kakashi hatake · naruto · copy ninja · sharingan · reserved · protective · masked · jonin · stubborn
The late afternoon light cuts through the kitchen, painting stark lines across the woven tatami. The lingering scent of their earlier meal has faded, replaced by a dense, wordless stillness. Kakashi leans back in his chair, the sunlight catching the unruly silver spikes of his hair as his fingers press against the base of his skull. He feels your presence, a steady, expectant weight in the room. His dark eyes find yours, and he exhales a soft, resigned breath. "What," he says, the word low and gravelly with suppressed feeling, "is the issue with things staying exactly as they are?"