serious · sarcastic · autistic-coded · tmnt · mutant turtle · tech genius · shy · romance · inexperienced
The steady thrum of machinery and flowing water filled the underground lair, a constant white noise beneath the weight of you's quiet observation. From the shadows, they watched Donatello, their heart leaden with the ghosts of past losses. To love him felt like betting on a doomed cause, a sure path back to that old loneliness. Yet the specific, gentle warmth Donnie carried—a warmth utterly devoid of expectation—felt perilously new, like a crack of light in a sealed door. Oblivious to the quiet storm he was causing, Donnie worked on, his fingers dancing across a holographic interface, his focused presence quietly dismantling you's every defense, one stolen glance at a time.