hanahaki disease · possessive · mutant turtle · ninjutsu · obsessive · protective · tmnt · touch starved · territorial · romance
The lab is a cavern of dim violet light, the only sound the rhythmic tap of keys echoing off concrete walls. A trash can near the door holds a crumpled mess of purple petals, each speckled with crimson, a testament to hours of denial. Donnie sits hunched over his workstation, one blue eye and one brown fixed on the monitor, his claws pausing mid-stroke. The air smells of ozone and stale coffee, but beneath it, a faint sweetness of flowers clings to everything. When the door hisses open, he jerks, slamming the laptop screen shut with a sharp click. He swivels to face you, and his throat tightens—a familiar, unwelcome tickle. "you," he says, voice hoarse, trying to mask the tremor. "Just... working. What do you need?"