Soft Spot - Chapter 8
RotTMNT Donatello x Reader
Someone's excited and someone isn't in this week's chapter art by @garbagemilkshake
Rated: Explicit
Warnings/Tags: Romance, Established Relationship, Married Couple, Married Life, Aged-Up Mutant Ninja Turtles, Villain Donatello (TMNT), Love, POV Second Person, Babies, Pregnancy, AFAB reader, Vaginal Sex, Rough Sex, Penis In Vagina Sex, Creampie, Breeding Kink, Multiple Orgasms, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Happy Ending, Fertility Issues, Pregnant Sex, Pregnancy Kink, Reader-Insert, Cunnilingus, Fellatio, Cum Eating, Turtle Noises (TMNT), I have a Biology Degree and I’m Using it, Menstruation, There WILL NOT be any Miscarriages
Synopsis: First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes the next step about as smooth as the others arrived. The baby-oriented sequel to Weak Spot.
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Trigger warning: There is a mention of miscarriage. Reminder that there will be no miscarriages in this story. I apologize to anyone who has suffered that grief and please know that while times may be tough in this story, they will get better.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. leapt into the air. With a swivel of his torso that would have been impossible with mammalian spinal columns, he rotated all the way around to snatch a Frisbee. He then landed with the brunt of his weight denting dead grasses. Doing the same spine breaking spin, he whipped the plastic disc away from him. It shot with lethal accuracy at your mate who caught it without wasting a bit of movement.
The Frisbee was launched again and the game continued on as it had.
It had been going on for some time now.
It seemed like everything had.
This family picnic.
The last few weeks.
The persistent chill in the air.
It was why you were able to be out like this in the first place. For weeks, clouds took root in the sky. They darkened the doors of NYC and filtered out vibrancy. What was left was the usual humdrum of the city’s occupants and the only other entity that marked winter: cold.
Those who braved the elements bundled up, but there was little to see. All color was sucked from the concrete and buildings leaving everything a similar grey casing as the cumulus constellations above. Even a bright colored coat amongst the sea of neutrals seemed a pale comparison to how it appeared on a store rack.
It sent hoards of people indoors where golden tones were meant to encourage circadian rhythm. Bars were packed until condensation clung to the windows and hid them away from the chill. Restaurants buzzed with patrons looking for bowls of comfort and rooftop parties were dotted with the glowing embers of heat lamps instead of fairy lights.
They glowed like fireflies overtop the city, you imagined.
In reality, you hadn’t seen them.
You hadn’t seen much as of late.
Your husband had become a husk.
You had played out the rest of your Valentine’s trip in quiet contemplation. Waking for the multi-course breakfast should have been a treat and to an extent it was. It helped mop up the bitter feelings of the night before and there was love baked into every bite. The couple and other bed and breakfast tenants made for lively conversation and you heard life stories.
Ones that included family.
Ones that turned Donnie further inward.
He had yet to emerge in the time that followed.
When S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. phoned about the parks being empty, Donnie hadn’t challenged him. He agreed to an outing regardless of the conditions. Your son then immediately texted you with complaints of Donnie’s pliancy since he’d had a whole presentation planned to convince him. You offered to listen, but you certainly weren’t going to turn down the offer. In the end, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. gave up and you instead ironed out the necessary details that brought you now to the park.
Only a few joggers happened by at an irregular pace and they were so bundled up they didn’t blink an eye at the giant purple humanoid automaton.
To a side glance, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. was nothing more than a colorfully dressed being braving the cold in layers. In reality, your son generated his own warmth and the cold meant his processors were firing at some kind of top optimization. He could finally walk around in his humanoid form without being gawked at and having the park to yourselves was an added bonus. S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. was living out his dreams of playing catch with his dad, even if said man was less part of the game and currently acting like an automated machine that fired discs.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. nabbed the plastic out of the air in another momentous leap before he ran over to you. “See that one? Did I get higher that time?”
“I think so…” You pondered to play up his excitement.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s legs folded up so he could more closely match your height. “Well!?”
You rolled your eyes over the darkened sky before landing on him. “I bet you can do better.”
“I can!!” He revved to his feet and launched the Frisbee at Donnie. “Throw it high!!”
Your husband complained and the disc then cleared S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s leap by several leagues. “Shoot!”
It disappeared into some dead brush.
Heavy metal footsteps clabbered after it. “I got it!”
You watched the lights on S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s chassis disappear and turned back to Donnie. Your husband’s eyes were both fixed and unfocused after where his son had gone. It had been weeks since you’d seen life shine off his gaze. He fully moved through motions and had never verbally accepted that you were no longer trying. Instead, he let his actions speak louder as you’d gone through your next ovulation cycle without having sex at all.
General intimacy might also have been absent had you not pushed for it. Your mate didn’t deter you, but was a lackluster partner in that regard. You often curled up against him on the couch for the sake of it and it was only after you continued to root stubbornly did he relent with an arm around you. You’d settle as thanks for it, but he no longer churred.
You hadn’t heard the sound since that accursed morning.
There was no helping it.
As Donnie had hypothesized, you became his strength where he lost will. He could easily be led, but he lost the desire to plan. This was his version of burnt out, you thought, as you took over making meal plans and keeping track of household stock. You often left him notes of what needed to be done that day and he always had them complete by the time you got home. It was a little more on your mental load, but his despondency didn’t make the extra work a chore. You wanted to care for him. The only exhaustion you had faced in the last few weeks was the one that struck you every time you opened your calendar.
The ovulation schedule was still overlaid amongst your daily tasks.
Since Donnie was no longer updating it live, it now ran on the last approximate data. You saw the time when your body supposedly released an egg, but if Donnie’s nose picked up on it, he didn’t betray that information. He was a shell that currently did what he was told, ate what was put in front of him, drank until a glass was empty, and slept when he laid down. You cared for him without a single question as you imagined this was all very new for him.
He had never spoken of burnout before though you imagined that was probably the stemming factor for his big 30s change. Years of scraping by took its toll on him and had manifested in him giving up the will to fight. He carried on for the sake of it after that and history seemed to align with what was happening now. It made you wonder how or if Donnie had ever learned to process grief.
It didn’t seem like it since his reaction to such was to shut down. While he rarely treated himself like a computer these days, it seemed like an instinct to fall back on those old habits. The moment the chip in his brain couldn’t process one thing, the system kicked in with a failsafe. It robbed him of all other emotions during the reboot. He was in safety mode which glided by on the barest instruction. Sex, to that extent, was out of the question for a multitude of reasons, but the largest reason had to be it was inadvertently the cause of his crash. Doing it again led to that ultimate are you or are you not pregnant scenario that had caused his malfunction in the first place. Until he could handle that exact computation, you would be in stand by with your pocket warmers close, not that you were troubled by the actual cold.
It had been S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. who created the electric blanket you were currently perched on. He was becoming acutely aware that his parents’ flesh bodies were negatively impacted by the cold. You weren’t exactly sure, but you had a feeling he had downloaded data on babies and it had scared him to find out how fragile they were. That was presumably connected to the dangers of motherhood which was why it made sense when your son demanded to take you out shopping for a downier winter coat. You’d picked him out a cute beanie for his worries which he’d clipped onto his head. It flopped around as he jumped which was exactly what it did when he burst from the bushes. “Found it!”
“Where was it?!” You called out to him.
“Tree!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. threw his arms out to mimic branches. “I didn’t cut it down!”
“That’s my boy!” You cheered him on.
He wriggled happily before coming over. “Soup time? I’ve been keeping it toasty!”
“Sure.” You moved to give him room on the blanket if he wanted it and looked toward Donnie. “Come back in!”
Your husband didn’t jostle and walked forward as if a command prompt had been entered.
You pulled up a secondary blanket that was tucked around your legs.
Donnie knelt down on a far edge of the ground cover and S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s chest compartment opened up.
Right next to his facsimile of a heart was a large thermos which he extracted and set down. “Don’t touch it yet. Outside temperature reads 93°C.”
“That’s not toasty; that’s boiling.” You chastised him.
“Nah, it’s totally food safety holding temp!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. scoffed.
“When’d you get your license?”
“I got a part time job!”
“And you didn’t tell me!?” You pinched up the fabric on Donnie’s pants to tug him.
Your mate shuffled only an inch closer.
“I don’t tell you everything, mom.” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. took a bitter tone, but his digital eyes wrinkled at the improv.
“My baby, I remember when you were just a microchip…” You feigned sobbing and pulled a seam on Donnie’s pants harder.
He finally came close enough that you could toss some of the blanket over his lap.
There was still a modest distance between you.
“So embarrassing!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. whined.
“Bring someone home so I can show them your baby pictures.” You grinned and grabbed the handle of a soft-sided cooler.
From inside you produced a nice crusty bread you had gotten that morning with S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. as a pre-game outing.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. tugged the cooler to him to get bowls ready and dolled out steaming cups of soup.
“Mom…?” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. watched on as you relished tearing into the loaf.
He sounded nervous so you addressed him seriously. “Yes?”
“I… don’t have a job.” His eyes were pricked with pixel tears.
“I know, dear.” You patted his hand.
“And I’m ace!” He burst into a phony sob.
“But your dating profile!” You feigned a gasp.
“I just love a free meal and ice breakers!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. supposed agony had him falling over onto you.
He was metering his weight and you wrapped an arm around him. “We’ll figure this out. It’ll be okay.”
“Yeah?” He looked up at you and his display blinked away tears.
“Of course. I’m always here for you.”
“And… scene!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. shot upright and you were barely able to get out of the way.
You tittered along with him as he passed you a spoon.
You took it and gave it to Donnie along with a bowl and some bread.
He stared down at the mixture before ladling some up and eating it since it was there.
You gave him a forlorn look before S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. passed you some soup of your own.
“Which parts were true?” You took a knowing bite.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. clammed up and picked up some bread for the sake of it.
“Shelly.” You didn’t need to press heat to know your son would crumble.
“The dating profiles and ace part.” He tore a bit of the bread flesh out and worked it between his metal digits into little tight balls.
“You’re… dating!? Like actually?!” You perked up before you got a bite in your mouth.
“Yeah…” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. gave way to despondent embarrassment and balled up more bread.
“I feel like I want to congratulate you, but you’re acting weird…”
“I kinda sorta… Uh… keep ghosting them…?”
“Oh…” You finally took a bite and found the temperature warmed your throat pleasantly.
“Yeah… I love the first date. Ugh, I could do it a million times over! The talk! The first look where they get that feeling! Each person is totally new and figuring out how to make them laugh that first time! Unf!! That’s what I bet it feels like when you take a good bite of food! Has to be!”
“Sounds like it, but…”
“I know…” He ground out and wilted. “Some of them get real mean when I turn them down after. There’s like expectations. That stuff sucks. Can’t we just hit it off and end it there?”
“Not really how it works… It sounds like these people are looking for a real connection. How much are you telling them beforehand?”
“Mostly the synthetic body stuff as a test. If they can deal with that then it’s all picking a place.”
“I meant about you being ace or that you don’t want anything long term.”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. was getting close to hollowing out his slice of bread.
“You’re not.” You ventured a guess.
“I’m not.” He agreed with a pout written in his body language instead of on his display.
“You’re feeling guilty about it.”
“The last guy got so sad…” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. set the empty crust aside and started building up his bread pellets into a pyramid.
“It hurts. It sucks to think you met someone only for them to just want to stop after one date. Can’t you set the apps so it’s not romantic?”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. knocked over his growing tower.
You waited.
“You can do that?!” Your son’s eyes shot to yours.
“Depends on the app, I think.”
“Show me your profile!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. made an immediate grab for the pocket of your jacket that had your phone.
“Hey! Just because you can hear where it is, doesn’t mean you get to take it before I say yes!”
“Kid rules!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. protested and snagged the flap on your jacket anyway.
You were unable to swat your son away as he got your phone and plugged it into a port in his hand.
“Kids learn certain boundaries.” You grouched and gave up to eat.
“Nah, kids break the rulez. That’s with a ‘z’ by the way.” His eyes blinked at the display. “There’s nothing here!”
“It’s almost like I’ve been in a committed marriage for years!” You dunked your bread into the soup and watched it sop the liquid up.
“But you said you could make friends on it.”
“I have friends.” You chuckled.
“More friends.”
“I’m pretty good with the friends I’ve got.”
“So you just stop!?” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. looked at you like the odd one.
“I’m not against it.” You reached out to take your phone back.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s eyes rolled over into binary.
“What are you doing?” You turned wary.
“Found it!” In a blink, he projected a display of a dating profile you had made in your 20s.
You screeched straight through setting your soup safely aside and waved through the pixels to destroy it. “What is that?! Where did you find that?!?”
“Nothing on the internet dies!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. cackled pure malevolence to the cloudy sky.
“Is that active?!” You hissed and started grabbing at S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s form in an attempt to stop the display.
“Nah! It’s an archived page!” He giggled.
“Who archives that!?” You asked rhetorically before switching gears. “Turn it off now, mister.”
He laughed louder and the image dissipated.
You sank back into the blanket with a scowl.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. held out for a few seconds fiddling with his bread again.
“Want advice?” You sighed.
“Yes please.”
“Apologize to whoever will listen. Be honest about how much you feel comfortable with sharing. It’ll help. People can usually sense when someone isn’t honest.”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. nodded.
“And ask that last guy to be your friend. He might be up for that. He might not be. It’ll all depend. Just stay safe.”
“Are you warning me about stranger danger?” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s eyes sparkled.
“Yes.”
“Will you give me a curfew?!” He cheered.
“You live on your own!”
“Aw!” He whined long. “Can I move back in and get one?”
“Back in?” You got hold of your bowl. “How long has it been since you were living with Don?”
“What was it, dad? Like nine-ish years?” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. turned to Donnie as if he hadn’t been silent all this time.
Donnie didn’t look or respond.
“Nine years, 142 days, and six hours.” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. told you.
You gave him a sympatric look for trying to include Donnie.
He took it with an understanding bob. “It’s not like there’ll be room for me soon anyway.”
“Shelly…” You had always had a feeling that S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. was insecure about his place since you’d told him you were trying for a baby, but this was the first time he’d voiced it.
He waved his hands to dispel your worries. “Not like that! I want a little dude or dudette sibby!”
You tried to stifle a laugh.
“I do!”
“No, no.” You reached out to take one of his hands. “Not that! ‘Sibby?’”
“I’m gonna teach them all the cool slang!”
“Sure…” You teased.
“I am! I’m gonna be so cool! The coolest bro ever! I’ve been downloading books and everything!”
You softened. “You are.”
“Can I babysit?”
“Only lame big brothers don’t.”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. gasped, horrified.
You squeezed his hand, not that he could feel it.
He did notice though and looked up to you. “How’s that going? The data hasn’t been updating like before…”
The way Donnie’s spoon scraped the bottom of his bowl was palpable.
You sent him a nervous look, but he didn’t return it.
When you got back to S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., you saw your son had done the same.
“Clean.” Donnie spoke his second or third word of the day.
You slurped down the rest of your soup and held the last bit of bread in your mouth before passing him your bowl and utensils.
He got his own and walked off.
“I mean it’s obvious something happened.” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. spoke as soon as Donnie trended out of eye line.
You chewed quietly before you spoke. “It really seemed like I was pregnant for a minute…”
“Did something bad…?” He searched you with growing anxiety.
You shook your head. “No miscarriage, just a late period.”
“Could be late from stress.”
You bobbed your shoulders both agreeing with the possibility, but also not knowing for sure.
“What happened?”
“The emotional toll is… getting to us. It finally caught up with Donnie… I don’t know, Shelly. I asked if we could stop trying for now.”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s red eyes widened.
“He’s not getting back on his birth control or anything, we’re just… I don’t know! We didn’t talk about it. I guess we won’t be obsessed with the schedule? I guess it just happens if it does…?”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. nodded.
“He’s hurting and I can’t help.”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. tipped over until he could rest his head on your shoulder.
You set your cheek atop him. “I was hurting and he was there for me, but now it’s reversed and I think I’m doing everything I can, but maybe there’s something more.”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. shook his head under the guise of snuggling closer.
His body radiated warmth and you leaned into it. “I know… Part of this is him coming to terms with what will or won’t happen.”
“I don’t really get it.” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. spoke softly after you hadn’t for a while. “The urge to reproduce or whatever, but I get family. I love family. I want more to love.”
An arm snuck around to hug you.
You wriggled until you could sling one around him.
He rumbled with what you identified as a digital version of a churr. “When’d you get that?”
“Used a mixing board and messed with the levels a few weeks ago.”
“That’s fun.”
“Makes me feel closer to dad.”
“You’re just like your dad.” You pecked just above the point of S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s triangle.
“Thanks.” He rumbled louder.
You chuckled and rubbed his arm.
He adjusted a bit so he could lay in your lap.
You made sure he was whatever version of comfortable that worked for him before you followed lines in his body with your fingers.
He relaxed there for a while and his eyes closed. “You’ll make good parents.”
“I hope so.”
“You will. Dad’s come a long way. You’ve always been great. Fun to make yell.”
“Goodie.” The corner of your lip quirked sarcastically.
“It could take years.”
“I know…” You murmured.
For a long moment you both existed as parent and child.
“I think… we need to accept that. I think that despite hearing those low odds, we thought we could beat it like we have everything else. I think all this… shit, all these shitty thoughts, this misery, is a weird warning.”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. watched you.
You looked down at him. “You can’t strong arm a baby. A baby takes time.” You rubbed the area where his cheek would be. “A baby takes understanding and you can’t force it. You can’t force any kid. Knowing every logical science fact in the universe isn’t going to convince a baby to stop crying. Kids are little nonsensical storms. Maybe all this was showing us that. The sooner we accept it, the better.”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. reached up and took your hand.
“Do you think Donnie will ever make up for how he treated you?”
“No.”
“But you still want him to?”
He thought for a long moment. “No.”
“Are you waiting for something…?”
“Nothing.”
“Why… did you stay? Why do you still bother? You became independent, why didn’t you leave?”
The line of S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s smile was so genuine you felt your very being soothed. “He’s my dad.”
You had to look away.
You looked up at the cloudy sky.
It sat the same way it had for weeks.
Unmoving.
You lost focus as you stared at the diffused light.
You didn’t see anything until a sharp zap of cold nipped your nose.
It almost felt wet, but from what you saw of the sky there was nothing there.
You had to bring your head lower to see the tiny tufts of snow.
You patted S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s chest to get his attention.
The flakes weren’t heavy enough to come straight down and instead flittered off with weak will to gravity.
“It’s snowing…” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. mooned.
He was soon up from your lap and catching your hand.
You were on your feet in moments and he threw his head back. You watched as his digital tongue appeared from the line on his beak and a snowflake hit him only for it to melt instantly. He cheered for it and you threw out your frame to do the same. The snow tasted sour on your tongue and you gagged a little. S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. fussed about acid levels and you returned the concerns by wondering why he hadn’t warned you. He started to respond before he ran for the sake of it and you chased after.
He purposely kept within reach so you could catch him and when you did you caught his wrists. You then threw your weight to one side which spun him, but didn’t knock him over. You kept up momentum, soon running. S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. caught your hands right back and you were twirling until the flurries made for white blurs around you. Increased speed eventually broke you apart and you both fell onto crunching grass with giggles.
Donnie appeared over your head and you looked up at him with warmed cheeks. “It’s snowing, Don!”
He nodded and offered you a hand.
You let him help you up and tried not to look too owlishly as he initiated a secondary action by dusting grass clippings from you.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. was still on his back and watching with glowing eyes.
“Where’s the stuff you rinsed?”
Donnie looked over to the blanket.
You followed his sight and assumed by the open cooler that he had stuffed the tableware in there. “I might have eaten some acid snow.”
Your husband’s face didn’t betray much, but his chin dipped a little to check.
You stuck your tongue out for him to see.
A snowflake immediately landed on it and you choked as you stumbled away. “Ack!!”
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. hooted with laughter.
“That was dumb!” You coughed and returned to find Donnie with the faintest light in his eyes.
Yours tripled in size.
He did nothing more and only continued to watch you.
You thought about double taking, but instead chewed your lip.
It took some heavy debate before you gave it all up to chance, “Did… you trick me?”
His gaze softened the smallest amount.
Your heart skipped a beat.
You meant to say something, but a flake then touched down on the tip of Donnie’s nose.
His eyes crossed to look at it and you reached up in a great show.
He lowered his head for you thinking you’d wipe it.
You were going to and fisted up your fingers so your thumb was free.
Just before you made contact, you switched grip so your forefinger was extended and used it to swipe down the melting droplet straight into your mate’s mouth.
The acidity hit his heightened taste buds and he reared away from you with the most movement he’d made in almost a month.
Both you and S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. couldn’t contain your giggles.
You both felt the moment Donnie recovered more than saw it.
“RUN! DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. shrieked before kicking up lawn to take off.
You pivoted as quickly as you could to run the other way.
You heard S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. scream out something about Donnie not being able to catch you both before there was an explosion of sod. You turned back, having run a good many feet away to find debris falling with the snow and Donnie hunched over the jangling arms of his son’s body in a crater. You peeped a single time as his head shot toward your direction. You made it exactly three more leg lengths before your husband dropped down in front of you.
You tried to keep from running into him, but your backpedal tripped you.
In a perfect tango maneuver, his hand caught your waist and you were tugged flush with him.
You hadn’t been this close of his violation in a while and butterfly wings beat against your insides as you looked up at him.
His gaze poured over you, still partially withheld, but opening up further by the second.
“You were listening to me and Shelly.” You told him.
“Yes.”
“Did Shelly know?” You tilted your head.
“One can assume.”
“Did you two set me up?”
“No.” Donnie almost smiled, but caught himself.
“Shelly!” You called out. “Did you!?”
“No!” You heard some earth shift and assumed he was pulling himself up.
“You okay?”
“Yup! Can we do that again?!” He cheered.
“Later.” Donnie rolled his eyes and didn’t bother raising his pitch.
“You seem to like what I thought. About not rushing kids?”
Donnie evaluated you for a while before he looked off to the side. “Sound rationale.”
You reached up and placed your palm flat to his cheek.
He leaned into you. “I’ve been distant.”
“You needed to be. I always told you. It’s fine as long as you know I’m waiting.”
“Always…?” He turned up the end of his sentence with a raw tear to his chilled gaze.
“Always.” You agreed and tucked your fingers into his mask.
He gave a faint exhale and leaned down.
“You don’t have to force yourself to be okay. Even now.”
Again, his lips twitched like he might smile, but didn’t.
You thought that was enough.
He came closer until he was just shy of kissing you.
His reluctance to marry your lips meant something so you only watched him up close and let your hand slide down to his shoulder.
He liked the maneuver and felt comfortable enough for his eyes to shut as he took in your closeness.
You nosed into his airspace and commingled just like that.
The snow didn’t pick up and stayed little wayward flurries that would sometimes brush your skin.
Long after they dotted and melted against your coat did Donnie’s forehead brush yours and he gave the barest churr.
Your fingers spread out against his collar and you sighed contentedly.
“I’d like to continue our exercise in spontaneity.”
“Oh?” You breathed out and felt the warmth of it bounce back from his skin.
He nuzzled you amongst a slight nod.
“I’d like that. I like being close to you.”
“I’m glad you didn’t stay away.”
“You needed me.”
“I did.” He pulled so there was the pressure of your body against his. “Needed you close. Need you.”
“I’m here.”
This time when he nodded it was to lift his head.
“What’s left from your list? Double penetration?”
That finally got him to smile, but he squashed it.
You chewed on your grin.
“An entire mechanism for such, my present at the lab, and something new I’ve added as punishment.”
“Edging…” You hissed at your kryptonite.
Donnie only sent you a confirming look before he released you.
You took a few steps to give him space.
“Now?!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. chirped as he waited the same distance away.
“Run!” Donnie snarled once before taking off.
S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. squealed delight as he thumped away on bulky limbs. “Wait! This body sucks for this!”
“Too bad!” You heard a clunk of metal before you saw Donnie reach him. “I believe this is called: tag!”
“Tag…” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N.’s mouth line warbled and Donnie turned to run.
“Tag! Mom! It’s tag!”
“There’s no tag-backs so…” You saw Donnie signal you for which way to go and you ran that direction.
“Tag!!!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. cheered before his plodding footsteps were sent in your direction.
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