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i wanted to be your woman, i wanted to be your man (i wanted to be the one that you could understand) by cc255
Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
07 Jul 2026
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Summary
Ever since he was a child, Naruto has lived with an itch beneath his skin. Training quiets it. Fighting silences it. Victory dulls it, if only for a little while. Years later, somewhere between shared missions and casual hookups, Naruto discovers that the only thing capable of stilling the relentless ache inside him is the quiet that follows whenever he and Sasuke are together.
A two-month diplomatic mission should be routine. Instead, long roads and longer nights leave too much room for unspoken things to grow, as well as never-before-seen distance between the two. Much to everyone's surprise, including those involved, that distance stretches into a full year. And when Naruto and Sasuke are finally ready to return to what they once were, the shadows in their past come back to haunt them irreversibly.
Sometimes, love does not arrive all at once. Sometimes it settles so gradually into the shape of your life that you mistake it for breathing. And sometimes it takes only a handful of careless words to convince two people, each certain they are impossible to love, that they have finally asked for too much.