#a:lta

So, Sokka learns to hate the fire nation even more than he already did, because they killed his mom, and then they tried to kill his soulmate. (he’s friggin pissed)

And Zuko gets concerned for his soulmate, because, contrary to popular belief, soulmates can feel each other’s emotional pain too. So he feels the deep anguish at the world, and he can feel the dull ache of sobs rattling through his chest late at night, but he also feels the bumps on the head from boomerang, and the cuts along his upper arms from off-balance hunting spears, and he wishes that he could do something for his soulmate, lessen his own pain so that they didn’t have to feel both their own and his.

When they first meet, and Sokka hits Zuko in the back of the head with boomerang, he feels a dull ache in the back of his own head for days after, but thinks nothing of it.

Sokka meets Yue, and falls in love with her before he can stop himself, but he watches as she collapses with pain when Zhao kills the moon spirit, and knows that they’re not meant to be.

He meets Suki and sees her wince in pain when another warrior across the room get’s knocked off her feet, and he knows that they’re not soulmates, but he still likes her a lot, so he decides to go for it anyways.

Sokka watches in Ba Sing Se as Katara nearly collapses with pain when Aang is struck by Azula’s lightning, and he understands that his sister has found her match. He only wishes that he had his own.

But then. Then, he sees Zuko at the air temple, and he feels the seer dissapointment when he gets rejected, but pushes it off as nothing. Then, when they do invite Zuko to stay, he can feel a sense of rest, reassurance, like something within has settled. 

He doesn’t read too much into it.

But then. Boiling Rock. He’s just put Zuko into the freezer when he starts to feel a chill settle in his bones, and even once he makes it out to the warm prizon yard, the chill doesn’t dissapate. He tries to shake it out, tries to warm himself up, but nothing works until he takes Zuko out of the cell. 

And that’s when he realizes.

For Zuko, it’s when they’re sparring. He’s got Sokka pinned in between a tree and his blades, and he can sense a gentlely increasing pressure on his throat, that doesn’t go away until Sokka yeilds.

And oh shit.

the perfect party guests...