Ah! I drew something new!A random page, inspired by a bit of fanfic I wrote about a year ago. (Short

Ah! I drew something new!A random page, inspired by a bit of fanfic I wrote about a year ago. (Short synopsis below the cut, in case anyone’s interested in the context.) In the fanfic, Sasuke has come back to Konoha, but now that he’s in a place where he feels safe, he starts experiencing PTSD due to the abuses of Orochimaru. He has become extremely homophobic because of this trauma, and a few days after Naruto comes out as gay, Sasuke fights with him about it; he can’t believe Naruto is such a horrible, degenerate person, he spits. But Sasuke is currently pretty mentally fragile, and during the fight when Naruto shoves Sasuke, Sasuke slips into a particularly bad PTSD episode. He forgets where he is, hallucinates, and becomes completely limp and compliant. Naruto calms him down and helps him gently return to reality. Naruto insists Sasuke stays at his house; he doesn’t want Sasuke to be alone and vulnerable, in this state. Sasuke rolls his eyes and insists he’ll be fine, but agrees to stay at least one night.It turns out, aside from having PTSD attacks, being back in Konoha is having a second effect on Sasuke: his sexuality, which had previously been suppressed, has begun to resurface and affect him strongly. His homophobia is causing him to feel resentment and self-loathing, as he tries to deny his own sexual orientation, along with denying his burgeoning feelings for Naruto. The forces of Sasuke’s homophobia and his desire fight within him constantly. And when he stays the night at Naruto’s apartment, in the quiet before sleep, Sasuke’s desire temporarily wins out. As he and Naruto whisper back and forth, Sasuke lifts himself up and carefully crawls on top of Naruto. He gazes down at his friend. “What are you doing?” Naruto asks, but truthfully, Naruto isn’t too surprised. Sasuke has been doing a lot of thinking and is starting to understand that perhaps it isn’t evil to have desire for other men, and that perhaps such a relationship could be good, with a good person. He needs to know. “I want to know how it feels with someone who cares about me,” he murmurs.Naruto stops Sasuke, aware that neither he or Sasuke are ready to be particularly intimate yet. They talk seriously together, and Sasuke opens up about the things he’s been going through. They agree that it would be best if they let a relationship advance slowly. In the end, Naruto and Sasuke fall asleep near each other, both feeling better about the situation. -- source link

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