Takes place a few hours (hours….hint, hint) after Candles.

Because healing is not always physical…

SKW- Day 6 - Healing

Late on the first night of their honeymoon, Aang and Katara decided they would take a bath together. Aang used earth bending to open the room up more and raised a large tub from the ground while Katara threw a dress on and went out to get. Once Katara came back and filled the tub the Avatar watched the water bender undress as he heated the water. He sat on the side and held her hands as she stepped in before he swung his legs over the edge and settled into the water himself.

Katara smiled as he groaned when the warm water washed over him. She wondered if his muscles were as tired as hers because, if so, this was exactly what they booth needed. His arms hung over the edge of the large tub and he hummed as she rubbed her hand across his back, lifting it slightly and ghosting over his scar like she always did.

Aang's brows furrowed a bit when she lifted her hand to skip over that spot "It's alright if you touch it. It doesn't hurt anymore, hasn't in a long time."

She held her head down "I can't touch it." she said quietly, backing away "Every time I even consider it, I see the lightning," she took a shuddering breath " and I see you fall." he turned around and took her into his arms because he heard the tears in her voice "It's a constant reminder that I almost lost you."

"Oh Sweetie, don't feel like that about it. I don't." he said into the top of her head "I see it as a reminder that I'm lucky to still be here, that I was lucky to have you to save me."

"That's just it," she sobbed "It was luck, just dumb luck. I didn't know what I was doing." she inhaled "I'm still not sure. I just knew I had the spirit water and I had to try."

"Then that means I'm not just lucky, I'm blessed, and we can't be afraid of a blessing."

"You can't even see the scar. You don't know what it looks like." she sighed sadly.

"I'm guessing it's a bigger version of the one on my foot; and I look at that and touch all the time."

She looked up at him, "You do?"

"Yeah," he smiled "like I said, it's a reminder that I'm lucky to be here, with you…because of you."

He let go of her and went back to the edge, leaning over it as he'd done earlier "Come here." he said looking over his shoulder. She waded over and he smiled at her "It's okay."

She reached her hand out slowly. Suddenly she was aware of everything; the fact that the water was still the exact same temperature all this time, meaning Aang was using his fire bending to keep it that way, the candle light flickering, reflecting on the walls, and on his scar. That scar that had stretched and gotten bigger as he grew, that interrupted the pale blue line down his spine, that she'd hated for eight years even though she had forgiven the person who gave it to him.

She closed her eyes and placed two fingertips there before she laid her hand over it. He smiled and looked back at her "You know, that feels really good."

She released the breath she didn't realize she'd been holding "Really?"

"Yeah. Nobody's ever really touched me there before, not on purpose." he relaxed across the edge again "I can't really reach it. It gets bumped every once and a while in spars and stuff. But yeah, it feels good."

"You're just saying that to make me feel better."

He turned around and pulled her to him again "No, I'm not. The fact that it's you might be a factor in why it feels good." she laughed and he held on to her tighter "You do know how to touch me and make me feel good."

"Oh really?" she said with a giggle as she leaned up to kiss him and reached her hands all the way around him, landing on his scar.