And now presenting, my first Avatars fanfic, a collection of Longerbee stuff! This will be LONGERBEE, (or Smellershot), and I'm not doing any other pairings. I do, however, take requests, and prompts you might have. These are all rated T, as in TEEN, but it truthfully depends upon how you view them. All up to you, dear reader. Soon (hopefully) there will be other pairings and such. But for right now, enter my favorite Avatar ship (besides Zutara) : Longerbee!
Possum Chicken Soup for the Longerbee Soul
by TwiggyBlack
Original prompts by loserintinfoil on LJ. Much thanks.
Part One - 44 One-Sentence'rs
(All Longerbee)
1. Mask
The coils of bandages, the chestplate. Once they were gone, they had never been so vunerable.
2. Dinner
It was life as usual, Smellerbee throwing food and Longshot smiling slightly, even if no one noticed.
3. Stars
She didn't believe in a god, or a heaven, but that star's roguish twinkle couldn't have been anyone other than Jet.
4. Home
It was in a treehouse, high above the ground. It was in a montrous city, guarded by walls. It was out, alone on the street, when it rained and they had failed to pay rent. It was her hand in his.
5. Time
How much they had changed in a few years—Smellerbee was wearing a skirt, and no longer threatening to kill him.
6. Victory
If victory was sweet, the celebration afterwords was heaven.
7. New
His serious face was one she had never seen before, and the seven-year-old decided on the spot that she liked it.
8. Old
It was the oldest trick she had—reaching over and "accidentally" falling on top of him. Yet it worked every time.
9. Name
They picked there own names. Longshot's made sense. He still couldn't figure "Smellerbee."
10. Swim
Longshot could not swim. Granted, he'd never tried, but watching Smellerbee was fine by him.
11. Doll
Smellerbee hadn't had a childhood. She had grown up too fast. Longshot understood when he saw her stop at the window of the toystore.
12. Stories
He didn't know where she came from, and she didn't know where he came from either. But his eyes betrayed him, and she soon knew everything about him in one word: pain.
13. Lucky
Target practice had always been a favorite of Smellerbee's until he came along. In the beginning, she said it was beginner's luck, but now he was just cheating.
14. Children
It was rocky, the paths they had tread. They had never been children, and were wise beyond their years in seeing the torture and pain of other's.
15. Mentor
Strangely, her complaining never bothered him, and his advice never bothered her.
16. Friendship
When she tried to trip him, he jumped over her outstretched leg. When she tried to fool him, he never fell for anything. Smellerbee, he reckoned, I know better than myself.
17. Revenge
His last trick had been unfair. Stealing her sugar cane right from her mouth. Oh yes, he would pay.
18. Dark
When she crawled into his arms in the middle of the night, she had complained she had been afraid of the dark.
19. Light (follow-up to 'Dark'.)
When it was broad daylight and she crawled into his arms for no particular reason, she didn't have an excuse.
20. Present
She had completely forgot about his birthday. But when no one else came to celebrate, her presence was enough.
21. White
It was blinding, a flash, then nothing. He wore white as she was lowered into the ground, and thought that she would have liked it up higher.
22. Smoke
She had a piece of grass, Jet had his piece of straw, and the old man in the village had his pipe.
23. Tired
He laid down on the hard rock, pretending it was a soft meadow. She laid down on his body, and didn't have to pretend.
24. Earth
Although she wasn't an Earthbender, her stubborness often tricked the lesser mind.
25. Practice
She missed the first time, and he had laughed. The second one was closer, on his jaw. The third hit its mark, her fist broke his nose, and this time, she was laughing.
26. Change
Even though she was wearing a dress, and they were no longer in the treetops, she covered his mouth when he attempted a well-rehearsed line. They had to hold on to some things.
27. Map
At the end of a long series of instructions, he found her waiting for him in the end.
28. Hope
They watched the Avatar fly away, and wondered if it was true that he could save them.
29. Teamwork
She had started as a tagalong, because she was only a girl, but became his partner, and a cherished member of their team.
30. Bruise
She smiled slightly when no one noticed the small bruise on her neck. The silent archer never missed his mark.
31. Make-up
Going into the tent, Smellerbee was supposed to have been "made-up". When she came out, face painted white like a circus clown's, they didn't have a chance to laugh at her.
32. Crisis
Longshot couldn't find her. He cursed himself and ran into the woods, anxious to be back before dark. He did get back, long after dark, and she was sitting there, betting Sneers on how much longer he would be.
33. Rag
She came up from her bent-over position, clothed in only undergarments because of the summer heat, rag in hand. Longshot was staring at her, mouth agape.
"What? Did I miss a spot or something? I think the floor's clean, right?"
34. Handprint
When they were very small, they had pressed their hands into mud and watched the prints dry. They washed away soon after, and the next time, they carved their hands into stone, so it would be the two of them forever.
35. Translate
She couldn't understand how everyone missed what he was saying.
36. Colour
He pushed her up, out of harm's way, and his hand graced a spot that made her blush. She despised the color red ever since then.
37. Rules
"This is how you play," she explained, pressing her mouth against his.
38. Hidden
She had been in the bushes when he walked by, but had never known he would be bathing.
39. Right
It was right to call him names instead of hurting him.
40. Wrong (follow-up to 'Right')
It was wrong, Jet explained, to kick him between the legs. But it was also too late.
41. Deep
His eyes were a chasm, deep and wide, and explained things even when he didn't want to.
42. Treasure
She sifted through a pile of Fire Nation loot, for something to give him. It wasn't his birthday or anything. And the hat would be just fine.
. Woman
He could never puzzle out how she could be slashing a Fire Nation soldier with her dagger and kissing him at the same time. She called it multi-tasking.
. Man
She found it funny how the boys in the camp would sharpen a stick with a rock and call it "manly."