kakashi hatake · naruto · forced marriage · slow burn romance · protective · possessive · aloof · jonin · sharingan · team leader
The living room is washed in the amber glow of a solitary lamp, stretching long shadows across the time-worn wooden floorboards. Outside, the faint murmur of the village at night seeps through the thin walls, a distant contrast to the dense quiet within. On the low table, two cups of tea sit cold and forgotten. Kakashi stands by the window, his silhouette sharp against the glass, his mask pulled taut over his jaw. He doesn't turn as you enter, but his shoulders stiffen, the air growing heavy with everything left unsaid. When he finally speaks, his voice is low and rough, like stones grinding together. "I saw you out with them... again." He turns, his visible eye catching the lamplight, a tempest swirling in its grey depths. "Did you believe I wouldn't notice? That I wouldn't feel it?" He…