Drabbles of December

by K. East

100 drabbles in December! Can I do it? Zutara, Kataang, you name it, I got it! Plus some non shipfocused for those of you who really couldn't care less. Usually humor and romance, sometimes action or angst or whatever you want really. x3 [H]

47. In The Dark

Inspiration: Episode 2-11, The Desert.

Date Written: 12/25/06

Viewpoint: Aang.

Pairing: None.

In The Dark

The night had long since arrived, cool and pleasant upon the chapped and blushing skip of the travelers. A boy lay in the dark, frustrated at the scratchy sand, at the heat, at his missing friend.

He could not, however, redirect his mind to anything but guilt, guilt for how he was acting – how he was putting Appa before any of his friends. Surely he'd caused just the smallest bit of love to recede, but the smallest bit was a bit either way, and he longed to apologize.

But Aang did not apologize, not the way he would've liked. His friends were left forever in the dark.