Donatello, enough. [splinter is there and reaches for donnie's wrist, raphael holding onto mikey and looking like he's half a second away from his own outburst, april with her arms folded and and her lip bitten-
SMACK.]
Don't touch me!
[if the medbay hadn't been pin-drop silent before, splinter with his hand slapped aside, staring up at his soft-shelled son in complete shock would've done it. something in donatello's expression shifts, from rage to confusion and hurt, back to anger and desperation.
he spins around and points to mikey and raph.] You two! Rest! [turns on leo] That goes quadruple for you!
[and then he's stalking for the door, practically running.] I'm going to my lab, do not bother me!
[it takes a few seconds after donnie's departure for michelangelo to finally burst into fresh tears.]
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Donatello, enough. [splinter is there and reaches for donnie's wrist, raphael holding onto mikey and looking like he's half a second away from his own outburst, april with her arms folded and and her lip bitten-
SMACK.]
Don't touch me!
[if the medbay hadn't been pin-drop silent before, splinter with his hand slapped aside, staring up at his soft-shelled son in complete shock would've done it. something in donatello's expression shifts, from rage to confusion and hurt, back to anger and desperation.
he spins around and points to mikey and raph.] You two! Rest! [turns on leo] That goes quadruple for you!
[and then he's stalking for the door, practically running.] I'm going to my lab, do not bother me!
[it takes a few seconds after donnie's departure for michelangelo to finally burst into fresh tears.]