A/N: Just an explanation (through Katara's eyes) of why Toko is so great. Haha .

Challenge- 3827 Toph- 85 Zuko- 89 Rated- K+

Katara would admit (privately) that when Toph and Zuko got together 64-ish years ago, she never believed it was going to last. She was shocked, and a little confused. When they told her, she had warned them to make sure it was real love and not a fluke. Part of her was wondering if either was even capable of real love.

Obviously, Katara was glad she hadn't put money on that.

Not that she would bet on something like that, anyway.

But the time and some form of wisdom had made her realize exactly why they had stayed together so long. Simply put, they made each other happy.

It seemed like that whenever Toph was around, Zuko wasn't allowed to indulge the moody, gloomy and angry side of his personality. It was just something about Toph that kept Zuko on his toes; that kept up the fire (no pun intended) in his spirit. Plus, if he ever got moody on Toph, she'd slap him out of it. Literally. Now, she'd probably just thowmp him on the head. She'd gotten soft with her age. But so had Zuko.

As for Toph, Katara thought that she had found a home, a family with Zuko. It was something Toph had never had with her parents, or with any of the other guys she had "been with" before Zuko. Toph actually trusted him, and had gotten close enough that she wasn't able to slip away like she had with others. And besides, he challenged Toph as much as she challenged him. He challenged her in her sparring, in her patience, and in her perception of herself.

And neither Toph nor Zuko was ever one to back down from a challenge.