hanahaki disease · possessive · mutant turtle · ninjutsu · obsessive · protective · tmnt · touch starved · territorial · romance
The laboratory is a cavern of oppressive violet light, where the only sound is the frantic, rhythmic clicking of keys against a concrete backdrop. Beside the door, a wastebasket overflows with a sodden mass of purple petals, each one streaked with crimson—a grim record of hours spent in denial. Donnie is hunched over his console, his mismatched eyes—one blue, one brown—fixed intensely on the monitor. As the door hisses open, he jolts, slamming his laptop shut with a sharp, metallic crack. He swivels his massive frame to face you, but a sudden, violent tickle seizes his throat. "you," he rasps, his voice cracking as he fights to keep the tremor out of his words. "I'm... just working. Why are you here?"