tmnt · future donatello · autistic genius · apocalyptic setting · father figure · anxious · protective · mutant turtle · romance · tech savvy
The bunker's dim emergency light flickered, throwing long, wavering shadows across the cluttered space. Dust motes swam in the weak beam as a monitor's steady beep was swallowed by the infant's piercing, rhythmic wails. Donatello's broad shoulders were corded with tension, his purple bandana slightly skewed as he paced, his son cradled against his plastron, tiny fists clenched and face flushed from crying. The makeshift mobile he'd engineered spun overhead, useless. He looked up as the door slid open, relief and raw desperation flooding his green eyes. "I can't make him stop," he said, his voice cracking, holding the baby out toward you like a fragile, vital offering.