Zutara 100 - #42 Blanket
Here's another one for yall. I should really go work on Elemental at some point...
Author: Jezunya
Prompt: #42 Blanket
Word Count: 328
Rating: K
Summary: Who needs blankets when there are snuggly firebenders on hand?
Author's Notes: I looked to see if there was a ‘warmth’ theme when I got this idea, but sadly there isn’t. ‘Blanket’ works well enough too, though. ^_^
Katara squirmed about under the blankets of her temporary bed, pulling the thick furs into a tight ball around herself in an attempt to hold in what little heat hadn’t been sucked out of her by the mad dash from the hot bath to her tent.
She grimaced, burrowing deeper into the bedding. Two years on a tropical island and she’d completely lost any ability to deal with the cold.
The lamp by the bed flickered as the tentflap was suddenly pushed open and then just as suddenly pulled closed again. Katara peeked out from her nest of furs to see the cause of her troubles standing with his back to her, methodically securing the leather bindings on the edge of the flap to keep the wind and the snow out.
“So, I’m glad we could come visit my family,” she said, pulling the fur blankets down just far enough to be able to talk, “but couldn’t we have come during the summer?”
Zuko gave her a flat look, coming to sit on the edge of the bed to pull off his boots and parka. “It’s cold in the summer too.”
“Not as cold,” Katara huffed, worming her way down under the covers again. She winced when her husband pulled the blankets up to slip under them as well, that brief moment long enough to release all the warm air she’d managed to build up.
“You-” she started to grouse, and then gasped, her eyes opening wide.
“What, are my feet cold?” Zuko asked with half-hearted sarcasm, turning on his side to look down at her.
Katara just stared at him for a moment. “No - you’re warm!” And with that, she scooted across the small space separating them and curled up against his chest like a lemur in its favorite perch.
Zuko blinked down at his wife, then slowly smirked, wrapping his arms around her. They were definitely going to have to visit the South Pole more often.