Bare Feet on Tiles
Title: Bare Feet on Tiles
Universe: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Prompt: 5. Destiny
Rating: PG
Summary: Toph was practicing again.
Toph was practicing again. Zuko could hear the slap of her bare feet against the tiles. She wasn’t actually bending the earth around her, but anyone could have felt the potential there.
“What is it, Sparky?” Toph asked, turning slightly towards Zuko, but not stopping.
“You know, most people would call me Firelord,” the firebender said in his driest tones, stepping into the room.
“Most people are really dumb,” Toph replied without missing a beat. “And I have never been most people.”
“This is true,” Zuko admitted. “Toph... your parents sent a letter.”
Toph barely paused, but Zuko noticed it anyway. “Burn it.”
The young Firelord looked at the scroll in his hands, feeling the weight of it. “Are you sure?”
Again, Toph hesitated barely a moment. Then she nodded sharply, her face hard as stone. “Yeah. Flame on.”
“As my lady commands,” Zuko said with a bow. The scroll burst into flames in his hand, ashes drifting to the floor to be swept up beneath Toph’s feet.
Universe: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Prompt: 5. Destiny
Rating: PG
Summary: Toph was practicing again.
Toph was practicing again. Zuko could hear the slap of her bare feet against the tiles. She wasn’t actually bending the earth around her, but anyone could have felt the potential there.
“What is it, Sparky?” Toph asked, turning slightly towards Zuko, but not stopping.
“You know, most people would call me Firelord,” the firebender said in his driest tones, stepping into the room.
“Most people are really dumb,” Toph replied without missing a beat. “And I have never been most people.”
“This is true,” Zuko admitted. “Toph... your parents sent a letter.”
Toph barely paused, but Zuko noticed it anyway. “Burn it.”
The young Firelord looked at the scroll in his hands, feeling the weight of it. “Are you sure?”
Again, Toph hesitated barely a moment. Then she nodded sharply, her face hard as stone. “Yeah. Flame on.”
“As my lady commands,” Zuko said with a bow. The scroll burst into flames in his hand, ashes drifting to the floor to be swept up beneath Toph’s feet.