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It's during Shippuden Timeline (give or take if the author aged them up more)

I believe it was BEFORE the truth about Itachi, so he was still portrayed in fics as a murderer. Same with his illness.

Sakura was a good medic by this point

Sasuke was still training with Orochimaru.

This had to have been before Ao3 was created. MAYBE. I wasn't branching out that much at the time since fanfiction(.)net had everything. So before '08

Story Premise: Sakura makes a deal with Itachi to save Sasuke from Orochimaru. In return, she heals his eyes from the strenuous use of the Sharingan.

She is basically held in a cell for the time being. Kisame and Itachi aren't really close and when Kisame torments Sakura, Itachi steps in (though not out of love or kindness).

It's sort of a slowish burn where she starts to pick up on his personality a bit more and begins to have feelings for him and vice versa.

There's a scene where she falls asleep in the bath and Itachi finds her and begins cleaning her hands. It's a somewhat tender moment, because she wakes up and doesn't really move as she watches him.

Once she does the impossible, healing his eyes, he asks her if she really wants him to honor his deal. She says yes, no matter what it takes.

He ends up going through with it and trades Sakura for Sasuke to Orochimaru.

Sakura, betrayed and poisoned, escapes Orochimaru's base and falls at Itachi's feet. She's angry at him, telling him about the poison and how the rain ruined her chance to make an antidote, so he takes her back to the village.

Sasuke is saved, sure, but he's not happy. He still wants to kill Itachi and Sakura isn't so sure if she can allow that.

Sakura ends up finding Itachi and they share a moment. [unfortunately this is where my memory gets fuzzy]

I remember Sasuke finally confronts Itachi but Sakura steps in.

As for how it ended, I can't really recall anymore.

It felt like a mature version of the pairing and it was a really nice fic. I don't think it was a smut fic either. Fanfiction(.)net usually has their ratings as K-->T and Mature as its own category. But, I think it was rated T.