A/N: Well, it's been a while since I've submitted anything (it's been a while since I've written anything, in fact. Does it show?) I felt as though something had to be written about these two; there's not nearly as many fan works as I'd like about them, truthfully, though the ones that are around are mostly pretty fantastic. The pairing is just so intelligent, it pulls me in in a way SasuNaru and all those other angsty pairings never can. I wish I could have done more, better, than this, but, we'll see I guess. I hope this is received well but, again, we'll see...


Aurea Mediocritas
-The desirable middle between two extremes-

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, and that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.John Keats

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And his breath is hot against his lips, fiery and intense, an inferno of passion.

And his mind swims, lost in his dizzying world of wet tongues, greedy touches, things they both know and are maybe better left unsaid.

And when it's over, he stares into those eyes that remind him so much of clouds, traces those perfect eyebrows, high cheekbones, and swollen lips with the backs of his fingers lazily(because once the passion has subsided, that's the only way he knows how) and silently admires what just was, just is, and just might always be his.

And he aspired to live an unspectacular life; an average shinobi with an average salary, a plain family-one girl, one boy and a troublesome wife (because as far as he knows that's the standard.).

And he's got more than he's ever wanted from life; a respected status, a sizeable salary, a slightly-less-troublesome lover(he knows this is not the standard and he still can't seem to find the energy within him to care.).

And he knows not all the mediocrity in the world can possibly make him happier than this.

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Please don't forget to R&R, constructive critism makes my heart go thud. I'll never improve if I don't know how..I suppose.