Word Count: 127
Warning: morbid. macabre. mort.
theavatar100, challenge #12 : au/reality/timeline
Soundtrack: “Black Black Heart” by David Usher. Covers lie and we will bend and borrow...

Blackheart

Fire lanced at her, and it was all she could do to keep her clothes from burning up. This battle was for the freedom of the water tribes. This battle was for Aang. This battle was for her brother. It was for a thousand lost things she could never replace.

"I liked kissing you."

And just for a moment, Zuko's attention was thrown.

For just a moment, his mind went back to the beach, to the lies and the mistaken hopes and the Blue Spirit.

For just a moment, he wasn't the heir-apparent to the Fire Nation—he was the boy who took off his mask to kiss a girl.

But a moment was enough for Katara to dodge, pounce, and send an icicle through his heart.