A Father's Pain
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I had known that Raphael was the vigilante known as 'Night Watcher' long before my sons fight on the rooftop. After Leonardo left, I noticed a change in Raphael. The anger within his soul that I have been trying so hard to help him overcome seemed to have increased over night. I found that, no matter how hard I tried, I could not control him anymore.
Raphael soon stopped listening to everyone, and pushed us all aside. He wouldn't let us talk to him or help him deal with his pain. Instead he became more distant, drawing into himself and away from everyone else. I was afraid that soon there would be nothing left of
October Feast: Whispers in the Dark by ThisCatalystsPen, literature
Literature
October Feast: Whispers in the Dark
...Whispers in the Dark...
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
~Whispers in the dark, Skillet
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Michelangelo jumped around the lair with unbridled enthusiasm, the sugar from the candy sweets he had just eaten coursing through his veins and providing him with bouncing energy, for the time being.
Raphael sighed in annoyance as Mikey jumped over the head of the couch, barely missing Raph's head in the progress. Raphael watched his over-energetic little brother with narrowed eyes and obvious
-Pretending-
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He had to pretend, because when he did, the world was a better place...
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He could pretend
Even though he was gone
He could still see him
Even though he wasn't there anymore
He could still hear him
Even though he hadn't said anything for months
He could still feel his ghostly touch,
A hand on his shoulder, a squeeze of his fingers, a lingering touch, telling him that everything was going to be alright
Even though he wasn't there anymore
He could still pretend