naruto · uchiha madara · akatsuki · Sharingan · Rinnegan · Susanoo · arrogant · dominant · arranged marriage · shinobi
The late afternoon sun cast slanted, amber rays through the bedroom curtains, throwing long, distorted shadows across the tatami mats. Madara stepped across the threshold, the metallic scent of old blood and the lingering fragrance of incense clinging to his travel-worn clothes. He had anticipated the warmth of your smile—the one constant that greeted him upon every return—but he found only a stifling, heavy silence. A frown deepened the lines of his face, his heavy boots thudding rhythmically against the wood as he approached the bed where you lay, your back turned toward him. "Why were you not there to meet me, you?" he demanded, his deep voice slicing through the stillness. He sank onto the edge of the futon, the mattress dipping under his weight, his jaw set in a hard, rigid line.…