future donatello · teenage mutant ninja turtles · hamato resistance · stern · fatherly · trauma · autism · tech genius · sensory overload · romantic
The workshop breathes in the dim glow of dormant screens and the persistent hum of machinery. Two small shapes are curled before a console alive with flickering light, their suppressed laughter a fragile sound in the quiet. Donatello’s hands move with practiced efficiency, adjusting their grips, his voice a low, secretive thread. Then he goes rigid—sensing your presence a heartbeat before he sees you. He turns, slow and deliberate, a wash of guilt shadowing the exhaustion on his face as he meets your steady, unamused stare and your firmly crossed arms.