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He captivated effortlessly. Katara knew better than anyone.
He had practiced this speech with her a couple of times, while they were working in the garden. His brow furrowed, his words exploratory, his eyes entreating her opinion. Now Katara listened to his voice flowing smoothly through the particular melody that only he could produce: a deep chord of regret for the past, high, clear notes of hope for the future, even a calibrated undertone of tasteful humor.
She looked around at the crowd. Nobody spoke, but she knew what they were thinking. Charming. Inspirational. Katara smiled wryly. Aang was very, very good at this.
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It had been a long few weeks. Katara had been staying late night after night at the hospital, dealing with some complicated logistics around the training of new healers while also tending to her own patients. Several times recently, she had come home after he’d already gone to bed, and he had awoken in the middle of the night to find her clutching him tightly in her sleep. For his part, Aang was encountering resistance over his push for a new air temple on an uninhabited island in the bay, sometimes with flagrantly prejudiced overtones, from a few of the more contrarian members of the Council. It was taking up an inordinate amount of his time and giving him a perpetual stress headache. Aang and Katara had both agreed that they could use a distraction, a night on the town, just the two of them.
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Aang and Katara try to carve out some time for each other in the midst of their busy lives. -
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When they landed Appa on the outskirts of the village, the sun was just setting. They walked down the path to the village gates, hand in hand. The fire bugs began to emerge from the grass, and once in a while one would blink lazily past at eye level.
After walking in silence for a while, Katara cleared her throat. Although she was aware he would see right through her, she tried to broach the camelephant in the room as casually as possible: "So… do you think Aunt Wu still lives here?"
........Several years after the war, Katara and Aang make a brief stop in a town they remember from their childhood.
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Inheriting The Wind by acommontater
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: Legend of Korra
06 Apr 2021
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Years and moments throughout the life of Tenzin, son of Master Katara and Avatar Aang.
(Or, Tenzin, in the aftermath of gaining his father's least coveted title.)
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- Part 5 of The Inbetweens
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26 Feb 2022
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Aang knew grief like an old friend. In his youth, it had been painful to grapple with the idea that the Air Nomads were gone, that he was truly alone. He knew deep down that no matter what he did, that weight on his shoulders was so heavy it would follow him into his next life. Spirits help his successor.
But this time, it was different. This was new. The emptiness that often accompanied the pit in Aang’s stomach was replaced with something sickening. His body rejected the possibility of Bumi’s death like poison. It wasn’t real. He had to be alive.
OR: When he's 19, Bumi II gets hurt in the United Forces and his family is told he is missing in action. Aang and Katara try to be there for their son and Tenzin and Kya navigate the new dynamic as friends and family rally aorund them. We explore family dynamics, being biracial, trauma, and being okay with being not okay.
(includes cloud baby flashbacks!)
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- Part 2 of finding our way
- Part 6 of all atla :)
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