TMNT 2013 reaction to Reader wearing something actually stylish. Like reader was always seen wearing baggy clothing and looking like a bum (Raph calls them a bum), then one day they see Reader hanging out with friends (other friends from April and Casey) wearing clothes they never seen them wear..
The style I’m leaning to is like 2000’s girly vibes. So… their reactions to seeing them like that!!
Upgraded Aesthetic
⋆‧°𓏲ּ𝄢 𝖠 TMNT 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟤 𝖥𝖺𝗇𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 ⋆‧°𓏲ּ𝄢
⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ ᧔ෆ᧓ ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔
Pairing: TMNT 2012 x Reader
Pronouns: They/Them
POV: Third Person
Genre: Comedy / Fluff / Slice of Life
Summary: Usually seen in baggy hoodies and looking like a "total bum," the reader decides to debut a full 2000s girly aesthetic while hanging out with April and Casey. The turtles, currently on patrol, are absolutely not prepared for the whiplash.
Leonardo
Leonardo prided himself on his "Tactical Observation Skills." He could spot a Foot Clan initiate from three rooftops away and identify the exact model of a Kraang blaster by its hum. Usually, his observations of you were simple: Subject is wearing a sweatshirt two sizes too big. Subject has a mysterious stain on their left sneaker. Subject looks like they just rolled out of a laundry basket.
"Looking like a total bum again, huh?" Raph’s voice usually echoed through the lair whenever you arrived, his smirk wide as he poked fun at your oversized beanies and shapeless pants. Leo would usually just offer a polite, slightly pitying smile, reminding Raph to be nice.
Tonight, however, the "tactical observation" hit a massive glitch.
Perched on a SoHo ledge, Leo peered down at the sidewalk where April and Casey were meeting up with a group of friends. "I see April and Jones," Leo whispered, adjusting his grip. "But... who is that with them? Some new transfer student?"
Donnie leaned over, his goggles clicking into place. "Uh, Leo... that’s not a transfer student. That’s ____."
Leo’s brain stalled. The person down there looked like they had stepped straight out of a 2005 music video. You were wearing a tiny, fitted baby tee with a glittery graphic, paired with low-rise denim flares cinched by a chunky, butterfly-buckle belt. Your hair was adorned with a sea of colorful butterfly clips that caught the streetlights with every laugh.
"No way," Leo breathed, his blue mask doing nothing to hide the sudden, burning heat climbing up his cheeks. He watched as you adjusted a tiny, rhinestone-encrusted purse on your shoulder—a far cry from the frayed backpack you usually carried. You looked vibrant, stylish, and... confident.
For the first time, Leo didn't see the person who hung out in the sewers playing video games. He saw a person who had a whole, stylish life on the surface—a life that looked incredibly bright.
"We need to move," Leo said, his voice an octave higher than usual as he scrambled to stand up.
"Move? We're supposed to be watching for the Kraang shipment!" Raph protested.
"The... the vantage point is compromised!" Leo lied desperately, already leaping toward the next building. He couldn't stay there. If you looked up and saw him looking like a giant green turtle while you looked like a pop star, he was pretty sure he would spontaneously combust.
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Raphael
Raphael was the one who had coined the term "Bum." It was his favorite nickname for you, right up there with "Smelly" and "Kid." He was used to you being the low-maintenance, hoodie-wearing human who didn't care about looking cool. To Raph, you were comfortable—like an old pair of boxing gloves.
But as he stared down at the SoHo plaza, his jaw didn't just drop; it practically hit the fire escape.
"Donnie, your goggles are broken," Raph growled, his golden-green eyes darting frantically between the stylish figure in the butterfly clips and the memory of the person he’d teased for wearing mismatched socks yesterday. "That ain't them. That’s a Kraang droid in a wig. Has to be."
"Raph, the facial recognition is 99% certain," Donnie whispered back.
Raph’s grip tightened on the brick ledge until it crumbled. He watched as you laughed at something Casey said, your "2000s girly" aesthetic making you stand out like a neon sign against the New York pavement. The "Angel" rhinestone tee caught the light, and the way you carried yourself—head high, totally owning the look—made Raph feel a strange, prickly sensation in his chest that felt suspiciously like nerves.
"Who are they tryin' to impress?" Raph muttered, his arms crossing over his plastron defensively. He felt a sudden, irrational urge to jump down there and throw his own oversized hoodie over you just to make the world make sense again.
He had spent months calling you a bum. He’d made it his mission to mock your "laundry day" fashion choices. And now? You looked... great. You looked like you belonged in a magazine. And most importantly, you looked like you didn't need a hot-headed turtle in a red mask to tell you what was cool.
"Still a bum," he grumbled under his breath, though the insult tasted like a lie. He turned away, his face a bright, flustered red. "Whatever. Let's just go before Jones sees us gawking."
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Donatello
Donatello’s goggles were currently displaying a flurry of data points that his brain was struggling to process. He had spent months observing you in the lair, usually cataloging your comfort-first wardrobe as a "functional necessity for subterranean environments". In his mind, you were the person who wore oversized shirts because they were soft and sweatpants because they were practical.
As he adjusted the zoom on his visor, the sheer amount of shimmer coming from your outfit was causing a literal lens flare in his HUD.
"The light refraction index on those rhinestones is... remarkably high," Donnie whispered, his voice cracking slightly. He watched as you pulled out a translucent pink flip phone that looked like a piece of candy. "Is that a retro-tech aesthetic? And those butterfly clips... the symmetry is actually quite aesthetic."
His heart rate monitor—usually a steady rhythm during surveillance—started to beep a bit faster in his ear. To Donnie, your "bum" look was something he understood. It was safe. It was predictable. This new 2000s-inspired look, however, was a variable he hadn't accounted for. You looked sleek, coordinated, and undeniably stylish.
"I... I should probably take notes on the social impact of this transformation," Donnie mumbled, though his hands were shaking too much to actually type on his wrist-gauntlet. He felt a wave of bashfulness wash over him. You looked so sophisticated that he suddenly felt very conscious of the fact that he was a giant turtle with a gap in his teeth. If you were this cool on the surface, did you only hang out in the sewers because you felt sorry for them?
"Donnie! Stop staring and let's go!" Leo hissed, grabbing him by the shell.
"I'm not staring, I'm analyzing!" Donnie protested, though his lingering gaze on your platform sneakers suggested otherwise.
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Michelangelo
While the others were stressed or flustered, Mikey was having the time of his life. He was the first one to lean so far over the ledge that Raph had to grab his belt to keep him from falling into a boba-shop trash can.
"DUDES!" Mikey squealed, his eyes practically turning into hearts. "____ is literally a pop star! Look at the sparkles! Look at the tiny purse! It’s like a cupcake, but as an outfit!"
Unlike his brothers, Mikey didn't feel intimidated or annoyed; he felt inspired. He had always known you were cool, but seeing you embrace the glitter and the "girly" 2000s energy made him want to go back to the lair and bedazzle his nunchucks immediately.
"I told you they were hiding some serious swag under those hoodies!" Mikey cheered, waving his arms. "They look so fetch! Is that what the humans say? I’m pretty sure they look fetch!"
He watched you do a little hair flip, the butterfly clips shimmering in the neon lights. Mikey let out a low whistle, grinning from ear to ear. "Raph, you gotta stop calling them a bum. They just put your whole wardrobe to shame, and you don't even wear clothes!"
"Zip it, Mikey!" Raph growled, though Mikey just laughed.
As the brothers retreated into the shadows of the rooftops, Mikey was already planning a "glam night" at the lair. He didn't care about the angst or the nerves—he just couldn't wait to ask you where you got that butterfly belt, because he was 100% sure it would look great on his shell.
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🍮🥄 𝓝𝓸𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓐𝓷𝓸𝓷 🍮🥄
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To the Anon: Oh, I absolutely had to take this on! There is nothing quite as satisfying as a "from bum to glam" transformation, especially when it involves giving Raph a total system error. I’m a huge sucker for that 2000s girly aesthetic—the butterfly clips, the glitter, the sheer chaos of it all. Seeing the guys realize their "low-maintenance" friend is actually a fashion icon on the surface was comedy gold to write. I hope this captures exactly the vibe you were looking for!⋆˚꩜。
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❝ 𝓘𝓯 𝓡𝓪𝓹𝓱 𝓭𝓸𝓮𝓼𝓷’𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓭𝓪𝔃𝔃𝓵𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓽, 𝓘’𝓿𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓻. ❞
𝖠𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋’𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝗍𝖾: 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺 𝗀𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾! 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗉𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗈𝖿 [𝖸/𝖭]. 𝖫𝖾𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖱𝖺𝗉𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾. 𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒!
.✦ ݁˖ Word count check!: 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝟤.𝟥𝗄 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌! 𝖨 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗉𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗍𝗂𝖼. ⋆˚꩜。
⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ ᧔ෆ᧓ ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔
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