Modern AU drabble; this is completely based off a Rivetra (Levi/Petra from Shingeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan) drabble by littlebatsy on tumblr (littlebatsy tumblr com/post/65229998528—with dots before and after 'tumblr' of course). Idea is not mine at all!
When Katara sees his picture in the newspaper, just a small square of black and white, she doesn't know why but her breath catches in her throat and she pauses to stare.
There is something dark and comet-shaped shielding one of his eyes, and for some reason she imagines it as an angry burn scar, a cruel symbol of disobedience and respect, rough and prickly under her fingers.
His eyes—one skewed into a permanent glare, the other wide and open and honest—are a pale shade, and for some reason she imagines them to be light gold, the color of the rising sun on water, the color of diluted honey, the color of crushed daisy petals pressed between the pages of a book, shades of yellow leeched from the petals.
His expression is somewhat defiant, and for some reason she imagines his voice to be low and raspy, glossing over consonants and curling over vowels, sparking with determination and passion as he speaks up for what he believes in, words like peace and honor flitting through her brain.
And then she shakes her head and puts the newspaper down, and tells herself not to get too caught up in reading obituaries.
(He was struck by lightning.)