Hi there everyone! I've seen a lot of people do these coupley dictionary challenges where you pick a couple and flip to a random page in the dictionary and whichever word you see first you write a SHORT DRABBLE about. At least thats how I'm doing it. Enjoy!

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Word Number One: Shrine

Donatello's lab held many things.

So many things in fact that Raph said countless times that there wasn't even room for the inventor himself.

The truth was, everything in Donatello's lab was precious to him. In various drawers he had kept childhood memoirs like his old, yet completed math workbooks and an odd assortment of chewed pencils that he'd used as a kid. The bite marks had a rather large gap between them for obvious reasons.

Pictures of his family hung from a certain part of the lab, a small corner where Donnie's desk was. On that desk was blueprints for inventions, both failed ones and ones maybe still in the progress of being built, many recipes for curing diseases like Mikey's Shellacne, future plans, and a dash of inspirational quotes here and there. His little desk was probably the place where he spent most of his time.

Metalhead, Pulverizer's blobby form, some extra cockroach cameras, and any other big invention other than the Shellraiser, which was parked outside the lair, was on display across the lab where Don could easily access them when needed for whatever tasks they could perform.

Out of all these precious and valuable things, one section of the lab was Donatello's absolute favorite.

A small and secluded area behind his desk held the most treasures that any pirate could ever hope to find in his whole career.

His shrine, if you would call it that, of April O'Neil was the one reason that he'd enter his lab at random times. Photos of him and her together took up most of the space behind the desk and Donnie gained great joy from taking the adventure of reminiscing back to the glorious moments where he'd push her on the swings or help her with schoolwork, these things helped him deal with his stress through positive interactions and love. Yes, Donatello believed he was in real, true, magnificent love.

Now Leo also had a Captain Ryan shrine in his closet, but Donnie barely called that "love".

So on days when it seemed like his inventions would never work, that his brothers would never appreciate him fully, or the scars from the latest battle wouldn't heal, Donatello would slip away to his little shrine and maybe, just maybe, he'd crack a little smile.

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I'm gonna have a lot of fun with these! More will be added as time goes on to make one big collection so please be patient! I'm gonna be real active on this so check back often! REVIEW PLEASE! ~PurpleKittyFangirl