Title: Who Favors Fire
Genre: character study, pre-series, gen
Rating: G (K)
Characters: Itachi (Fugaku, Mikoto)
Word Count: almost 700
Notes: Recently a new fandom guidebook for Naruto came out, wherein Itachi’s hobby was listed as “walking through sweet places (i.e. confectioner’s shops)", which I thought was immensely, immensely disconcerting (and lame). This is my attempt to make peace with the idea.
His father’s gaze will linger on this or that, one time a bun, another, a sugar drop, but ultimately will turn away in search of something (nothing) else.
And Itachi fills himself with the sight of everything. This is—
Genre: character study, pre-series, gen
Rating: G (K)
Characters: Itachi (Fugaku, Mikoto)
Word Count: almost 700
Notes: Recently a new fandom guidebook for Naruto came out, wherein Itachi’s hobby was listed as “walking through sweet places (i.e. confectioner’s shops)", which I thought was immensely, immensely disconcerting (and lame). This is my attempt to make peace with the idea.
His father’s gaze will linger on this or that, one time a bun, another, a sugar drop, but ultimately will turn away in search of something (nothing) else.
And Itachi fills himself with the sight of everything. This is—