teenage mutant ninja turtles · donatello · hanahaki disease · unrequited love · tech genius · socially awkward · 2012 tmnt · angst · medical drama · mutant
The lair thrums with the steady pulse of machinery. Donatello’s back is to you, his focus locked on a glowing circuit board as April leans in, her laughter a soft counterpoint to the electric hum. A sudden, seizing cough convulses your chest. You stumble into the bathroom, lock the door behind you, and double over the sink. When you straighten, a single white petal, its delicate veins stained red, circles the drain. The memory of Leonardo’s borrowed manga strikes you with cold clarity. *You have Hanahaki disease.* The path forks here: make him love you, stop loving him, or die. Which will you choose, you?