Title: Aftermath
Author: Red Hawk K'sani
Word Count: 127
Warnings: Gore, maybe?
Challenge: Pro-Zutara Week
Pairings: ZxK


It is an hour after the battle has ended, but the carnage and blood still stain the ashy, burned city. People left and right are dying or dead, and she does not know if that person has lived or died, if this person has lived or died—if he has lived or died.

She scurries through the remains of the great Fire Capital, trying to find him—there! Speaking to a soldier who is barely alive; for now he is the Fire Lord and it is his duty to put as many people as he can at ease.

She rushes over to him and stares.

He sees her and stares back.

Quite suddenly, they embrace. And though the exchange is wordless, it means everything in the world.