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coprime_recs) wrote2023-08-24 09:47 pm
coprime_recs) wrote2023-08-24 09:47 pm
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Avatar: Talking To The Moon by ablatheringblatherskite
Talking To The Moon (Sokka-Toph | G | 2,444 words): Toph finds Sokka seemingly talking to himself one night. This is a lovely look at Toph and Sokka being friends and dealing with Sokka's grief over Yue.
Excerpt:
"Yeah," Toph interrupted, her tone automatically mocking. "'Mostly stuff about your relationship with your boomerang. Oh—and something about missing someone." She laughed. It was almost a habit of hers to mockingly laugh away any emotion she didn't like. She wasn't sure why. "Do you usually talk to yourself like that?" she continued to tease. "Tell yourself you miss you? I didn't realize you liked yourself so much."
It was a horrible quip, she knew. But her pride refused to let her simply admit to him the truth. So she laughed again. But instead of defending himself, or sputtering ridiculously, like she had expected, Sokka was uncharacteristically silent—even looking away.
Suddenly, Toph felt a little bad. Why did she have to do that? He was obviously already upset . She bit her lip uncomfortably and groped in her mind uncertainly for something to do. Like making a break for it while she still could and heading back to bed. But then, completely against everything her mind was yelling at her, she slowly lowered herself onto the ground, legs crossed and, after a moment, hesitantly managed to ask, "Sokka, what's wrong?"
Excerpt:
"Yeah," Toph interrupted, her tone automatically mocking. "'Mostly stuff about your relationship with your boomerang. Oh—and something about missing someone." She laughed. It was almost a habit of hers to mockingly laugh away any emotion she didn't like. She wasn't sure why. "Do you usually talk to yourself like that?" she continued to tease. "Tell yourself you miss you? I didn't realize you liked yourself so much."
It was a horrible quip, she knew. But her pride refused to let her simply admit to him the truth. So she laughed again. But instead of defending himself, or sputtering ridiculously, like she had expected, Sokka was uncharacteristically silent—even looking away.
Suddenly, Toph felt a little bad. Why did she have to do that? He was obviously already upset . She bit her lip uncomfortably and groped in her mind uncertainly for something to do. Like making a break for it while she still could and heading back to bed. But then, completely against everything her mind was yelling at her, she slowly lowered herself onto the ground, legs crossed and, after a moment, hesitantly managed to ask, "Sokka, what's wrong?"