Leo's Legacy

The family

Leo is 20/ Raph is 19/ Don is 18 and Mikey is 17

Raph and Leo have 4 kids: Leo jr is 4, Lily is 3 and Troy and Raph jr are a few days old.

Leo jr and Lily look like Leo: forest green and have sapphire eyes.

Troy and Raph jr are emerald green like Raph and have golden eyes. Raph jr will have an explosive temper, but Troy is quiet.

Sorry I keep using the name Troy, but it is my favourite boy's name. Well, that and Raphael.

Raphael snuggled up to his mate on the couch. "I love ya, Leo, and have I told ya how beautiful ya are?" Raph asked, gazing into Leo's sapphire eyes.

"Only for the tenth time today," Leo said, smiling, and staring into Raph's golden eyes. "I love you, too."

"The kids are asleep. Want to...?" Raph said flirtatiously, running his fingers up and down Leo's plastron.

"I'm kind of tired, Raph. If you don't mind."

"No problem. Hey, Leo, ya okay? Ya've been looking tired a lot lately and ya ain't been trainin' as much."

"That's what 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't we ask..."

A baby wailed in the distance. "Oh, no," Raph said, sighing. "That'll be Troy."

"How can you tell?" Leo asked, chuckling.

"They sound different. Raph jr's wail is louder, more intense, angrier. I'll go. Ya sit here and relax." Raph bent down and pressed his lips against Leo's. "Love ya."

Raphael headed to the bedroom he and Leo shared and picked up the sobbing baby from the crib he shared with his twin. "There, there, Troy," he cooed. "Daddy's here. What do ya need? Formula, nappy change? Both, I think." He planted kisses on the little baby and pressed him close. "I love ya, Troy." Raphael changed him and was almost out the door when there was a cry. "Now you're awake, too, huh?" Raph said, looking at Raph jr. "I just can't get a break." He laid Troy down in the crib while he changed Raph jr. Then he lifted both into his strong arms. Raph jr stopped fussing and looked up at his dad. "I love ya, buddy," Raphael said, kissing his forehead. "Now let's hope your bro and sis don't wake up, too!"

As if on cue, a little voice said, "Daddy?"

Raphael glanced up and saw his eldest standing in the doorway. "Leo, what are ya doin' up?"

"I have to pee, Daddy," Leo jr said.

"All right. Where's your sister?"

'Sleeping."

"At least someone is," Raphael muttered. "Come on, squirt. Let me take your bros to your dad and then I'll go with ya."

Meanwhile Leo had been thinking. I've been feeling so tired lately. I wonder why? Am I sick? I'll ask Don to do some tests. Maybe I'm just run down because of the kids. They're exhausting. Raphael appeared with the twins and Leo jr. "Hold them while I take Leo jr to the bathroom," Raphael said, placing the twins into Leo's arms.

"Hey, my sweet babies," Leo said. "Daddy loves you."

Raphael returned a few minutes later, sans Leo jr. "I sent him back ta bed," Raphael said. "I'll be back now with the formula."

Raphael returned a little while later with two bottles and flopped down onto the sofa. Leo handed him Troy and a bottle and Leo fed Raph jr.

"We did good, Raph," he said. "We have a beautiful family."

"Yeah, who'd have thought we'd have kids."

"And that you're a big softy!"

"Am not!" Troy squawked and Raphael immediately cooed, "It's okay, little one. I'm here."

"You are, too!" Leo said, smiling.

"Only when it comes to ya and the kids. I'd die without ya." Raphael leaned over and pressed his beak against Leo's, nuzzling him. "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, chuckling. "But I love ya, too."

Later after the twins were asleep, Leo lay next to his mate and listened to his gentle breathing. "I'm the luckiest turtle alive. Life couldn't get any better."