to step up."

"i didn't leave you with nothing, though, did i?"

"where do you think your talent comes from?"

"you've forgotten how fucking lucky you are, that's your problem."

"you don't have it. that's why you never made it."

"they've come for me, and i'm going to die out there."

"for the next two hours, your arse is mine."

"you've got nowhere to go."

"the worst thing was that i lost the ability to care."

"i feel a bit stupid, to be honest."

"i'm just a chav who got everything they ever wanted."

"it's a bit fucking embarrassing, to be frank."

"fame's got fuck-all to do with me."

"they say your life freezes at the age you become famous."

"i'm stunted. i'm unevolved."

"i think i'm a cunt. i'm fine with it."

"you did it. and you deserve this."

"you always had it, you know."

"i'm a fucking entertainer."

living in new england is just like that. warnings for drug/alcohol abuse and emotional abuse. feel free to change wording and pronouns as needed.

“i do love a planning phase.”

“nothing says 'party' like your flowcharts.”

“someone has to be responsible.”

“you ever get that feeling that maybe change wouldn't be so…”

“pick up your trash. it's not that hard.”

“i don't think this actually would really make a lot of sense for us right now.”

“ladies always do it in the movies.”

“i wanted to feel fancy.”

“can't some things just stay the same?”

“it's a fresh start.”

“we can be everything we always wanted.”

“i can see us now, lying in that bed.”

“we can finally do that thing you say we'll never do.”

“i have always wanted to have the boss over for dinner.”

“if I do this, you have to behave, okay?”

“i must be crazy coming back here.”

“it's…elegant.”

“we're having a party and you're thinking about cleaning up?”

“i never get to be one of the boys.”

“just swear. ‘eff’ is so much worse.”

“it’s a party, not death row.”

“do you ever think about maybe trying to have just a little bit of fun?”

“maybe indulge in a hard seltzer?”

“i’m tired of trying.”

“i really think if i could start over and go somewhere else and just do everything right this time, i can finally be, like, done.”

“he said that things were gonna change.”

“do i never finish things, or does he take them from me?”

“what are you supposed to do if you can't close your eyes and picture a future where everything's okay?”

“dreaming's useless with him around.”

“you know what happens when you try to be funny.”

“i never really thought of us as a ‘we.’”

“i felt sorry for you. convincing yourself all your dreams are gonna come true…it was hard to watch.”

“i'm bad with cringe comedy.”

“good boys don't get to do anything fun.”

“this is my first time sneaking out of a house.”

“why'd i wait so long to do something like this?”

“i can't believe how much time i've spent talking about nothing.”

“i don't know when i got so isolated from everyone.”

“you're the one who pulled away.”

“you wanted someone to listen and nod and agree with you.”

“i feel like i don't even know this version of you.”

“she is a sexy little contraption.”

“i'm always impressed with how you can make ‘nothing to do with you’ all about you.”

“you hate them as much as i do.”

“i learn so much being married to you.”

“why is everybody up my ass this week?”

“we're in that mutually-assured destruction territory now, yeah?”

“you're the most self-controlled person I ever met.”

“i was so drunk, i don't even remember his name.”

“people pay good money to be locked inside a room.”

“sometimes i think she thinks i'm an idiot.”

“nowhere's better than anywhere else. they're all just bad in their own way.”

“up until minutes ago, i didn't know i liked you.”

“you just watched him and laughed.”

“he didn't like that i had something that was my own, so he took it away from me.”