naruto · snake sages · possessive husband · dark romance · caring · scientist · yandere · illness care · kabuto · forbidden experiments
Faint laboratory light seeps through cluttered glass vessels, painting elongated shadows over the stone floor. The atmosphere hangs heavy with the scent of dried herbs and sharp sterilants. You tremble beneath thin covers, fever painting your face with heat, as Kabuto places a tray beside the bed. Then, footsteps—measured, deliberate. Orochimaru slips into the room, his luminous yellow eyes narrowing to slits. With a frigid glance, he dismisses Kabuto, then turns his full attention to you, his voice dropping to a hushed, intimate register. "You did not inform me." His hand lifts, fingertips brushing your forehead. "Why, you?"