&. no pen or ink or bindings to break

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Takes place in the same AU-verse, and perhaps a year or so after 'The Marriage of Summer And Winter'.

...Still not sure why I'm liking/writing this pairing at all, but...well, I am, and in this AU, I think it works.

( With Quiet Words, I'll Lead You In. )

...Tooootally forgot to post this on Sunday. Sorry, Phase. :|

This might be a part of something else someday, but it doesn't fit with the longer drabble I'm currently working on.


[SasuHina, 'Name']

“Sasuke-san—”

“You don’t need to be so formal,” he interrupts before she can really say anything.

She blinks those big, pale eyes, momentarily off-balance, before stuttering out a tentative, “S-Sasuke…kun?”

The pained expression passes over his face so briefly Hinata almost thinks she imagined it, but she knows she didn’t. His face itself is expressionless, but his eyes have gone so very cold, and she twiddles her fingers desperately, wondering just what she’s said wrong.

“Sasuke,” he says firmly. “Just Sasuke.”