Attraction

"Peasant." Azula gripped his neck with one hand and held fire in the other. "Explain yourself."

"Well-" Sokka strained against her clutch- "you were trying to shoot me with that freaky lightning but you're actually a pretty slow shot with it so I ran and dodged like a hog-monkey with Aang on top of it and-"

Azula held the fire closer. "Not that part. Explain why you-"

"I'm getting to it," Sokka interrupted her right back. "While you were aiming, you held the lightning long enough to magnetize your armor."

"What?"

"Yup. Electricity can generate a magnetic field around metals that aren't themselves magnetized, and you had quite a charge going. I happened to be clutching Boomerang pretty hard. When I did that tuck'n'roll to get behind you, we got caught in your magnetic field. One yank and a stumble later… oopsie."

"So you're saying my armor pulled your metal weapon and you, and it was a complete accident that your hands ended up on my-" Her face went red despite the blue light. "My-"

"Exactly."

The fire in her hand flickered and her glare went all lopsided. She was obviously having trouble believing him.

Honestly, Sokka had doubts, too.

END