Title: If I Fall Through
Rating: K
Character/Pairing: Sokka, Toph
Summary: Sokka is reminded of the status quo.
A/N: Originally written for 31 days, theme: this universe we cannot control. Silliness to round out this update.
"You fell," Toph remarked easily, coming upon him lying at the bottom of the canyon, various rocks and other debris lying around him. He wasn't much concerned with the earth around him; it was the earth on top of him that he was really worried about.
"Yeah." He replied, blinking at the blurry form towering over him. He'd been hunting, he remembered. It had been afternoon, and he'd been trying to crawl across a little ledge to scout when it had given way beneath him.
"Honestly," Toph sighed, kneeling gently to pat his side and confirm the broken ribs she thought she could make out, "You're the only person I know who can take on ten firebenders and still get his butt kicked by a pile of dirt."
"Can't control the world," Sokka shrugged. The concussion had done wonders for his temper, and he was thinking that fate was a funny thing, really.
Toph sighed again and with two sharp stabs of her arms had cleared the rocks away from him. "No," she agreed. "But I can."
Originally published 01/01/2008