Zutara Week Drabbles Part 2
Here are the rest of the drabbles. (I did a much better job keeping them at only 100 words this time around.) You can find the first bunch over here, but for those who missed it, I chose 7 of the three Zutara Week set of prompts (21 in all). Just because I felt like writing some Katara/Zuko drabbles.
Title: Watershed
Word Count: 100
Prompts: Crossover
Let it never be said that Zuko gave up easy. He was going to regain his honor and nothing distracted him from that task. Not his uncle. Not... somebody else. Not even his own conscience.
He stubbornly clung to the idea of what he lost until, at long last, he realized he was clutching to nothing but air and their words all came crashing back on him.
He finally had to admit he was on the wrong side. It was time to crossover. Time and past.
(The only remaining question was if she would forgive him for taking so long.)
Title: Eye of the Storm
Word Count: 100
Prompts: Storm
With the West Gate secured, they raced back towards the docks where Aang and the Four Nation army was still fighting insurgents. Their shortcut through the palace was carefully chosen, because it went right past the fountains for the kitchen. While Katara refilled her water-skins, Zuko dipped a nearby silver ewer into water and drank straight out of it. Then Katara had her turn as Zuko kept the bottom of the heavy pitcher steady. When she had finished, husband and wife rested their heads together for a moment, the pitcher still between them. And then they headed back into battle.
Title: You Can't Pick Your Family
Word Count: 100
Prompts: Family
"I'm sorry, but the ceremony's for family only," Hakoda explained.
"Zuko doesn't count! He's not just some friend," Katara objected.
"Katara, rules are rules. I know that you've gone through a lot together, during the war and after. But that doesn't make him family."
"It does to me!"
"Dad, just let it go," Sokka advised quietly after his sister had stormed off. "You know how close they are. You keep telling Katara that she can't bring Zuko along to something this important, she might just marry the guy to make sure that she can."
"That's what I'm hoping," Hakoda smiled.
Title: Star-Crossed
Word Count: 100
Prompts: Mythology
Notes: Inspired by the Japanese Tanabata Festival and the Chinese Qixi Festival. And by the legend of the Princess and the Cowherd that both festivals celebrate.
As a child, he never cared about the legend behind the Star Festival. He was far more interested in the booths and the food and deciding what he was going to wish for.
This year, however, he knows what he's writing on that small scrap of paper and he can't stop thinking about the two lovers who are only allowed to meet once every year when the sun was shining.
But the weather wasn't cooperating. Everyone was lamenting that the lovers would be unable to meet until next year.
"It doesn't matter," he muttered to himself. "She likes the rain."
Title: Watershed
Word Count: 100
Prompts: Crossover
Let it never be said that Zuko gave up easy. He was going to regain his honor and nothing distracted him from that task. Not his uncle. Not... somebody else. Not even his own conscience.
He stubbornly clung to the idea of what he lost until, at long last, he realized he was clutching to nothing but air and their words all came crashing back on him.
He finally had to admit he was on the wrong side. It was time to crossover. Time and past.
(The only remaining question was if she would forgive him for taking so long.)
Title: Eye of the Storm
Word Count: 100
Prompts: Storm
With the West Gate secured, they raced back towards the docks where Aang and the Four Nation army was still fighting insurgents. Their shortcut through the palace was carefully chosen, because it went right past the fountains for the kitchen. While Katara refilled her water-skins, Zuko dipped a nearby silver ewer into water and drank straight out of it. Then Katara had her turn as Zuko kept the bottom of the heavy pitcher steady. When she had finished, husband and wife rested their heads together for a moment, the pitcher still between them. And then they headed back into battle.
Title: You Can't Pick Your Family
Word Count: 100
Prompts: Family
"I'm sorry, but the ceremony's for family only," Hakoda explained.
"Zuko doesn't count! He's not just some friend," Katara objected.
"Katara, rules are rules. I know that you've gone through a lot together, during the war and after. But that doesn't make him family."
"It does to me!"
"Dad, just let it go," Sokka advised quietly after his sister had stormed off. "You know how close they are. You keep telling Katara that she can't bring Zuko along to something this important, she might just marry the guy to make sure that she can."
"That's what I'm hoping," Hakoda smiled.
Title: Star-Crossed
Word Count: 100
Prompts: Mythology
Notes: Inspired by the Japanese Tanabata Festival and the Chinese Qixi Festival. And by the legend of the Princess and the Cowherd that both festivals celebrate.
As a child, he never cared about the legend behind the Star Festival. He was far more interested in the booths and the food and deciding what he was going to wish for.
This year, however, he knows what he's writing on that small scrap of paper and he can't stop thinking about the two lovers who are only allowed to meet once every year when the sun was shining.
But the weather wasn't cooperating. Everyone was lamenting that the lovers would be unable to meet until next year.
"It doesn't matter," he muttered to himself. "She likes the rain."