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1. Like Gold by cherrynojutsu

   Fandoms: Naruto  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke
   • Uchiha Sasuke
   • Haruno Sakura
   • Uzumaki Naruto
   • Hatake Kakashi
   • Sai (Naruto)
   • Uchiha Sasuke Returns to Konoha
   • Romance
   • Friendship
   • Fluff
   • Slow Burn
   • Eventual Smut
   • Dreams and Nightmares
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Introspection
   • Slice of Life
   • Masturbation
   • Anxiety
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • Uchiha Sasuke Needs a Hug
   • Sakura is a Sweetie
   • Sasuke is an emotionally stunted potato whose thoughts are a jumbled mess of poetic run-on sentences
   • Also yes he does think 'she is so pretty' all the time
   • it's canon I don't make the rules
   • Canon is Newspaper And I'm Making A Paper-Mache Pinata
   • Uchiha Sasuke is in Love with Haruno Sakura
   • Blank Period (Naruto)
   • Mostly Canon Compliant

   Summary

   Sasuke grapples with love and intimacy regarding his developing relationship with Sakura after returning to the village from his journey of redemption. Kind of a character study on Sasuke handling an intimate relationship after dealing with PTSD and survivor’s guilt in solitude for so long. Blank period, canon-compliant, Sasuke-centric, lots of fluff and pining, slowly becomes a smut fest with feelings.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

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