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alchemicinkLast hanami project fic! (Unless I manage to finish any of the others eventually). I'm cheating a bit as this one obviously doesn't take place in Japan, so it's not really hanami, but I just wanted an excuse to write these two 😅
Title: Under the Trees
Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender
Pairing: Sokka/Zuko
Wordcount: less than 400 words
Notes: post-canon; fluff; naps
Ao3 link: here
"Are you hiding out here?"
Sokka cracks one eye open to see Zuko standing over him, his face framed by the white blossoms lining the tree branches above. He looks like something beautiful Sokka would try to capture on canvas if he was skilled enough to recreate the image perfectly.
"Of course not. I'm just taking a break," Sokka replies, relaxing and letting his eyes flutter shut once more. "If I were hiding, you wouldn't have found me."
He hears Zuko snort as he settles down on the shaded patch of grass next to him. "Need I remind you of the time Aang roped us into that palace-wide game of hide-and-seek?"
"That game was rigged!" Sokka complains, opening his eyes once more as he throws his hands in the air, temporarily exasperated.
He looks over at Zuko who's now stretched out with him on the grass like a happy cat-fox. Specks of sunlight stream through the flower petals, casting a pretty dappled pattern of light across his face.
Sokka doesn't like everything about the Fire Nation, but when these trees start blooming each year, he can't deny they transform everything around them into something truly stunning.
"You're staring," Zuko says.
"Can't help it," Sokka grins. "You look peaceful out here."
"So do you."
There's work they're both probably supposed to be doing, but Sokka figures they deserve a break. Even a short one, just to enjoy this fleeting moment of beauty.
"Well, wanna join me for a nap out here while the weather's nice?" Sokka asks.
Zuko hums as he considers it, probably thinking about the responsibilities that await him back inside the palace. Sokka scoots a bit closer, so he can snuggle up to Zuko's warmth, almost as good as a blanket.
"Yeah, okay," Zuko concedes, as he always does when Sokka is this close to him.
Sokka grins in triumph and then closes his eyes once more under the shade of the blooming trees, drifting off into a peaceful sleep with his favorite person by his side.
Title: Under the Trees
Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender
Pairing: Sokka/Zuko
Wordcount: less than 400 words
Notes: post-canon; fluff; naps
Ao3 link: here
"Are you hiding out here?"
Sokka cracks one eye open to see Zuko standing over him, his face framed by the white blossoms lining the tree branches above. He looks like something beautiful Sokka would try to capture on canvas if he was skilled enough to recreate the image perfectly.
"Of course not. I'm just taking a break," Sokka replies, relaxing and letting his eyes flutter shut once more. "If I were hiding, you wouldn't have found me."
He hears Zuko snort as he settles down on the shaded patch of grass next to him. "Need I remind you of the time Aang roped us into that palace-wide game of hide-and-seek?"
"That game was rigged!" Sokka complains, opening his eyes once more as he throws his hands in the air, temporarily exasperated.
He looks over at Zuko who's now stretched out with him on the grass like a happy cat-fox. Specks of sunlight stream through the flower petals, casting a pretty dappled pattern of light across his face.
Sokka doesn't like everything about the Fire Nation, but when these trees start blooming each year, he can't deny they transform everything around them into something truly stunning.
"You're staring," Zuko says.
"Can't help it," Sokka grins. "You look peaceful out here."
"So do you."
There's work they're both probably supposed to be doing, but Sokka figures they deserve a break. Even a short one, just to enjoy this fleeting moment of beauty.
"Well, wanna join me for a nap out here while the weather's nice?" Sokka asks.
Zuko hums as he considers it, probably thinking about the responsibilities that await him back inside the palace. Sokka scoots a bit closer, so he can snuggle up to Zuko's warmth, almost as good as a blanket.
"Yeah, okay," Zuko concedes, as he always does when Sokka is this close to him.
Sokka grins in triumph and then closes his eyes once more under the shade of the blooming trees, drifting off into a peaceful sleep with his favorite person by his side.
