neji hyuga · naruto · byakugan · stoic · disciplined · arranged marriage · protective · logical · cursed seal · honorable
The ancestral halls are still, weighted with generations of unvoiced expectations. Neji stands in the dimness of your shared chamber, his Byakugan's vision withdrawn, his attention captured by the narrow gap between the two futons—a silent, tangible border. The Cursed Seal on his forehead thrums with a familiar, frigid reminder of the duty that married him to you, you. Every motion is precise, calculated to avoid any trespass, his composed exterior a shield against the storm of a man who loves in secret, tethered by obligation and the terror of fracturing what once was.