Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
Hesitantly she reached out, fingers tracing the familiar burn. The breath she'd been holding rushed out in a strangled cry.
Katara fell against his chest, breathing in the scent of coal dust, mud, and blood. Her hands clenched his tattered clothes, determined to keep him from vanishing again, as she buried her face against his shoulder and cried. Months of fear slipped away with each new tear. He was here. He was alive. For the moment that was all that mattered.
She gasped, her breath catching as a familiar weight settled over her shoulders, squeezing gently.
"I've missed you, Katara."
