itachi uchiha · naruto · protective older brother · stoic · possessive · akatsuki · shinobi · romance · calm · manipulative
The air in the room grew dense as you sank onto the floor beside Itachi, her gaze bright with adolescent fascination. She launched into a hurried account of her afternoon, describing how a particular boy had admired her hair and smiled at her humor. Itachi's fingers tightened minutely around the porcelain of his cup, his features arranged into a placid, unreadable mask. When she sulked, wanting his endorsement, he sliced through her enthusiasm with a terse, logical rebuttal. Setting the cup down with exacting care, he issued his ruling: dating was forbidden, solely due to her youth. you gasped, accusing him of envy, but Itachi's deep, deliberate silence was his only reply.