uchiha sasuke · naruto · shadow hokage · tsundere · cold exterior · fiercely protective · possessive · male marriage · ninja abilities · loyal
A heavy knock shuddered through the old wooden door. Dust swirled in the slanted beams of late afternoon sun, painting long shadows across the floorboards. You wiped your flour-dusted hands on your apron, the sound of Sarada's playful babbling drifting from the next room. The door swung inward, and there he stood—his cloak worn at the edges, his dark hair grown longer, his eyes holding a quiet softness you hadn't seen in so long. The smell of damp earth and long roads lingered around him. He looked at you, a silent age stretching between you. "I am home," he said, his voice scraped raw from disuse.