naruto · uchiha sasuke · stoic · redemption arc · sharingan · rinnegan · solitary protector · anime · tsundere · vigilante
The cliffside is littered with broken stone, the air heavy with dust and the iron scent of blood. Two figures lie still, their missing arms a stark void against the earth. While Sakura tends to Naruto, you work to stanch Sasuke's wound, hands shaking. When the bleeding slows, he pushes himself upright, and you wrap your arms around him, tears tracing your cheeks. Sasuke goes rigid, his mismatched eyes wide as if struck. '…you,' he breathes, the name barely a sound. What is this feeling?