#raphcasey

they cute ngl

Summary: None. Just an early Christmas present for my beloved moot @origamiyoda since they're soft for these two cuddling

ENGLISH IS.NOT MY MOTHER LANGUAGE SRRY FOR THE ERRORS

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Winter.

Nobody in the lair liked winter. At least, not down in the sewers. The humid, watery self of the sewers transformed into an underground artic during the colder seasons, but yet it still had it's goods. Colder seasons were by far the most peaceful onces, with Shredder's goons commonly in not the best conditions for fighting and if they do fight, it's always an easy fight to win.

But it's bads were still the majority. Half of the people in the lair, if not more, were cold blooded, so the winter season was intensified to the hundreds when it arrived. Shinigami, though, was an angel and willing to make special winter clothes for them all, even making them to each of their likings.

Leo always enjoyed lighter, more easy to move in stuff, so Shini made him a set of thermic sweaters tight enough for him to feel free while wearing them. Mikey likes colorful stuff, stuff that felt soft and fluffy, and she made him the shiniest cotton sweaters she could make. Donnie just wanted something warm enough to spend the winter season in, but didn't like baggy stuff, so she made him slightly bigger but not oversized hoodies for his liking. Karai liked skin-tight stuff, and who was Shini to deny her such? She made her several long-sleeved sweatshirts, turtle neck sweaters, and some comfy sweaters if things got too icy.

Raph, though, had no such standards or liking as long as it kept him warm, and Shinigami was more than happy to hear such. You see, there were many sweater she had done that were too big, too thick, too light, or too soft, so having someone who wouldn't mind owning all of those failed experiments was the best thing she could ever be looking for.

He was obviously grateful for these; after all, he never enjoyed being cold, and they were warm enough to do what they were meant to do.

But something felt missing.

There was always a particular... characteristic of natural heat. Of course, he did produce it, but it wasn't that prevalent to feel familiar. It was something he always envied from his human peers: their ability to be warm without even wanting to.

And all of that, of course, lead to this.

Throughout all winter Casey had been sleepy, lightheaded, even, and was commonly found in bundles upon bundles of blankets. He never really went to any far extents to steal other people's blankets, just took those he found the warmest at his home and brought them to the lair because God should it not be that cold in here. He always considered, though, sharing all of this with someone. For warmth purposes, of course, penguins did it and always found themselves all nice and dandy after, so why shouldn't he?

Unfortunately, he never really found anyone up to that. April was giving retundant no's, he was kinda freaked out by Karai and her being able to kill him if she wanted and he was not up to messing with Shinigami because of her being Karai's girlfriend and, well, we already know what could happen.

Which was what led to him now there, standing in front of Raph's door with a shit-ton of thick and warm blankets, all part of his Winter Blanket Bundle™.

He would retreat- no, he should retreat. Casey Jones isn't a toddler! He doesn't need to spend the night with someone that's not as great as he is!...But Raph was as great as he was, to some extent. Plus, it was for warmth purposes, so it was a good enough reason to ask your best friend if you could spend the night at his room for just the night, right? Yeah, totally good!

Casey didn't even have a need for knocking, the door opening upon the first push that was strong enough for it. And low and behold, there was his Raphael waking up from his slumber due to the stupid door being stupidly creaky all the fucking time. Thanks, door! He would've so much enjoyed it for it to not have happened!

Raph's voice was throaty when he asked what Casey was doing there at, what, 1 AM maybe? It took a small while for Casey to finally swallow enough of his ego to admit it. "Sorry for, uh, waking you up. I just...just kinda wondered if i could, y'know, spend the night here.?"

The mutant looked confused, for quite the moment, before finally answering the intrigue "...Did you just get through the snow and all the way over here for.. cuddling?" The accusation was, embarrassingly, correct. Casey had sneaked out of home and gone all the way there on both foot and bike with the sole purpose of that, but he wouldn't admit it that easily would he now? "It's not cuddlin'! And are you gonna let me in or nah?"

Raph just sighed and murmured a small "Whatever you say, Case" before lifting his blanket as a welcoming sign for Casey to come around for once, something the scrawny guy did with eagerness he wished wasn't so obvious as he got his own blankets covering both of them, making the atmosphere notoriously warmer and comfier.

This was just normal, bro behavior right? Nothing odd about it.

★—★—★

"Psst! Donnie! Come check this out!"

Waking up Donnie in the middle of the night was like throwing a dice of solely ones and sixes and praying for the best. Luckily for Michelangelo, luck was mostly on his side so most often than not he just had to deal with waking Donnie up and bringing him to his senses.

"Mikey, if you're interrupting my sleep just to show me another of ice cream kitty's tricks-"

"Shhhh! Look!"

The fact that Mikey was both whispering, shushing him, and being so stealthy it was odd even for him was enough for Donnie go be convinced that, no, this wasn't another silly act he'd seen a hundred times already. It was even more confirmed by the fact that what was to behold upon opening Raph's door and taking advantage of the dim dawn light that managed to peek into the place that this was much, much more.

Right then and there, surrounded by many blankets, were both Raphael and Casey Jones full blown cuddling and in a blissful sleep. Not just that, but they were spooning and Casey was snuggled into Raph's sweater and oh grace goodness Jones was the little spoon-

"What are you two-"

"SHHH"