Title: Time
Pairing/Main Character(s): Zutara
Word Count: 221
Notes: More one sentences!
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Second
One more moment, and the world would have been changed forever, but then the wall exploded and they became enemies again, their time together among the crystals forgotten.
Hour
Each night, after the others had gone to sleep, she stayed awake, watching the moon make its way across the night sky, thinking about his betrayal, and wondering why it hurt her so badly.
Day
After spending twenty-four pain-filled hours with him, and only him, she decided he had changed, and that she could trust him again.
Year
Throughout the months following the end of the war, he had several opportunities to express his feelings, but fear of the pain of her rejection kept his mouth shut.
Decade
One night, she planned what she would say the next time she saw him, but when they met ten years later, too many things had changed, and the words didn't mean the same thing anymore.
Lifetime
Throughout his adult life, he followed his country's rules, rather than listening to his heart; when it came time to choose a wife, he married a Fire Nation nobleman's daughter, even though, deep inside, he longed for someone else.
Eternity
It had taken her half a lifetime to realize she had fallen in love with him, and she knew she would regret not doing anything about it for the rest of forever.