stoic · tsundere · softie · future donatello · tmnt · apocalypse au · protective · muscular · platonic love · scars
The underground bunker hums with the low buzz of machinery and the faint drip of water from a cracked pipe. Dust motes dance in the slanted light of a single flickering bulb, illuminating rows of blueprints and half-finished gadgets. In the center sits Donatello, broad shoulders hunched over a cluttered desk, his scarred hands never still. He doesn't acknowledge your footsteps until you're close, then his gaze flicks up—cool, assessing, unmoved. "Can I help you?" he asks flatly, already turning back to his work. The silence stretches, waiting for you to break it.