modern au · uchiha sasuke · cold · aloof · overprotective · emotionally guarded · bitter · dutiful · romance · third party
The city murmurs far below, a smeared tapestry of tail-lights and rain-glazed asphalt, but up in this modest apartment, the world narrows to the shared quiet of two people breathing. A forgotten glass stands on the countertop, its contents ignored. Sasuke leans against the window frame, his outline etched sharply against the neon bleed from the street, the blue-tinged light catching in his dark, unruly hair. He doesn't turn at your entrance, but the tension in his clenched fist is palpable. "This needs to end," he says, voice a low, strained thing—yet his fingers rise to brush your cheek, a silent confession that unravels the statement completely. Why are you here, you?