Two stories for a single theme. Enjoy!
1. More advanced in age in comparison to another.
Sokka must have a thing for older woman.
Back before Aang showed up, Sokka admittedly had crushes on some of the older girls in his village. Despite this, he usually wouldn't do anything about his feelings. As the oldest male in the village, it was his job to focus on protecting everyone else. Feelings and love could wait until later.
Of course this idea changed quickly when he first saw Yue. Gorgeous and courageous Yue, his beloved moon princess whose sacrifice he would never forget. He fell in love the moment he saw her and immediately pushed aside any thoughts of waiting until later. Majestic, kind, mature- all of the characteristics he found himself adoring in the older girls in his village, he found in Yue as well, both when he watched her from a far or when he gathered enough confidence to speak to her.
Losing Yue, made him even more careful with how he approached his relationship with Suki. With the life style they both lived, there was no telling what could happen with either one of them so Sokka didn't want to waste time when showing and telling Suki just how much she meant to him. His love for the woman only seemed to become stronger when he found out that she was a couple of months older than him. A couple months, shouldn't make that much of a difference but for some reason her being older just seemed so right. After all, she was the mature one between the two of them: she's had more experience with love, was better at giving advice and comforting people, and taking charge when she needed to. She had been the one who personally showed him how to make love to a woman, who gave him advice and comforted him when he needed it, and who could get him to be serious during meetings and galas despite his never ending desire to just laugh and joke around. She'd been the first girl to kiss him, the girl who made him change his view on women, who inspired him to aim higher. This girl changed him for the better and he couldn't imagine how his life would have turned out if he had not met her. He also couldn't imagine living the rest of his life without her so it really shouldn't have been that much of surprise that Sokka - after accidentally making a big commotion at the restaurant the couple were dining in - proposed to her, his graceful, beautiful, clever, and badass older woman.
2. Having more years than before.
Suki wakes up to the sound of arguing coming from downstairs. She gets out bed quietly, being careful not to wake up her snoring husband, before grabbing her robe and making her way down the steps of their house in the suburbs.
"I wanted jam on my bread! Not butter!" Suki could hear Kyoshi yelling, as she made her way closer to the hotspot of all of the commotion - the kitchen.
"I didn't want anything on mine..." Hiroyuki mumbles as he pokes the bread in front of him with the butter knife that had been used to spread butter on his and Kyoshi's pieces of toast.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I trying my best!" Yue apologizes, her frustration becoming evident, "Koda, come eat something for breakfast."
"I'm not hungry right now," Hakoda says, lying down on the couch in the living room of the house, trying to go back to sleep after being forced to wake up by his older sister.
Suki sighs before finally stepping into the kitchen.
"Mommy! Yue keeps messing up everyone's breakfast," Kyoshi complains.
"She's trying her best, dearest. It's difficult trying to get food together for four different people. Having butter on your toast isn't going to kill you and if you really want jam just puts some on top of the butter," Suki tells Kyoshi, handing the girl the jar of Bacui berry jam that was in one of the cabinets, "Yue eats her bread with butter so just give your bread to her, Hiroyuki, and mommy will get you a slice of plain bread." Hiroyuki immediately slides the plate over to the seat at the dining room table that Yue usual sits in before patiently waiting for his breakfast. Yue, completely done with her attempts at getting her younger siblings their breakfast, just sits down at the table and eats the bread with butter Hiroyuki just slid to her. Kyoshi frowns, wondering why she couldn't just give Yue her bread and get a new piece but she listens to her mother's suggestion and puts jam over the butter. She hesitates, still annoyed about the butter currently on her breakfast, before taking a bite.
"Oooh, this actually tastes even better!" Kyoshi says, happily taking another bite of her toast
"Hakoda, at least come eat some fruit if you don't want bread. You're going to get hungry sooner or later and you know your class eats lunch rather late in the afternoon."
"Yes ma'am," Hakoda replies reluctantly, getting off of the couch and entering the kitchen. Hakoda gets one of the apples on top of the kitchen counter before sitting down at the dining table. Suki smiles, happy to see everyone eating breakfast and not screaming at each other or complaining.
"You fix everything so easily, mama," Yue remarks, looking at how calm her siblings now were. Suki chuckles softly. It took years for her to be able to fully remember what all four of her children liked and disliked. It also took years of mistakes to as able to calm down her four children whenever everything was chaotic.
"Finish eating then get ready for school, okay? Listen to Yue, like usual," Suki instructs. Sokka and Suki usually had to leave for work before the four kids had to leave for school so, ever since she turned ten, Yue had been in charge of getting everyone to school. Suki had originally been hesitant about the idea of letting Yue handle her three younger siblings by herself but Sokka had talked her into it after telling Suki that Yue was getting older and thus could handle more responsibilities. That and the fact that both Sokka and Suki pretty much had to take turns getting scolded by their respective bosses for being late, even if it was because they were taking their children to school.
Suki makes her way back upstairs before carefully getting back into her bed. She lies there, knowing fully that she probably wasn't going to be able to go to sleep, but still happy to be able to just lie down for a little while and relax. She can't help but smile at her husband's sleeping form, letting out a small chuckle when his snoring suddenly becomes louder. She had grown more accustomed to his snoring as time went by.
Half an hour passes before she hears a knock at her bedroom door. She gets up quietly and opens the door, smiling softly at her kids, who all had on their book bags and were getting ready to head off to school.
She hugs each of them and gives each of them a kiss before asking, " Did you get your lunch boxes?" They all nod.
"Getting ready to go, little ones?" Sokka suddenly says, standing behind his wife. He can't help but laugh when she jumps thanks to him surprising her by being awake all of a sudden. The kids giggle before nodding their heads. Suki moves out of the way, so that Sokka can tell them goodbye. The two of them watch the foursome make their way downstairs and out the door. Suki walks over to the window in their bedroom, that overlooks the front of their house, in order to watch her kids walk down the street. Hiroyuki notices her and waves excitedly. She waves back, unable to help but smile. She continues to watch them until they are out of her range of sight.
She honestly couldn't believe how much older they were getting. She could still remember when she first held each of them in her arms in a tiny bundled up blanket. She smiles again at the happy memories before suddenly jumping again. This time, thanks to Sokka suddenly hugging her from behind. Sokka laughs.
"Either you're getting jumpier or I'm getting better at sneaking up on you," Sokka jokes, causing Suki to to poke his arm playfully in response. She allows herself to settle into his embrace. Taking in the view outside of the window, only for Sokka to suddenly close the blinds.
"Why did you-" She starts to complain, only for a slight gasp to escape her lips in response to Sokka's hands suddenly cupping her breasts.
"I wanted to do an activity," Sokka whispers in her ear, his voice lower than usual. Suki mews softly at Sokka's touch before playfully saying, "Well I wanted to sleep." She easily gets out of Sokka's grasp and walks towards their bed. Sokka pouts, reacting the same way he did whenever she denied him intimate time during their teenage years.
"That used to work all of the time," Sokka says, musing over how many times he had used that line and move in hopes of getting his lover naked in the past.
"Maybe you're losing your touch, old man," Suki can't help but smirk at the at the annoyed look her husband gives her. She's just about to tease him more when she suddenly finds herself pinned on to their bed, with her robe opened and the sleeves of her night gown falling down her shoulders.
"We'll see about that," Sokka whispers in her ear, making her shiver in delight.
An hour later, Suki found herself unclothed and trying to catch her breath. She can't help but laugh at her husband as she cuddles a little closer to him. He smirks at her, wrapping an arm around her waist and holding her against him.
"What was that about losing my touch, missy?" Sokka asks, lifting an eyebrow at her playfully. Suki can't help but go into a fit of giggles, acting the same way she had when they were teenagers.
"I admit you still got it, smooth guy," Suki lets her hand caress her husband's chiseled torso before adding, "despite being 40."
"Well you're still absolutely gorgeous," Sokka says, happily admiring her curves that had became more prominent after having four children before adding, "despite being 40."
"I know something that definitely isn't happening because of the fact that we're 40."
"What's that?"
"There's no way in hell we're going at it for hours upon hours like we did when we were younger."
"Says who?"
"Says my body getting older by the second."
"I totally think we still could."
Suki can't help but laugh before noticing the look in her husband's eyes. He was planning on trying.
"We have, what, another seven hours before the kids are back? I think we could make great use of that time," Sokka states, letting the hand that was around Suki's waist move towards the junction in between her legs. Suki blushes brightly, yet another action she did frequently in her teen years.
"Don't blame me if you have a heart attack, old man."
"Believe me. I just about have a heart attack every time I see you, gorgeous." Suki can't help but laugh. Sokka's cheesiness hasn't changed a bit as he grew older.
"You really wanna go at it for a couple of hours? I can't possibly be attractive enough to hold your attention for that long."
"Can't possibly be attractive enough my ass! And why stop at a couple of hours? We've got seven! Just because we're getting older doesn't mean we can't enjoy some of the stuff we used to do when we were younger."
Suki smiles before finding herself agreeing to Sokka's whims. Getting older was pretty amazing. Or maybe it was simply growing older with the man beside her that she found absolutely amazing.
So...we're just going to believe that that last part is T+. XD
Originally these were going to be two separate chapters but the first one is really short and they have very similar themes so I just put them together!
I've been thinking of starting two other stories: "Firsts" and "Alternatives".
The chapters in "Firsts" would pretty much just be about Sokka and Suki's firsts both with each other and without each other and it would still tie in with the story line I have been using for this story ("Dreaming of Sukka"). Some of the topics I have already thought about would be: first kisses, first date, and first child.
The chapters in "Alternatives" would be about different Sukka head-cannons that I always see. Its difficult for me to just settle on one head-cannon for a single topic (like how I have been doing for this story line) so I find myself just thinking of all of the alternatives, especially after reading about other people's ideas. Some of the topics would be about children (if Sukka had lots of kids, one kid, no kids), marriage (how they got married, when), death (who died first, how), Suki's family (no family, just one parent, just siblings, a big family), Katara's view on Suki (whether they were best friends or Katara didn't particularly approve of her), etc.
I'm mentioning this because I have been putting more focus on writing chapters for this story despite already having ideas for the other two. I just wanted to know if anyone would be interested in me writing the other two or if I should just keep focusing on this story for now.
Let me know what you think and let me know if you have any ideas for any topics you want to see in this story or one of the other stories I have talked about writing!
Sorry for the long rant!
I hope you enjoyed~