Insomnia

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by Rainnybear_

by Rainnybear_

Footsteps echoed throughout the lair, the night would have been silent if it weren't for the sound of pipes dripping, Donnie working in his lab and Leo's footsteps. The oldest and youngest brothers were sound asleep as well as their dad, leaving only the two middle children awake. Leo pushed the curtain leading to the lab to the side, entering trying to keep quiet. He looked at Donnie's battleshells as he passed by them and the sounds of Donnie working on something echoed throughout the lab. "Who is it?" Donnie asked, not taking his attention off of his work. Maybe he should've made an effort to see who it was incase of an attack considering everyone was asleep and he had his battle shell off but that didn't even seem to cross his mind. "Leo." Donnie pulled up his goggles and turned to look at Leo, he was hugging a pillow and wearing his blue pyjamas with his sleep mask above his eyes. "Can't sleep?" Leo shook his head. "Alright, pull a chair over." It had become a routine that Leo came into Donnie's room nearly every night being unable to sleep and wanting company, at first Donnie turned him away but he began getting used to it as Leo always sat to watch Donnie work and kept surprisingly quiet other than simple conversation. Leo took a seat and rested his head on the table, still hugging the pillow tightly. "What are you working on?" Donnie pulled his goggles back down over his eyes.

"I'm working on a piece to upgrade that drill, to make it more useful."

"Not just for cool entrances anymore, huh?"

"It should do much more than that soon."

"That's cool!"

They sat in silence for a couple of minutes. Usually Leo is the one to break the silence but this time it was none other than the softshell turtle. "Anything in particular keeping you up lately?" "Nah, insomnias a bitch, am I right?" Leo had a dumb smirk on his face which faded as he yawned. "Nothing else?" "Nope!" Donnie looked thoughtfully at Leo before continuing his work. Leo didn't sleep the night before and it was definitely starting to show.

"Do you think you'll fall asleep if I rant about science long enough?" Donnie asked.

"You think that'll really be worth the torture? Hmm what kind of science? Elements, biology-" he yawned before he could finish.

"Well are you here for a conversation or to sleep?"

"Either works, I just wanted some company."

"Might as well try to put you to sleep then, huh? Elements it is, if we talk about biology you'll just stay awake longer."

"Do your worst then, I'm prepared to tune you out."

"Haha, very funny, Nardo." Donnie had a small smile on his face as he responded with sarcasm. Donatello ranted as Leo listened, during their nighttime talks, usually Leo would at least attempt to show interest but he passed out in a matter of minutes. Donnie smiled as he realised his brother was finally sleeping. In the morning, he would surely complain about him falling asleep in his lab but they both know he enjoys the company, no matter how much he tries to deny it and he's just glad Leo's finally asleep.