Splitting Fate
Author/Artist:
MuffyTaj
Pairing: Zuko/Katara
Fandom: Avatar: The Last
Airbender
Theme: #24. Good Night
Disclaimer: I do not own the
characters, or the series.
"Tell me where the Avatar is." He said.
"Bite me." She shot back, teeth bared. "As soon as the sun sets, you're dead."
Here is where history splits. In one world, he banters with her and holds her hostage until the Avatar comes and she freezes him then runs away. He resolves that next time he'll tie her up with steel wires and pretends that this is all he ever wanted.
In the second world he shrugs, wishes her good night, places his hand over her mouth and, with the wet warmth of her lips against his palm, sends her off to eternal rest. He feels nothing.
The only difference between these two worlds is that in the first one there is an old man standing in the background, carefully loving the prince as his father never did, and in the second one Zuko stands alone.
One person should not make created so large a divergence. But to Zuko and Katara, he is the difference between life and death.