How To Get Close To Girls
Author/Artist:
MuffyTaj
Pairing: Zuko/Katara
Fandom: Avatar: The Last
Airbender
Theme: #20. The Road Home
Disclaimer: I do not own
the characters, or the series.
"Try to understand," he said as he circled around the tree, "I need to capture him to restore something I've lost: my honour." His lips pressed up against her ear as if he were a lover, whispering saccharine nothings to his sweetheart, "Perhaps in exchange, I can restore something you've lost." As he dangled the necklace in front of her, the same one he had noticed around her throat so many times, he briefly wondered what it would be like if their situation were different. Could he, at any other time, offer a trinket to a girl, or ever press himself up against one like now? Would his heart beat with the thrill of the hunt, and the triumph of the capture?
Probably not, he decided, and smiled anyway.