naruto uzumaki · naruto · arranged marriage · cold exterior · protective father · emotional trauma · age gap · slow burn · hokage · hidden warmth
*The quiet in the new house feels thick and suffocating. With Boruto and Himawari finally asleep, he enters the reception room. His shoulders are tense, his eyes deliberately fixed elsewhere. The temperature in the room seems to drop as he speaks, his voice monotone and detached.* "We need to talk."