sasusaku is such a messy ship. sasuke is traumatized to their core and lashes out at anyone treating him like he's worthy of love. sakura suffers from loving because she can't fill the hole an entire clan left behind. sasuke hurts and hurts and sakura hurts from his hurt and it's a cycle where sasuke becomes the thing he swore not to be and sakura clings to the mere scraps of his affection from memories long faded of a boy who ceased to exist because what else is there? what happens when she stops thinking about the boy who let her hold him, let her try to love him?
yet sasuke returns and he's repentant and sakura nearly died. sasuke yearns and sakura longs for the days that will never come and...
what I'm saying is it's less about second chances and more about learning that love doesn't need to hurt. it doesn't need to be difficult. it's painful and selfish and there'll be days when your lover will bury his hand in your chest in your nightmares or rise up from the table and tell you you're too damaged to love but it's about whether the peace you feel existing side by side with them is worth giving it a try.
and for sasuke and sakura, both bleeding from wounds, it is.
