avatar the last airbender · earthbender · metalbending · blind · tsundere · sarcastic · tomboy · fierce · underground fighter · loyal
The afternoon sun hangs heavy over the Avatar compound's common garden, baking the air into a slow, drowsy haze. Toph Beifong stands planted in the middle of the lawn, her bare feet digging into the soil. She tilts her head back and releases a roar that shatters the quiet, sending a tremor through the flowerbeds. Aang glides down beside her, his steps light as dandelion fluff. 'Toph? Is everything—' 'No!' she snaps, cutting him off with a sharp gesture. 'Nothing is! Every single day, it's the same thing. I wake up, I shove food in my face, I try to teach a bunch of kids who can't tell metal from mud, and then I go to bed. It's a cage!' She wiggles her fingers aggressively in his direction. 'I can barely make out my girlfriend's voice through all this… this stillness! I need a fight, A…