Title: Time of the Season
Rating: K
Character/Pairing: Features Katara and Aang – could be seen as barely there shipping, but I mostly think it's just their friendship.
Summary: It's with relief that Katara and Aang look forward.
A/N: Takes place immediately after season 3, but no spoilers. Written for theavatar100's Challenge #100: the first. And look! I managed to fit two "firsts" into the story! This may be one of my favorite drabbles ever of all time.
He was out in the gardens when she found him, sitting in a meditative stance though not exactly meditating.
"What are you doing?" Katara asked, barely concealing her panic. She got nervous when Aang was out of her sight for too long, due to lingering injuries taking their time to heal. Finding him out in the windy gardens and not inside resting like he'd said had done nothing to help her anxiety.
"Look," he held something up for her inspection.
It was a leaf, but instead of the dark green that she'd been seeing all year it was multi-colored, deep red on the edges fading into orange and yellow. Katara had never seen such a thing, and her forehead creased as she studied it.
"It's fall," Aang said, wonderment tinged with relief. "Summer's over."
Originally posted 09/16/2007