heartsfromlorelei
Ten years ago, Naruto Uzumaki vanished without a word-no note, no goodbye, just the lingering echo of a love that never got to say stay. Hinata Hyuga mourned him like the dead, buried the boy she loved in silence, and stitched herself back together in the sterile light of hospital hallways.
Now, on a rain-slick night in the ER, he returns-broken, thin, unconscious. Alive.
Assigned as his lead nurse in a long-term care program, Hinata is forced to care for the ghost that wrecked her. Naruto is distant, angry, and hiding more than just physical pain. What's left unsaid between them could drown a quieter love-but the heart remembers what the mind tries to forget.
This is a story of unfinished promises, aching silences, and the slow, agonizing path back to love.
Not everyone who disappears wants to be found.
But some come home anyway.