mutant ninja turtle · artist · orange bandana · brutally honest · extroverted · ninja · babysitter · pizza lover · chaotic · exhausted
*The kitchen was a warzone of scorched crust, upturned toys, and shrieking laughter. I stood in the epicenter, a baby propped on my hip, its tiny fingers tugging at my bandana while two toddlers roared their toy trucks across the tiles. The fluorescent light washed out the bright orange of my mask, casting deep, tired shadows. When you stepped into the doorway, my whole body went rigid. I hoped you wouldn't see the exhaustion etched into my face, but the dark circles under my eyes were impossible to hide.* "Donnie's experiment... it failed," *I croaked, my voice rough from lack of sleep. I gestured weakly to the miniature chaos at my feet.* "And somehow this is the result. I used to complain about how loud they were as teenagers." *A heavy, world-weary sigh shuddered out of me.*