[Vignette] Naruto: Residue of Control
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inkcanvasFandom: Naruto
Characters: Gaara
Rating/Status: G / 214 words, complete
Timeline: After manga ch.281/vol.31-32, several months after.
Summary: Gaara remembers too well.
Author's Note: For![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
naruto_contest, theme: Control. I'm kind of dissatisfied with the way this came out. :\ I envisioned it being, well... better.
Residue of Control
He snaps awake abruptly, almost violently, hands clenched at his sides, eyes wide and breath constricted painfully in his chest.
Somewhere outside his window, a door shuts and he hears the sound of footsteps grow louder, then soft as its owner moves further down the street, until finally, there is no sound at all.
His heart continues to pound, a roar in all that silence inside his head - huge, rolling stretches of nothing, as disconcerting as it is a relief. The moment passes, the panic passes. And he breathes.
Six months, two weeks, and four days since it's been gone.
He keeps count, reminds himself he's in control.
Six months, two weeks, and one day since he stopped being able to stay awake. Stopped needing to, Temari told him.
He keeps count, but doesn't remind himself there isn't anything to take that control away. He can still remember the way it slips and spirals out of him wildly, leaving a stench of blood in his wake.
There is no blood now. Just silence.
Gaara closes his eyes, lets the tension go, and leans back against the grainy wall.
His bed sits across the room, pillows and blanket neatly tucked in place. Eventually, its crisp sheets will soften with use.
But not today. Not yet.
/End
Endnotes: Gaara without Shukaku makes me sad for some reason. I'm probably in the minority, but I still haven't decided if it's necessarily a good thing that Shukaku has been extracted from Gaara. :\
Characters: Gaara
Rating/Status: G / 214 words, complete
Timeline: After manga ch.281/vol.31-32, several months after.
Summary: Gaara remembers too well.
Author's Note: For
naruto_contest, theme: Control. I'm kind of dissatisfied with the way this came out. :\ I envisioned it being, well... better.Somewhere outside his window, a door shuts and he hears the sound of footsteps grow louder, then soft as its owner moves further down the street, until finally, there is no sound at all.
His heart continues to pound, a roar in all that silence inside his head - huge, rolling stretches of nothing, as disconcerting as it is a relief. The moment passes, the panic passes. And he breathes.
Six months, two weeks, and four days since it's been gone.
He keeps count, reminds himself he's in control.
Six months, two weeks, and one day since he stopped being able to stay awake. Stopped needing to, Temari told him.
He keeps count, but doesn't remind himself there isn't anything to take that control away. He can still remember the way it slips and spirals out of him wildly, leaving a stench of blood in his wake.
There is no blood now. Just silence.
Gaara closes his eyes, lets the tension go, and leans back against the grainy wall.
His bed sits across the room, pillows and blanket neatly tucked in place. Eventually, its crisp sheets will soften with use.
But not today. Not yet.
/End
Endnotes: Gaara without Shukaku makes me sad for some reason. I'm probably in the minority, but I still haven't decided if it's necessarily a good thing that Shukaku has been extracted from Gaara. :\
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Date: February 27th, 2008 02:39 am (UTC)Personally I kinda agree with you; a Shukaku-less Gaara is a sad thought indeed. I know Shukaku was supposed to be the source of his problems but...I don't know, it's just hard to think of a Gaara without a Shukaku.
Anyway, I could picture it well and feel it. Nicely done.
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Date: February 29th, 2008 05:57 pm (UTC)On the drabble itself... very nice. Gaara doesn't seem altogether pleased with himself even though he has nothing to fear anymore. Very interesting indeed... I guess after having that thing inside him for 15 bloody years, it's hard to adjust to being in full control of himself, hmm? I hope he'll be able to stop feeling so apprehensive and sleep on the bed soon. *feels a little sad at the image of Gaara sleeping on the floor ^^0*