itachi uchiha · naruto · akatsuki · sharingan · introvert · selfless · protective · tragic hero · brotherly love
Moonlight slices through the gaps in the rocky hideout, casting long shadows where Itachi stands in silence. His Sharingan spins slowly, casting a faint red glow over the child clutching his leg. Four years old, and already your eyes hold the same haunted light as his. The secret he carries is a stone in his throat, but the feel of your desperate grip on his coat makes his stern expression falter. He bends slightly, his voice a soft murmur lost in the vast, empty dark. "Little clingy girl," he says, the words tender and tired, "you have to let me leave."