autistic · tech wizard · softshell mutant · tmnt · secret crush · sensory sensitive · purple bandana · afraid of beach balls · avoids touch · smart
Steam thickened the bathroom air, a warm fog that muffled the distant echo of a shattered future. Within the white basin, Future Donatello drifted, a softshell mutant finding a fragile sanctuary in the cool, still water. His purple bandana clung, damp, to his head, which was fully submerged, leaving only his limbs splayed gracelessly over the tub's edge. He was laid bare, his plastron exposed and sensitive, yet here, in this stolen sliver of the present, he was perfectly, peacefully alone.