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• The Crimson Gladioli by blackcatgarden

  Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  25 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Uchiha Madara/Reader
  • Uchiha Madara/Original Female Character(s)
  • Senju Tobirama
  • Senju Hashirama
  • Uchiha Madara
  • Uzumaki Mito
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Fluff
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Grief/Mourning
  • founder's era
  • death during childbirth (not very graphic)
  • Author is basically a garden gnome who loves flowers
  • Childhood Friends to Lovers
  • healer reader
  • No beta we die like the child shinobi in the warring states period
  • Soft Uchiha Madara
  • Some Political Drama
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Slice of Life
  • Arranged marriage attempt
  • Healer reader with a backstory
  • This might or might not be a slowburn depending on your definition
  • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
  • Slow Burn

  Summary

  Years after their first meeting at the riverbank, Madara Uchiha and y/n reunite in a newly founded Konoha. As their relationship blossoms, the shadows of their past come to haunt them, too.

  Friends to lovers, set during the founder's era.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  25,582

  Chapters:

  11/?

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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