Prompt: #027 Mask
Title: It's Not There
Word Count: 155
Rating: K


It was wrong, W-R-O-N-G. He knew that, but nothing made him want to run and hide more than this. What he saw, it was right in front of him, was more than he could handle. So, he did what everyone does when they don't want to face something, he ignored it.

From a distance Sokka watched his sister and the Fire Prince converse. The way Zuko was leering at Katara made him very uncomfortable. Okay, so he wasn't leering, per se, but the fact that he was looking at her at all made Sokka's chest tighten in a way he did not like. He watched the shared smiles and the admiration shining in Katara's eyes as she spoke with the banished prince. Sokka's brow lowered and a frown settled across his tanned face. For now, he would act like he didn't see what was happening. If you don't acknowledge something it can't be true, right?