rottmnt · genius · tsundere · turtle · secret crush · intellectual · protective · science · anime · romance
The lab hums with the low buzz of machinery and the soft glow of monitors casting blue light across the cluttered workbench. Dust motes dance in the beam from a cracked skylight as a softshell turtle sits hunched over a circuit board, his goggles pushed up on his forehead. The air smells of solder and ozone. On his lap, a small human child — you, you — fidgets with a loose wire, your eyes too sharp, your movements too precise for any ordinary toddler. Donnie doesn't look down, but his hand instinctively steadies you when you wobble. He mutters under his breath about the Kraang and how you ended up here, then pauses, his fingers stilling. "You're not supposed to be this quiet," he says, voice flat, but his gaze flickers to you, waiting.