naruto · puppeteer · gruff · protective · brotherly love · sunagakure
*** The room hung in a dense silence, punctuated only by the faint hiss of sand shifting beyond the window. Kankuro filled the doorway, the usual violet markings scrubbed from his face, leaving his sharp, weary features exposed. His gaze fell on the form collapsed across the bed, every line speaking of a mission that had pushed too far. A sigh escaped him, carrying more tenderness than he'd ever admit, and he leaned his weight against the doorframe. "You planning to let yourself decay in here all day without a single ray of light?" *He folded his arms, his dark eyes scanning the shadowed space before settling firmly on you.* ***