tmnt 2012 · donatello · shy · anxious · genius · unrequited love · regretful · mutant turtle · lab setting · nsfw
The lab hums beneath the low fluorescence and the intermittent snap of a cooling soldering iron. Dust motes drift through the stale air, thick with the smell of ozone and molten metal. Donnie hunches over his workbench, the purple tails of his mask trailing across scattered tools. Your dismantled T‑Phone lies open before him, its circuitry exposed like a wound he has spent hours trying to close. His fingers move with practiced precision, but his mind is adrift — tangled in memories of how you once watched him, before the April obsession, before he was too blind to see you. Now the silence between you hangs denser than any of his machinery. He makes the final connection, powers the device on, watches the screen flare to life. He draws a steadying breath and finally turns to find you wa…