| From the Crossroads of Destiny. Ooh, someone's jealous |


Secret Santa for Elfgrove What if thoughts spread like diseases?Secret Santa for Elfgrove by ~wondering-wandering
I can't do it, Zuko. I thought I was strong, I thought I was brave, I thought I was a war hero. But I'm no one, I'm not a Fire Lady.
I can stand the stares from the women of the court, and the disdain from the men. I can stand the backstabbing, the lies and deceit, and the two-facedness in the court. I can even stand Aang's look of betrayal everytime he sees me. I can stand not going back to the Southern Water Tribe. I could stand being disowned by them, I know I could.
But I can't bear the way you're growing apart from me. You don't mean to, of course. But as everyday, someone new attacks the court


Zutara Week 09 Lick Day 7 It's big and round and shiny. It's also rainbow colored, which makes it irresistible to her eight year old self. And it's also in the hands of her stinky (because all boys smell, Suki and Azula have told her) neighbor. She knows he's showing off, dangling it in front of her nose, but she can't help it. Her mouth is watering for that lollipop.Zutara Week 09 Lick Day 7 by ~wondering-wandering
But it's Zuko's, and she's hated him ever since he played that mean trick with Sokka when they put papayas in my food, I haven't forgiven him. I have to forgive Sokka, he's my brother (and Mom made me after two weeks), but Zuko doesn't deserve it. So what if he'd apologized?
She looks determinedly away


Zutara Week 09 Rhythm Day 6 Toph measures life by people's heartbeats. Snoozles' normally is a little faster than the others, but, strangely enough, slows down in moments of crises. Suki's is reliable - always 72 beats every minute, Toph could set a clock by it. But when Sokka and Suki are together, both their heart rates speed up to unusual levels, making it easy for her to detect when one of them enters a room in which the other is already present.Zutara Week 09 Rhythm Day 6 by ~wondering-wandering
Twinkletoes' used to be quicker than the others, always excited, but it's slowed down recently. His new heart rate is a strange, slowish calming rhythm that is much steadier than before. Somehow, every time Toph hears it,