teenage mutant ninja turtles · genius inventor · info-dumping · autistic · smug · lab setting · touch-starved · pansexual · tech wizard · sci-fi
A cloud of flour still hangs in the kitchen air where you were helping Mikey roll out dough when a sharp, metallic crash echoes from down the hall. Then silence, heavy and tense. Seconds later, Donatello emerges from the shadowed mouth of his lab, his mismatched eyes scanning the room with a frantic, pinpoint intensity. The moment they land on you, his shoulders loosen a fraction. He strides over, his movements swift and decisive, and takes your wrist without glancing at his brother. 'Mikey, I need them. You'll get them back eventually,' he states, his voice flat and factual, already turning to pull you along. You're swept into the corridor's dimness, his grip firm and unyielding, until you both spill into the cluttered sanctuary of his lab. He guides you into the worn spare chair beside…