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I don't own the rights to TMNT, but own rights to the others.
Leo is 20. Raphael is 19. Don is 18 and Mikey is 17
Raphael and Leo have 4 kids: Leo Jr. is 4, Lily is 3 and Alyssa and Amy are a few days old. Leo Jr. and Lily look like Leo: forest green and have sapphire eyes.
Amy and Alyssa are also forest green like Leo and have the same color eyes.
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Raphael snuggled up to his mate on the couch and said as he gazed into Leo's sapphire eyes, "I love ya, Leo. Have I told ya how beautiful ya are?"
"Only for the tenth time today," Leo said with a smile. He stared into Raphael's golden eyes and added, "I love you too."
"The kids are asleep. Wanna...?" Raphael said flirtatiously as he ran his fingers up and down Leo's plastron.
"I'm kind of tired if you don't mind."
"No problem. Hey, Leo, are ya okay? Ya've looked tired a lot lately and ya ain't been trainin' as much."
"That happens when you have kids, Raph. They wear you out. I'm sure I'll be fine after some rest."
"Maybe we need a vacation. Why don' we ask...?"
A baby wailed in the distance.
"Oh, no!" Raphael said with a sigh. "That's Amy."
"How can you tell?" Leo asked and chuckled.
"They sound different. Amy's wail is louder, more intense and angrier. I'll go. Ya sit here and relax." Raphael bent down and pressed his lips against Leo's. "I love ya."
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Raphael headed to the bedroom he and Leo shared and picked the sobbing baby up. She was in the crib she shared with her twin.
"There, there, Amy," Raphael cooed. "Daddy's here. What do ya need? Formula or nappy change? Both, I think." He planted kisses on the little baby and pressed her close. "I love ya, Amy." Raphael changed her and was almost out the door when there was a cry. "Now yer awake, too, huh?" Raphael said as he looked at Alyssa. "I just can't get a break." He placed Amy in the crib while he changed Alyssa. Then he lifted both into his strong arms. Alyssa stopped fussing and looked up at her dad. "I love ya, sweetheart," Raphael said and kissed her forehead. "Let's hope yer bro and sis don' also wake up."
A little voice said as if on cue," Daddy?"
Raphael glanced up, saw his eldest standing in the doorway and said, "Leo, what are ya doin' up?"
"I have to pee, Daddy," Leo Jr. said.
"All right. Where's yer sister?"
'Sleeping."
"At least someone is," Raphael muttered. "C'mon, squirt. Lemme take yer sisters ta yer dad and then I'll go with ya."
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Meanwhile, Leo had been thinking about why he was always so tired.
Am I sick? I'll ask Don to run tests. Maybe I'm just run down, because of the kids. They're exhausting.
Raphael appeared with the twins and Leo Jr.
"Hold them. I'm gonna take Leo junior ta the bathroom," Raphael said as he placed the twins into Leo's arms.
"Hey, my sweet babies," Leo said. "Daddy loves you."
Raphael left the room and returned a few minutes later, sans Leo Jr.
"I sent him back ta bed," Raphael said. "I'll be back with the formula now."
Raphael left the room, entered the room with two bottles a while later and flopped onto the couch. Leo handed him Amy and a bottle and Leo fed Alyssa.
"We did good, Raph," Leo said. "We have a beautiful family."
"Yeah. Who'd have thought we'd have kids."
"And that you're a big softy."
"Am not!" Amy squawked. Raphael immediately cooed, "It's okay, little one. I'm here."
"You are," Leo said with a smile.
"Only when it comes ta ya and the kids. I'd die without ya." Raphael leaned over and nuzzled Leo's beak with his own. "Ya and the babies are my world."
"Mine, too. I'll always love you, Raph, no matter what happens."
"Now who's the big sap?" Raphael asked and chuckled. "But I love ya too."
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Later, when the twins were asleep, Leo lay next to his mate and listened to his gentle snoring.
I'm the luckiest turtle in the world to have Raph and our beautiful babies. Life couldn't get any better.