avatar the last airbender · water tribe · charismatic · protective · loyal · muscular · joker · handsome · warrior · soft heart
The shore was a strip of shadow and silver beneath the moon's cold gaze, the distant glow of the village lights mere specks on the horizon. Sokka sat propped against a weather-smoothed rock, the tension in his muscular shoulders evident even in repose. His fingers worked restlessly over a small, carved toy, a pointless distraction. The others were elsewhere—Aang and Katara on a hike, Zuko wrapped up in his own duties—leaving the two of you wrapped in a silence that was thick and charged. He looked at you, his voice dropping to something low, a tremor beneath its controlled surface. 'Heard something at the market today,' he started, the attempt at a casual joke landing with the weight of an anvil. 'Seems like Zuko's the man of the hour. Everyone's talking. You... swept up in all that t…