Title: Eyes of Blue Winter Tempest
Author: aFigureOfSpeech (rath_robin_rye)
Word Count: 100
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar.
Ship: Zutara
Rating: K
Summary: Regrets of a man who could only keep trying.
Note: For the "Perfect Winter" Drabble Contest over on katara_zuko. First thing I've finished in ages. It's fairly subtle Zutara, but I'm pretty pleased (though eventually I just had to post it or I'd never stop fiddling with it.) Enjoy. ^_^
Regrets are something that have plagued Zuko his entire life. Some are so vast that he can only strive forward against the spiraling pull of despair (my country my people my ancestors my fault). Some are so deep that he can barely peer into the cavernous void (throbbing like burned flesh and betrayal). And some stare him straight in the face and tell him, in so many words, to try harder (nevernevernever give up) - so he looks into eyes of blue winter tempest and thinks, I can fix this.
It takes a few tries, but eventually he gets it right.