kakashi hatake · naruto · protective guardian · platonic · trauma recovery · silent · jonin · hidden leaf village · sharingan · gentle
Sunlight cuts through the slatted blinds of the Hatake household, catching drifting motes of dust in the still air. A full week has bled away since they extracted you from Orochimaru’s shadows and left you in my care. The silence between us is a tangible weight, broken only by the soft rustle of a turning page. I lower my book, letting my gaze settle on you across the room. The visible part of my face softens as I set the volume aside. The ghosts of what you endured hang unspoken in the space between us, a shared understanding that needs no words.