TMNT-Scars

April O'Neil traced the long scar along the back of Donatello's arm. It wasn't very noticeable...but it was there. It was funny how April could look over his body like that and find another scar she hadn't noticed before. She'd trace it with her finger and silently wonder how he got it. And as though he read her mind, he would always tell her.

'Oh, that? I got that when I was wrestling Raph when we were six. He through me a little too hard at the wall...'

'That old thing? I got that saving Mikey from a cave in...we both came out alight but the cut was pretty bad...'

'I got that one when I was working on the first prototype of the T-Phones. I had crossed the wires and got a good shock. Ended up falling over and hitting my head on the tip of my table. Splinter was so scared...'

Every scar she found, it was like she discovered something new about him. About his past. She never would have guessed he had his first chemistry set at the age of six or that he had even tried to visit the surface when he was ten but chickened out and nearly got lost in the sewers.

April traced the scar down his arm, lost in thought. There would be some sort of new scar every time she was with him. Not that she minded...but there was so much to learn. So much she didn't know...what new scars would he gain in the future? Would they have any years from then that they could share telling the experience together?

Donatello shifted from where he rested on his stomach to sit up and took her hand in his. He'd brush his thumb over her hands and count the scars on her, which were very few compared to what he wore on his skin.

And yet...he still asked her where she got them with interest, even if they honestly weren't that interesting...he listened and watched with the curiosity she had for him when he told her his stories. It made her smile how they had these moments to share. How their scars brought them closer together. And that even though they were painful memories from the past, they were now faint outlines of the memory of a well traveled journey and the promise of scars that they will gain and heal with together, for better or for worse.