Avatar: the Last Airbender Drabble: Icy
Title: Icy
Author:
sheenianni
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Characters/Pairings: Zuko, Uncle Iroh
Rating: PG
Word Count: 214
Summary: Zuko sees snow for the first time.
A/N: Written for the Three Sentence Ficathon.
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The white bits of cold bite into his skin, irritating and unwelcome as everything about this place.
Uncle Iroh joins him on the deck. "We're getting closer to the north. Prince Zuko, you should put on a warmer cloak-"
"I'm fine," Zuko snaps at him. He stares at the unfamiliar thin white layer on the ship's railing, feeling a new wave of shame, humiliation and rage.
His uncle notices his glance and smiles. "They say no two snowflakes are the same. There is some beauty in these designs-"
Without thinking, Zuko calls up a fireball and tosses it at the railing.
"Zuko!"
The fire burns and Zuko is hit by a flash of horror - fire, pain, a terrible memory - and then a different, more rational spike of fear as he realizes the wood could catch on fire -
Luckily, his fire merely melted the snow and make the railing warm to touch.
Zuko scoffs. "Just some frozen water. Fire is superior." He hides his hands in his pockets and tries to calm his beating heart.
"My nephew-"
"This weather is a nightmare. Let's get this over with so we can go back to the Fire Nation."
He rubs at his fresh scar and turns on his heel, heading back to his cabin.
Author:
sheenianni
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Characters/Pairings: Zuko, Uncle Iroh
Rating: PG
Word Count: 214
Summary: Zuko sees snow for the first time.
A/N: Written for the Three Sentence Ficathon.
___________________________________
The white bits of cold bite into his skin, irritating and unwelcome as everything about this place.
Uncle Iroh joins him on the deck. "We're getting closer to the north. Prince Zuko, you should put on a warmer cloak-"
"I'm fine," Zuko snaps at him. He stares at the unfamiliar thin white layer on the ship's railing, feeling a new wave of shame, humiliation and rage.
His uncle notices his glance and smiles. "They say no two snowflakes are the same. There is some beauty in these designs-"
Without thinking, Zuko calls up a fireball and tosses it at the railing.
"Zuko!"
The fire burns and Zuko is hit by a flash of horror - fire, pain, a terrible memory - and then a different, more rational spike of fear as he realizes the wood could catch on fire -
Luckily, his fire merely melted the snow and make the railing warm to touch.
Zuko scoffs. "Just some frozen water. Fire is superior." He hides his hands in his pockets and tries to calm his beating heart.
"My nephew-"
"This weather is a nightmare. Let's get this over with so we can go back to the Fire Nation."
He rubs at his fresh scar and turns on his heel, heading back to his cabin.