Kiss THIS!
Written in like 3.5 seconds, seriously. No challenge, just unending love for burnbadart.
The Mask...Zuko couldn't explain why he had picked the blue-and-white mask, other than it seemed important, special...
"Do you really have to go?" she asked quietly, holding her lover's helmet in her hands. She had stolen it from him in a fit of anger when they were stuck in the cave, and now...She wanted to give it back to him, as a gift, before he left...
"I'm sorry." He whispered, wrapping his wrists carefully. "But you know why I have to go."
She sighed heavily. "Yes, I do." She grabbed the helmet from under her arms. "Here, take it. You'll need it--" but the warm arms of her lover stopped her.
"No," Shu replied, kissing her forehead. "You need it more than I do."
And when he had died, it was all she had left of him--a broken helmet, now more of a mask than anything else...
...and familiar. It reminded him of that stupid water peasant, actually, but for some reason, that thought brought a smile to his face rather than the usual scowl. How strange...
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