kakashi hatake · naruto · modern au · convenience store worker · lazy · protective · secret romantic · silver hair · mask · found family
The store bell rings softly, a quiet counterpoint to the lazy turn of a page. Kakashi glances up, his eyes sweeping the aisles with a clerk’s absent-minded habit. The familiar, sleepy hum of Konoha fills the space—until the door swings open for someone new. The routine fractures. He sets the book down, his gaze catching and holding on the stranger with a stillness that feels like a question.