Warning: If you're reading this, I assume you've seen everything up to and through "Sokka's Master".
A/N: So I stole this idea to make fifty Tokka (Wow, it's so hard to write Tokka without CAPSLOCK, seeing as when I type the word I'm usually ranting) sentences with random words. So I took out my trusty old dictionary, opened to a random page with my eyes closed, and jabbed at my word with one finger before opening my eyes again. The word, as fate would have it, was "virgin". It was at that point that I knew this was going to be a looooong process. Hah.
This was originally intended to go into "Oneshot Shorts", but "Cactus Juice" can always use a bit more love
So, in the end, I think it came out all right! Some I like more than others, but that's only normal. The words are sorted by alphabetization, because the balance of genres and topics was much better that way, for some reason. The numbers represent the order in which I wrote them. I hope you like them (or, at least, I certainly hope you like at least one, since there are fifty).
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Happy Reading!
The Tokka Fifty—Alphabetized
25. Algid
If she was cold in the South Pole, she wouldn't think twice about announcing her lack of a real jacket, in which case he wouldn't think twice about unbuttoning his and pulling her in to share the heat.
35. Apathy
She'd said that she hadn't cared while he was gone, off learning the way of the sword… but she did, she really did.
12. Apron
When his sister shot down the idea of him showing Toph the beautiful view of the Southern Water Tribe docks, he went along with it anyway and, upon accidentally making a handful of careless comments about the view, discovered just how cold the water was.
41. Articulate
He had slipped up and called her "Suki" once; after she was done with him, it would never happen again.
6. Bloated
Grinning, he ran his hands over her swollen abdomen and marveled at the feeling of small kicks coming from within.
36. Concupiscence
Hearts beating a synchronized symphony, harsh breath in her ear, arms and legs entangled together; outside, the snow fell in thick sheets, but neither had much trouble keeping warm.
16. Conundrum
She'd expected the apologetic Sokka to laugh when she compared him to his boomerang, but instead found an awkward silence as he stood awkwardly before her, scratching his head in confusion.
19. Corybantic
When she became frenzied, he could that he couldn't help but pace, worried, alongside her.
18. Costly
Shopping with him was always an adventure; what he purchased was usually expensive, but she could always count on him to make sure she looked nice.
13. Dead
How could this be?; He had always known that she was—though she never acted it—small, but never was she tinier than when he held her unmoving figure in his arms.
33. Denouement
After his long, incoherent explanation of the science to why he felt the way he did about her, all she could manage was a nonplussed, "Huh?"
42. Discalced
For some reason, he hated to see her wearing shoes; he loved her aura of freedom, and how could she be free when the symbol of her liberty was covered up?
14. Embrangle
One second he was laughing with her, and the next he was flirting with Ty Lee, and then a second later he was back at Suki's bedside, holding her hand as she struggled to overcome her injuries; either he believed in polygamy—not unlikely, from what she'd heard about his past—or he really enjoyed confusing her.
2. Epiphany
It wasn't until Katara noticed just how tightly she clutched his arm while flying that she realized there might be more to their relationship than platonic sarcasm.
8. Eulogy
Fingers trembling so badly that he could hardly read the words on his scroll, he opened his mouth and found that words would not come; the greatest speech in the world could never express what tears already had.
38. Fail
Afterwards, he would make a mental note that she was allergic to Panda Lilies.
31. Fantod
"Are you really that blind?" she shouted at his left shoulder, "I love you, you idiot!"
10. Flirtatious
He would laugh; she would smirk and maybe punch him in the shoulder; he would wince, but nevertheless continue telling her in that tone whatever he was saying; she would banter back, words quick and sharp; Katara would roll her eyes and go back to reading her scroll.
40. Floccinaucinihilipilification
She can't remember when, but at some point he'd begun trying to get her to fall in love with him, and she would laugh at his attempts; wasn't it pointless for him to be trying so hard when he'd had her from the start?
17. Force
There were times where she wanted to Earthbend his feet into the ground, just so he could never leave her.
26. Hoyden
Her hair was down, a smudge of dirt on her nose while she threw her rocklike behavior to the side for one night and danced; his mouth ran dry and he, scowling, suddenly wished that he had asked her to dance first.
48. Hidrosis
She had dozed off in his arms, her sweaty palm flat on his equally sweaty chest, as if to keep in check the beating of his heart; he pressed his lips against her damp forehead, to which her hair was plastered, adjusted his arms around her waist, and closed his eyes with a sigh of content.
47. Hyperbole
Sometimes he made her so angry that she wanted to crush him with a thousand rocks, and other times he would make her laugh so hard that she would surely never feel anger again.
7. Incline
It were times like these, when tempers flared and voices climbed to the point of attracting attention from bystanders, that he thought he wouldn't be able to take it much more.
43. Inveigh
He hated saying that he'd snapped at her—after all, they typically got along better even than Aang and Katara—but he had, and now he could only bury his face in his hands and wait for her to let him out of the rain.
34. Kismet
She was Oma and he was Shu: thrown together amidst a war, and one of the greatest factors of its end; she just wished that he hadn't had to follow the story line quite so well.
9. Lambent
He looked into her eyes and saw in them the reflection of the torch's flickering flame; perhaps the view amounted to more than just dancing firelight.
49. Macarism
The day she told him she was pregnant was the day the entire city found out; his excited exclamation rang through the streets, and could only be matched in loudness by her surprised shriek as he scooped her up in an armadillo-bear hug.
37. Mansuetude
He would never believe that she could be gentle if he hadn't been the object of that very trait.
20. Nonsensical
He liked pointy objects and she liked to play in the dirt; needless to say, the attraction was inevitable.
32. Nosocomephrenia
He reached out in the dark—they had offered to keep the light on for him, but he'd insisted that they shut them off so she could sleep, even though it didn't matter either way—and laced his cold fingers in her warm ones; he scooted his chair in, put his head down on the edge of her hospital bed, and prayed to Yue that her skin didn't go cold.
11. Obdormition
He didn't mind when she fell asleep on his shoulder, honestly, but when his arm began to tingle with numbness, he had to choose feeling over cuddling.
28. Obtuse
She had forgotten at which point he had begun to ask if she liked Aang, but it was at that point when she decided he was too stupid for her to bother answering.
24. Oscitate
She was the only one immune to the contagious yawn, which he rather thought was a shame; when she yawned, her whole body arched, hands in the air, and he'd always loved to watch her stretch.
4. Osculate
After listening to him stammer on for a few moments about his feelings for her, she finally helped him get his point across by grabbing him around the collar and pulling him into a forceful kiss.
50. Over
He pulled her close as the Fire Nation slowly faded into the abyss, relished in her warmth when the deck of the ship was so cold; "I can't believe it's finally over, after 100 years," he breathed, and then added in his subconscious, 'Now we can start this life over from scratch, just you and me.'
21. Overcast
Ever since he'd seen the sun with Toph, being with Suki only seemed to bring him clouds.
22. Placebo
While Katara and Aang poked their heads around the corner and watched him work on his swordcraft, she leaned against the wall, closed her eyes, and felt him work; it was the only available prescription for the sickness that had begun to take her over.
39. Reborbative
She had to admit, she'd felt somewhat offended when he'd chosen his own sister over her to play the role of his wife when Aang had earned himself a parent-teacher conference.
46. Recondite
The idea eludes him, is more obscure than he ever thought imaginable; still, not being able to grasp reality did not mean that she had not, without more than a nod of her head, left him for good.
45. Saturnine
She was not one for excessive grinning or a friendly demeanor in general, but that was all right; it made her rare smile all the more wonderful.
29. Serendipity
Later in life, he would indulge the fact that falling in love with her had been an accident, but it didn't change the fact that he had tripped.
23. Sidekick
After all, in a world of heroes, sidekicks needed to stick together.
1. Smite
When she was angry, the only thing that hurt more than her words was her fist.
3. Syllogism
He had implied that they might be better off going to lunch without Katara and Aang anyway, and she had decided beforehand that she'd rather spend some time with him than have to listen to Katara fuss over Aang (who would be fine in the end, she'd decided after observing him); therefore, they were actually going on a date, right?
15. Taboo
Not even the frown of Lao Bei Fong could keep him from reaching out and tasting the forbidden fruit that was her kiss.
27. Temperamental
"Toph's patience is easy to describe," he'd informed the alarmed bystander as he brushed off his tunic as though he had not just been shoved to the ground, "Push once and get a snappy retort; push twice and your mouth is full of dirt."
5. Touch
His fingers would brush her shoulder in concern when her face flushed pink, but for some reason—he couldn't, for the life of him, figure out why—it only seemed to make the shade darken.
30. Virgin
She was pure like the earth, so inviolate that he was almost afraid to touch her; luckily, he mused as he watched her sleeping form, she had always been pretty persuasive.
44. Writhen
He would hug her tightly, and it was at these moments when she wondered if outside watchers could tell whose arms were whose.
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Fin.
A/N: My computer rejected some of the words I used, but I'm trusting the internets for this one. My favorite word is "floccinaucinahilipilification", so I just had to stick it in there somewhere!
I hope you liked at least one, and thanks for reading! Any criticism is a welcome thing.