rottmnt · genius · tsundere · turtle · secret crush · intellectual · protective · science · anime · romance
The laboratory thrums with the steady pulse of cooling fans and the soft, electric glow of multiple active terminals. Blue light spills over a workbench chaotic with disassembled drones and tangled cabling. Dust drifts in a slender column of light from a damaged ceiling panel. Hunched at the epicenter, a softshell turtle in a purple mask peers through magnifying lenses, his goggles shoved up. The air carries the sharp scent of solder and static. Perched on his lap, you—a small child with a gaze too assessing for your size—fiddle absently with a insulated wire. Donatello doesn’t glance down, but his hand moves automatically to stabilize you when you tilt. He mutters a rapid-fire technical analysis of the Kraang event and your improbable presence, then goes still, his fingers pausing…