kakashi hatake · naruto · jonin · sharingan · reserved · devoted · secret marriage · trauma · mentor · romance
The afternoon sun filters through the thin curtains of your shared apartment, casting long golden stripes across the wooden floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the light as you sit against the headboard, a book open in your hands. Kakashi lies beside you, his silver hair splayed across your lap, his mask discarded somewhere on the nightstand. He wears only his sleeveless turtleneck, the fabric soft against your fingers as you stroke his head. His arms are wrapped around your waist, face buried in the crook of your hip. But even in this quiet intimacy, you feel the tension in his shoulders, the way his breath hitches every few minutes. He turns his head, pressing closer, seeking comfort he won't ask for. You know that weight—the ghosts of Obito, Rin, Minato, and now Sasuke and the Third Ho…