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For nearly a decade, Rock Lee and Gaara have written each other, like clockwork. Their friendship grew steadily over many years, and at some point, without realizing it Rock Lee had fallen completely and irrevocably in love with Gaara.
But when he realizes this, advice from his mentor gives him little hope of ever being able to confess.
And so he does the only thing he can think to do: he writes it all down in a letter he never intends to send.
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There is nothing now that Gaara, the man, can do to heal the wounds caused by Gaara, the monster. He cannot bring murdered villagers back from the dead. He cannot un-traumatize the children he terrorized in his youth. He cannot even repair the desert ecosystem that he disrupted during his massive, sand-filled rages. All he can do is be a safe harbor - level, and steady, and reliable as the sunrise - for his village, for his family, and for his friends.
Written for the GaaLee Summertime of Love Fest 2019, Day 16: Start a long overdue project!
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Gaara’s fingers were soft and uncalloused. In the rain, he wore no sand armor, and his skin was smooth and wet and warm.
They’d never touched this way, skin to skin. Lee cursed himself; he was in no state to even feel it properly, how Gaara gently untied and unwound the bandages from his better hand. He was deft with it, quick as he unwrapped each individual finger, then spiraled the bandage off Lee’s arm to rest in a dirty pile in the mud.
He kissed his teeth at the sight of the state of Lee’s knuckles.
“You haven’t been caring adequately for your injuries."
Or, five times one of them was hurting, and one time they both found comfort in each other.
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After Naruto's departure with Jiraiya, the Sandaime's death, and Mizuki's second betrayal, Iruka finds himself drowning in complex emotions that leave him restless and lost. A chance run-in with Kakashi presents Iruka with a new way to deal with those emotions.
As time goes on Iruka finds himself falling in love.
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A bunch of poorly trained children summon a pride demon to the human realm by accident. Their mistake is detective Kakashi's gain, as the demon, Iruka, is quite possibly the most handsome creature that he has ever laid eye on. Too bad he isn't known for his charm and Iruka clearly hates him.
Or does he?
As Iruka helps Kakashi solve his latest case, they start to get to know each other and something blossoms that neither thought possible.
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Rock Lee’s one rule is: stop going home with Sabaku no Gaara. Yes, he occupies Lee’s every thought, but falling into bed with him after every wedding must stop! But when Lee sees a new side to the Kazekage, he decides that some self-rules are made to be broken.
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15-year-old Iruka was elated and terrified to find a wounded ANBU in the river. But now the eccentric ANBU won’t leave him alone, and all he wants is to figure out who he is and who he is meant to be.
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That’s a fucking kid, is the first thing that Iruka thinks.
That’s the fucking jinchuriki, is the second.
The first thought comes back, even stronger, overwhelming him with outrage, with fury, with a sick sort of disgust, and now it comes out as a shouted,
“That’s a fucking kid.”
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Hatake waved his hand dismissively. “I’m sure it’s fine—”
Iruka finally snapped. “It’s illegible! Our cryptology department wouldn’t be able to read this! There are first-year pre-genin with better handwriting. No, there are nin-dogs with better handwriting. And where did the mud even come from? You were supposed to be in Sand!”
***5 times Iruka wanted to kill Kakashi at the mission desk + 1 time he kissed him instead***
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Sasuke is woken up to the surprise of loud moaning on the other side of the wall in his new dorm room. His flatmates warn him that his neighbour next door is the college slut and that he can expect to wake up like that many nights. Sasuke is annoyed, and even more surprised to see that the one that can charm so many into bed is a blond, messy airhead. Sasuke learns however, that being the college slut isn't a self-appointed title, as he finds out more about the boy on the other side of the wall.
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During the peace summit between the warring countries of Kumo and Konoha, Iruka's just minding his own business, babysitting Sasuke, until everything suddenly goes wrong. Trying to find a place to ride out the disaster proves difficult when faced with Uchiha Clan politics, an ANBU who keeps following him around (probably looking for excuses to involve T&I), and incompetent orphanage workers.
He'll figure out how to handle it, but it won't be the recommended approach. Still, when does Iruka ever do things the conventional way?
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- Part 8 of Sharingan Stealer
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It is said that road trips are good for clearing the head. That the act of traveling to some far off, distant location is a peaceful undertaking which puts things into perspective and allows for one to re-evaluate what is truly important.
At least, that’s what Sasuke had heard. He’s finding out quite quickly that traveling with Naruto defies any such clear-cut expectations.
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to sate a hunger or to stoke it (to trace its edges like teeth) by tasteoflemons
Fandoms: Naruto
31 Mar 2022
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Lying on the ground, his traitorous broken body refusing to fight, he’d known this was the future he was rapidly heading towards. But the sun had been rising warm over the valley. And the rocks glowed gold, and the river glittered clear and blue. And Naruto had smiled at him and said that whatever pain Sasuke was carrying, he could take it. Naruto had offered his whole self; his word, his body, his blood. It was as unbreakable a promise as Sasuke could imagine.
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Sasuke returns.
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After months of awkward interactions, Kakashi Hatake shows a sudden interest in Iruka Umino that the brunette can't help but reciprocate as he comes to term with his feelings for the older man.
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Kakashi raised his eyebrows at the papers, and ignored the twisting he felt in his stomach with the ease of long practice. 'A bit sinister for marriage profiles, aren't they?'
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Son of the White Fang by Ero-Kay (Kiayla), Kiayla for JKirin, Mrs Iruka (Clairebear1982), Kelkage, RemixtheBox, Jubokko
Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
19 Feb 2022
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Hatake Kakashi was widely-rumored to be a bake-ōkami: a werewolf.
What most people did not know, however, was that he was, in fact, impossible. Somehow, in some fluke of supernatural supernature, a werewolf had gotten a vampire pregnant.
And thus, Hatake Kakashi was born.
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- Part 7 of Prompted into Storytelling
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Can't Recall How We Lost Our Innocence by Kiayla for Mrs Iruka (Clairebear1982)
Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
26 Jan 2022
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The note on the nightstand reads: Good morning. Your name is Umino Iruka. You are 30 years old. Today is March 12, and you are a shinobi. Congratulations!
Well. That raises more questions than it answers.
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- Part 6 of Prompted into Storytelling
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With Naruto living there Sasuke's apartement has finally turned into a home. So what he doesn't quite get is that Naruto is here, in his pyjama's, telling him he's going to move out.
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“Naruto is a person with a name,” Iruka snapped, already way past the limit of his patience for the day. Funny, how he could spend all day with small children, but a single council meeting wore him down to the bone. “Use it.”
“Hmm.”
For a long second, Iruka thought that he was about to die. And then Hatake’s eye curled in a friendly crinkle, an approximation of a smile.
“You’ll do,” Hatake said.*** 5 times Kakashi & Iruka tried to be a normal family for Naruto + 1 time they were a full on ninja family ***
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Naruto’s other arm is slung around the shoulders of someone wearing nothing more than a tight armored mesh shirt and a loose pair of trousers slung low around the hips. Someone just a touch shorter than he is, with a familiar tangle of red hair. Someone wearing a harness across his shoulders that’s dominated Lee’s dreamscape for months now. Someone who can’t possibly be who Lee thinks it is, because the person Lee’s thinking of would never—
“Gaara-kun. What a pleasant surprise!”
Or: Five times Gaara unintentionally seduced Rock Lee, and one time he did it on purpose.