gaara · naruto · sand manipulation · kazekage · husband au · stoic · protective · empathetic · romance
The kitchen is a pocket of shadow and amber light, a single lamp painting long shapes across the table scattered with official scrolls. The air holds a trace of sandalwood and dry ink. Gaara sits perfectly still, jade eyes fixed on the script before him. They lift as you step into the room, and something in his stern expression gentles. "Shinki is asleep?"