what is the last hc you thought of about tokka
Hi Anon :) I fear I canât ever think of one singular headcanon for those two at a time so hereâs a short list of ones Iâve jotted down for the purpose of fic writing this week:
Toph very much abuses the fact that Sokka constantly forgets she can truthseek him. An example of this would be that heâd insist he's fine, and she'll deadpan, "Your heartbeat says otherwise, Snoozles." Every single time, heâll groan, say something about how she shouldnât be truth seeking him, and sheâll shrug, waiting for him to fess up on whatâs bothering him. (Also, 99% of the time, she just knows something is wrong without confirming with his heartbeat through the ground)
Sokka has an entire catalog of these accommodations he makes for Toph without thinking about them anymore. He keeps walkways clear (despite her not necessarily needing it), describes people's expressions during conversations, and doesn't even realize he's doing it until someone points it out. Heâs thoughtful, but itâs merely a kneejerk type of thing with her
Whenever Toph gets injured, Sokka gets quiet. Everyone else thinks he's handling it well until they realize he's skipped meals and hasn't slept because he's too busy hovering and worrying until she tells him to cut it out and that sheâs fine
Sokka is the only person Toph consistently lets touch her face. She'd never admit it out loud, but sometimes she'll reach for his hand and guide it there herself when she's feeling vulnerable, though sheâd never say it aloud
Toph has no patience for romance in theory, but she's quite sentimental in practice. She remembers every dumb thing Sokka has ever made her, every joke he's repeated a hundred times, every terrible little haiku because he wonât stop coming up with them. She'll roast him while secretly keeping all of it in a little corner reserved for him in her head thatâs already becoming overpopulated
Sokka's love language is fixing things and Toph's is making room. Like, heâll build her things and carry burdens she doesn't ask him to carry, and will anticipate needs before she voices them. Toph, meanwhile, lets him rest, be scared, fail. But she also gives him somewhere he doesn't have to be the responsible one all the time
Neither of them says "I love you" first after fights because theyâre so stubborn but theyâll apologize through actions because they both know how much more significant those are to one another. Sokka will cook her something, and maybe Toph will sit close enough that their shoulders touch
Toph either independently finds Sokkaâs space sword, or she announces a random trip that they go on and his only task is to ask no questions, only to find that theyâre arriving where the war ended several years earlier in order to find the sword
If marriage is in their cards, he makes her a betrothal stone, rather than giving her a necklace, and in return, sheâll make him a ring when it comes to their engagement
I hope those scratch the itch, Anon! I hope to write these into some fics soon too hehe
