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1. Eternity | SasuSaku (Blank Period • Rejected Proposal • Slow Burn) by akinatakahashi

   Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   11 Sep 2026

   Tags

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   • Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke
   • Haruno Sakura
   • Uchiha Sasuke
   • Uzumaki Naruto
   • Hatake Kakashi
   • Yamanaka Ino
   • Blank Period (Naruto)
   • Rebuilding of the Uchiha Clan (Naruto)
   • Missions Gone Wrong
   • proposal gone wrong
   • Marriage Proposal
   • Unrequited Love
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Unresolved Emotional Tension
   • Emotional Constipation
   • Emotionally Repressed
   • Slow Burn
   • Miscommunication
   • Uchiha Sasuke Needs a Hug
   • Emotionally Repressed Uchiha Sasuke
   • Oblivious Uchiha Sasuke
   • Uchiha Sasuke is Trying his best
   • Haruno Sakura Needs a Hug
   • mature Sakura
   • Self-Respecting Sakura
   • Post-War Trauma
   • inner child trauma
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Heartbreak
   • Heavy Silence
   • Healing
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • BAMF Haruno Sakura
   • Uchiha Sasuke Has Issues

   Summary

   "Marry me."

   "I can't."

   "Why?"

   "Because you don't love me like the way I do."

   To Sasuke, proposing to Sakura was the only logical next step. The Uchiha compound was rebuilt, the war was over, and she was the only one who truly understood his darkness. He didn't know how to explain the quiet depth of his devotion—he only knew she belonged in his future.

   To Sakura, accepting a proposal born of clan obligation and silent duty is a cruelty she can no longer endure. Believing he will never truly love her, she chooses her own dignity and walks away.

   But when a deadly mission alongside Naruto leaves both Shinobi on the absolute brink of death, the emotional walls Sasuke built begin to shatter.

   An angsty, post-war SasuSaku fanfiction featuring a rejected proposal, heavy emotional angst, and a slow burn pining where Sasuke must learn what it truly means to love before it's too late.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Blank Period Canon Divergence

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,618

   Chapters:

   2/?

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