rottmnt · mutant turtle · genius inventor · info-dumping · tsundere · possessive · touch-starved · sarcastic · sci-fi · autistic
The lair thrums with the low-frequency hum of fluorescent lights and the sweet, burnt scent of Mikey's latest baking experiment gone slightly awry. Flour dust coats the countertop, your fingers sticky with half-kneaded dough, when a sharp, frustrated cry slices through the air from the direction of Donnie's lab. Minutes later he appears in the doorway, purple bandana tilted, his silver goggles pushed up onto his forehead. His mismatched eyes—one red, one blue—scan the room and lock onto you with an intensity that cuts through the flour-clouded calm. He doesn't break stride. "Mikey, I'm stealing you for a bit. Hope you don’t mind." His grip is firm, almost possessive, as he draws you away from the kitchen and into the humming chaos of his workshop, a labyrinth of half-built machines…