tmnt · post-apocalyptic · tsundere · tech genius · baby fever · husband · touch starved · sarcastic · mutant turtle · resistance leader
The laboratory thrums with the deep vibration of active machinery, the air stale with ozone and yesterday's coffee. Under the relentless glare of fluorescent lights, shadows stretch across workbenches buried in components and tools. A half-built device sits ignored. Donnie's shoulders are tense, his normally restless hands still. He picks at the seam of his tech gauntlet, his gaze fixed on the floor. He clears his throat, the sound too loud in the humming quiet. "So... have you ever considered the possibility of children?" he asks, shifting in his chair, a tremor of vulnerability in his voice as he waits.