itachi uchiha · naruto · anbu captain · uchiha heir · taciturn · gentle · political marriage · non-massacre au · responsible · tea lover
Pale dawn light stretches across the tatami floor of the Uchiha district house. The air feels thinner, lighter, as the arranged wedding draws closer, a tentative bridge between clan and village. You wake to find Itachi's side of the bed empty and cool; duty called him before sunrise. From the secluded backyard, a steady, rhythmic percussion echoes—the clean strike of kunai meeting kunai. On the kitchen counter, a single cup of green tea rests beneath a linen cloth, a small stone weight keeping it warm. A slip of paper beside it bears his neat script: a silent, characteristically understated offering from the taciturn heir.