Title: deep blue and evergreen
Disclaimer: not my characters
Warnings: spoilers for the series
Pairings: onesided Zuko/Sokka
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 260
Point of view: third
Prompt: Sokka/Zuko, elemental colors
Sokka's eyes are as blue as the water his sister bends, and Zuko often finds himself entranced. It is fascinating how all the nations embody their particular element.
The earthbenders are solid and steady(most of the time), hard-workers and trustworthy, like the dirt beneath their feet and the mountains they can command.
From what Zuko knows of the airbenders, the monks high in the peaks, they were clever and quick, easy to laugh and easy to forgive. Aang is certainly that way. What he's brushed aside at the lightest of apologies... Zuko will have to keep close watch, to insure the Avatar is not taken advantage of in the fiery court.
And the waterbenders... Zuko shivers, remembering how Katara defeated Azula. They have emotions that fluctuate on the scantest of reasons, and they can be so cold that Zuko feared he would never find a way in, to attempt redemption for his sins. But while it took a mutual enemy and lightning to truly unite Katara and Zuko, her brother never really seemed to hold the past against him.
Zuko's people, he knows, are hated across the world for being warmongering and merciless, ready to flame and flay for the slightest reason. Zuko has much to make up for, and he wants to show everyone that fire can nurture and heal, as well as raze to the ground.
Sokka's eyes are as blue as the water his sister bends, and Zuko longs to let himself sink in, forgetting all the troubles of a world nearly shattered apart.