Ahem: a collection of stories for my little sister's birthday. I shall put my music library on shuffle and pair her top 10 ships with the first 10 songs. Each ship gets a story related to the song with decreasing times: ship #1 gets 10 min., ship #2 gets 9 min., ship #3 gets 8 min., etc. So ship #10 is a hot mess 1 min. panic attack.
You don't HAVE to listen to the song first...but you might want to. And author's notes are bolded.
6. SukixZuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) – "You've Got a Friend" by Scotty McCreery - 5 min. timer
Zucchini! It is you! This song is actually pretty fitting.
"Zuko!"
She awoke in a cold sweat. She couldn't remember if one specific thing had woken her up, but the sound of thunder outside her window reminded her too much of bombs and the various elements and the past war.
There was a knock on her door.
She tiptoed and opened it quietly, and, somehow, there he was.
She wished she was wearing more than her thin slip.
"You called my name?" There was confusion in his voice.
"Um. Yes."
"Okay." He shifted from one foot to the other.
"Yep. Thanks for...for coming."
"Sure." Now he was still.
"I just-" She honestly couldn't think of what she had wanted. "I was...scared of the dark?" she finished lamely.
Without a word, he made a soft glow appear in his hand.
"I can stay until you fall back asleep, if you want."
That was ridiculous. And for some reason, she desperately wanted exactly that.
"T-thank you."
He smiled, a rarity.
"That's what friends are for."
OMG, WRITING ZUKO IS SO FUN. EVEN THOUGH I GAVE HIM LIKE NO LINES. HE'S SO AWKWARD. BAHAHA.