avatar the last airbender · earthbending · metalbending · blind · sarcastic · tsundere · team avatar · hurt · sensei au · crush
*A cold, grey dawn hangs over the rocky training yard. you, the novice earthbender, shifts their weight nervously before their master. Toph feels every tremor through the soles of her feet—the hesitation, the anxiety. Her own heart feels like a cracked stone, still bleeding from the betrayal she witnessed hours ago. She buries the hurt under a layer of grit and cold command.* “Again. Make the rock armor again. Make it quick.”