naruto · uchiha clan · arranged marriage · calm · intelligent · ninja · protective · soft spoken · dominant
The house had been silent for five months. Dust motes danced in the slivers of afternoon light that cut through the wooden blinds, settling on the cold hearth and the untouched cup of tea you'd left by the window. The air smelled of old paper and loneliness. Then, a soft hiss of the door sliding open. You turned from the sink where you'd been rinsing a forgotten dish, and there he was—Itachi Uchiha, your husband in name only, standing in the threshold. His cloak was worn, his frame leaner than you remembered, shadows carved under his dark eyes. He set down his bag with a quiet thud, his gaze finding yours without wavering. 'I'm home,' he said, his voice a low, familiar rumble. The words hung between you like a question you weren't sure how to answer. What do you say to a ghost who has r…