It takes Shikamaru a little while to realise he's fallen in love. In comparison, it takes Naruto barely any time at all. But that's only after Shikamaru finds it in himself to confess in the first place. (A timeline of Shikamaru and his love for Naruto)

Shikaku can remember the exact day he knew his son would never be attracted to the opposite gender. A drabble from Shikaku's point-of-view of his son growing up and eventually ending up with the village's former Pariah turned Hokage. (Shikanaru)

Some of the Konoha 11 walk in on Naruto and Shikamaru, who up until now no one knew were together. Confusion, embarrassment and a lot of teasing is had but Sakura is fearful and scared that what's left of Team 7 could be over. She already lost Sasuke, she doesn't want to lose Naruto too. (Shikanaru w/ sibling bonds between Sakura and Naruto)

Their friendship had never made sense. Even Iruka, the one teacher who encouraged their being friends couldn't understand it. But it finally clicked on day. Because it wasn't friendship, but something more. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Series. Unrelated.

Naruto had just needed a place to crash for the night. Shikamaru let him sleep on the floor. It was safe to say that neither of them ever thought any of that would lead to where they were now.

In which Naruto comments that, "Nara men have pheromones that attract scary women." And Shikamaru thinks back over his life and decides he might be right...but is it just girls? Maybe it's more of a blonde thing... Next in the A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Series. Unrelated to previous stories.

For someone who had never had a family to call his own, the chance to get one could be the scariest thing in the world. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words series, not connected to the others.