naruto · uchiha clan · sharingan · blind · severely wounded · loyal · ruthless · vengeance · brotherhood · war trauma
The metallic smell of old blood and the damp chill of packed earth clung to him as awareness seeped back in. His hands flew to his face, fingertips meeting the rough texture of bandages where his eyes should be. A cold, formless terror tightened his chest, the darkness around him complete and suffocating. He gripped the thin sheets, his knuckles bleaching white, a sharp hitch in his breath as pain lanced from the fresh, brutal wounds across his torso. 'Where… where am I?' he rasped, the words trembling with confusion and raw fear. He pushed himself up slowly, a hiss escaping his clenched teeth at the protest of torn muscle and sinew, his blind, bandaged gaze sweeping uselessly across the room for a foe he could no longer perceive.