I may be blind but I'm not helpless

This took me forever XD (I really need to work on backgrounds).

So this is a fan art for the Fanfic Choices by 3holmes. One of my favorite Tokka fanfic.

“I promised to never leave you in this world alone, no matter how happy you are without me. i shall keep my promise ever and will be there for you when all leave you. That’s my love for you.” ~Debolina

My Avatar Ships [8/?]

↳Tokka

toph bei fong

"You should see it."

"Okay, crack her open!"

"I’ll be god damned."

"The woman in the picture is me."

"I’d like to see my drawing."

"The reflection’s changed a bit."

"It’s been 84 years … "

"I don’t see what all the fuss is about."

"If you got nothing, you got nothing to lose."

"We’re the luckiest sons of bitches in the world, you know that?"

"Who says you get top bunk?"

"We need a little color in this room."

"They certainly were a waste of money."

"They’re fascinating."

"He won’t amount to a thing! He won’t! Trust me."

"At least they were cheap."

"Well, I wasn’t about to wait all day for ya, sonny."

"Let’s stretch her legs."

"I’m king of the world!"

"You know I don’t like that."

"What has gotten into you?"

"It lets us know where we rank in the scheme of things."

"What do you mean ‘No, I won’t’?"

"How cold?"

"C’mon, you don’t wanna do this."

"I’m gonna have to get you to write that one down."

"I’ve got you, I won’t let go."

"You know, there’s nothing I couldn’t give you."

"Open your heart to me."

"You could just call me a tumbleweed blowin’ in the wind."

"I reckon that’s not why you came to talk to me, now is it?"

"It was everything, my whole world, and all the people in it."

"You woulda gone straight to the bottom."

"I feel as I’m .. standing in the middle of a crowded room, screaming at the top of my lungs and no one even looks up."

"Do you love him?"

"You see people.”

"Oh, that’s disgusting!"

"Do you have the slightest comprehension of what you’re doing?"

"You could almost pass for a gentleman!"

" … Quite the scandal."

"Time for me to go row with the other slaves."

"So, you wanna go to a real party?"

"So, you think you’re big, tough men?"

"I am your fiancee!"

"This isn’t a game."

"You’re no picnic."

"I’m not an idiot, I know how the world works."

"They have got you trapped."

"You jump, I jump, remember?"

"I can’t turn my back without knowing you’ll be alright."

"I changed my mind."

"Give me your hand."

"I’m flying!"

"Get on the-the bed— the couch."

"It was the most erotic moment of my life."

"There’s only so many places she could be!"

"Where to, Miss?"

"To the stars."

"Put your hands on me."

"This is crazy."

"I know, it doesn’t make any sense, that’s why I trust it."

"I think they’re very good, sir."

"Aw, what now?"

"But I was with him the whole time?"

"Perhaps he did it while you were putting your clothes back on, dear."

"This is horseshit!"

"You look at me when I’m talking to you!"

"Please tell me the truth."

"You unimaginable bastard."

"Where are you going? To him?"

"I’d rather be his whore than your wife."

"I just realized I already knew."

"I’ll just wait here!"

"Let go of me!"

"You’re not listening!"

"It’s hopeless that way!"

"No, not without you."

"You’re a good liar."

"You’re so stupid!"

"Your money can’t save you any more than it can save me."

"It’s so cold.."

"I’ll never let go. I promise.

"That was the last time I ever saw him."

"He exists now .. only in my memory."

Tokka Headcanon:

Toph begins to gradually fall out of love with Sokka. She realizes he would never feel more than friends towards her. And her heart is getting tired of hoping. She is just a friend to him, nothing more. Maybe it’s time to finally accept the sad truth.

To make it easy for her, she decides to practice getting him off her mind more often, until maybe, she would not think of him anymore at all when he’s not around. She told herself, maybe it’s best to avoid seeing him too often, too, unless it’s work-related but of course she would keep their friendship. And keep reminding herself that he’s just a good friend.

And that’s when the councilman notices the changes. When he is with the Chief of Police, and having a conversation with her, he notices, there’s no more nicknames, no more teasing like Toph always do to him when they were younger, no more witty, sarcastic reply when he tells a joke, no more soft punches in the arm. Just a silent smile from her and sometimes, a pat on his shoulder. It’s getting more often that their conversation is getting too formal even when the two of them are off from the job. She would give excuses when he himself invited her to have a drink or dinner after work in a local restaurant in Republic City. But she goes when someone else gave the invitation.

One time, he talks to her about it. But she denies calmly that nothing is wrong and she smiles at him as she said it with confidence; she insisted that her excuses from his invitation were genuine and she formally explain that both of them got their own life to deal with outside of work. She is right of course; she is after old a mother of a little girl (Lin). 

He does not like that smile of hers that time. That smile is like a smile from a sale’s lady who only smile just to reassure an anxious customer. Either that smile is genuine or not, for some reason, it hurts him. Because that smile shows that she’s okay with the changes and he’s not. And when she asks him to explain what exactly he meant, he can’t utter a word. 

Something has changed. Yes, the friendship is still there but obviously it was not the same. It is hard for him to explain what it is but he misses the old one. He did not expect it would somehow be a big deal to him. 

Then he ponders more about it. Then finally it occurs to him—-those teasing, nicknames, her witty replies to his jokes and light punches in the arm probably meant something more. He realizes that she used to only do it to him. And not to her police subordinates. Not to anyone at all but him as much as he can remember. Could it be that those really meant something and that he was just too numb before to notice it until now?Whatever they are, it’s all gone now and she’s probably over it. This realization saddened him. He wishes he could bring it all back.

And then…