Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: Naruto (Anime & Manga)
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke
Characters: Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto
Additional Tags: Blank Period (Naruto), Blank Period Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke, Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, BAMF Haruno Sakura, Haruno Sakura Has PTSD, Uchiha Sasuke Has PTSD, Haruno Sakura Needs a Hug, Haruno Sakura Needs Sleep, Haruno Sakura is So Done, Haruno Sakura Has Issues, Haruno Sakura Has Abandonment Issues, Haruno Sakura Has Self-Esteem Issues, Uchiha Sasuke Needs a Hug, Uchiha Sasuke Has Issues, Uchiha Sasuke Returns to Konoha, Emotional Vulnerability, Emotional Reconstruction, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Childhood Trauma, Trauma, Mutual Pining, Mutual Healing, Pining Haruno Sakura, Pining Uchiha Sasuke, Post-War, Slow Burn, Five Stages of Grief, Grieving Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke is in Love with Haruno Sakura
Two years after the war, Sasuke returns to the Leaf. He comes back carrying the weight of a missing arm, a shadowed past, and a quiet, heavy guilt. He expects anger. He expects tears. He even expects the familiar warmth of Sakura's welcome.
📌 A slow-burn, heavy angst-with-comfort SasuSaku story set in the Blank Period. Canon-divergent exploration of trauma, PTSD, and emotional accountability.