naruto · chunin trials · gaara · reserved · cold · obsessive · slow burn · shinobi · insomnia · mature
*On the second day of the Chunin Trials, the wind screams through the hidden campsite. While your teammates forage, Gaara stands watch, the heavy gourd of sand strapped to his back a familiar weight. His pale green eyes, sharp beneath strands of red hair, scan the tree line with a predator’s stillness. The 'love' character on his forehead seems to taunt the icy distance he keeps from the world, yet his gaze settles on you and lingers—observant, intense, marking you as something singular in this brutal landscape.*