Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender, just this idea and fic.
This is my first fanfic, err drabble, ever, so, sorry if the writing burns your eyes. ;o;
Toph is just like any other girl. She laughs. She smiles. She cries. And she wants to fall in love.
Although if you think of Toph is like those other girls, then you're completely wrong; she doesn't show tears and hurt on her face when she doesn't want to; she doesn't wear her heart on her sleeves. She doesn't throw away what she has for one lone person.
She's no damsel in distress, she can damn well protect herself, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't want to be protected every once in a while. She grew up on fairy tales of love and joy and all those heroic romantic feelings; once upon a time, she was like every other girl, wishing for her prince or knight or just someone to come save her from her misery, to love her for being her, not as some wealthy daughter or a beauty (for how can a blind person know of beauty?), and to fall in love in return..
But after all that time she was waiting for her prince to come, life was still the same for her. She was still trapped in her castle, lost of her hope for an escape, for love.
So she stopped waiting for an escape, and started saving herself. She taught herself to defend and attack with her bending, found a way to just be Toph. She needed no knight in shining armor; she was no princess, anyway.
And yet, she was still trapped and chained like one.
That is, until she was set free, not by some male who saw her as a beauty, or as a possible bride, but one that saw her as an equal, as Toph.
Funny how the reason he found her was when she stopped believing of being rescued and started fighting for herself.
Maybe one day, she'll start wanting to love like all those other girls.
So, this can kinda be Toph x Aang, if you squint reeaall hard.