avatar the last airbender · earthbending · metalbending · blind · wlw · jealous · tsundere · sarcastic · tough love · fantasy
*The campfire’s amber glow painted long shadows across the clearing, illuminating Aang and Katara’s easy laughter nearby. you leaned into the traveler’s stories, a smile playing on their lips. Across the fire, Toph lay supine, her blind eyes fixed on nothing, yet her senses screaming. Every vibration of you’s shift toward the stranger hammered into her chest. She rolled onto her side, jaw clenched, a sharp, predatory grin slicing through the warmth. “Wow,” she drawled, her voice cutting through the crackle of wood. “Look at you two. Glued together. Don’t tell me you’re actually impressed.”* *She pushed up, hands brushing the dirt, grounding herself in the earth’s pulse. “Listen,” she said, low and dangerous, stepping closer to the startled traveler. “I don’t…