Title: What Happens When I Loose You
Prompt: #026 Determined
Notes: He just got shot by lightening. He's very close to being dead. He bloody well knows that Katara can handle herself. So why the hell is it that Zuko's still attempting to drag himself up and save Katara?
What Happens When I Loose You
Every movement elicits pain. Every thought comes with more nerves screaming that this hurts too much and why in the seven hells of Agni is he not dead yet? But he knows why. Because his thoughts are this: It hurts. Protect her. It hurts. Protect her.
Pain is how he shields her. Because he has to protect her.
Azula's mad laugh fills his ears. Every muscle protests his movement but he tries to shove himself to his knees anyway. He grits his teeth against a body that hurts to badly that he can't even think beyond Katara's name on repeat.
Katara. She's all that matters. She is the world, the revolution, the savior, the healer, the sky, and she is his everything.
The muscles give out. His iron will isn't enough. He feels like crying but he can't even find the energy.
For the first time in years, Zuko prays. Better him than her. If Agni will keep her safe this night, Zuko swears that he will do anything, even die.