- What happens when you find yourself asking the "if" question? - With only the very beginning of this story in my mind I decided to begin writing a long one again. I have no idea how it will develop or end, and how long will it take, but I feel like writing something messy, hard, a little darker. Let's see what happens.

Temari comes to the leaf village and is overwhelmed with stress from her work. Shikamaru teaches her how to relax and enjoy the simple thing's in life. Their relationship blossoms and things start to pick up for the two of them.

It was a mission gone wrong. The worst thing that could possibly happened to her- happened. Temari is back home recovering, but is she truly recovered? Shikamaru has found himself at his wits end. He tries to be there for her the best way he can, but nothing has prepared him as a man for this. (Rape, Language)

That feeling, that horrible feeling when you're thirsty but there's no water around. Shikamaru wrote a letter for Temari a long time ago, but he never thought she would actually read it.

She knew her Shikamaru would rather sleep than put up with her, but something had changed his mind. ShikaTema Smuff. /One-shot/

Temari's role as the Suna Ambassador requires her to make frequent trips to Konoha to help establish a stronger alliance between the villages. Her success in politics carried into her relationship with Shikamaru and her friendship with his comrades. They say home is where the heart is, but what will she do when her heart can't decide where it belongs? [ShikaTema][Cannons][Lemon]

""Do you enjoy sex?" Shikamaru asked bluntly. I just can't believe I'm talking about this, and with Shikamaru, of all people, Sakura thought." Sakura is in for a surprise. Or, rather, a series of surprises. Shikasaku. Lemon.

Takes place right before the fourth shinobi war. The kids go back in time to see how their parents fought for a better life after the war.

She may have been the one injured, but she wasn't the only one hurt. He doesn't want to talk about it, and she's too stubborn to accept that. A look into Shikamaru and Temari's relationship and bedroom. One shot with Lemon

One Shot. ShikaTema. It's the night before the start of the Fourth Shinobi War, and there is only one person Temari wants to see.

Shikamaru's life since he asked Temari for a first date has reached new levels of troublesome.

So many secrets I couldn't keep promised myself I wouldn't weep. One more promise I couldn't keep. It seems no one can help me now, I'm in too deep. There's no way out this time I have really led myself astray. Runaway train never going back. Rated M for future lemons & abuse. (Revamped & rewritten) Nov 5 Double Chapter Update!

Shikamaru's brain is troublesome, and is having a hard time accepting his wife's pregnancy. (ShikaTema main, with mentions of NaruHina, SasuSaku, InoSai, Chorui, and all their respective progeny). Contains meddlesome friends and some angst.

A week and a half after Naruto and Hinata's wedding, Shikamaru gets himself a mission to Suna so he can see his new girlfriend. Unfortunately, upon arrival he learns that Temari is sick with the flu! One thing is certain, its going to be a very troublesome couple of days.

Having just married each other, Shikamaru and Temari attempt to solidify their union by traversing the different planes of intimacy together. AKA heaps of conversations, a bit of female-focused foreplay, vanilla sex. Cross-posted in AO3

What sense is there to spend time with so many people for prolonged periods of time when he had found the one he wanted to spend the rest of his life with already? AKA ShikaTema romps in his and Ino's joint birthday party. Lemony snicket. Crossposted in AO3

After the misunderstanding at the inn and hot spring, Shikamaru comes to a rather belated realisation about a certain Suna kunoichi. [Part of the Legacy of Fire Series]

The guys decide to spy on the girls as they visit Konoha's hot springs. Their eventful night took a turn for the worse though, especially for Shikamaru. Shikatema. lemon later on. Rated MA.

ShikaTema, slight AU. The Fifth Great Shinobi War has taken a devastating toll on Konoha. Temari accompanies her brother after the war to a five-Kage meeting and gets reacquainted with the shell of a man she once thought she knew. She wants to help Shikamaru piece himself back together, because she isn't sure she can deal with looking at the pain in his eyes.

The Sand Siblings travel to Konoha to pay their respects after the end of the Shinobi War. Temari finds herself delivering Shikaku's last words and wishes to a distraught Shikamaru. Shika/Tema

A celebration is held at Konoha for the heroes of the shinobi war. Temari struggles to reconcile her feelings for Shikamaru. With the help of Tenten, a trio of girls, and Shiho, she comes to a decision. Inspired by a quote and a prompt from anamicenas.

Temari is nervous because she doesn't understand why Shikamaru has invited her to go to the hot springs. What is he planning to do with her? If they only had one date... (Fic of Konoha Hiden Cap. 3: Meat and steam). ONESHOT

A journey through Shikamaru and Temari's whole story from both points of view, from childhood to becoming a family. More accurate to say it's a sequential set of drabbles through important moments in their lives including events in the manga (not anime). Kishimoto never fully developed Temari's story so I've tried to develop her side with respect to canon. Cover image is by 子ちゃん.

Stuck in a lull that had settled upon the Hidden Sand Village, I was desperate for a mission ... any mission. After being sent to the Hidden Leaf Village to gather information, I run into an old friend, who has always managed to get a rise out of me in more ways than one. Maybe, for just this once, I can let my guard down ...

Boy meets girl...many years ago. They fought, they danced, nothing happened...but could it? In the lead up to the big wedding between Naruto and Hinata, Shikamaru and Temari are given a chance to make up for lost time. But will they let this opportunity slip by once again? Filled with tension, angst and miscommunication as two ninja must come to grips with their feelings. ShikaTema

Temari and Shikamaru enjoy married life by bangin' one out against a wall in their home.

Politics, Relationships, Love and Shogi. Written for a contest. WARNING: Underneath all the jokes, angst, infrequent swearing, and occasional back handed comment about common tropes found in erotic literature, at the heart of this story is an intimate moment between two consenting adults. Younger eyeballs and those with a prudish disposition... You have been warned

The Infinite Tsukuyomi has been released, and the shinobi have the right to fight for their own futures. Illusions are beautiful, but can never trump living in reality. Shikamaru knows this. Temari, however, has a different take on living illusions out... Valentine's Day tribute to Shikamaru and Temari.

Temari eyed the basket in front of her. It was filled to the brim with bath bombs, bath melts, lotions, shampoos and soaps. The smell from the basket alone was giving her a sensory overload and with that a headache. She looked up at Shikamaru, the culprit of the scented crime.

Post-Fourth Shinobi War. A story of romance and humor and the effects of war on the warriors. Mainly ShikaTema, explores NaruSaku and SasuSaku, hints of ChouIno, and maybe eventual KibaHina.

A girls night at Ino's house in which, Sakura, TenTen and Hinata led by Ino try to get the truth out of Temari about her relationship with Shikamaru. Rated M for language. ShikaTema with implied Ino/Choji, Neji/TenTen

"I'll be damned if some other woman came along and gathered the fruits of my labor." Exploring Shikamaru Nara's romantic life through the eyes of his troublesome woman. "It made me realize that he was no longer that clumsy boy fumbling with my underwear."

Temari must wed for political reasons; cue her knight in grass stained clothing. A ShikaTem story that started as a drabble but got out of hand.

It's the night before the ninja war and everyone is feeling tense. This could be the last night any of them have to live. Temari and Shikamaru take advantage of what could be their last night together. M for Sexual content. Super Emotional.

Frustrations run high in an ANBU camp, especially when there is a significant lack of balance between men and women. Shikatema.

Temari knows how to conceal her emotions, but everyone has a limit...and Kankuro thinks it's time she exceeds hers. Poor, poor Shikamaru... WARNING: Spoilers through Chapter 530

Suna residents soon discovered why Konoha was fond of the sound barrier jutsu every time Temari and Shikamaru reunited after days of being apart. Shameless, they had no qualms in letting everyone know how fantastic it was to be in love. Shika/Tem Lemon!

Temari's engaged, Suna's in trouble, the Konoha 12 are running to the rescue, and Shikamaru is caught in the middle. How does a man deal with his ally marrying the woman he loves? ShikaTema ShikamaruXTemari

ShikaTema lemon. Written for mattwilson83's doujin. Just read it, it's hot.

[ShikaTema] Temari has a problem: she wants to marry this guy, but he happens to belong to another hidden village. Shikamaru has a problem: he wants his girlfriend in his bed, but she keeps insisting that she lives somewhere else. How to fix this?

Shikamaru has a nicotine problem and Ino wants to make him quit, no matter what it takes…