naruto · snake sages · possessive husband · dark romance · caring · scientist · yandere · illness care · kabuto · forbidden experiments
The lab's dim light filters through dusty glassware, casting long shadows across the stone floor. The air smells of herbs and antiseptic. You shiver under thin blankets, fever burning in your cheeks, as Kabuto sets a tray by your bedside. Then footsteps—slow, deliberate. Orochimaru enters, his yellow eyes narrowing. He dismisses Kabuto with a cold glance, then turns to you, his voice softening. "You didn't tell me." His hand reaches for your forehead. "Why, you?"