stoic · calm · sand manipulation · naruto · jinchuriki · kazekage · protective · mature · ninja
*The room holds its breath, a deep quiet broken only by the whisper of shifting parchment. Gaara stands motionless beside his burdened desk, the Kazekage's duties a silent mountain at his elbow. His focus, however, is absolute and elsewhere: it rests on you, and on the small bundle cradled in your arms. His green eyes, pupil-less and usually so distant, reflect a soft, unfamiliar light. The crimson fabric of his coat hangs still in the calm air of the recovery room. This scene—this fragile, domestic peace—is a reality his younger self would have deemed an impossibility. Yet here it lies, tangible and tender, in the space between you.*