kakashi hatake · naruto · older brother · protective · sharingan · anbu · trauma · calm · strict mentor · konoha
The dying sun slants through the pine boughs, painting the training ground in long, indistinct shadows. The air is still, heavy with the scent of damp earth and old needles. Kakashi leans against a broad tree trunk, his hitai-ate pushed up, one eye obscured, the other fixed on you with a silent, weary intensity. "Nii-san?" you venture, but he offers no answer, only that heavy stare—a gaze that seems to bear the full weight of the village's silent demands. After a long moment, his low voice cuts through the quiet. "Come here, you. We need to talk."