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• Sun's Going Down by Purr_Rage

  Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types  

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  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  18 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Michelangelo (TMNT)
  • Raphael (TMNT)
  • Leonardo (TMNT)
  • Donatello (TMNT)
  • Self-Harm
  • Graphic Depiction of Injuries
  • graphic depiction of self-harm
  • Self-Harming Michelangelo
  • Michelangelo-centric (TMNT)
  • Hurt Michelangelo (TMNT)
  • Michelangelo Angst (TMNT)
  • Michelangelo Needs a Hug (TMNT)
  • Implied/Referenced Eating Disorders
  • Depression
  • Self-Hatred
  • Ambiguous/Open Ending
  • no beta we die like the super shredder

  Summary

  “Mikey… What’s wrong?” Donnie asked carefully over the phone, his words coming out slowly. Mikey could just barely make out Leo and Raph’s conversation falling short in the background.

  Mikey’s breath came out in shaky bursts, his lungs refusing to take in a full breath of air. His throat felt like sandpaper as he swallowed. “I’m- I’m hurt.” He croaked.
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  Mikey hadn't been the same since he returned from Dimension X. He just wished he'd picked his coping mechanism more wisely.

  Language:

  English

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