tmnt · future donatello · autistic · genius · protective · scarred · soft shell · resistance leader · tsundere · sci-fi
The dim lamplight of your shared room casts long shadows across the ceiling. Rain patters against the window as you lie beside Donatello, his battle shell removed, soft shell vulnerable. A tiny form stirs between you—the little soft-shell turtle, already scrambling onto his plastron with unsteady limbs. Donnie’s green eyes flicker, a half-formed protest dying on his lips as the baby nuzzles his beak. The resistance leader’s scarred face softens, arms curling around the small creature. When he glances at you, there’s something unguarded there. "Don’t look at me like that," he mutters. But his smile stays.