100 words written for the Summer 2009 "Perfect Drabble" Contest at katara_zuko [dot] livejournal [dot] com. Katara/Zuko forever!
#073 Light
(June 2009; G)
Romantic transitions are difficult enough when your nose isn't chafed and frozen. Zuko was desperate.
"I'm glad you saw this before you left," Katara whispered, lying by his side in the snow beneath the Southern Lights. It was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen: sheers of pulsing, icy light.
"Katara—
Do you still love Aang? Am I just a friend? Could we plan an activ—No, that was idiotic—
Would you marry me?"
Horror struck him. "I meant—not now! Someday. Would you consider it? After dating. Me."
She exhaled. "Yes. Someday."
"Great."
His brain caught up, reeled:
"Katara!"