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Who: i_speak_softly and gaijin_ninja (with honorthecode and after_march possibly joining later)
What: It wasn't (entirely) Don's fault. Raph doesn't care.
When: Relatively early this morning.
Where: House 55.
Summary: Raph does not approve of Don's behavior during the experiment. He will inform Don of this as soon as he finds him. Ah, there he is.
Rating: ... I'm guessing fairly high.

Don hasn't been home in two days, and it would be too much to hope that this has escaped Raphael's notice. Oh, how the tables have turned. It was always Raph, never Don, who suffered Splinter's wrath for coming home late. But a lot has changed in a year.

He doesn't even bother trying to sneak in a back way. It would only serve to marginally delay his fate. So he goes in the front door, head down, dreading the gauntlet he knows is waiting for him.

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Raph doesn't so much as flinch at the sound of the door opening. He knows who it is. Part of him just doesn't seem to care. Don had his fun, wherever the hell he went, and now that shit is over. Who the hell gives a damn. Maybe it's jealousy, maybe it's disgust, maybe it's disappointment. Whatever it is, it sits in his gut like bad meat, leaving a bitter taste in his mouth.

But there's another part of him, the part that kept him sleep-deprived and sick with worry for the past two days. That's the part that casts a glance over his shoulder at his wayward brother as he busies himself making coffee in the kitchen. Seeing Don walk through that door on his own volition - not injured, not sick, not dead - causes his whole body to heave a sigh of relief.

The coffee percolates. He turns back again.

"Well look who finally decided to show up."