Title: Family Sticks Together
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the world is not.
Rating: K+
Notes: 2 x 100 words. Spoilers through A:tLA 2.2 "The Cave of Two Lovers".
United We Stand
There are times when Sokka wonders whether bending ability somehow cancels out common sense. Trying to keep Katara and Aang on task when they're caught up in training or snared by someone else's cause is like trying to keep Momo out of the food. Better to just chip in so they get back on track more quickly.
Sokka can handle being plan guy. Really; he's been training for that his whole life. It's just- what happens if he screws up and they get caught? Or hurt? ...Or worse?
He's going to do his best to make sure that doesn't happen.
Divided We Fall
Three years, he has spent traveling with his nephew. Three long years, playing the part of baggage more than advisor, careful of Zuko's savagely scarred pride. Hot springs by lotus tile by White Jade bush, Iroh has slowly coaxed the boy toward a path of healing.
But Zuko is not his brother's only damaged, dangerous child; and now Iroh has been forced to start over from the beginning. The curdled bitterness in Zuko's eyes since Azula's betrayal hurts even worse than the boy's words beforehand: lazy, mistrustful, shallow old man.
Someday, Iroh vows, there will be a reckoning for this.
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