Smooth like Ice
Tobirama realized then, watching Madara roll in the snow surrounded by children, (the same children he would later deny playing with in such an 'undignified' manner) that this man was the one he wanted to marry.
He knew the man's monikers as the 'Uchiha's Ashen Heart' and the 'Red Eyed Scorcher' but he'd be a hypocrite if he ever believed them all as facts and not embellished words of hatred (his own monikers being prime examples).
But this man, who rivaled his brother in strength, himself in battle strategy, who looked like he was dancing in all of his battles, was currently allowing children to pile on him in the snow as he had been trying to walk them through their katas.
He was aiming for peace for his brother's sake before, not knowing if the Uchiha heir turned clan head could fully be trusted. Being a shinobi changes the life of a child who dreams of peace (just ask Hashirama who gave him the idea for the village in the first place….yeah growing up a weapon changes how you view things.)
But from what he's observed on missions and heard from the one child who was currently asleep in his arms (after finding them in the hands of a group of bloodline thieves he'd been tracking down after a more than acceptable amount of child disappearances had been reported in Fire), Madara was just like his brother, only more prickly. His rival being a 'brat' ("Madara-sama says he is one a lot.") seems to enjoy swimming in their koi pond ("only after Madara-sama gets angry though.") And oh boy was he going to use that against the man once they built a village. Because now, he had his own dream with it. And it involved selfish reasons that he was going to act on for once in his life damnit.
The child stirring in his arms meant it was time to meet the man whose chakra he had basked in during stressful times. (Just because he enjoyed the feeling, doesn't mean he had trusted the man outright. But now? Boy was the name Uchiha Tobirama sounding good in his head right now.)