summary
[AU Drabble-series "And when he got too close to the sun, his wings melted. After all, they were only wax and string." A history of life and love, told in fragments.
pairings
Zuko x Katara
Ursa x Ozai
Hakoda x Kaya (my name for Katara's mother)
subject to change
notes
As this is set in modern times, I've taken the names from Fata Morgana, but it should be noted that this is unrelated to that particular universe, with the exception of the names. As this is based loosely on the legend of Icarus, I should point out that I have taken the legend and modified it.
Personality traits have been altered accordingly, as this is an AU and I want to keep it as realistic as possible, while trying to write them as they might have been, which is hard. Hopefully I have done an okay job with this.
i c a r u s f a l l e n
脆弱的翅膀
(fragile wings)
by akeyana
arc one :: learning
chapter one :: to the sun
"When I grow up, I'm going to fly," he tells her.
"Where to?" she asks, all four-year-old innocence blinking in wide-eyed sky-dark eyes, curious and expectant of an answer, any answer.
"To the sun."
"Can I go with you?"
"I guess… but I'm boss, remember!" replies he, all six-year-old precociousness in gold-eyed haughtiness.
And together they trace designs in the arenaceous grains before them, plans to reach for the sky and then to catch stars for their mothers and take back clouds to stuff into cushions and pillows, plans drawn into the gritty surface of a sandbox. With softly spoken whispers and hushed murmurs, they plot out the rest of their existence, a whole lifetime's worth of innovation left lying motionless in the still noon air on coarse-grained sand.