A/N: As the summary stated, this will essentially be a collection of one-shots about my speculation as to what happened to the characters after the show. It was especially inspired by Smellerbee and Longshot because damn it, I wanted to know what happened to them. Hence why I'm starting with them.

EDIT: I've made some revisions. Yes, I do have a bad habit of editing things after I submit them.

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or any of its characters.

Smellerbee doesn't like Ba Sing Se. It reminds her of the Dai Li, of Long Feng, of conspiracies, of Jet. It makes her miss him so badly she doesn't know what to do sometimes. Yet it's her home now, with Longshot. They have nowhere else to go.

They haven't kept in touch with the other Freedom Fighters since they decided to come here in the first place. News travels quickly though, especially to the newly reformed capital of the Earth Kingdom. They know that Pipsqueak and The Duke helped the Avatar's group during the war. The two get credit for their contributions, even if it's just a passing mention of their names when talking about the "great warriors" who fought against the Fire Nation. Smellerbee never hears about Longshot or herself – she's not sure whether to be happy or sad about that. She was never looking for fame and glory when she decided to help the Avatar, but it kind of hurts to know that no one will ever care about what she and Longshot went through (what Jet went through).

She still thinks about when Jet died. Jet and his beliefs were all she and Longshot really knew, so what were they supposed to do with him gone? It felt wrong to continue fighting against the Fire Nation when they didn't even know if that was really right anymore. It felt wrong to fight against the Earth Kingdom – was that what Jet would've wanted them do? They didn't know anything anymore, so they just waited and watched as the Fire Nation took over Ba Sing Se, and as the Earth Kingdom reclaimed it. They watched as everyone around became happy, but they stayed the same.

Ba Sing Se is a city of walls and secrets, famous tea and stories. But to Smellerbee, it's a city of sacrifices and war, bad memories and Jet.

Longshot hasn't spoken since he told the Avatar's group to leave, back under Lake Laogai. He wonders if he'll ever talk again, or if his words then will be his last. It'd be like a tribute to Jet, in a way, if he were ever that sentimental. He's not though, so he figures he'll end up talking again one day. It'd shock their neighbours for sure.

It feels odd to think they have neighbours now. Back in the days of the Freedom Fighters, their only neighbours were the animals living up in the trees with them. Now, their neighbours are that woman with a constantly crying child, a man who noisily sells newspapers everyday, and an old woman who's going blind. There are others but he doesn't like to associate himself with many people. The war may be over, but he's still as cautious as ever. The old woman tells him to relax – he's still young; he should enjoy life.

There isn't a lot to enjoy for him. Memories of the war keep resurfacing, interrupting his thoughts and stopping him from moving on (from accepting that the war doesn't exist anymore). The people around him might be able to – they didn't grow up dedicating their lives to the war. The Avatar and his group might be able to – this was their decision.

They have happy endings, Longshot knows (but where is his and Smellerbee's?).

The two have made a grave for Jet. Somehow, they managed to carry his body out of Lake Laogai, under Smellerbee's insistence. It's not an official grave, only a stone near the outskirts of the city with his body buried in front of it. Still, it gives them some satisfaction knowing an unofficial grave suits Jet better than a real one ever will (not that he'd ever get one). His grave won't just be another among the many rows in the cemetery.

"Hey, Jet," Smellerbee whispers, wondering if somewhere in the afterlife, he can hear her. Longshot is standing behind her.

"Longshot and I are doing… okay, I guess." It's a lie, but hopefully Jet won't be able to tell. They aren't doing "okay," and she knows this. They're still falling apart.

"How about you? Is the afterlife nice? I hope it's treating you better than this place ever did." Life wasn't all that bad for Jet, she supposes, but the fact he died so early equals bad in Smellerbee's mind. Then again, maybe death wasn't such a bad thing for him (would it have been better for him to be living like them?).

"So don't worry about us," Longshot adds, and Smellerbee turns around in surprise. He repeats for emphasis,

"So don't worry about us."

This is the life they've chosen, after all (Jet, the war, the Fire Nation, fighting, everything).

They refuse to let it go.

A/N: Somehow, I could never really imagine these two being able to accept easily that the war was over. And I had to stick lots of Jet-mentions in there, seeing as how the lives of these two revolve around him and because I was annoyed at how none of the other characters really seemed to care about the fact he died (or was badly injured, in their view).

Constructive criticism welcome (I do feel like something was off in this).