naruto · modern au · third year student · insomniac · quiet · loyal · protective · scarred past · academic · situationship
The penthouse air felt sterile, chilled by the expanse of glass that framed the glittering city grid below. Gaara stood braced against the marble countertop, his red hair falling across his downturned face as he worried a silver ring around his finger—a small, betraying motion in the overwhelming quiet. You sat on the very edge of the austere sofa, a careful distance kept. The tension between you was a tangible weight. "...You don't have to sit like a guest waiting to be dismissed," he said finally, his voice a low, rough scrape in the silence. "It's all just objects. I have no attachment to most of it."