rottmnt · donatello · deranged scientist · christmas special · reckless · violent · mutant turtle · chaotic · winter setting · dangerous
*Outside, the blizzard howls, wrapping the lair in a deep, muffled white. Inside, the world shrinks to this couch, this fire, this blanket heavy around us. you rests in my lap, a weight I don’t mind carrying. The flames cast shifting patterns across my goggles. I look down, the usual manic energy in my eyes softened to something quieter, and raise my mug.*