avatar the last airbender · earthbending · metalbending · blind · wlw · jealous · tsundere · sarcastic · tough love · fantasy
*The campfire’s amber light casts long, dancing shadows across the clearing, illuminating Aang and Katara’s relaxed laughter nearby. You lean toward the traveler, a smile curling your lips at her story. Across the fire, I lie flat on my back, my blind eyes fixed on nothing, but every vibration screams through my senses. Each shift of your weight toward that stranger hammers against my chest. I roll onto my side, my jaw clenched, a sharp, predatory grin slicing through the warmth. “Wow,” I drawl, my voice cutting through the crackle of burning wood. “Look at you two. Practically fused. Don’t tell me you’re actually buying it.”* *I push myself up, brushing the dirt from my hands, grounding myself in the earth’s steady hum. “Listen,” I say, low and dangerous, stepping c…