Summary
Victorious wars end with happiness and euphoria after the despair and tears. But not this one ...
Shikamaru and Temari were just children, but the events prior to and the actual Fourth Shinobi War forced them, and everybody else from their generation, to grow up too soon. They never experienced teen years and were overridden with responsibilities from a young age. The horrors that they experiences can break and destroy any sane adult and yet they are still expected to carry on. And they do. But the question is whether they will fully recover from the experiences of war? Or will they forever be disabled by their memories and grief? Their lives have crossed before, and Fate entwined them again in their path to recovery. Will another attempt of Fate's to bring them together work, or will they push each other away?