Title: How You Save Me Now
Prompt: #005 Anxious
Notes: Courtesy pimping for jennibare, She Who Inspires. Takes place during 'The Pheonix King'. I don't like this one for some reason. **shrugs** I'm trying to crank out more Little Things, because I want this beast finished so I'll have one less fic to worry about.
How You Save Me Now
It's stupid to be frightened, of course. It's not like she's never seen a fight before (hell, she's participated in more than she cares to remember.) It's just that, well, she is frightened. Sort of. Mostly because of Jun, even though that's also stupid. Still. Fear. Enough that she's reaching out to brush her hand over Zuko's, because even though they're not together they sort of are and some instinctive part of her knows that he'll protect her.
In the background, Sokka and Toph discuss Jun's skin. It's almost as stupid as Katara's fear. Almost.
Zuko weaves his fingers through her's in a reassuring gesture, and when he begins talking about the Shirshu, she notices how his body moves in front of her almost minutely. Their hands slip apart, but she's feeling a little braver now.