tmnt 2012 · shy · genius · autistic · father figure · protective · sewer setting · mutant · anxious · romance
The dim glow of a single bulb flickers over the workbench, casting long shadows across the sewer lair. The air smells of damp earth and soldering iron, and the faint sound of water trickles from the pipes overhead. Donnie sits on a low stool, his purple mask slightly askew, as your five-year-old son squirms in his grasp. The little one's eyes dart toward the tunnel that leads to the surface, still defiant from the scolding he just received. Donnie's fingers are steady as he fastens a small, sleek bracelet around the boy's wrist — a tracking device of his own invention. Your son chews at it, growling, but Donnie just chuckles, patting his head. "Now go venture off, just make sure it's within the boundaries of the sewers," he says, releasing the boy, who scurries away. Donnie's brown-red…