Disclaimer: No legal claim to Naruto, not making profit through this.
Basics: PG13/T – R/M, General/Drama/Romance, Canon, 8/100
Warnings: boy x boy love, violence, mature themes (notes: very light violence, implied drug use, implied rape/nonconsensual intercourse)
Word count: 164
Theme: sedate (722)

Author's note: 1000!theme challenge from Mint Pizza Queen. Organized into 10 fics, 100 ch each. They're loosely related, held together by an umbrella theme of life and love.

x. sedate

Orochimaru was pleased, and more than pleased as he watched his apprentice slaughter the petty assailants. The gleam of Sasuke's sword as it arced gracefully through the air and bladed through flesh, the way Sasuke's body moved with deadly intent, how the white garment fell open to reveal a smooth, pale chest, and best of all, the dark red glitter of the young man's eyes by the grace of the Sharingan.

These things excited Orochimaru. A long tongue slid out between thin lips to lick at the edges of his mouth, as golden eyes narrowed gently at his apprentice, as golden eyes traced the profile that was almost too-handsome for a boy of eighteen.

Yes, Orochimaru decided lazily. He would have Kabuto mix up a little something for Sasuke Uchiha and have Kabuto slip it into the young man's system, somehow. A little something to still that beautiful- so beautiful- body. A little something to aid Orochimaru's venture in the dark tonight.