[Fic] Life Lessons

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Avalanche, Naruto
Characters/Pairings: Hatake Kakashi, Kakashi/Iruka, Umino Iruka
Summary: Knowing that you're sending twelve-year-olds into the field to fight, what do you need to teach them before they go? And what do you do when it never seems to work? Sometimes Iruka has trouble with that second one.
Meta: Drama, Angst, Fluff, I-5
Wordcount: 1703

Warning: Discusses aftermath of trauma.

Umino Iruka loved to teach. He really did. He'd taught at the Academy for years, and with every new class he felt again the wonder of shaping Konoha's future through his students.

There were also weeks when he needed to remind himself of this strenuously to keep his hands from closing around their skinny, little necks.

Read: Life Lessons

[Fic] A Time and a Place

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Avalanche, Naruto
Characters/Pairings: Iruka, Kakashi
Summary: After Iruka and Kakashi argue over Team Seven's nomination to the Chuunin Exams, Kakashi comes to discuss it again in a little more privacy.
Meta: Drama, Fluff, I-3
Wordcount: 853

"Now that you're not being insubordinate and losing control in public, let's try that again. Do you really think my team isn't ready for the exams?"

( A Time and a Place )

[Fic] It’s Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You – Chapter One

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Avalanche, Naruto
Characters/Pairings: Haruno Sakura, Hatake Kakashi, Shizune, Tsunade, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto
Summary: In which Kakashi sees Sasuke in a new way and gives him a rather different lecture after his fight with Naruto on the hospital roof.
Meta: Drama, Action, I-3
Wordcount: 4358

A flash of familiar exasperation tightened Kakashi's mouth behind his mask, but he didn't think an admonition to grow up already would go over very well right now. Not right after Sasuke had faced his brother and been reminded of that bloody night all over again.

( It's Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You - Chapter One )