And so here starts the beginning of my Kataang one-shots. This one I wrote before I saw "The Awakening" which is lyke, one of my favorite episodes lyke, ever omg. Hope you guys enjoy it!
Avatar: The Last Airbender does not belong to me. It's better this way.
to touch the body below
He sits in his room in silence, a crestfallen face replacing the once angry expression he had only a couple of minutes ago. He looks behind him, but she's left him alone...
She leans against the door that led into his room on the ship, slumping down towards the ground, eyes almost in tears...
He can't reach out to her, not now. If this happened a couple of months ago he wouldn't have hesitated. He would've been there beside her, right now, comforting her and trying his best to make her happy. But now that things were different and more complicated than before, he didn't have the luxury...
And she, she presses her hand against the metal door holding back sobs and confessions that were now lost in the wind amidst her tears. This wasn't the Aang she had known and grown to care for these past couple of months that they've spent together, this wasn't the Aang whom she had started to feel feelings for...
This wasn't him, it could never be him...
Oh but she understands. She's always understood him and felt his pain. It was second nature to her, but she still feels this way, she still wants to reach out and be there for him because that's what she provides, that's what she gives, and he could be as stubborn about it as he wants, but it's what he needs.
"Aang..." she whispers to him behind the wall that he's erected between them now. "Aang..." her palm pressing harder, hoping to touch him somehow there.
He hears her, he's always have, but he can't be persuaded by her voice now. He has a duty, he has to bring back his honor...
He has to be the hero and heroes never get what they want.