Disclaimer: I claim no ownership over 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' nor am I profiting from this.
Pairing(s): Sokka/Yue.
Warning(s): none.
Word Count: 100.
Katara teases him over every other carving. Age and training have worn his body down. His hands have become gnarled and weatherworn. Every callous that heals inevitably tears when he resumes trying to perfect her.
His normal observers scatter once he digs through the previous failures. Katara volunteers her services right as he strikes the ice wrong. His mistake becomes a plaything for the children.
Earth allows more mistakes than ice. Its sturdiness offers no comfort when his fingers begin cramping and then numb. Sokka digs under his nails while younger men return with food.
Yue watches an incomplete disappointment.