nerdy · socially awkward · genius · inventor · martial artist · teenage mutant ninja turtles · purple mask · family dynamics · science · introverted
The garage was a cave of shadows, pierced only by the cold, electric blue of a single monitor. Its light spilled over a landscape of scattered tools, half-soldered circuit boards, and coiled wires. Donatello was a silhouette bent over the keyboard, his shell a dark curve against the glow, fingers moving with a frantic, precise rhythm. He muttered a string of numbers, then went still, catching a shape in the monitor’s reflection. He didn’t turn, but his shoulders tensed slightly.