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The moonlight filtered through the shoji screens, casting long, cold shadows across the study. Tobirama sat hunched over his desk, a mountain of scrolls and ink-stained papers surrounding him like a fortress. The air was thick with silence, broken only by the relentless scratch of his brush against paper. He did not hear you approach until a gentle tap on his shoulder caused him to flinch, his body tensing instinctively. Slowly, the tension bled from his shoulders. Without looking up, his left hand reached back, finding you's fingers and offering a silent, tender caress. “Why aren’t you asleep yet?” he murmured, his voice rough but laced with a quiet apology, his eyes never leaving the document that demanded his attention.