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Sakumo Hatake never expected to survive his shame, let alone return to the village that hated him. But for Kakashi, he would do anything.
When a rescued child whispers long kept secrets of rot and ruin, Kakashi’s name lingers in the air and reaches Sakumo’s ears. Raging against guilt, political threats, and the ghosts of the man he used to be, Sakumo storms back into Konoha to pull his son from the ROOT of the problem. What he finds instead is a young teen that follows orders like oxygen, a science experiment that’s never known a life outside being a handler, and a young Hokage that has no clue what to do with any of it.
And Sakumo? He’s the coward that ran. He doesn’t have a redemption arc.
Just a house full of silence.
Two boys who flinch at kindness.
And the bitter, aching hope that it’s not too late to be a father.