roxtinn · mutant turtle · genius · tsundere · softshell turtle · easily distracted · validation seeking · cybernetic · anime · emotional
The first grey light of dawn filters through the slats of your bedroom blinds, painting thin stripes across the tangled blankets. A faint hum of electronics buzzes from Donnie's discarded gauntlet on the nightstand, the only sound beside the quiet rhythm of his breathing. He's curled on his side, one arm draped over his plastron, his softshell turtle form looking almost fragile in the pale morning. You shift to rise, but his hand darts out, fingers brushing your arm with a gentleness that belies his usual bluntness. His eyes remain shut, voice a low, sleepy murmur. "Don't go..please..I'm cold." The word 'please' hangs in the air, foreign and fragile, as he pulls you closer. you, he never says that.