#ignore the wonky height inconsistencies

[fistfuloflightning]

Tajime ran a fond hand through his son’s wild hair. “There are things that you will only learn when the weight of leadership lies on your shoulders.”

“But I’ll still have you to learn from,” Madara protested, looking so painfully young in Tajime’s eyes.

A wry, sad smile twisted his thin lips. “… Not always.”

#another snippet from my fem!tobirama fic I never published #born out of my desire to draw mads’ gorgeous hair and also a bittersweet father/son moment #from a recent convo with my dad #I always loved the idea of madara not being even near ready when he becomes clan head #he’s a young man not ready for leadership #faced with the fear of failing both his father’s memory and his clan #also #ignore the wonky height inconsistencies #I explained it away in my head that mads is sitting on an engawa and tajime’s on the ground #naruto #uchiha madara #uchiha tajima #uchiha clan #my art #naruto art