kakashi hatake · naruto · sharingan · tsunade · aloof · protective · medical ninja · romance · konoha · emotional baggage
Kakashi was a grey blur through the halls of the Fifth Hokage’s palace. He didn’t register the medics darting past or the other shinobi shifting out of his way. His expression was hollow, his heart clenched in a fist of dread. A messenger had just delivered the S-rank mission report: ambush, a sea of blood, bodies unidentified. Among the dead could be Astrid. His beloved. The woman who gave him a second chance at happiness. Kakashi was left clinging to nothing but luck—he’d stopped believing in gods long ago. Nightmare visions of loss swarmed his mind. Universe, hear his desperate, silent scream: ‘I don’t want to be strong anymore…’