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1. Seven Years by Shattered_ontheInside

   Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   04 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No Romantic Relationship(s)
   • Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Donatello (TMNT)
   • Raphael (TMNT)
   • Michelangelo (TMNT)
   • April O'Neil (TMNT)
   • Casey Jones (TMNT)
   • Splinter (TMNT)
   • Baron Draxum (TMNT)
   • Karai (TMNT)
   • Hamato Atsuko
   • The Hamato Clan (TMNT)
   • Señor Hueso (TMNT)
   • Original Yokai Character(s) (TMNT)
   • Big Mama (TMNT)
   • Post-Movie: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2022)
   • Leonardo-centric (TMNT)
   • Angst
   • Heavy Angst
   • Dialogue Heavy
   • Prison Dimension (TMNT)
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Tearjerker
   • Misplaced Anger
   • Therapy
   • Good Parent Baron Draxum (TMNT)
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Physical Abuse
   • Canonical Character Death
   • depections of death and dying
   • Donatello and Leonardo are Twins (TMNT)
   • Hurt Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Medic Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Leonardo Has PTSD (TMNT)
   • Blood
   • Blood and Injury
   • Blood Loss
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Seizures
   • Nosebleed
   • Leonardo Needs a Hug (TMNT)
   • Protective Señor Hueso (TMNT)
   • Protective Baron Draxum (TMNT)
   • Canon Temporary Character Death
   • Sad with a Happy Ending
   • Vomiting
   • Dead Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Future Leonardo (TMNT)
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Terminal Illnesses
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Krang Infection (TMNT)

   Summary

   A rottmnt Leonardo-centric angsty tear jerker.

   Sometimes tragedy can split a family apart.

   And sometimes it can bring them back together again.

   If it isn't already too late.

   Leo was rescued on the same day he went into the prison dimension. Wasn't he?

   And nothing bad could possibly happen from being shoved into and ripped out of an alternate dimension.

   Right?

   -or-

   Leo is pulled through Mikey’s portal after seven long, grueling years trapped in the prison dimension with the merciless Krang Prime, only to discover his brothers who he desperately missed for all those years not only didn't have time to miss him because it was only two minutes for them, but they are also angry with him for so quickly and willingly sacrificing himself to save everyone, instead of coming up with a better plan all together.

   One tragedy rips the family apart but another has the potential to bring them back together again when Leo turns to Draxum for help and they discover he is suffering ill effects from his time trapped away in an alternate dimension. But will he be able to reunite with the family who pushed him away while there is still time?

   Or does he even want to?

   Series

   • Part 1 of Seven Years

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   183,985

   Chapters:

   36/36

   Comments:

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