'Love. Donnie couldn't help but ponder what that word really meant in this circumstance. You were not exclusively his, nor vice versa, so what did 'I love you' truly mean in this position? He thought about how distant the true meaning of 'love' had drifted from the word itself in his own mind; he'd heard the word so many times that it had nearly lost its meaning. Almost as if it undermined the true severity of what it implied. The word was strong and important, but not sacred. At least not within his family. DId that make his feelings significant anymore? What would it mean to love someone, to truly love someone, if the word lost all meaning?'

[This is old & terrible. Read at your own risk] "I thought about a safe place and it sent me here." "But we can't be together, you know that." | - RotTMNT Leo x Reader - Mature content with some gore (think Krang invasion gruesome) - Some Donnie x Reader thrown in too (with a bonus one-shot at the end) - Star-crossed lovers or whatever its called when you want to be with someone but you can't - Fake dating because I love that cliché - Written with female reader for ease of writing but you can imagine as whatever