ZW 2012 Day 2: Momentous
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A Modest Proposal
When everything works out for him (first time in recorded history), Zuko decides it's time to take advantage of his good luck.
Standing in front of a very nonplussed polar seal, Zuko fidgets with the hood of his parka. He takes a deep breath. "Katara, we've been seeing each other-er, courting-no that's not right. Katara, we've been together a few years and I've been thinking."
The seal chirps indignantly. Zuko huffs and adjusts his mittens.
"Katara, we've been together a few years, and I really like you, but more than like-"
Zuko is pretty sure the seal is laughing at him. Still it's an improvement on practicing with Toph.
"Katara, I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life loving you." No, that sounds too much like something Aang would say, and Zuko is not about to model a proposal off his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend.
He drops to one knee in front of the bewildered polar seal. "Katara, I deeply care for you. Will you marry-" A snowball hits him in the back of the head.
"Zuko?'
Zuko flushes beet red as he recognizes the voice. "Katara! This isn't what it looks like!"
She raises an eyebrow and crosses her arms over her chest. "It looks like you're proposing marriage to a polar seal."
"I'm not!"
To Zuko's infinite frustration, as his face gets redder, Katara's body starts to shake. She covers her mouth with one hand and bends over, face almost to her knees. "Zuko," she says, struggling to speak (breathe). "Why are you proposing to a seal?"
Zuko takes a deep breath and pushes himself up off his knee. He closes the distance between himself and Katara and drops back to the one knee.
She doesn't stop giggling. Zuko fumes.
"Is there something you'd like to ask?" She says, sweetly, when she's regained her composure. Zuko's knee is becoming very cold and very wet, so he's grateful.
"Katarawillyoumarryme?"
He looks up at her, eyes wide (but he hopes not pleading; that would be undignified). "What's that?"
She's grinning, and Zuko wonders if it's possible to love someone as much as he loves Katara but also dislike that person as strongly as he currently dislikes her. "Katara. Will." He gulps. "You. Marryme?"
Apparently, Katara is feeling merciful. She leans down and kisses his forehead, smile never leaving her face. "Yes."
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A.N. Yay happy Zutara! I sometimes think I should write less awkward!Zuko and try some other kind of Zuko, but it's just so fun.
Hope you guys have enjoyed the last couple of lighthearted installments. Transcend is going to be tragic, but it's the first thing I wrote 6 years ago that deserves to see the light of day. Maybe. It's a little Hallmarky.
