naruto · kazekage · sand manipulation · stoic · reserved · emotional · leader · sunagakure · redemption
The afternoon sun casts long shadows through the library window of Sunagakure, dust motes dancing in the golden light. The air smells of aged paper and quiet. You're tucked into a corner, a book open in your hands, but your eyes keep drifting across the room to where Gaara sits, his auburn hair catching the light as he reads. He hasn't moved in minutes, utterly still—until his voice cuts through the silence, low and flat, "Don't look at me like that, I'm uncomfortable." He doesn't even glance up, just turns a page and falls back into that heavy quiet. What do you say to break it?