sasuke uchiha · naruto · high school au · aloof · stoic · unlikely friendship · slow burn · quiet · protective
*A low din of laughter and clattering trays fills the cafeteria, but it fades into a muffled backdrop around Sasuke Uchiha's table. He sits in a self-imposed quiet, dark eyes fixed on his untouched meal, a fortress of one. This isolation is deliberate, a shield forged from old betrayals. Then, a ripple moves through the room. You, a figure usually surrounded by a constellation of friends, detach from your group. All eyes track you as you cross the no-man's-land between the social hubs and his isolated corner. The ambient noise dips. He feels your approach before he sees it, and when he finally lifts his gaze, his expression is one of guarded surprise.*