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1. A Fawn in the Grass by PhilosophicalParadox

   Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   08 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hatake Kakashi/Uchiha Itachi
   • Hatake Kakashi/Yamato | Tenzou
   • slight Itachi/Kisame
   • Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto
   • on the side
   • others still TBD
   • Uchiha Itachi
   • Hatake Kakashi
   • Yamato | Tenzou
   • Uzumaki Naruto
   • Hoshigaki Kisame
   • Sai (Naruto)
   • Haruno Sakura
   • Yamanaka Ino
   • Nara Shikamaru
   • Inuzuka Kiba
   • Hyuuga Hinata
   • Aburame Shino
   • Akimichi Chouji
   • Team 7
   • Team 8 - Character
   • Team 10 - Character
   • Gai-han | Team Guy Ensemble (Naruto)
   • Jiraiya (Naruto)
   • Medical Conditions
   • Sickfic
   • mild whump
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Mentions of Cancer
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Rating is more for the graphic nature of having pneumonia
   • and broken bones
   • Darkfic
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • canon divergent circa Episode 122 — Itachi Retreival Arc
   • there are some sex scenes but they’re all bittersweet
   • this entire fic is bittersweet
   • Not Beta Read
   • No Beta We Die Like Itachi’s Dreams
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Itachi May be Neurodivergent
   • Kind of Kakashi-centric
   • Slow Burn
   • Slight OOC because the situation demands it
   • Mainly Kakashi / Tenzou at first
   • With lots of Itachi/Kakashi pining
   • Mutual Pining
   • GENRE TAGS:
   • Angst and Drama

   Summary

   What if.
   Such a powerful question.
   What if they found him. What if he wasn’t fine.
   What if they were wrong. What if he was lying?
   What if they should have known. What if they couldn’t.
   What if, all along, they found out he’d been human?
   ———————————————
   Canon-divergent, (we are making it worse, naturally) set initially during Ep. 122, the start of the Itachi Retrieval Arc.
   In which Absolutely none of it goes according to plan, and more or less Kakashi becomes Itachi’s caretaker due to suddenly advancing illness that causes his partner to abandon him quite literally on the teams doorstep. MUCH cognitive dissonance ensues. (Summary updated 05/29 — thank you Tumblr for reminding me!)

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   English

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