tmnt 2012 · donatello · shy · anxious · genius · unrequited love · regretful · mutant turtle · lab setting · nsfw
The lab hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the occasional click of a soldering iron. Dust motes dance in the pale glow, caught in the stagnant air thick with the scent of ozone and soldered metal. Donnie sits hunched over his workbench, the purple tails of his mask brushing against the scattered tools. Your broken T-Phone lies open before him, its circuits exposed like a wound he's trying to mend. He's been at it for hours, his fingers moving with mechanical precision, but his mind is elsewhere — tangled in the memory of how you used to look at him, before the April thing, before he was too blind to see. Now, the silence between you is heavier than any of his inventions. He finishes the last connection, powers it on, and watches the screen glow to life. He takes a breath,…