You're My Anchor So Steady Me Now
Shikamaru can honestly say he did not expect this result when he confronted a feral looking Naruto, but he was not complaining how it turned out for them.
Tags: BDSM, Dom/sub, Dom Shikamaru, sub Naruto, slightly feral Naruto Uzumaki, kneeling, hair pulling, hair petting, possessive Shikamaru Nara, Post War AU, praise kink
Title is from the songAnchor by Skillet off of their album 'Victorious'
Chapter 1
Shikamaru hadn't planned on doing much of anything, now that the war was over and the village back up on its feet and Kakashi settled into his role as Hokage Shikamaru finally had some room to breathe. He had intended on cloud watching or meeting up with Ino and Choji for dinner later. However, all that went out the window when Ino sent him a message telling him she had to cancel as the girls had called an emergency night out to discuss something with Hinata about Naruto.
Somehow Shikamaru knew that the Hyuga had finally fessed up to Naruto and if the girls were rallying around her in an emergency night out, then it didn't go well.
Shikamaru wasn't too shocked by that news, he knew Naruto better than most people expected him to. The blond wore his emotions on his sleeve but hid his true ones close to his heart. Naruto had a carefully crafted mask that he presented to the world, but since the war ended Shikamaru had noticed the cracks.
Shikamaru found himself doing his best to track Naruto's bright chakra as he left his cloud-watching hill. After being infused with the blond's charka during the war, Shikamaru was oddly in tune with Naruto's charka. No one else seemed to be so Shikamaru kept it to himself as he did many things.
Shikamaru somehow was not surprised when he tracked Naruto to a training area. The training area was half destroyed and the Jinchūriki was standing in the middle of a large carter.
Shikamaru took this moment to study Naruto properly and from a safe distance in the training area.
The blond looked put together rather well considering the destruction that surrounded him, but Shikamaru only considered that something was not right when the blond moved so the Nara could see his face properly.
Naruto's eyes were what drew Shikamaru in first, they were a strange half and half in each iris. Half of it was blue and half of it was red and the same was to be said of Naruto's charka that was spinning around his fingers.
Naruto looked like he was fighting with himself, that much was obvious. Shikamaru's fingers were taking up a familiar position before he knew what was happening. Shikamaru's shadows lashed out and caught Naruto's, immobilizing the blond who growled in surprise when he found he couldn't move as bands of shadows snaked up and around his limbs.
Shikamaru stepped into the training ground, making his presence known to the Jinchūriki whose eyes snapped towards him.
"Hey," Shikamaru stuck with simple as he walked up the frozen blond and shoved his hands in his pockets, confident his shadows would hold.
"Shikamaru, let me go." Naruto gritted out, his voice taking a dual-tone that had Shikamaru narrowing his eyes.
"How long have you been having control issues?" Shikamaru zeroed in on the problem with ease.
"It's nothing," Naruto adverted his gaze from Shikamaru's knowing one.
"So since the war ended, it makes sense. You have Kurama one of the more powerful Biju's inside of you and you two were merged for a very long time during the war." Shikamaru mused aloud, noticing how Naruto's eyes were drawn to his lips and seemed fixated on him as his nostrils flared like he was inhaling Shikamaru's scent.
"It's easy to assume that you are having a hard time separating yourself from Kurama." Shikamaru surmised and didn't even flinch when Naruto's head jerked forward, teeth snapping but a band of shadows curled around the blond's throat pulling him back to keep him place. Shikamaru didn't miss how suddenly all tension seemed to seep out of Naruto's body at the pressure on his neck and his mind whirled.
"I understand now, you need help. You need someone to remind you who you are." Shikamaru took a step forward and curled his hand around the back of Naruto's neck and squeezed. Shikamaru was proven right when the blond inhaled softly and his eyes fluttered as his Charka faded away.
"All you have to do is ask Naruto," Shikamaru whispered, feeling oddly calm at the situation, if not excited in a way he only felt around Naruto.
"Shikamaru, please… Help me." Naruto whispered, the dual-tone having disappeared and his eyes slowly fading back to their bright blue.
"Good boy," Shikamaru purred, taking a chance with these words as he tangled his fingers in Naruto's hair. Naruto keened and Shikamaru went a bit weak in the knees as Naruto bowed his head, leaning into Shikamaru's fingers.
"You are, you're such a good boy Naruto." Shikamaru murmured as he pressed his body firmly against Naruto's and tugged lightly at the blond hair again, needing to hear that keen again. Naruto didn't disappoint and Shikamaru shuddered at the wanton sound.
"I'm going to release my shadows," Shikamaru said as he let his Jutsu go and Naruto suddenly had him in his arms bridal style and the world spun around them as the blond shunshin'ed them away.
Shikamaru was pleased and amused to see they were now in the blond's apartment. Naruto set Shikamaru down on the end of his bed and ducked his head, rubbing at the back of his neck shyly.
"Shikamaru I…" Naruto trailed off, looking anywhere that wasn't the ninja on his bed.
"I think that you have been hiding behind that mask long enough Naruto, you don't have to hide with me. I can and have accepted every part of you." Shikamaru leaned up to cup the blond's whiskered cheek; Naruto shuddered at the touch and the words that came from the other.
"You crave it don't you? You crave being owned, being chosen, being someone's first and only pick. Don't worry Naruto, if you want, you can belong to me now." Shikamaru had always known he had these feelings, but he had buried them deep down knowing this level of possession could be dangerous if used wrong. However now with Naruto, with someone, Shikamaru had been falling for since they were kids in the academy it all came bubbling over.
"I… Yes, please Shikamaru let me belong to you." Naruto's voice shook as the words spilled out of his mouth and then he let out a whimper as something like relief crossed his face and he sank to his knees. Shikamaru smiled at the reaction, relief filling him as well at the fact that Naruto found relief in his possessive words.
"Do you trust me Naruto?" Shikamaru petted the blond's hair when the Jinchūriki sagged forward to rest his face against one of Shikamaru's legs. Such a submissive action made Shikamaru's heart pound in his chest and his love for the blond increased.
"With everything," Naruto whispered out the startling truthful words that Shikamaru did his best not to show how they shook him to his core.
"Let me give you this, let me give you my Domination and possessiveness. Let me show you how much you are worth to me, let me love every inch of you." Shikamaru's voice shook as he spoke while trailing his fingers over Naruto's face.
"Please, Shikamaru, please I want that. I want all of that from you, please." Naruto pleaded as he hugged the Nara's leg as he hid his face against Shikamaru's thigh.
"Shh, I'll take good care of you Naruto I promise." Shikamaru resumed petting Naruto's hair lovingly and smiled when Naruto sagged against his leg at the simple touch.
"When you're with me you won't have to worry about anything again, I promise to take care of you," Shikamaru swore, knowing he could never do anything to hurt Naruto. Naruto has been hurt and betrayed enough to last several lifetimes and deserved happiness.
"I know you will Shikamaru, I trust you. Thank you." Naruto said into Shikamaru's thigh as he nuzzled the fabric of the Nara's pants.
Shikamaru had to fight back the urge to pull Naruto up to kiss him senseless, but he wasn't about to push the boundaries that they still hadn't fully established yet. This could be about non-sexual dominance for Naruto and Shikamaru would accept that and deliver to the best of his abilities but he longed for Naruto to want him like that, to love him like that.