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Prompt: #05 – Two of a Kind
Word
Count:212
Rating:
G
Summary:
They say that no two snowflakes are ever the same.
AN: Uh, kinda out of season, huh? The heat must be
getting to me.
"Y'know," she says offhandedly, "they say that no two snowflakes are ever the same."
He glances at her. Her bright blue eyes are trained skyward, and there's a hint of a smile playing on her lips. He says nothing.
"But I don't think that's true," she continues. "It would be too sad."
"What's sad about it?" He asks, giving her a funny look.
"They would always be alone," she tells him, like it's completely obvious. Which it probably is, to her.
"Katara, they're snowflakes. They don't get lonely."
"Says you."
Four days later, he wakes her early in the morning, shaking her softly but urgently.
"C'mon," he whispers, careful not to wake the others. "Hurry up. I have to show you something."
He grabs her hand and leads her out of the cave they've been taking shelter in for the past week. It takes her eyes a few moments to adjust to the dim light of the sunrise. He points to something on a dead leaf still stuck on a tree, making sure not to touch it. She leans closer, glancing questioningly at Zuko before it dawns on her.
"Two of a kind," she gasps. "The snowflakes, they're identical!"
He wraps an arm around her shivering frame, and they watch the snowflakes melt in the rising sun.